News

• 3 July 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - There is a growing gap between rich and poor Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - In spite of the economic growth in the country, the gap between rich and poor in Honduras continues to increase. This is what emerges in a recent study by the United Nations Program for Deve ...
• 3 July 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence against minorities: the case of three Christian women stripped naked and humiliated shakes the nation Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - An episode of violence against Christians has become a "political case" in Pakistan. Three Christian women were beaten, stripped naked and humiliated publicly in a village near Pattoki, in the di ...
• 3 July 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Caritas Central Africa partner in a micro-credit project for families affected by the crisis Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Central Africa is a partner of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in a project to grant micro-credit in support of the communities affected by the crisis that the Central Afric ...
• 3 July 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Waiting for the moves on behalf of the army. The Church could be involved in the plans for ending the crisis Minya (Agenzia Fides) - After President Morsi’s speech – who on Tuesday evening, July 2nd reiterated his firm intention to remain in power until the end of the term, obtained with democratic elections - "the people a ...
• 3 July 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Catholic Radio station in Rumbek resumes broadcasting Juba (Agenzia Fides) – Rumbek Catholic Radio Good News FM-89 resumed its normal broadcast yesterday after being ordered to go off by the Lakes State government on June 28. According to what the website of the Catholic ...
• 3 July 2013
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - 4,350 'tetra pak' desks for school children in Alajuela Alajuela (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to the program "A desk for your school", which promotes environmental awareness with recycling activities in 321 public and private schools, 4,350 students from around the Country have t ...
• 3 July 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Discrimination and hatred: the church and civil society take stock of the problems concerning Christian minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Becoming aware of the discrimination, injustice, prejudice of whom Christians in Pakistan face and are victims, about 3% of the population, and the necessity to report these issues to the new gov ...
• 2 July 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - The phenomenon of child labor affects more than 200,000 children Santiago, Chile (Agenzia Fides) - In 2012 over 200,000 children were exploited in work activities at risk in Chile. In some cases children carried out very dangerous jobs, especially considering their young age. Accordin ...
• 2 July 2013
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - New educational center for the prevention of child labor Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - A new headquarters of the Spanish NGO Fundación Telefónica, committed to the prevention of child labor, has just been inaugurated in Montevideo. The educational center, equipped with modern ...
• 2 July 2013
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Canonical sanctions have been announced for the priest President of INEC Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Congolese Bishops have launched a new appeal for the release of the three Assumptionist priests kidnapped in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, in a message pubblished at the end of ...
• 2 July 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The "Caliphate" of Saraqib, where Fr. Murad was killed Idlib (Agenzia Fides) - The governorate of Idlib has become "the caliphate of Saraqib." The region of Idlib, in the northwest of Syria, between Aleppo and Hama, controlled by Islamist factions of the Syrian rebels, is th ...
• 2 July 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Rape and atrocities on a young Christian in Qusair Qusair (Agenzia Fides) - Mariam was a 15-year-old Christian from Qusair, a city of the governorate in Homs, 35 km south of the capital. The city, which had become a stronghold of the Syrian rebels, was reconquered by the ...
• 2 July 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - More than 80 percent of Egyptians are against the President Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "More than 80 percent of Egyptians reject the government and President Morsi. It is not true, as a part of the Western press stated, that Egypt is divided in half between supporters and opponents ...
• 2 July 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Young Filipino women sexually abused by state officials: the complaint of a missionary Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Young Filipino women are victims of sexual abuse by government officials, serving in the Philippine embassies in the Middle East: the complaint is sent to Fides by Fr. Shay Cullen, a Catholic pri ...
• 2 July 2013
  ASIA/IRAN - The election of Rohani seen by Iranian Jews Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - The election of new Iranian President Hassan Rohani is for Iranian Jews the confirmation that "Iran is a democratic Country, where it is quite normal to change President and Members of Parliament ...