News

• 20 December 2012
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Guardian of the Nativity, pilgrims return to Bethlehem. Now here everything is calm Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - Bethlehem prepares for Christmas, and is also waiting that with the holiday season the sharp drop in the stream of pilgrims registered in recent weeks as an additional side effect of the Israe ...
• 20 December 2012
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "Security is the top priority of my government," says the Libyan Premier Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Libya is not a State that threatens the security of other States and internal security is a priority of my government." This was stated yesterday, December 19, by the Libyan Prime Minister Ali ...
• 20 December 2012
  EUROPE/GERMANY - From the Star Singers: a blessing for Tanzania Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - For the 55th time, in the days leading up to January 6th, the "Star Singers" (Sternsinger) of the Holy Childhood Association in Germany will be on the country’s street-corners singing Christmas ...
• 19 December 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Priest murdered during a robbery Novo Hamburgo (Agenzia Fides) - A Brazilian priest Fr. Eduardo Teixeira (35) was murdered on the evening of Sunday, December 16, in the village Novo Hamburgo (state of Rio Grande do Sul), during a robbery. According to a ...
• 19 December 2012
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Floods, rains and roads cut off cause damage to about 20 000 people Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - More than 6,000 people have been evacuated after the heavy rains and floods in some parts of Sri Lanka. According to experts, the local Disaster Management Center (DMC), victims will continue to ...
• 19 December 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - President Aquino will sign the Reproductive Health Bill within the year. For the Church, "he is like a dictator" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The last act for the entry into force of the "Reproductive Health Bill" is President Benigno Aquino’s signature, which will take place by the end of 2012: it was announced by the President hims ...
• 19 December 2012
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN - Rebels conquer another city; Chad sends troops to support the military government Bangui (Agenzia Fides)- The Central African Republic rebel offensive of the Seleka coalition does not stop and today have taken over the town of Kabo, 350 km from the capital Bangui, a day after they had taken the diamon ...
• 19 December 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Cordial meeting between the Bishops and President Kirchner Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting between the Executive Committee of the local Episcopal Conference and the President of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner took place in an atmosphere of harmony and since ...
• 19 December 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA - A new strain of cholera continues to increase infection Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - This year a new strain of cholera has infected more than 7000 people in Guinea. According to a group of epidemiologists it is an atypical variant of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor which secretes a to ...
• 19 December 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Khartoum has announced a major breakthrough in talks with Juba for border security Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Sudanese government has announced a major breakthrough in talks with South Sudan saying all obstacles facing the implementation of a border security deal they signed in September have been ...
• 19 December 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Fr. Mendes: "Caritas volunteers and doctors are in danger because of the Taliban’s fury" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "All the volunteers, doctors, Caritas operators and NGOs are in danger and are potential victims of the Taliban": this is the alarm raised through Fides by Fr. Bonnie Mends, a Pakistani priest, f ...
• 18 December 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appointment of the Rector of the inter-diocesan Seminary "Christ the King" in Karachi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on May 4, 2012 appointed Rev. Fr. Benjamin Shahzad, of the clergy of the archdiocese as Rector of th ...
• 18 December 2012
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Appointment of the Rector of the inter-diocesan Seminary of the "Holy Cross" in Auckland Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 17 December 2011 appointed Rev. Fr. Peter John Jeffrey, of the clergy of the Diocese of Sandhurst ...
• 18 December 2012
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Sexual exploitation, forced labor, poverty: cause of death for many children Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The fate of many girls in Southeast Asia is marked by poverty that leads to sexual exploitation. To cope with this emergency, periodically, the Spanish NGO Anesvad promotes a campaign to reco ...
• 18 December 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Let us welcome social justice, truth and peace": the invitation of Archbishop Chávez Botello Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - One of the Christmas traditions in Mexico which has an important role is constituted by the so-called "posadas", which in the days of the Christmas novena, from December 16 to 24, brings to life ...