News

• 
  4 May 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP- An initiative to eradicate child labor Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Child labor is a phenomenon that affects 13% of Dominican children between 5 to 17 years of age. In order to address this phenomenon, the Niños Limpiabotas La Merced Foundation was establ ...
• 
  4 May 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Boom of vocations to priesthood: a lively and vibrant Church in faith Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – That in Pakistan is a Church that lives faith in every day difficulties, in a country where 95% are Muslims and is "fervent in priestly vocations and consecrated life, a sign of God's blessing, ...
• 3 May 2016
  ASIA/THAILAND - Confirmation of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Peter Watchasin Kritjharoen Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 3, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Peter Watchasin Kritjharoen of the clergy of the diocese of Ratchabur ...
• 
  3 May 2016
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "He is not here, he has risen! Inni as hin jiru; ka'eera!": Easter in Robe mission Kofale (Agenzia Fides) - "Easter was characterized by rain and darkness. We were without electricity on Holy Saturday and Sunday. Foreseeing that there would not be enough room in the church, we prepared the water for ba ...
• 
  3 May 2016
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Mgr. González Nieves: "Necessity to re-build Puerto Rico, but we must be united" San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, the country asks us not to remain silent. Silence means to resign. And we Puerto Ricans are men of peace, but we are not resigned": with these words the Archbishop of San Juan of Puerto ...
• 
  3 May 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Youth unemployment is a time bomb ready to explode" warns "Justice and Peace" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The youth unemployment continues to pose a danger to the security of our nation and stability of our family life. It is a time bomb that shall soon explode on us", says His Exc. Mgr. Abel ...
• 
  3 May 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - The appeals of Christian communities against the expropriation of churches in Diyarbakir increase Diyarbakir (Agenzia Fides) - While in Diyarbakir the curfew ordered by the Turkish authorities continues, the appeals filed by the legal representatives of foundations linked to the Christian community against the order ...
• 
  3 May 2016
  ASIA/YEMEN - Two months after the massacre in Aden, negotiations continue for the release of Father Tom Aden (Agenzia Fides) - Two months after the massacre perpetrated by a terrorist commando in the nursing home in Aden (see Fides 04/03/2016), where four Missionaries of Charity were killed along with 12 other people, ther ...
• 
  3 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishop of Tibú: "Some are interested in the fact that these peace processes must never reach an end" Tibú (Agenzia Fides) - "The community of La Gabarra, community leaders, Henry Perez’s family and us, believe that Henry is alive, although still in custody, and society will continue to ask news about him ": said His ...
• 
  3 May 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops recall Papa Wemba as Ambassador of the Congolese culture Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "A committed Catholic Christian who gave witness of the Church spreading the message of the Synod of Bishops for Africa on reconciliation, justice and peace". This is how His Exc. Mgr. Nicolas ...
• 2 May 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Ingwawuma Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 30 April 2016 the Holy Father appointed Fr. Siegfried Mandla Jwara, C.M.M., Pastor and Regional Superior of the Missionaries of Mariannhill in the Province of Umtata as Vicar Apostolic o ...
• 2 May 2016
  AMERICA/JAMAICA - Appointment of the Apostolic Administrator of Mandeville Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On May 1, 2016 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Charles Dufour, Emeritus Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica as Apostolic Administrator of the vacant Diocese of Mandeville (Jamaica). ...
• 
  2 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Lessons in the native language for a group of indigenous children in Medellín Medellin (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to a program of inclusion offered by the Municipality of Medellin in Niquitao district, the area where many children live in precarious conditions, 77 indigenous children of Embera commu ...
• 
  2 May 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Youth Ministry with the works of mercy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people need to be involved, to experience mercy and to give mercy. Thus the Jubilee makes sense for them": says to Fides Fr. Jahanzeb Iqbal, a priest from Lahore, pastor of St. Antony and ...
• 
  2 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Accompany dialogue with ELN": the Church for peace and for the release of the hostages Rionegro (Agenzia Fides) - "We received the request not to be guarantors, but to accompany, so we will be present to moderate the talks, we hope this helps to make them more effective and bring us towards peace as soon a ...