News

• 8 July 2015
  ASIA/YEMEN - Alarm of the Red Cross: the country risks famine Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - Since the current military conflicts broke out in Yemen (see Fides 07/07/2015) 3,000 people have died and one million are displaced and at risk of famine. The situation is getting worse day by da ...
• 8 July 2015
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Migrants evicted welcomed in the Cathedral of Tangier Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - Several migrants evicted from the apartments they occupied in the district of Bujalef, were welcomed in the Cathedral of Tangier. According to a statement sent to Agenzia Fides, signed by His Exc. ...
• 8 July 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - More than 500 deaths in 150 terrorist attacks in the last three years Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - More than 500 people were killed in 150 terrorist attacks in Kenya between 2012 and June 2015. This is what the Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation reports, according to which most of the victims we ...
• 8 July 2015
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "We also want to be missionaries" says the indigenous representative to the Pope Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis, the Montubio people want to answer the call for a new evangelization, in order to become a Church that goes out. From our experience of working in the countryside, in contact with n ...
• 7 July 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The government bans to translate holy Islamic terms Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif approved a summary prohibiting the English translation of Islamic terms. Sacred Arabic names and words like "allah", "masjid", "sala'at" or "rasool", are n ...
• 7 July 2015
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Plenary Assembly of Bishops: defense of marriage, family and creation, reconciliation, justice and corruption Panama (Agenzia Fides) - "We, Bishops of the Catholic Church of Panama met in Plenary Session from June 29 to July 3, 2015, to discuss and reflect on the ecclesial and social realities of the country": this is how the fi ...
• 7 July 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Cardinal Filoni in Burgos: "Can we say that the people of God today are missionary people?" Burgos (Agenzia Fides) - "The celebration of the most beautiful and dreamed of conciliar Decree, and of all the Council as a whole, is to be able to note that the Decree has aged as a written document, but is still alive ...
• 7 July 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Mgr. Padrón: "Corruption, repression, popular discontent characterize the present" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "National deterioration is remarkable. Next to a lack of raw materials, due to the disastrous economic policy, the present moment is characterized by huge corruption in government circles, the g ...
• 7 July 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - "The project of the Shabaab to liberate the north-east from non-Somalis continues" said the coadjutor Bishop of Garissa Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The goal of Shabaab is to 'liberate' the north-east of Somalia, inhabited by Kenyans of Somali origin, from the non-Muslims and non-Somalis", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Alessand ...
• 7 July 2015
  ASIA/YEMEN - The conflict becomes more and more serious, the civilian population is the most affected Aden (Agenzia Fides) - After the bombing that devastated the city of Aden and caused hundreds of injuries, other cases of civilian casualties and damage to civilian facilities have also been recorded on the densely popul ...
• 7 July 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Cautious hopes for the release of the Franciscan parish priest taken away by jihadists Yacoubieh (Agenzia Fides) - The story of the Franciscan Iraqi priest Dhiya Azziz - the parish priest of the Syrian village of Yacoubieh taken away on Saturday, July 4 by the militiamen of jihadist organizations that cont ...
• 7 July 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The Church organizes schools for South Sudanese refugees in Khartoum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Sudan (SCBC) is opening schools for the South Sudanese who have sought refuge in Sudan. This was announced by the Secretary General of the SCBC, Fr. Jacob Odwa Paul, ...
• 7 July 2015
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Pope's visit "will mark a before and after with regards to the situation in the country" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a very delicate moment for our country, but I have no doubt that the Pope's message will be orientated to give light to find a way out, to find peace and tranquility. This visit, perhaps, w ...
• 7 July 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II meets the priests' wives Alexandria (Agenzia Fides) - In the intense program of the pastoral visit made in Alexandria last weekend, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II wanted to include a meeting of reflection and prayer with more than twenty ...
• 7 July 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The Bishops: the encyclical Laudato Si’ is important for the faithful and for the country Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The encyclical Laudato Si’ is important for the faithful and for the whole of Bangladesh: with this conviction the Bishops of Bangladesh have promoted the circulation of the text in parishes, co ...