News

• 6 August 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Emergency cases of measles complicated in addition to 1,500 of malaria Yirol (Agenzia Fides) - The risk of the spread of the measles epidemic recorded in the county of Yirol West, in South Sudan (see Fides 01/07/2013) continues. After the appeal launched by the NGO Doctors with Africa Cuamm ...
• 6 August 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram liable to prosecution by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has released a preliminary report on the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram, according to which it can be assumed that the acts attributed t ...
• 6 August 2013
  VATICAN - Message of His Holiness Francis for the World Mission Day 2013 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Fides publishes Pope Francis's Message for World Mission Day, which this year will be celebrated on Sunday, October 20 Dear Brothers and Sisters, This year, as we celebrate World Mis ...
• 5 August 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "Aim for the common good, attentive towards those who seek wealth or power": an invitation to reflect on national holiday La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of La Paz, His Exc. Mgr. Edmundo Abastoflor, in his homily during the Mass celebrated in the Cathedral yesterday, Sunday, August 4, on the occasion of the celebrations for the 18 ...
• 5 August 2013
  AMERICA/HAITI - First stone of the parish of the Sacred Heart, supported by North American Catholics Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The North American Archbishop of Miami, His Exc. Mgr. Thomas Wenski, delegate of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Archbishop of Port-au-Prince His Exc. Mgr. Guire Poul ...
• 5 August 2013
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Thousands of children fleeing to Uganda Kamango (Agenzia Fides) - Following the recent outbreak of violence on 11 July near the town of Kamango, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), between the Ugandan rebel group of the Allied Democratic For ...
• 5 August 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 60% of working children leave school Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In Mexico, 60% of the 3 million working children leave school. According to the statistics of the Inclusion Laboral de la Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social (STPS) this corresponds ...
• 5 August 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Jesuits of the Middle East: "Deep concern" for Fr. Dall'Oglio and Fr. Frans van der Lugt Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuits of the Middle East, with a statement sent to Fides Agency and signed by the Provincial Fr. Victor Assouad SJ, expressed "deep worry" about the fate of some of their confreres in the S ...
• 5 August 2013
  AFRICA/MALI - In view of the run-off Caritas Mali proposes some measures to improve the electoral process Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The second round of presidential elections in Mali will be held on August 11. None of the candidates of the first round on July 28 obtained an absolute majority (50% plus one) of votes to be elec ...
• 5 August 2013
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE – The re-election of Mugabe, who has also the majority to change the Constitution, has been contested Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Robert Mugabe was re-elected President of Zimbabwe with 61% of the votes cast in the first round of the presidential and parliamentary elections on July 31. This was proclaimed by the Electoral C ...
• 5 August 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate remains in Damascus Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The See of the Patriarchate of Antioch of the Syriac Orthodox remains in Damascus, "and there is no intention to move it to another place". This hypothesis is rejected firmly by the Patriarch M ...
• 2 August 2013
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - OCLACC Assembly: The Mission of communicators, promoting the spread of truth Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Assembly of the Continental Organizations of Latin American countries and the Caribbeans of Catholic Communication (OCLACC) is being held (from 1 to 3 August) at the “Nuestra Señora del Qui ...
• 2 August 2013
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Mothers manage the first kindergarten in the Chipata area Chipata (Agenzia Fides) - After a long period of preparation and numerous meetings with local authorities and the community, the first kindergarten in Mchini-Kachere was opened, an example of pre-primary school, in the a ...
• 2 August 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Catholic Churches of Holy Land: appointment in Nazareth to conclude the Year of Faith Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - In Holy Land the Year of Faith will end on Sunday November 17 in Nazareth, with an "International Day of Faith" and with a solemn Mass presided over by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Tw ...
• 2 August 2013
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Observers of the African Union and the Church: Peaceful and regular elections, Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "The vote took place in a peaceful atmosphere", said a joint statement of the Episcopal Commission "Justice and Peace" of Zimbabwe and the Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (IM ...