News

• 16 October 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Corruption is everywhere in prisons": new intervention of the Church on the management of prisons Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Corruption and human rights violations are widespread in almost all the prisons in the Country. The monstrous corruption that prevails in these institutions clearly shows that with this sys ...
• 16 October 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Food is a basic right, not recognized to 850 million people Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Today, October 16th, the world celebrates World Food Day, a fundamental human right not recognized to about 850 million people. This law requires that everyone - men, women, children, people who ...
• 16 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious freedom under the shadow of blasphemy Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The year 2011 was a horrible year for religious freedom in Pakistan: So says the XI edition of the "Report on Religious Freedom in the World", published today by the Papal Foundation "Aid to the Ch ...
• 16 October 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The death anniversary of Fr. Tentorio, "Reviving justice and to heal the wounded peace" Arakan (Agenzia Fides) - On the first anniversary of the death of Fr. Fausto Tentorio, who was killed in Mindanao on 17 October 2011, "we are seeking to revive the peace justice to heal the wounded," says to Fides Agency ...
• 16 October 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian Catholics at the school of "political formation" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In the coming weeks the Egyptian Catholic communities will promote social political training courses to promote the common discernment before the full transition of ongoing uncertainties in the la ...
• 16 October 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Floods: the Nigerian Church appeals for national solidarity Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to national solidarity for the people affected by the floods was launched by His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and President of the Episcopal Conference of Nigeria. The a ...
• 16 October 2012
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - An orphanage in Laos and a school in Vietnam: two projects for disadvantaged children Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - A group of seven Swedish professionals have founded the charity organization Together for Charity in Singapore. These are married women, expatriated from their country of origin, who have beco ...
• 16 October 2012
  ASIA - Catholic activist: "South Asia: a land of Christians persecution" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "South Asia is an area of great Christian persecution, subject to the violence of radical Islamic Hindus or also Buddhists": This is what John Dayal, a lay Catholic Indian, human rights activist an ...
• 16 October 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Year of Faith and the new evangelization at the center of the Assembly of Bishops Tungurahua (Agenzia Fides) – The CXXXII Plenary Assembly of Bishops of Ecuador, in the Casa Santa Marianita Baños (Ambato, Tungurahua) is still in progress. The central theme of this Assembly is the Year of Faith, whi ...
• 15 October 2012
  AMERICA/ EL SALVADOR - "Politics is discredited, it has to be retrieved" urges Mgr. Rosa Chavez San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, Monsignor Gregorio Rosa Chavez, harshly criticized the behavior of the politicians who run the so-called "buy-sell will" in the political sphere. Since ...
• 15 October 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - In the Year of Faith: the 90th anniversary of the Diocese of San Cristóbal San Cristóbal (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of San Cristobal in Venezuela celebrates its 90 years, having been established on 12 October 1922 by Pope Pius XI, with the Apostolic Constitution "Ad Munus." The note sent to ...
• 15 October 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The "Door of Faith" in the Chinese Catholic communities of the continent opens Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Information and evidence concerning the opening of the Year of Faith in the Chinese Catholic communities of the continent continue to reach Fides Agency. Among these we mention a few. The dioces ...
• 15 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The whole of Pakistan in prayer for Malala; she and Rimsha symbol of change Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – While Malala Yousafzai, the girl victim of a Taliban attack is struggling between life and death and was transferred to a specialized hospital in London, the Pakistani nation is shaken and s ...
• 15 October 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Too many girls are forced to marry when they are minors or suffer sexual violence Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the first International Day of the Child, sponsored by the United Nations, which focused mainly on child marriage and its dramatic consequences, information related to Mex ...
• 15 October 2012
  AMERICA/HAITI - A record for a new generation of Haitians Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - A group of Haitian children welcomed in the "Niños Casa de Esperanza" project, mostly orphans, who live in a refugee camp in Port-au-Prince, has prepared a record that will be launched b ...