News

• 4 December 2012
  AFRICA/DRC - Two hundred thousand children at risk in armed conflicts in Goma Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In the two Congolese provinces of Kivu there are more than 1 million 600 thousand internally displaced persons (IDPs). The recent arrival of the rebels of the M23 in the eastern city of Goma ha ...
• 4 December 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Illegal immigration in Somaliland increases Hargeisa (Agenzia Fides) - Many young people of the Republic of Somaliland continue to emigrate illegally, mainly because of lack of work. They pass through Ethiopia, Sudan and Libya towards Europe. According to the Mini ...
• 4 December 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN-Somali immigrants accuse the security forces of abuse Juba (Agenzia Fides) – A number of Somalis took to the streets of Juba, capital of South Sudan, after the killing of their country man. A witness told Bakhita Radio said the deceased was an entrepreneur who was killed ...
• 4 December 2012
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai: in the upheavals of the present time, even Christians are inspired by the "Arab renaissance" of the nineteenth century Harissa (Agenzia Fides) - In the great upheavals that are shaking the Middle East, the historical precedent in which even Christians can find inspiration is Nahda, the cultural and political renaissance experienced by th ...
• 3 December 2012
  AMERICA/CANADA - "Quality journalism is ethical journalism": contribution of the WACC Toronto (Agenzia Fides) - The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) and the International Federation of Journalists (FIP), have just released a new tool to promote ethical journalism, providing its correct ...
• 3 December 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope during the Angelus recalls the rights of disabled people Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After praying the Angelus yesterday from the window of his study in the Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father Benedict XVI recalled the need to protect and promote the rights of disabled people ...
• 3 December 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Helping children to live the Year of Faith Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - A Facebook page entitled "Let the little children come to me", a workshop on "The heart and faith of the child" dedicated to the education of children, a seminar on the adoration of the Euchar ...
• 3 December 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Accusations of blasphemy in a Christian school; a young Muslim man died in prison Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The controversial blasphemy law continues to claim victims among Christians and Muslims. A Muslim mob threatened and attacked a Christian school against false charges of blasphemy, the "Community ...
• 3 December 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Archbishop Ulloa is the new President of SEDAC Panama City (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, Archbishop of Panama, was elected President of the Bishops' Secretariat of Central America (SEDAC) for a term of four years. The Auxiliary Bis ...
• 3 December 2012
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Kota Kinabalui and Successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on December 1, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalui (Malaysia), by His Exc. Mgr. John Lee Hiong Fun-Y ...
• 3 December 2012
  AFRICA/MALAWI - New food crisis in Malawi, denounces a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "In many parts of Malawi, the district of Balaka is among the most affected, so many people are starving," writes to Fides Agency Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfortan missionary who for over 30 ye ...
• 3 December 2012
  VATICAN - Fides Agency: 85 years of service to the missionary world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - To get the people of God to know the missions through the press, with the aim to elicit missionary cooperation through vocations, spiritual communion and materials: This is the purpose that ...
• 3 December 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Elections in Madhya Pradesh: yes to the commitment of Christians in politics Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - Christians are called to commit themselves to contribute to building a truly democratic nation that respects dignity and human rights, based on the values of fraternity, equality, common good: is ...
• 3 December 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Vote on the "Reproductive Health Bill ": Church opposes with prayer and fasting Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The political struggle in the Philippines for the Reproductive Health Bill" gets to the heart of the matter, the document which is intended to introduce measures in the country such as abortion, ...
• 3 December 2012
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Bishop Shomali: the houses of the Israeli government in the Occupied Territories is a challenge and a retaliation after the UN vote Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "The decision to build 3 thousand housing units in East Jerusalem is a retaliation after the recognition of Palestine as a non-member State of the UN. It expresses a clear rejection and a chal ...