News

• 8 January 2013
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Literacy plan to eradicate poverty Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – The National Plan for Literacy "Quisqueya Aprende Contigo" has just begun, launched in the Dominican Republic by the local government as one of the strategies to eradicate poverty. The g ...
• 8 January 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians: No, to death penalty and chemical castration for rapists; Yes, to sex education in schools Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "No" to death penalty and to chemical castration for rapists: is what the Indian Catholic lay groups say in the debate on the new law to prevent and punish the crime of rape, being examined by th ...
• 8 January 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - For the first time the "Sowers of Stars" march in the streets of the Peruvian capital Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Several hundred children of AMI (Childhood and Missionary Childhood) gathered in the center of Lima for a day of formation in order to become "Sowers of stars." On Sunday, January 6, they therefo ...
• 8 January 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A journalist of a community radio station in Bambari has been killed Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - A journalist of the community radio ''Bé-Oko'' in Bambari (in the center of the Central African Republic), Elisabeth Blanche Olofio, was killed by the rebels of the Seleka coalition during the o ...
• 8 January 2013
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Orthodox Christmas celebrated in the small community of Adaba Robe (Agenzia Fides) – The Christmas celebrations for the Orthodox Churches have just concluded. From the mission of Robe, Ethiopia, Father Angelo Antolini, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Ethi ...
• 8 January 2013
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - Father Marek Rybinski's murderer convicted Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - The judicial authorities in Tunisia have sentenced to life imprisonment Chokri Ben Mustapha Bel Sadek Mesteri, carpenter, 45, accused of murdering the Polish Salesian, Fr. Marek Rybinski. The prie ...
• 8 January 2013
  AFRICA/MALI- Tensions on the line of demarcation between the army and rebels, waiting for the talks in Ouagadougou Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The tension on the front line in the Mopti area are probably related to the negotiations which should open in Ouagadougou. This is the opinion that prevails in Mali, as reported to Fides Agency b ...
• 7 January 2013
  VATICAN - The Pope recalls Missionary Childhood Day: "Dear children, bring to all the love of God!" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the Angelus prayer, the Holy Father Benedict XVI recalled Missionary Childhood Day with these words: "Today in Italy is Missionary Childhood Day, dedicated to children who are committ ...
• 7 January 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - To remember the meaning of Epiphany "to bring the message of Jesus to all those around us" Nan Chong (Agenzia Fides) – To remember the meaning of Jesus' birth and the adoration of the Magi because "they will help us to bring the message of Jesus to those around us": this was the priests' exhortation addresse ...
• 7 January 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - The local Catholic community’s appeal, "Stop to violence in our Araucanía!" Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - "We see with sorrow the suffering of so many families, so we insist: stop to violence in our Araucanía! As mentioned before, violence begets violence. Justice, dialogue and peace must reign! As ...
• 7 January 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Cold and rain proliferate infections and cause the death of children in Chiapas Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Agenzia Fides) - In the remote Emiliano Zapata community, in the municipality of Yajalón, in Chiapas, Mexico, five children under one have died due to acute respiratory infections, and 41 others have ...
• 7 January 2013
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - National Migration Week: to raise awareness on the 11 million undocumented persons Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the United States (USCCB) today begins National Migration Week with a campaign that calls for comprehensive immigration reform in order to be able to legal ...
• 7 January 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros II: the idea to divide Egypt to create a "Coptic State " is irrational Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The members of the Coptic diaspora who launched the idea to divide Egypt to create a Coptic State are "irrational". This is what Pope Tawadros II in person said, for two months at the helm of the ...
• 7 January 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Pending the start of negotiations with the rebels, South Africa sends troops to Bangui Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - South Africa has sent about 200 soldiers to support the security of the capital of the Central African Republic, Bangui, under threat from Seleka rebels. Despite the peace talks that open on Janu ...
• 7 January 2013
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Catechism of the Catholic Church in cambodian: A Gift for the Year of Faith Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The Catechism of the Catholic Church has been translated into Cambodian and "will be a valuable tool for all communities and associations of the faithful to deepen the contents of the 'Creed' ...