News

• 16 April 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Moving Dadaab Refugee Camp back to Somalia must go hand in hand with allocating more resources to Northern Kenya for it to succeed", says the Bishop of Garissa Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Now that there is a government in Somalia, it is good if the camp is closed and the people are allowed to return back home", said His Exc. Mgr. Paul Darmanin, Bishop of Garissa, commenting on t ...
• 16 April 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Patriarch will participate in the commemorations of the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, to be held in Yerevan Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Tawadros II, Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, will travel to Yerevan on April 20 to take part in the most significant events planned to commemorate the centenary of the Armenian Genoc ...
• 16 April 2015
  AMERICA - Almost 4 million children in Latin America do not have access to primary school Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - More than 50% of the Latin American Countries and the Caribbean have managed to have access to primary education, although unfortunately there are still nearly 4 million children who d ...
• 16 April 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Eleven soldiers killed, the Church asks for a definitive cease-fire Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Military Bishop of Colombia, His Exc. Mgr. Fabio Suescun Mutis, has strongly condemned the events in the municipality of Buenos Aires, in the north of Cauca (Colombia), where 11 soldiers were ...
• 16 April 2015
  OCEANIA/VANUATU - Church's response plan helps residents in aftermath of cyclone Pam Port Vila (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Vanuatu, supported by Caritas Oceania agencies, including Caritas Australia and Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, have been distributing tarpaulins and other emergency aid a ...
• 16 April 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The lawyers: "Justice after the death of Nauman Masih, killed because a Christian" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We are shocked. The death of Nauman Masih, the 14-year-old Christian burnt alive by a group of Muslims, is surprising. Two days ago the doctors said that despite the severe burns, the boy would ...
• 16 April 2015
  ASIA/TURKEY – Even the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople will commemorate the victims of the Genocide Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – Even the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, based in Istanbul, will commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the systematic massacres against the Armenian people which began on April 24 ...
• 16 April 2015
  AMERICA - Bishops Emeritus continue to give their contribution Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - After the first meeting of the Bishops Emeritus of Latin America, held in Bogota in March (see Fides 04/03/2015), Father José Gregorio Melo Sánchez, Secretary of the Ecclesial Communion and Dia ...
• 15 April 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Every year thousands of children are born on the street, at home or in situations considered at high risk Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In Mexico more than a thousand children every year are born on the street, at home or in situations considered at high risk. The widespread phenomenon endangers the lives of pregnant women a ...
• 15 April 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - Protection of life and communication in the Church's mission, priority in the Chilean Church Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – The 109th Plenary Assembly of the Chilean Bishops' Conference, CECh, (see Fides 10/04/2015) is being held, which began with the participation of the Bishops in the Third International Seminar ...
• 15 April 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Christian boy burnt alive by young Muslims has died Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Nauman Masih, the 14-year-old Pakistani Christian, who was burnt alive by a group of unknown young Muslims a few days ago (see Fides 13/04/2015), passed away this morning in the hospital in Lahor ...
• 15 April 2015
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - The Bishops: "We must be steadfast in the efforts to eradicate the Ebola virus disease and defend our democracy" Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - "We are still living in fear since the outbreak of the Ebola virus disease and now with uncertainty about the political situation of our Country", say the Bishops of Sierra Leone in their Easte ...
• 15 April 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Heads of the Christian communities in Aleppo: is it the time of the Resurrection of the Savior or the funeral of his disciples? Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "During the Easter period, our city and our people suffered intense pain, anguish and discomfort during the night when neighborhoods in the city were hit with rocket-propelled grenades, with a d ...
• 15 April 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Report of the Pastoral Commission for Land: Homicides in the rural area increase Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Pastoral Commission for Land (CPT) presented the thirtieth edition of its annual report on the Rural Conflict in Brazil, relative to 2014, with information regarding murders, threats and vi ...
• 15 April 2015
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Israeli President visits the heads of Christian churches for Easter Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - President Reuven Rivlin yesterday April 14 2015, visited the Greek Patriarch of Jerusalem in the Old City, for a meeting with the heads of Christian Churches in Israel for Easter. This was rep ...