News

• 15 November 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Chemin Neuf Community: let us rediscover the figure of Charles de Foucauld Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - The figure and the message of Charles de Foucauld should be freed from the "caricatures which present him as a rich, dissolute young man who was suddenly overwhelmed by the Grace of God and the ...
• 15 November 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Still instability in North Kivu: new attacks against civilians Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The defeat of the M23, the main guerrilla group operating in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), must not allow to forget that in the Congolese province at least 40 other armed g ...
• 15 November 2013
  EUROPE/ITALY - Two centuries after the Reconstitution of the Society, the Jesuits look at the universal mission Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In 2014 the Jesuits celebrate the second centenary of the Reconstitution of the Society of Jesus, sanctioned by the Papal Bull "sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum" of Pope Pius VII on August 7, 1814. O ...
• 15 November 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Armed militiamen attack farmers and take turns raping women farmers in North Darfur Saraf Omra (Agenzia Fides) - Groups of armed men on horseback or on camels attacked the farmers of Saraf Omra, North Darfur, sowing terror and violence. Unfortunately a group of women farmers were captured and raped in t ...
• 15 November 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Typhoon Haiyan, the Order of Malta is mobilizing for the islands which have not been reached by relief Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - Malteser International, the international relief agency of the Order of Malta, has decided to concentrate its intervention assistance in the Philippine Islands affected by Typhoon Haiyan not yet re ...
• 15 November 2013
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - French priest kidnapped by Boko Haram: to Fides the testimony of the previous pastor Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Georges Vandenbeusch was abducted by Boko Haram and was taken to Nigeria. This was officially announced by the Cameroonian authorities. The French priest was taken away by fifteen armed men ...
• 14 November 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The efforts of the Guanelliani missionaries in the relief effort for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Tireless efforts, with the presence of missionaries on site; an extraordinary collection, relaunched in the works present in the world: this is how the missionaries of Opera Don Guanella (Guanell ...
• 14 November 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Profiteering traffickers and pedophiles on the orphaned children of Typhoon Haiyan Manila (Agenzia Fides) - They are already called "orphans of Yolanda" (the name of the Philippine Typhoon Haiyan, ed). There are thousands of children who have become orphans after the storm that struck the province of L ...
• 14 November 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Love can do everything: thousands displaced in the school of the Salesian Sisters Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - The Salesian Sisters of Cebu are helping the victims of Typhoon Haiyan by giving them support in these difficult hours. In the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians school in the city, classrooms an ...
• 14 November 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - Conference on demographic change in areas inhabited by Christians Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The first conference, sponsored by the organization "Friends of Bartala" to denounce the process of demographic balance interference in areas where Iraqi native Christian communities of Assyrian, ...
• 14 November 2013
  AMERICA/HAITI - More than 170 murders and violence continues, we need a plan for disarmament Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The recent political tensions and the lack of a plan for disarmament in Haiti have facilitated the growth of violence and insecurity (see Fides 09/11/2013 ), facilitating the manipulation ...
• 14 November 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Good knowledge of other religions at the basis for dialogue between Christians and Muslims" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The Christian should take a bold step to study Islam while the Muslim should take bold step to study the Christian Religion. This knowledge of the facts of each other’s religion will go a long ...
• 14 November 2013
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Difficulty of access to deficient health facilities for 320,000 inhabitants of Pujehun Pujehun (Agenzia Fides) - As soon as you enter the Pujehun district, located in the South Province, the asphalt ends and, with the rainy season, the road is full of holes and puddles, there are no links with rural areas, ...
• 14 November 2013
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Appeal rejected: the Bishops' document on the election does not favor any party San José (Agenzia Fides) - The decision of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), which rejected the appeal against the document of the Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica (Cecor) on next year's election , in which it ask ...
• 14 November 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The social market economy at the service of the individual and the community Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - How to ensure that the economy is really an engine for the promotion of individuals and society? This is the theme of the meeting, dedicated to social market economy, held yesterday in Kinshasa ...