News

• 26 November 2012
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - "We oppose the policy of prolonged detention of asylum seekers and we are particularly concerned about the children": Council’s appeal for social justice Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, ACSJC has expressed serious concern regarding the state of detention children and their families in search of asylum are subjected to. In a stateme ...
• 26 November 2012
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Elections: many promises, but no candidate has said where he will get the resources to implement them Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - "With these elections, conducted in a peaceful and exemplary manner, the people of Sierra Leone confirms the outgoing President. The announcement of the results was not too peaceful and there h ...
• 26 November 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Chaldean Bishop Audo: the conflict has disfigured Aleppo Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - In recent days, the clash of arms that could be heard even from the center of Aleppo seems to have lessened. And in the apparent stalemate the devastating effects of the conflict on the ordinary ...
• 26 November 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "It is disturbing to see who defends us suffer such attacks," says the Archbishop of Jos Jos (Agenzia Fides) - "What is really disturbing is that in carrying out these attacks, members of Boko Haram seem to be sure of success. This is shocking because it is supposed that the police and the military are in ch ...
• 26 November 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR -Prisoners: also condemned to chronic malnutrition Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - After the coup in 2009, the economy has plummeted and even the prison system is rapidly deteriorating. In 2008, the European Union allocated $2.5 million to NGOs committed to improving the ...
• 26 November 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishops on the Curuguaty case: "To accelerate the investigation to determine those responsible" Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church calls to accelerate the investigation into the massacre of Curuguaty to determine those responsible of the events that on 15 June (see Fides 18/06/2012) caused the death of ...
• 24 November 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - March for life: "No" of the population to abortion Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - "I love life": gathered round this slogan, the population of Santa Cruz participated in the "March for Life" which was held yesterday, Friday, November 23, organized by more than 300 institut ...
• 24 November 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishop of Aguascalientes does not accept the U.S.A. Report on security Aguascalientes (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Aguascalientes, His Exc. Mgr. José María de la Torre Martin, has strongly rejected a report by the State Department of the United States, where it is stated ...
• 24 November 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Green light to the "Commission for Minorities" in the state of Kerala Cochin (Agenzia Fides) – The creation of a specific "Commission for Minorities" in the Indian state of Kerala, in South India is imminent. Kerala is the Indian state with the highest percentage of Christians (over 16%) ...
• 24 November 2012
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "There is always the widow's contribution that gives hope": testimony of the Bishop of Tenkodogo Tenkodogo (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Prosper Kontiebo, Burkinabé Camillian, since February 11, 2012 is the Pastor of the new Diocese of Tenkodogo, in the south of Ouagadougou. This is the fourth Bishop in the 400 ...
• 24 November 2012
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Spiritual enthusiasm of young people in the Year of Faith, with "Youcat" Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - In the Year of Faith the Catholic youth in the Arabian Peninsula will deepen faith and study the contents thanks to "You Cat", a special catechism for young people, which is available in Engli ...
• 24 November 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Catholic Bishop Kyrillos: Christians will study a common strategy due to the authoritarian tendencies of Morsi’s government Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The event is scheduled for Tuesday, November 27. On that day, a delegation of the Catholic Churches in Egypt will visit Patriarch Tawadros II, crowned Pope of the Coptic Orthodox on Sunday, Novemb ...
• 23 November 2012
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Worrying storms are beating down on the country San José (Agenzia Fides) - Floods and landslides have been continuing in Costa Rica since last week. According to the Comisión Nacional de Emergencia (CNE), the Caribbean coastal areas are the most affected. In Matina, ...
• 23 November 2012
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - After the cease-fire, we need to remove the Gaza blockade: Oxfam’s appeal Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The truce just signed "is not sufficient": to restore hope for peace, today it is necessary to end the embargo of Gaza that "for five years has been subject to a crippling blockade, which has ...
• 23 November 2012
  AMERICA/CARIBBEAN - Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, on 18 June 2012 appointed Rev.do Athanasius George Williams, of the diocesan clergy of the Saint ...