News

• 22 January 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Geneva 2: The Jesuit Refugee Service calls for a negotiated settlement and more support to refugees Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - More pressure on the Syrian government and the opposition for an immediate ceasefire and a negotiated solution; allow access and humanitarian organizations to the work on the ground; increase t ...
• 22 January 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Andean Countries together for the XIII Regional Meeting of the Youth Ministry Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – From January 22 to January 26, the XIII Regional Meeting of the Andean Youth Ministry will be held in Cochabamba (Bolivia). According to the note sent to Fides Agency, the aim is to reflect ...
• 22 January 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - A human life is worth more than anything else Chichigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua, His Exc. Mgr. Silvio Baez, expressed severe criticism regarding the intervention of the police in Chichigalpa last weekend, du ...
• 22 January 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Kurds claim an autonomous government in north-east Syria. Three Christians among the 20 ministers Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of the International Conference on Syria convened in Geneva, the Syrian Kurds have taken a step forward towards the creation of an autonomous political entity in the north-east of th ...
• 22 January 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Invisible Victims": meeting of the Network for the fight against human trafficking Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The biennial meeting of the members of Christian Organisations Against Trafficking in Human Beings (COATNET – in English) ends today, 22 January, which brought together in Madrid 60 experts fro ...
• 22 January 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Bishops express their appreciation for the new Constitution Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The new Egyptian Constitution, which was approved with a majority of 98 % of the vote in the referendum held on 14 and 15 January, was greeted with satisfaction by the Coptic Catholic Bishops . A ...
• 22 January 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Links with Cameroon are to be ensured as soon as possible", asks the Minister of Communication Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – It is necessary to secure the road link that connects the Central African Republic to Cameroon. This is the appeal launched in Rome by Adrien Pousson, Minister of Communication of the Central A ...
• 21 January 2014
  ASIA/MACAO - Day of Migrants: to promote harmony and unity among the peoples Macau (Agenzia Fides) – To promote the encounter and dialogue among different cultures, races and religions, to open up to each other and celebrate the joy of peace: is the commitment that characterized the celebration ...
• 21 January 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - NGOs: Christian representatives should participate in the peace negotiations at the Geneva 2 conference Geneva (Agenzia Fides) – To promote the participation of a delegation of the Christian minority in the negotiations for peace in Syria, which will be held at the Geneva 2 conference, which starts tomorrow, January 22: ...
• 21 January 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Prayer campaign to support the Geneva 2 peace and reconciliation Conference Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of the Christian Churches in Syria have launched a renewed campaign of prayer to support peace efforts in view of the Geneva 2 Conference, calling for the end of the war and concret ...
• 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 ...