News

• 21 January 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Medical care precluded to thousands of people who have no water and food Bentiu (Agenzia Fides) - Because of the ongoing conflict, thousands of people in Bentiu, capital of Unity State in South Sudan, have no medical care, and about 10 thousand displaced are heading towards Leer, in the south ...
• 21 January 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Country releases child soldiers recruited in civil wars and armed conflicts Naypaidó (Agenzia Fides) - The army in Myanmar has released about 272 child soldiers from its ranks. This is what the United Nations reported after the recent release of a group of 96 minors. Myanmar is among the countr ...
• 21 January 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The Catholic Church saves a dozen children from human trafficking Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Twelve children who had fallen into the clutches of human traffickers have been saved thanks to the efforts of the Diocesan Commission "Justice and Peace" in Kikwit, in Bandundu Province, in th ...
• 21 January 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - In prayer for harmony among the peoples, pending the judgment of the Hague Tacna (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the final judgment of the International Court of Justice in The Hague with regards to the limits of the maritime border between Peru and Chile, the Bishop of Tacna and Moquegua ( ...
• 21 January 2014
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - The whole Church is involved in the problem of migration Aveiro (Agenzia Fides) - The pastoral operators of migration have concluded their fourteenth Assembly affirming the need to create "groups of reception and information" in the parishes, to illustrate the theme of emigrat ...
• 21 January 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The new President launches an appeal to lay down arms Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is gradually improving. The election of the new President has brought a bit of hope in the population", say to Fides sources of the local church in Bangui, capital of the Central A ...
• 20 January 2014
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - "Allah" issue: burning Fr. Andrew’s portrait is equivalent "to an attack against Christians" Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - Christians must remain strong in their faith, in dealing with the attacks carried out by Islamist groups on the use of the word "Allah" for worship; accusations, denunciations, intimidation ...
• 20 January 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops gathered in Plenary Assembly Lima (Agenzia Fides) - With a solemn Mass concelebrated by the Bishops of all the dioceses of Peru, the 103rd Plenary Assembly of the Peruvian Bishops starts today, January 20 until Friday, January 24th at the headquarte ...
• 20 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO – The police officer accused of threatening the clergy has been stopped Mexico (Agenzia Fides) - The Attorney General of the Federal District of Mexico has stopped Juan Carlos "N", a police agent of the municipal of Tultitlán (State of Mexico), accused of extortion to members of the Concili ...
• 20 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Before the image of the Virgin of Candelaria one prays for the return of peace Michoacán (Agenzia Fides) – During the Mass celebrated yesterday, Sunday, January 19, at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Apatzingán for the arrival of the image of the Virgin of Candelaria (that comes from the cha ...
• 20 January 2014
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - 3,800 children and young people killed in the last four years Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - According to the NGO Casa Alianza, which protects minors in Latin America, from January 2010 to December 2013, 3,800 children and young people under 23 years of age were murdered in Honduras ...
• 20 January 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Cardinal Wako launches an appeal for peace in South Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako, Archbishop of Khartoum, has launched an appeal to political leaders in South Sudan so that they go beyond their personal interest and solve the crisis the Country is e ...
• 20 January 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR – During the Week of Unity, Christians ask the government for the return of lands and schools Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, we are baptized in the Jordan of the new Myanmar. After baptism Jesus began his mission. Today, as a nation, we face a new era with all its opportunities. For decades we suffered. Today w ...
• 20 January 2014
  VATICAN - Migrants, "close to the heart of the Church" Vatican City ( Agenzia Fides) - After praying the Angelus with the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, January 19th, the Holy Father recalled the celebration of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, on t ...
• 20 January 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The testimony of a missionary in the midst of the violence in Central Africa Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Between 8 and 9 January, Seleka burned more than 1,300 homes and killed at least a dozen people in the area of Bozoum. To do this in a context of tensions, is suicide" denounces Fr. Aurelio Gazz ...