News

• 13 December 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Violence and death in the "Valley of the Christians": 150 thousand faithful in terror Tartus (Agenzia Fides) - About 150 thousand Christians live in fear in more than 40 villages in the so-called "Valley of the Christians" in western Syria. The valley ("Wadi al Nasara"), a historical stronghold of the Syr ...
• 13 December 2012
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - 300 000 Nicaraguan children work instead of going to school Managua (Agenzia Fides) - In Nicaragua, the reduction of the rate of child labor is still very high. The report of the Nicaraguan Foundation for Economic and Social Development (Funides) shows that in the country 42.8% o ...
• 13 December 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Maronite Bishop of Latakia: "Christians targeted by radical Islamists and bandits" Latakia (Agenzia Fides) - In the area of Latakia, Tartus and Tal khalakh, and in the "Valley of the Christians", "there is chaos: Islamist militias and criminal gangs are taking advantage of the situation of general inst ...
• 13 December 2012
  AMERICA/CUBA - 50 days after the hurricane, thousands of people are still homeless and without services Santiago de Cuba (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Uruguay has received an appeal from the Bishop Emeritus of Melo (Uruguay), His Exc. Mgr. Luis del Castillo, who has been living as a missionary in Santiago ...
• 13 December 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the lay faithful of Gulu, "be always men and women of goodness, reconciliation, holiness of Christian life, and peace" Arua (Agenzia Fides) - "I cannot help but express to you, dear brothers and sisters, all of my appreciation for the selfless service that you render so well to Christ and to the Church through your teaching of the catech ...
• 13 December 2012
  AFRICA/UGANDA - "We want to preserve the missionary spirit handed down to us by our first evangelizers" says the Bishop of Arua Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "The diocese was founded thanks to the work of evangelization of the Comboni Missionaries. The Comboni Missionaries are still present in our diocese and we are very happy to have them with us, " ...
• 13 December 2012
  VATICAN - Observations on behalf of His Exc. Mgr. Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B., Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the decision of the so-called Conference of Catholic Bishops of China and the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, to withdraw the ''approval'' from His Exc. Mgr. Taddeo Ma Daqin, the ...
• 13 December 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Demarcation of borders to avoid further violence," the request of the Bishops of four East African countries Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of neighboring Dioceses in South Sudan in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia have called for borders demarcation to avoid conflicts and to achieve peaceful co-existence amongst the neighbour ...
• 13 December 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Traditional midwives help save women in childbirth Betraka (Agenzia Fides) - Madagascar is facing a triple challenge: rapid population growth, increasing poverty and political instability. This is what emerges from the report of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) ...
• 12 December 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Uganda for the centenary of the faith in Arua and in the ecclesiastical province of Gulu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The conclusive celebrations for the centenary of the arrival of the faith in the diocese of Arua, northern Uganda, thanks to the Comboni missionaries, will be presided by Cardinal Fernando ...
• 12 December 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church and the "untouchables": a test bench in the Year of Faith New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In the 250 million untouchables, the Dalits, who in India are considered "human waste" there is "the moaning of the Spirit of God" that expresses and shouts the dignity of every human being. A ...
• 12 December 2012
  ASIA/NEPAL - Pilot project to assist women who have suffered violence Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Following a study carried out in 2011 by researchers at the BICE (Bureau International Catholique de l'enfance), which deals with children’s rights, a project to help women and their relatio ...
• 12 December 2012
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Recognition of Parliament to Caritas, for the protection of social rights and the fight against poverty Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Caritas Portugal, Eugenio Fonseca, received from Parliament the Human Rights Award 2012. "Caritas welcomes this award - he said - as a sign of appreciation for the work of animat ...
• 12 December 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The realization of the Rosary beads becomes an occasion for catechesis Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – A hand made rosary, to thank the sisters for their reception: is the Christmas initiative of the girls who are guests of the College of the Missionaries of the Good Shepherd in Hong Kong to ...
• 12 December 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Delays in learning and growth for adolescent workers Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Child labor in Argentina continues to be a very serious problem. Among the disadvantages caused by the phenomenon what emerges is the narrow margin of time available that these children hav ...