News

• 29 November 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Twelve convictions for anti-Christian violence in Orissa, but "much remains to be done" Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - A court of first instance in Orissa sentenced to six years in jail 12 persons guilty of violence against Christian communities, during the campaign of indiscriminate violence which occurred ...
• 29 November 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Christ the King: strengthen the faith in Christ in the Year of Faith Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The celebration of the Solemnity of Christ the King in the Year of Faith was characterized in the continental Catholic communities by several initiatives: Solemn Mass, procession and adoration. ...
• 29 November 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Archbishop Barwa: "Boom of vocations in the Year of Faith, hope is reborn in Orissa" Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "Hope has reborn in Orissa. We can see it with the new vocations that are an injection of hope for the local Church. And from the people who live the Year of Faith with enthusiasm, joy, conf ...
• 29 November 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Even the Catholic Church in the Inter-institutional Committee to prepare a report on the TIPNIS Trinity (Agenzia Fides) - "Complying with the request made by the representatives of the TIPNIS (Indigenous Territory and Isiboro Secure National Park), the Catholic Church and the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights of ...
• 29 November 2012
  VATICAN - The Church's commitment to fight AIDS in the poorest regions Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Next December 1 marks World AIDS Day, a disease that continues to cause millions of deaths especially in the poorest regions of the world and also the Holy Father spoke at the end of the ge ...
• 29 November 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "Civilians of the Nuba Mountains victims of a forgotten war, only the Church is a beacon of hope," the complaint of Mgr. Gassis Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "The bombings are carried out on daily basis and what saddens me most is that even the universal Church seems to have forgotten us, the people of the Nuba Mountains. At least remember us in the ...
• 29 November 2012
  AMERICA - Poverty declines in Latin America, but 66 million people live in extreme poverty Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has predicted that this year which is about to come to an end, the region accounts for 167 million people living in poverty, ...
• 29 November 2012
  AFRICA - From the warm Africa radiators for the poor who live in the cold of Norway Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - Africa does not want Norway to suffer from cold and with this objective launches an unprecedented internet campaign. Africa for Norway is a video that has reached over one million people on YouTub ...
• 29 November 2012
  AFRICA - The African Church will set up "Faith, Culture and Development" Organ Dar-Es-Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Africa has decided to set up an organ that will deal with "Faith, Culture and Development." The participants agreed to a workshop meeting that was held on November 2 ...
• 29 November 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Car-bombs in Jaramana spread terror among Christians Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – There are among the victims of the attack carried out yesterday morning in the Damascus suburb of Jaramana eight Christians, Greek-Catholics and Greek-Orthodoxs. This is confirmed to Fides Ag ...
• 28 November 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - "Run for the charitable works of the Church": 80 Chinese nuns at the Beijing International Marathon Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Come on nuns, run for the charitable works of the Church" was the loudest voice that heard during the Beijing International Marathon held yesterday, November 27. And the 80 nuns who ran to rai ...
• 28 November 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - A program of support for more than 6000 street children and adolescents has started Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to the program called Llachay, which aims to give back the rights of street children and adolescents who live in situations at risk, 6,365 children throughout Peru will be taken care of unti ...
• 28 November 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Meeting of the Bishops of Central America, today the opening of the Jubilee Year for the 500th anniversary of the first diocese Panama (Agenzia Fides) – Since Monday, November 26, 60 Bishops of the Central American region have been in Panama for the 2012 General Assembly of the Bishops' Secretariat of Central America (SEDAC). The meeting is bei ...
• 28 November 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Precarious situation in Masisi for the presence of various rebel groups, while the arrival of the M23 is feared Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The inhabitants of Masisi are living in fear of the imminent arrival of the rebel group M23 and the effects of violent attacks on behalf of several other groups in the area," said a statement ...
• 28 November 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Over 200 Shiite Muslims accused of "blasphemy" Multan (Agenzia Fides) - An official complaint with the prosecution for blasphemy was presented to the police in Multan (in Punjab) against 222 Shiite Muslims, of whom 72 identified and 150 unidentified. The complaint wa ...