News

• 20 June 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Tension for new powers adopted by the military Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The situation in Egypt is tense, where the wait for the official announcement of the presidential ballot results is intertwined with the news concerning former President Hosni Mubarak’s health ...
• 20 June 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - In Ecuador, the largest number of refugees of America Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The year 2011 was a "record year" for displacement, considering the figures since 2000: says a report published by the UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) of which a copy was sent to Fides. Regarding the si ...
• 19 June 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni for the 150th anniversary of the Missionaries of Scheut: "That seed today is a plant that has spread its branches in 23 countries across 4 continents" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Just 150 years ago, a group of Belgian priests volunteered to Propaganda Fide to work in missions. With them Theophile Verbist founded in Scheut, Brussels, Your Congregation and went to th ...
• 19 June 2012
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Human rights abuses continue despite the appeals of leaders Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Rigged elections, limited freedom of speech and press, media censorship or intimidation and attempts to control the activities of civil society and NGOs continue to violate human rights in many c ...
• 19 June 2012
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "In 100 days' respite, over 800 lives have been saved": the results of the agreement signed between criminal gangs on the initiative of the Church San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The pact between criminal gangs, the "Mara Salvatrucha" (MS-13) and the "Mara 18" (M-18), has decreased daily murders from 14 to 5, according to data provided by the Castrencian Vicar Monsi ...
• 19 June 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced conversions "against human dignity": Christians support the new law Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Conversions and forced marriages are "contrary to human dignity, human rights, fundamental freedoms of every individual, inscribed by God in every human being." For this reason "as Christians, we ...
• 19 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "In Kaduna calm has returned, and security forces are doing their best," the Archbishop told Fides Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is quite calm. The police have limited the curfew, which now ranges from 6 pm to 6 am. The population has been able to resume its activities in the hours when the curfew is not in f ...
• 19 June 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Tropical Storm Talim causes severe flooding in the coastal provinces of the country Fuzhou/Haikou (Agenzia Fides) - The province of northeastern China's Harbin is facing serious flooding due to the tropical storm Talim that brought heavy rains. This is the fifth storm of the year and is the eastern and ...
• 19 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The army: "Yes to the exit of civilians from Homs," but they become human shields Homs (Agenzia Fides) - The 800 civilians trapped in Homs are caught between the crossfire, unable to get out, exploited in the conflict, now used as human shields: is the alarm that reaches Fides Agency by representative ...
• 19 June 2012
  EUROPE/ITALY - Mgr. Ferrazzetta, first Bishop of Bissau, commemorated in his hometown Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 17 June, the small town of Selva di Progno, town and diocese of Verona, brought together Guinean of origin and Guinean of the heart, in the birthplace of His Exc. Mgr. Settimio Ferrazzett ...
• 19 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarch Gregory III Laham: "National Dialogue to end the conflict" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - To come out of the Syrian crisis and end the conflict, "it is urgent that all Syrian unify efforts for a genuine national dialogue" is what the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Gregory III ...
• 19 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Battle in the streets of Damaturu between the army and Boko Haram Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Damaturu, capital of the State of Yobe, north-east of Nigeria, was the scene of a real battle between the Boko Haram sect and the military of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF). The battle began ...
• 18 June 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope for World Refugee Day: "I hope their rights are respected and that they may soon be reunited with loved ones" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "World Refugee Day sponsored by the United Nations will be celebrated on Wednesday, 20 June, - said the Holy Father Benedict XVI during the Angelus on Sunday, June 17 -. The Day wants to a ...
• 18 June 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Mass Attack against Christians in Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - Nightmare for Christians in Orissa, eastern India is back. A Pastor and the entire community of a Christian village, about 12 families, were violently attacked and injured by an organized gr ...
• 18 June 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishop of Saltillo: "Do not sell your vote, it is a moral issue" Saltillo (Agenzia Fides) - Two weeks before the presidential election, Mgr. Raul Vera Lopez, Bishop of the Diocese of Saltillo, has launched an appeal urging the people not to sell their vote, because the corruption that ...