News

• 11 December 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Vaccination campaign against measles and polio for more than 1 million children Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – To vaccinate one million and 400 thousand children against polio and measles in the country affected by armed conflict is the current goal of UNICEF. So far, over 500 000 have been reached. T ...
• 11 December 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Caritas Goma assists victims of sexual violence in the camps for displaced persons Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - There are dozens of cases of sexual violence against refugee women in camps for displaced people near Goma, capital of North Kivu, province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for months di ...
• 11 December 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - All together to serve the most vulnerable members of society: Huiling announces the opening of a new center Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - All together to serve the most vulnerable members of society: thus Fr. Fernando Cagnin, a PIME missionary, urged the participants in the celebration for the 4 years of the establishment of the ...
• 11 December 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - The end of the world on December 21? Then give away your possessions to the Church Punta Arenas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Punta Arenas (Chile), His Exc. Mgr. Bernardo Bastres Florence, S.D.B., faced with the concerns of those who say that next December 21 could be the end of the wo ...
• 11 December 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Violence in the region of Coahuila increases, the Bishop invokes for a pact to end it and calls for the application of justice Coahuila (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Saltillo, Mgr. José Raul Vera Lopez, has called for a pact to end the violence of organized crime in Coahuila and throughout Mexico, he also asked President Enriqu ...
• 11 December 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Catholic Bishop Kyrillos: the day after the meeting of Catholic bishops with Patriarch Tawadros; Christians will vote according to their conscience in the referendum Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting scheduled for today between a delegation of Catholic Bishops and the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II has been postponed to after tomorrow. The postponement is confirmed ...
• 11 December 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Political contrasts at the basis of the forced resignation of the Prime Minister Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - A dispute between President Dioncounda Traoré, and members of the former military junta on the one hand and the Prime Minister on the other hand, led to the "forced" resignation on behalf of the ...
• 10 December 2012
  AMERICA/CANADA - Appointment of the Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on December 6, 2012 appointed His Exc. Mgr. Murray Chatlain, Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith as Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas (Canada). The same Prelate was appo ...
• 10 December 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - "Mary, help us grow in faith": thousands of faithful to the Marian pilgrimage in Cacheu Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, December 8, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, there was the usual Guinean National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Nativity in Cach ...
• 10 December 2012
  AMERICA - About 300 000 children recruited for criminal activity in the world New York City (Agenzia Fides) - Enrolling children in the armed forces is considered an international crime as well as a war crime. However, according to the latest report of the United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF) ...
• 10 December 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Mgr. Pedro Casaldáliga threatened again because he supports the indigenous Xavante Mato Grosso (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Pedro Casaldáliga, Bishop Prelate Emeritus of Sao Felix, was forced to leave the village of Sao Felix do Araguaia, in Brazil, due to the resurgence of threats, which he has ...
• 10 December 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Christian Armenian singer arrested by the secret services has been released Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Sam Ghannoum, a 28 year-old young Christian Armenian singer, who was arrested on October 15 by the Syrian secret services after his criticism to the regime, was released and returned to his famil ...
• 10 December 2012
  VATICAN - Pope: the encounter with the living Jesus Christ "is the decisive force which will transform the American continent" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Secularism and different religious groups are spreading at all latitudes, giving rise to many problems. Education and the promotion of a culture of life is urgently important ... How can o ...
• 10 December 2012
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - The tragic death of the Apostolic Nuncio in the Ivory Coast, Mgr. Madtha, a man of peace Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Nuncio in the Ivory Coast, His Exc. Mgr. Ambrose Madtha, died on Saturday, December 8 in a car accident in the west of the Country. The car carrying Mgr. Madtha was involved in an ...
• 10 December 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - Mgr. Quintana calls for dialogue, but emphasizes that air and clean water is a right for all Freirina (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Copiapó, His Exc. Mgr. Gaspar Quintana, visited the Freirina community after the clashes between the population and the security guards of the company Agrosuper, following the pe ...