News

• 25 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Director of the PMS: "Aleppo paralyzed by the fighting, Christians in fear" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "For two days Aleppo has been paralyzed by the fighting. The situation is very serious. We hear gunshots all the time. People are locked in the house, offices are closed, business is at a stand s ...
• 25 July 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Torrential rains cause death and devastation, two camps for the displaced have been set up Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - Due to heavy rains that is hitting Nigeria, in the Central Plateau region, so far at least 35 people have been killed, 50 are reported missing and 370 houses have been destroyed or submerged by wa ...
• 25 July 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A series of initiatives of the Church to say "no" to the division of the country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo has launched a series of initiatives to say no to the "balkanization" of the Country, whose territorial integrity is threatened by yet another arm ...
• 25 July 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - Conflict in the region of Araucania; for Caritas "the way of righteousness leads to peace" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Indigenous Institute has issued a statement condemning the violent events of recent days which took place in the Chilean region of Araucania and proposes the way of justice as the only one ...
• 25 July 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Agricultural land belonging to the Christians in Punjab illegally confiscated Kasur (Agenzia Fides) - Influential Muslims take possession of 40 acres of farmland belonging to Christian families in Punjab, with the complicity of the police: as reported to Fides by local sources, it is a subtle inst ...
• 25 July 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - African Catholic Journalists participate in a conference: communication to promote peace Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics Journalists from several African countries started on July 23 in Mombasa (Kenya) a four-day seminar on the role of media in conflict resolution, peace building and promotion of good go ...
• 24 July 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Chaos, death and destruction due to the most intense cataclysm in the past 60 years Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - A storm lasting over 10 hours has brought death and destruction in the main streets of Beijing, rivers have flooded the underground tunnels and subways, causing the death of several people. This ...
• 24 July 2012
  VATICAN - "The best testimony that the Church can give to the world is that of unity, brotherhood and communion" says Cardinal Filoni to the Bishops of Central Africa Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Be united and supportive among each other! Consolidate the spirit of ecclesial communion and brotherhood so that your ministry is fruitful, and be an example for the flock entrusted to you": thi ...
• 24 July 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Stop violence against women: an emergency for the State and the Church Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - In the context of a convivial gathering to say thank you to the various institutions for the end of President Leonel Fernandez' mandate, Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Arch ...
• 24 July 2012
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Missionaries and the young committed to the care of young disabled children Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "We care for the lives of disabled children ", says to Fides Fr. John Glynn, an Irish fidei donum missionary in Papua New Guinea, currently serving in the "Jubilee Secondary School" in Port ...
• 24 July 2012
  AMERICA - Inauguration of the Observatory of the New Evangelization for Latin America Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the promotion of the New Evangelization, His Exc. Mgr. Octavio Ruiz Arenas, announced that on Tuesday, July 24, during the opening session of the meet ...
• 24 July 2012
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - In the district of Gambo one hospital for 100,000 people Gambo (Agenzia Fides) - In the province of West Arsi, 245 kilometers southeast of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, the Missionaries of the Consolata manage the general rural Hospital in Gambo. Founded in 1922 by the ...
• 24 July 2012
  VATICAN - Don Wojda appointed Under-Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Rev. Tadeusz Wojda, of the Society of Catholic Apostolate (S.C.A.), Head of Office of the Congregation as Under-Secretary of the Congregation for the ...
• 24 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Crisis, the situation of Christians, perspectives: Bishops' meeting in Aleppo Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Urgent issues of the Syrian crisis, at a time "of great concern" for the Churches and for the entire population, the situation of Christian communities and the plight of the internally displaced ...
• 23 July 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Hundreds of thousands of children in Chiapas work without compensation Tuxtla Gutierrez (Agenzia Fides) - In the Mexican state of Chiapas, about 199 thousand children in the age group ranging from 5 to 17 work without receiving any financial compensation. According to the local Labour Offic ...