News

• 15 December 2011
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The plague of Casamance and cocaine trafficking Dakar (Agenzia Fides) – Tension increases in Casamance, region of Senegal wedged between Gambia and Guinea Bissau, a "low intensity" theater of war since 1982 for the presence of an independence movement. On 13 Decembe ...
• 15 December 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians: Cancel a political demonstration on Christmas Day Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Pakistani Christians in Karachi ask the political authorities to postpone a political demonstration scheduled for Christmas Day from the "Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf" party. The party, a rising st ...
• 14 December 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - Pilgrimage of Missionary Childhood of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa for the sending of missionary children and young people Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, December 17, the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa has promoted a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary, in Myszków Mr ...
• 14 December 2011
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY-Hundreds of children forced to work have been freed Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - About one hundred children forced to work on the streets were freed by the authorities during the celebration of the feast of the Virgin of Caacupé, Patroness of the Catholic faithful of Parag ...
• 14 December 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR-"The situation for the displaced Kachin is serious: humanitarian aid is urgently needed", says Caritas Banmaw (Agenzia Fides) - In the last six months, the situation of the internally displaced of the Kachin ethnic group, in the diocese of Myitkyina and Banmaw (in the North of Myanmar) has worsened, affecting mostly women ...
• 14 December 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Historic handover at the Sanctuary of Wan Chin: from the Dominicans of the Spanish province, after 150 years of service, to those of the Chinese province Kao Hsiung (Agenzia Fides) - The Dominicans, protagonists of the second evangelization of the island of Taiwan have lived another page linked to their historical mission. In fact, after 150 years of service, the pastoral ...
• 14 December 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-New accommodation for prisoners of Christian faith: more prayer, less persecution Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The prisoners of Christian faith in the district prison of Faisalabad (in Punjab), from now on they will be housed in a separate dormitary. As reported to Fides by local sources, the building ...
• 14 December 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-Every hour 11 children disappear in the country and are sold as slaves New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In India 11 children disappear every hour, victims of human being trafficking, which is very widespread in the country. According to a report presented in the capital, New Delhi, by the NGO B ...
• 14 December 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - "A fair immigration reform, humane and effective": letter of 33 Bishops Los Angeles (Agenzia Fides) - There are 33 Catholic Bishops of the United States of America, of Hispanic origin, who have called for "a fair immigration reform, humane and effective" and have assured undocumented immigra ...
• 14 December 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-Adoption with many doubts Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The decision of the Institute for Family Welfare (ICBF) to authorize Chandler Burr, a U.S. citizen with homosexual tendencies, to adopt two children aged 9 and 13, "is not the ideal case" is what ...
• 14 December 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Archbishop of Yangon: "turn the guns into I-Pads, the country towards a new Jerusalem" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The "New Jerusalem" evoked by the Sacred Scripture "begins here and now". And, for the Myanmar context, this means an era of peace, freedom, growth and development, democracy, respect for nature. ...
• 14 December 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishop of Maiduguri does not confirm the tragedy attributed to the military, after yesterday’s failed attack Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "There is nothing official and I am not able to confirm that the military fired indiscriminately on the crowd", says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Oliver Dashe Doeme, Bishop of Maiduguri, capital of the ...
• 14 December 2011
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - "There have so far been no particular reactions to the massacre in Florence," say sources of the Archidiocese of Dakar Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "The Senegalese radio and other media have clearly highlighted the murder of Senegalese citizens in Florence, but so far there have been no unusual reactions by the local population", sources of t ...
• 14 December 2011
  ASIA/IRAQ - Two Christians killed in Mosul. The Nuncio: "There is fear and hope" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "Two Christians were killed in Mosul yesterday. The causes are not known and the attackers have not been identified", confirms to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Amel Shamon Nona, Chaldean Archbishop of Mos ...
• 13 December 2011
  VATICAN - "Aid to the Church in Need" becomes Pontifical Foundation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI elevated the international Catholic charity "Aid to the Church in Need" to the status of a pontifical foundation. The headquarters of the newly created Foundation is in th ...