News

• 14 June 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope's general audience: "In prayer we open our hearts to the Lord so that He comes to dwell in our weakness, turning it into force for the Gospel" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - St. Paul’s attitude makes us understand that "all the difficulties we meet in following Christ and bearing witness to His Gospel can be overcome by opening ourselves trustingly to the act ...
• 14 June 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The collaboration of the laity and the priests, for better coordination of evangelization Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - To continue to promote maximum cooperation of the parish priests of the Council for the Laity of the Archdiocese of Tai Pei with the laity, for better coordination of evangelization and greater ...
• 14 June 2012
  AFRICA - Children forced to eat locusts to survive famine Gao (Agenzia Fides) - According to the humanitarian organization World Vision, founded by an American missionary in 1950, which deals with development and emergencies, West African children are forced to eat locusts to s ...
• 14 June 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Violence begets violence and it is always an insult to man" Bishop of Barrancabermeja’s appeal Barrancabermeja (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B, Bishop of Barrancabermeja, has launched an appeal to the civil and military authorities, and to the whole community to join eff ...
• 14 June 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The CIMI denounces murders of indigenous people and invasions for the exploitation of their lands Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI), organization of the Catholic Church in Brazil, presented in Brasilia the 2011 data on violence against indigenous peoples (see Fides 06/06/2012). The A ...
• 14 June 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A multinational intelligence center to fight the guerrillas of the East Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The joint intelligence center of the International Conference for the Great Lakes Region (CIRGL), which has the task to fight armed groups acting in the area, was inaugurated in Goma, capital o ...
• 14 June 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced marriages: the most common crime against women Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – he most widespread crime against women in Pakistan is forced marriage, says a Report of the NGO coalition "Free and Fair Election Pakistan" (FAFEN), which counted the official complaints rec ...
• 14 June 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Conversions and forced marriages: a new draft law is ready Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - A new draft law to combat the phenomenon of forced conversions and marriages was presented to the government by the "National Commission for Minorities in Pakistan", which in past months had r ...
• 14 June 2012
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Still deaths in the West, "There are too many weapons in circulation" reports the Bishop of Man Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The problem of insecurity is real, especially in areas bordering Liberia. There are too many weapons still in circulation, criminal gangs that attack villages and create roadblocks on the roads ...
• 13 June 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The Diocese of Nan Chong studies the Apostolic Letter "Porta Fidei" Nan Chong (Agenzia Fides) - To implement the recommendations contained in the "Note with pastoral guidelines for the Year of Faith" published by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Diocese of Nan Chong of ...
• 13 June 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A program to eliminate the scourge of child laborers in coal mines Medellín (Agenzia Fides) - In the region of Sinifaná, rich in coal mines, mining is used in the traditional and illegal way, and children are used as a source of cheap production. In the local culture, tradition consid ...
• 13 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Christian and Sunni Civilians trapped in Homs: negotiations for a cease-fire Homs (Agenzia Fides) - There are approximately 800 civilians trapped in the historical center of Homs, to be rescued, while the fighting rages between the army and opposition forces barricaded in the city. Among the civi ...
• 13 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - A Greek Catholic Church desecrated in Qusayr: an alarm signal Qusayr (Agenzia Fides) - A band of radical militiamen broke into the Greek-catholic church of St. Elias in Qusayr this morning, near the town of Homs, desecrating it. The militiamen forced the door, rang the bells in moc ...
• 13 June 2012
  AFRICA/LIBYA-Tensions in different parts of Libya, but the people want peace and tranquility Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) – There is growing tensions in different parts of Libya as a result of attacks and clashes between militias. In Misratha, a bomb hit the local headquarters of the International Red Cross, injuri ...
• 13 June 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Religious Freedom and the New Evangelization on the Bishops’ agenda Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Today, June 13, the Assembly of Bishops of the United States of America begins, after a long campaign in the local Churches so that the Bishops can officially express their worries about viol ...