News

• 2 July 2013
  VATICAN CITY - Cardinal Filoni meets the faithful of Central Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the CEP, this morning received the Archbishop of Bangui, His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, accompanied by a group of about twenty faithful of the same Eccle ...
• 1 July 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Alarm measles for 10 counties in the Country Yirol (Agenzia Fides) - A serious outbreak of measles is endangering the lives of many children in Yirol, a town on the southern border of the newborn South Sudan. There are 10 counties throughout the Country that have e ...
• 1 July 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Teenagers captured by satanic rituals: alarm for Christians Nagaland (Agenzia Fides) - The teenagers of the state of Nagaland in Northeast India are seduced by satanic groups that spread also through social networks. According to Fides sources, only in the last few months, more t ...
• 1 July 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Military offensive on refugee camps in the north Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The refugee camp in Bab al-Salam was the subject of an air raid by the Syrian Air Force where seven people were seriously injured, including a child. This was reported to Fides Agency by sources ...
• 1 July 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "A return to savagery": Bishops condemn the new executions Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Just when we believe that Nigeria was on the verge of joining the civilized world in ending the death penalty, we are shocked to hear of the unfortunate execution of 4 convicted persons in Benin ...
• 1 July 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Yes to the devolution of powers but not to that of the evils that afflict the central government," say the Bishops Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Kenya express appreciation for the process of decentralization and devolution of powers from the central State to the 47 counties that make up the Country, under the new Constitut ...
• 28 June 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - New report on the civil war: Christians are among the "most vulnerable" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - As the sacrifice of human lives in the Syrian conflict reaches the threshold of 100 thousand deaths, a detailed 78-page report commissioned and published by Open Doors International (relief age ...
• 28 June 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "A situation never seen before in Central Africa," says Mgr. Nzapalainga Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "A situation never seen before in our Country" said His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, in an interview with the "Journal de Bangu ...
• 28 June 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Religious leaders’ appeal: "Stop religious hatred; together for the development of the country" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of the major religions in Myanmar launched a strong appeal to the nation to stop religious violence and build together the well-being and "a future of hope for the country": says a jo ...
• 28 June 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Church launches the "Community Protection Groups" of religious minorities Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Karachi launches special groups to protect religious minorities, in particular Christians, from violence and terrorism. As reported in a note sent to Fides, in a seminar h ...
• 28 June 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Decree on migration is ready, the first of its kind in the country La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - It is expected that on the 8th of August, President Evo Morales will issue a supreme decree on "immigration amnesty" in Bolivia. It would be the first decree which, together with the immigration ...
• 28 June 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The victims in the Old Town caused by two mortar shells Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Sources of the Melkite Patriarchate in Damascus - whose headquarters is situated a few hundred meters from the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate - refer to Fides Agency that the cause of the death of ...
• 28 June 2013
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE – Tension in Mozambique after the recent attacks on transportation lines Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Tension in Mozambique increases, after an armed group linked to RENAMO blocked the E1, the main arterial road of the Country. The E1 connects the south to the center-north of the Country and is ...
• 27 June 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Hopes of finding the priest believed to be dead alive Monteria (Agenzia Fides) - There are still hopes of finding don Néstor Darío Buendía Martínez alive, the priest missing in Colombia and whose death was announced, after a body was found, that was believed to be his. ...
• 27 June 2013
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE – Death of "Bepi" Berton, the apostle of child soldiers in Sierra Leone Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Giuseppe Berton, a Xaverian missionary, apostle of child soldiers in Sierra Leone died on June 25, at the mother house of the Xaverians in Parma. In a note sent to Fides Agency the current ...