News

• 22 November 2012
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Thousands of children workers suffer verbal and physical abuse, despite laws Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - There are so many children, sometimes just 8 years old, who are physically abused and spend the whole day at work as domestic servants for a paltry reward. To offer a panorama of this disconcertin ...
• 22 November 2012
  AFRICA/UGANDA - 8,900 families severely affected by the floods Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - In the course of this year in Uganda there has been a succession of disasters and emergency situations such as tribal, border conflicts, fighting for territory, population movements from other c ...
• 21 November 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - A thousand faithful attended the blessing of the new statue of Our Lady of the parish of Dong He, in Mongolia, and the inauguration of the Pastoral Center Bao Tou (Agenzia Fides) - The blessing of the new statue of the Madonna, 4 meters high, and the inauguration of the new pastoral Center, represent a dream come true, an imperative call to evangelization especially in the ...
• 21 November 2012
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - "It is 500 years old, but it is a young church": recalled the arrival of the first Bishop in the Americas San Juan, Puerto Rico (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop emeritus of Seville, Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, Special Envoy of Pope Benedict XVI presided at a solemn Eucharist on Sunday, November 18, in front of thousands ...
• 21 November 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The M23 begins its administration of the city of Goma Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The M23 movement has summoned members of the police and FARDC (the Congolese army) still present in Goma at the stadium of the city, probably to recruit them in the administration which they ar ...
• 21 November 2012
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - New maternal and child health center in Soddo Soddo (Agenzia Fides) - Facing recurrent famines and epidemics, the Ethiopian population lives the terrible contradiction of population growth among the most striking in the entire African continent and of mortality, esp ...
• 21 November 2012
  ASIA/LEBANON -The whole of Lebanon is gathered around Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai, new Cardinal Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The entrance to the Sacred College of Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai is an opportunity to regain the national unity of Lebanon in an extremely delicate moment for the political and social ...
• 21 November 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - After Rimsha’s case, other 36 cases sentenced either to death or life imprisonment for blasphemy Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - If one case, that of Rimsha Masih, was resolved with a happy ending, there are many other cases of alleged blasphemy in which innocent victims suffer in prison and are subject to a long legal ...
• 21 November 2012
  AMERICA/CUBA - Cardinal Ortega’s Letter for the Year of Faith, "a meditation on this historic moment to promote the encounter of the Cuban people with Jesus" Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "Esta es nuestra Fe" (This is our Faith) is the title of Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino’s pastoral Letter, on the occasion of the Year of Faith. According to the explanatory note of the Confere ...
• 21 November 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - 66% of the population lives in poverty Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The level of poverty recorded among the population in Honduras by the NSI (National Statistics Institute) is 66.5%. The study, which collects data until May 2012, shows that 66.5% of Hondura ...
• 21 November 2012
  VATICAN - Mgr. Piva and Mgr. Johnpillai appointed Head Office of the CEP Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Holy Father Benedict XVI today appointed Mgr. Lorenzo Piva and Camillus Nimalan Johnpillai as Head Office of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. (SL) (Agenzia Fides 21/11/20 ...
• 21 November 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore and Appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on November 21, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore (India), by His Exc. Mgr. A. Malayappan Ch ...
• 21 November 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - No more shooting in Garissa, but the population is irritated by the violence on behalf of the army Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "No more shooting, but tensions remain high because people are irritated by the way the army intervened. Some military patrols have been the object of throwing stones on behalf of the inhabitant ...
• 21 November 2012
  VATICAN - Pope’s appeal for the Middle East "troubled by too many clashes" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of today's general audience, the Holy Father Benedict XVI appealed for an end to violence in the Middle East: "I am following with great concern the escalation of violence betwee ...
• 21 November 2012
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The tragedy of pothoshinsho, street children in Dhaka Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The street children of Dhaka are known as Pothoshishu. The road is where they earn their living. In Bangladesh there are about 400 000. Almost half live in Dhaka, most girls are often exposed to a ...