News

• 20 July 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - "The Church becomes the home of people who suffer": Cardinal Tong to the new permanent deacons Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "Open the door of the domestic Church and of the big family of the Church, so that nobody in the world is without a family and the Church is the family for everyone. You must take charge of th ...
• 20 July 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Violence in the country increases: 24 children killed every day Sao Paulo (Agenzia Fides) – In Brazil the last 30 years are considered as the most violent. According to the recent study "Map of Violence 2012, Children and Adolescents in Brazil", in 2010 at least 24 children and tee ...
• 20 July 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 2,054 mothers die for every 100,000 children born alive: 1 woman out of 7 during pregnancy or childbirth Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Decades of conflict and marginalization have made South Sudan the most dangerous country on earth where to give birth, with the highest maternal mortality rate in the world. 2,054 mothers die for e ...
• 20 July 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni exhorts the laity to an "active and courageous" presence in Central African land, aware of the valuable contribution they can make as disciples of Christ Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The exhortation to take more and more charge in the organization and animation of Christian communities, because it is "an effective way to take an active part in the mission of the Church", this ...
• 20 July 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Peruvian Bishop calls for the intervention of the U.S. Congress on the issue of La Oroya mining Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "A U.S.-owned smelter has contaminated air, soil and water in the city of La Oroya, in Peru. The fact deserves monitoring and corrective measures by the U.S. Congress, according to a Peruvian ...
• 20 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Appeal from Damascus: "Keep out the civilians from the fighting, No to sectarian revenge" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "We urgently need to protect civilians. There is a danger that the season of revenge begins and that the civilians of Damascus are treated as 'traitors' because they have not taken an active pa ...
• 19 July 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - "Living the country's unity in prayer": Bishops' appeal before the social problems Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Peru have asked to give life to a "Chain of Prayer for Dialogue and Peace." A few days before National Independence Day of Peru, which is celebrated on July 28, the Peruvian Episcopa ...
• 19 July 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to educators: seminarians have to be helped to become aware that the Church is missionary by nature, and to become a priest means to be sent on mission Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The unity of the educators and the hearty co-operation among them, make the creation of adequate educational and formation programs possible, and in particular provide candidates to priesthood a ...
• 19 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The War "at home" in the chaos in Damascus Christians are "strong in faith" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - These are hours of high tension in Damascus: "We hear bombs and gunfire, people are terrified and do not leave the house. We thank God we are alive," says a Catholic priest from Damascus, reach ...
• 19 July 2012
  AFRICA - A million severely malnourished children in Sahel Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A million severely malnourished children are waiting to receive care in Sahel. According to the latest figures released by UNICEF, it is the highest number in the history of humanitarian aid. This ...
• 19 July 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - XII continental meeting: challenges and hopes of the Afro-American Pastoral Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) - The twelfth meeting of Afro-American Pastoral Meeting (EPA) is in progress, held in Guayaquil, Ecuador, from July 16 to 20, on "The Afro-American and the Caribbean Pastoral Care and the Docume ...
• 19 July 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Caritas Volunteers receive the missionary mandate "to bring Christ to the people" Tai Nan (Agenzia Fides) - "Make Love and Life grow": this was the message that the two groups of volunteers of Caritas in Taiwan, which started on 4 and 5 July, want to bring to people, especially young people, of the mo ...
• 19 July 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Ramadan is an opportunity for dialogue and friendship": message from the interfaith movement "Silsilah" Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - "Ramadan is an opportunity for everyone to reflect, to find spiritual meaning of life. For the Muslim it is an obligation, for others it is a challenge. The Movement 'Silsilah' has alway ...
• 19 July 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Tens of thousands of people in Somaliland have no home or food or health care Hargeisa (Agenzia Fides) - Due to severe drought that has hit most of the Republic of Somaliland for 4 years, about 120 000 people in coastal regions, central and western are in urgent need of food. The areas most in nee ...
• 19 July 2012
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Revival of Jihad: Islamic extremist groups join to regain strength Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – After Ten years since the terrorist attack in Bali in 2002, the Indonesian Islamic extremist groups, weakened and divided, intend to join together to regain strength. This is what the latest r ...