News

• 10 April 2013
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Immigrants, Youth and reconstruction of Haiti, the aid priorities of the U.S. bishops Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Subcommittee for the Church in Latin America of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has allocated $ 3.1 million to fund about 100 pastoral projects in 19 countries in ...
• 10 April 2013
  ASIA/JAPAN - "Peaceful relations between North Korea and neighboring countries": the hope of the Church Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - Peace is the key word to be pursued by all means, and actions at local and regional level, but also internationally. The support expressed by Pope Francis in talks with UN Secretary General Ban Ki ...
• 10 April 2013
  AFRICA/MALI - Refugees, food shortages and mine clearance: new emergencies in the Country Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The security situation in Bamako and in most of the Country have improved, but we still have the problem of refugees and displaced persons to be accommodated in their places of origin," says to ...
• 10 April 2013
  VATICAN CITY - Cardinal Filoni at the Feast of the Pontifical Urban University: to proclaim Christ in the suburbs of humanity Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Urban University "has not failed to reflect" on the impressing ecclesial events in recent months, living with intense emotion and spiritual discernment both the renunciation ...
• 9 April 2013
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - In the country there are more than 8 million students, 39% of whom are girls Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the economic problems and obstacles caused by the folk traditions, Afghan girls are returning to school in their villages to guarantee themselves a future. One of these structures is in Qa ...
• 9 April 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - The death of Mgr.Thomas Qian Yurong. A man of simple faith Xuzhou (Agenzia Fides) - On 22 March Thomas Qian Yurong died. He was 99 years old. He was born in 1914 in the County of Tongshan from a family of ancient Catholic tradition. During the Sino-Japanese War he had saved a ba ...
• 9 April 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - American Meeting on human trafficking, the largest slavery in this century Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The fifth conference of the World Union of Catholic Women's Organizations of Latin America and the Caribbean (WUCWO) dedicated to the topic of human trafficking is being held in Mexico City. ...
• 9 April 2013
  EUROPE/FRANCE - A "flash mob" of young people for religious freedom Paris (Agenzia Fides) – One person out of two lives in a country where religious freedom is not respected; more than 200 million Christians live restrictions or limits with regards to their freedom of faith: to say all ...
• 9 April 2013
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Refugee camps are collapsing due to another stream of Congolese Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - In Rwanda the camps hosting refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are almost full after another stream of people fled insecurity in the regions of eastern DRC. The thousands of Con ...
• 9 April 2013
  ASIA/LAOS - Two Christian pastors released, arrested for "spreading the Christian faith" Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) - Two Laotian Christian pastors were arrested on February 5, 2013 on charges of "spreading the Christian religion" have been released and, since mid-March, they returned to their families. Thi ...
• 9 April 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The South African troops have withdrawn from Bangui in the north of the Congo. Ready for revenge? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Not only IDPs and refugees (mostly women and children) from Central African Republic have found reception in the province of Equator (in the north of the Democratic Republic of Congo), but also ...
• 9 April 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - Mass influx of Assyrian Christians fleeing the Syrian conflict Gaziantep - (Agenzia Fides) In the last 3 days more than 500 Syrian Christians of the Assyrian Church have crossed the Turkish border to seek safety from the tragic civil war in progress in their country. According to so ...
• 9 April 2013
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "A provocation to divide the community," the Archbishop denounces the protests of Evangelicals Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Guayaquil, His Exc. Mgr. Antonio Arregui, described the protests held last Friday by a group of evangelicals as "provocative actions", they expressed their opposition to th ...
• 9 April 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - "Lightning of the East" in the sky of the Chinese Christians China (Agenzia Fides) – Fides received from various sources news about a sect originated in China, called "Lightning of the East" or the "Almighty God", which with its method of deception, blackmail to Catholic leaders ...
• 8 April 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops of Northeast India: "In the Year of Faith, by the side of the poor" Agartala (Agenzia Fides) - "There is an unbreakable bond between our faith and the poor": the Bishops of Northeast India - a region troubled by social conflicts and inhabited by tribal people who often lack basic service ...