News

• 25 October 2013
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Reception centers for street children Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Provincial Government of Jakarta is planning reception centers for street children and victims of violence. The construction of safe houses for children is among the priorities of the local ...
• 25 October 2013
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Revocation of citizenship to children of undocumented Haitians: "We hope to find a way out" hopes the Bishop of Barahona Barahona (Agenzia Fides) - " We hope to find a way out, a way to resolve the conflict that caused the judgment of the Constitutional Court", said the Bishop of the Diocese of Barahona, His Exc. Mgr. Rafael Leonidas Felip ...
• 25 October 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Christian book burning in Raqqa Raqqa (Agenzia Fides) - The militia of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the faction that in several regions of Syria monopolized the armed insurrection against the regime in Damascus in recent days have o ...
• 25 October 2013
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - A Tamil priest: The government has failed in reconciliation, a prophetic role of religious leaders is needed Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Sri Lankan government has failed in national reconciliation in the aftermath of the civil war. In such situation, we need a prophetic role of religious leaders: this is what S.J. Emmanuel, a ...
• 25 October 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - In one year children working and living on the streets have increased by 200% Chiclayo (Agenzia Fides) – The report submitted by the representatives of the National Police of Peru ( PNP) was commented during the meeting between the authorities of the Regional Town Committee on Safety in which it ...
• 25 October 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The popular referendum on peace agreements with the FARC is almost ready Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Colombian Senate approved after a long discussion, with 59 votes in favor and 5 against, the law that will allow to hold a referendum on whether to approve peace agreements with the FARC (Rev ...
• 25 October 2013
  AFRICA - "The crisis of Lampedusa is also a wake-up call for Africa" say the Catholic Bishops of the continent Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The lack of freedom and the search for better living conditions are the basis of tragedies such as that which occurred on October 3 off the Italian coast of Lampedusa, said a statement sent to Fide ...
• 25 October 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Fighting between the army and M23 have resumed Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Fighting between the Congolese army and the guerrillas of M23 after the suspension of talks in Kampala (see Fides 23/10/2013) have resumed. According to local sources of Fides clashes are conce ...
• 25 October 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Orthodox Bishop: a humanitarian corridor to save civilians of Sadad is needed Homs (Agenzia Fides) - The Metropolitan Silwanos Boutros Alnemeh, titular of the Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of Homs and Hama, has launched an appeal to institutions and international humanitarian organizations on behalf ...
• 24 October 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "It is time for human integration": conclusions of the meeting between Peru, Bolivia and Chile La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Permanent Councils of the Episcopal Conferences of Peru, Bolivia and Chile have published their reflection at the end of the Tripartite Meeting of these countries (see Fides 23 ...
• 24 October 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - "Let us run for the poor" at the Beijing Marathon 2013 Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Run for the charitable works of the Church; we have to run for our poor, elderly, orphans, the sick ....; we have to run to witness our faith": this is how a few participants in the Beijing Int ...
• 24 October 2013
  ASIA/IRAN - Christians sentenced to 80 lashes for having drunk the Eucharist wine Rasht (Agenzia Fides) - A court in the Iranian city of Rasht sentenced four members of the "Church of Iran", Christian Protestant denomination, to 80 lashes each for drinking communion wine during a Christian liturgy. Th ...
• 24 October 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Concern in eastern DRC for a resumption of hostilities Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Rumors are circulating that Rwanda will attack simultaneously Goma and Bukavu on Saturday, October 26": this is what is reported to Fides by a local source from Bukavu, the capital of South Ki ...
• 24 October 2013
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Education, health care and food for children belonging to poor communities Panama (Agenzia Fides) - Every day an unidentified number of children in the Panamanian community Las Garzas de Pacora abandon school and do not have anything to eat. The members of the Fundación Nutricional Teresa de J ...
• 24 October 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Towards the Symposium on Theology India: the Church more present in different cultures Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - To evaluate, discern and reflect on what aspects of indigenous cultures can be incorporated in the practices of the Catholic religion: this is the orientation that guides the preparation of the F ...