News

• 2 August 2013
  AFRICA/MAURITANIA - Aid to thousands of children, victims of abuse, exploitation, violence Nouakchott (Agenzia Fides) - Up to June 2013, more than 2500 girls under 14 years of age were assisted by the Foundation Terres des Hommes, one of the largest movements in the world for the defense of children's rights. ...
• 2 August 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - A small "WYD" in the city of Aleppo Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - On the day that Pope Francis celebrated the concluding Mass of World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, even Christian children in the martyred city of Aleppo came together to experience a day of praye ...
• 2 August 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The UN establishes a safety zone around Goma Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The UN Mission for the stabilization of Congo (MONUSCO) has declared a security area around Goma, capital of North Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where for weeks there has been ...
• 1 August 2013
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - In the small community of Kofale mission begins thanks to children Kofale (Agenzia Fides) - Kofale is an ancient city with a Muslim majority in the region of Arsi, at 2600 meters above sea level and is 265 km from Addis Ababa. The presence of a small Catholic community began in the mid- ...
• 1 August 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The mission of the African Union to contribute to the stabilization of Central Africa begins today. Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The African mission in support of the Central African Republic, which should count, once fully operational, about 3,500 men is expected to begin today, August 1. The mission has the task of helpi ...
• 1 August 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Cathedral of Santiago has re-opened after last week’s incidents Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – A Mass was celebrated in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago de Chile after the violent raid in the place of worship on behalf of several protesters (see Fides 27/07/2013). The celebration ...
• 1 August 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Prison in Saltillo: Corruption and lack of water, the Bishop denounces Saltillo (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr.Raul Vera Lopez, Bishop of Saltillo, condemned the situation in which prisoners in the detention center CERESO in Saltillo have to face, where there is no clean water, medicine, food, and ...
• 1 August 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - A pilot program for street children Vina del Mar (Agenzia Fides) – To abandon the harsh realities of street life and receive psychosocial support is the experience that 25 children between 5 and 17 years of age were able to live in the municipality of Sa ...
• 1 August 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Bishop of Minya: with the lie of the "Coptic plot" Islamists will justify other terror against Christians Minya (Agenzia Fides) - Western chanceries "have overestimated the real roots of political Islam in the Egyptian people" and now "remain floored and ambiguous before the scenarios opened by the revolution of 30 June", wh ...
• 1 August 2013
  AFRICA/MALI - Caritas: "The population of Mali has demonstrated with the vote its attachment to the institutions" Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The people of Mali despite the short preparation period and in a difficult context, expressed its attachment to the institutions of the Republic and the good coexistence among all", says a state ...
• 31 July 2013
  AFRICA/MALI - Caritas Mali: "Elections substantially correct" Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - While in Mali people are awaiting the results of the first round of presidential elections held on 28 July, Caritas Mali sent Fides Agency a preliminary report on the conduct of the election. Ca ...
• 31 July 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Seminary opens to seminarians of other Catholic Churches BAGHDAD (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean Patriarchal Seminary has decided to accept candidates for priesthood belonging to other Catholic Churches, starting from the Syrian Catholic Church. The news was given by the Patria ...
• 31 July 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Director of Caritas Jerusalem: the settlements and the Wall are mines on the peace process Ramallah (Fides) - The resumption of the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians "is a positive thing, because the only way to solve problems is to negotiate". But the conditions in which it occurs are not open t ...
• 31 July 2013
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - "Work for peace and for free and fair elections": appeal to the faithful of Christian leaders Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "Today the nation of Zimbabwe is at a crossroads; a defining moment, commonly called Kairos in theological term, when the people of God is called to make decisions affecting their future seeking ...
• 31 July 2013
  ASIA/JAPAN - More than 66,000 cases of child abuse in 2012 Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - Since 1990, Japan has started recording cases of child abuse and, since then, the phenomenon has never decreased, over 60 thousand a year. With social awareness and the increase of complaints, ...