News

• 28 November 2014
  AFRICA/BENIN - "Magic shows" to finance the schooling of children Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - To finance the schooling of children in Benin, a group of "wizards" have set up a series of shows for young children who go to the kindergarten run by the NGO Spanish Mensajeros de la Paz, in Co ...
• 28 November 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - From the first Sunday of Advent: Twelve Days of Prayer for Peace Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mexico invite to pray and work for peace in the country. The statement of the Mexican Episcopal Conference, also sent to Agenzia Fides, entitled "Let us pray and work for peac ...
• 28 November 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishops reaffirm that the ordination of women to the priesthood is not recognised in the Catholic Church Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - With a Pastoral Statement signed by His Exc. Mgr. Stephen Brislin, Archbishop of Cape Town and Chairman of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference, the South African Bishops reaff ...
• 28 November 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Archbishop of Semarang: "Serve the common good, beyond religious belief" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Who holds political and institutional office is called to serve the people and to promote the common good, beyond his personal religious beliefs or ethnicity. And citizens have to choose leader ...
• 28 November 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The head of the group that had seized the Polish priest has been released Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I am happy to be free, it is something extraordinary. I was held for six weeks. I was treated well and respected", said, Fr. Mateusz Dziedzic, the Fidei Donum Polish priest abducted in Central A ...
• 28 November 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Dalit: discrimination for 165 million Indians New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Discrimination related to caste, child labor, early marriage of girls and chronic malnutrition are some of the most serious problems affecting the Indian population. Castes and subcastes are m ...
• 27 November 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - A group of doctors provide free health service in the diocese of Hai Men Hai Men (Agenzia Fides) – To give witness to the Gospel through the works of charity: is the reason that led to the formation of the "Group of Divine Providence" that offers free health service to Catholics and non-Cat ...
• 27 November 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Justice for the massacre in Maguindanao: the relatives of the victims write to the Pope Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Relatives of the victims killed in the "Massacre in Maguindanao" - the kidnapping and barbaric execution of 46 people in Maguindanao province took place on November 23, 2009 - have appealed to Po ...
• 27 November 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Vicar General of Bouar: "Fr. Mateusz is fine and was released without the use of force" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Mateusz Dziedzic, the Fidei Donum Polish priest is fine. He was kidnapped in mid-October in the Central African Republic (see Fides 15/10/2014) and was released yesterday, November 26. This w ...
• 27 November 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - The Church ready to intervene to ensure the country's political future Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The spokesman of the "Episcopal Commission for Mediation" (CEM), Mgr. Patrick Aris said that the Catholic Church is waiting for the synthesis of the various proposals on political consult ...
• 27 November 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Archbishop of Kirkuk: unrealistic and wrong to dream of an autonomous enclave for Christians in the Nineveh Plain Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - The project still cherished by acronyms and political leaders who want to create an autonomous enclave in the future reserved for Christians in the Nineveh Plain, currently in the hands of the ji ...
• 27 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The first Catholic radio in Pakistan Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Spreading the news of the Gospel via air: this is the aim of "Good News Radio", the first Catholic radio born in Pakistan, launched by the Archdiocese of Karachi, led by Bishop Joseph Coutts, wh ...
• 27 November 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram plans attacks with suicide women bombers disguised as nuns Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The terrorists of Boko Haram plan attacks with suicide women bombers disguised as nuns. "A few months ago in Kano (northern Nigeria) the police discovered tailors who were sewing tunics for nun in ...
• 27 November 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Hunger and chronic malnutrition cause the death of a child every 33 hours Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Death caused by hunger and chronic malnutrition, which affects children under five years of age, is a real scourge for the Country. In the course of 2014, 240 young children have died. According ...
• 27 November 2014
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Russia is preparing a resolution on the defense of Christians in the Middle East Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - Russia is considering "the opportunity to submit to the Council for Human Rights of the United Nations - United Nations agency based in Geneva - a resolution to urge international measures of pro ...