News

• 23 January 2013
  EUROPE/ITALY - The percentage of children affected by leprosy and the stigma that still marginalizes the sick remains high Bologna (Agenzia Fides) - On January 27, we celebrate the 60th World Day of Leprosy, established by the French physician Raoul Follereau and recognized by the UN to focus the attention of the world to the plight of lepro ...
• 23 January 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Kidnapping is the worst thing one could do": Bishop Jaramillo’s appeal Magangué (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Magangué, Colombia, His Exc. Mgr. Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo (Bishop Emeritus of Buga), has launched an appeal calling for the respect of life and ...
• 23 January 2013
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Floods and earthquakes: no assistance for victims Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - A few days after the floods in Jakarta, a strong earthquake struck the island in the Indian Ocean. Despite the state of emergency declared by the local government, hundreds of people have not ye ...
• 23 January 2013
  VATICAN - Pope's appeal for the people of Indonesia affected by the flood Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of today's general audience, the Holy Father Benedict XVI made the following appeal to the people of Indonesia affected by the flood: "I am following with concern the news coming ...
• 23 January 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - New Evangelization and Continental Mission: meeting of missionary organizations Mexico D.F. (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Commission for Pastoral Missionary Action and the Interecclesial Cooperation, together with the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), are attending the Meeting of the Latin Ameri ...
• 23 January 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - On Sunday the prayer for peace in Holy Land in three thousand cities around the world Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, January 27, three thousand cities around the world will pray for peace in Holy Land in the context of the Fifth International Day of intercession, promoted in 2009 by some Catholic you ...
• 23 January 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC- The government accuses the rebels of having resumed hostilities Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Despite agreements in Libreville on 11 January, the coalition Seleka continues its march," said a statement from the Ministry of Defence of Central Africa, accusing the rebel groups of having ca ...
• 23 January 2013
  AFRICA/MALI - Japan closes its embassy in Bamako, but there are no specific threats against foreigners Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The closure of the Embassy of Japan in Bamako is a preventive measure, taking account of the terrorist attack in Algeria during which several Japanese citizens lost their lives, but to our knowl ...
• 22 January 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - The Christian candidates in the elections do not go unnoticed Amman (Agenzia Fides) - There are more than forty Christians who will present themselves as candidates in the parliamentary elections for the renewal of the Lower Chamber, scheduled for tomorrow in Jordan. This is confir ...
• 22 January 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 40 deaths in 15 days, blackmails and threats also to priests and members of the Church Netzahualcoyotl (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of Netzahualcoyotl, His Exc. Msg. Luis Hector Morales Sánchez, who alleged that the priests who work in the eastern part of the State of Mexico have been threa ...
• 22 January 2013
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Bishops of Taiwan practice the use of the mass media and public relations management Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the reality of the contemporary world, the Bishops of Taiwan are acutely aware of the importance of the media and of the proper management of public relations, especially in the conte ...
• 22 January 2013
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Vatican - observer of the Central American Integration System (SICA) San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Vatican has become the ninth extra-regional observer of the Central American Integration System (SICA). The official ceremony was held in San Salvador, at the SICA headquarters, yesterd ...
• 22 January 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The typhoon also has an impact on maternal and child health Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The consequences of the typhoon that hit the population of Mindanao (see Fides 6/12/2012) are severely having an impact on the structure of the local health system, in particular on neonatal assi ...
• 22 January 2013
  EUROPE/POLAND - A missionary priest of Czestochowa sent to Kazakhstan Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, January 20, in the Parish of the Divine Mercy in Cieciulów, in the Archdiocese of Czestochowa the sending of a missionary priest of the Archdiocese, Father Slawomir Porebski wa ...
• 22 January 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - New Bishops' appeal: "release the three Assumptionist Fathers kidnapped in October" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The three Assumptionist Fathers who were kidnapped last October are still in the hands of their kidnappers. The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) and, in particular, the Diocese o ...