News

• 27 July 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Eight out of 10 children are victims of abuse Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Over 80% of children and adolescents in the Dominican Republic are victims of physical abuse, sexual abuse and violence within their own families or at the hands of neighbors, in addition ...
• 27 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The appeal of the Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch: "It is urgent to stop the war" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "We urgently need to stop all hostile actions": is the appeal launched to all parties involved in the Syrian conflict, in Syria and abroad, by His Beatitude the Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch ...
• 27 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Syrian opposition open to dialogue: "No to violence and civil war" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not too late to save our country. While recognizing the citizen’s right to legitimate defense, we reiterate that weapons are not the solution. Violence has to be rejected and slipping into ...
• 27 July 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - "To serve the sick at the cost of one’s life", Camillian communities gathered together for children orphaned by AIDS Karungu (Agenzia Fides) - Each year, on July 14, the Camillian Religious around the world celebrate their founder St. Camillus. Even this year the different Camillian communities in Kenya have come together and some have ...
• 27 July 2012
  ASIA/LEBANON - From the Pope a message of peace for Syria and religious freedom in the Middle East Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "The visit of Pope Benedict XVI in Lebanon represents a great hope for Lebanon, a message of peace for Syria and is an invitation to religious freedom throughout the Middle East": is what Fr. Pau ...
• 27 July 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - "No more violence, we must resume the broken dialogue": an appeal of the Mapuche community priests Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic priests who are part of the pastoral Mapuche, have asked to avoid acts of violence and have made an appeal to resume the "broken dialogue" between Mapuche communities and authoriti ...
• 27 July 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - "Not only Rwanda but also Uganda supports the M23", accuses the Congolese civil society Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Fighting from the Congolese army, backed by United Nations troops and rebels of the M23 continue, in North Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. According to agency sources, the cla ...
• 26 July 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni urges on a profound renewal of consecrated life in Central Africa, "valuable and necessary aid to the missionary activity of the Church" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The gratitude for the contribution of evangelization of the Church in pastoral parishes, especially in catechesis, in the world of health care and school education, was expressed by Cardinal Fern ...
• 26 July 2012
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Warning of a hand-foot-mouth disease that mainly affects malnourished children Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - According to some experts, the high rate of malnutrition in Cambodia has caused the rapid spread of an outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease which, since last April, has killed 54 poor boys and ...
• 26 July 2012
  ASIA/THAILAND - Franciscans in mission among AIDS patients, modern "lepers" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - In the Spirit of Saint Francis of Assisi – who at the beginning of his journey of conversion embraced a leper, as his biographers narrate - the Franciscans in Thailand are at the service of th ...
• 26 July 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The strike on behalf of nurses in the country has ended, lasted 29 days Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - There are approximately 2,600 nurses from Honduras who have stopped the strike which for over 29 days has kept the country in suspense. The national protest of the nurses came to an end afte ...
• 26 July 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The Marian Shrine of the Diocese of Nan Wei has been consecrated to relaunch evangelization and strengthen faith Wei Nan (Agenzia Fides) - The Marian Shrine and Rosary Garden of the Diocese of Wei Nan, in the province of Shaan Xi has been recently consecrated. The solemn celebration was attendced by over two thousand faithful who s ...
• 26 July 2012
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Church of Ghana express their condolences over the death of President Atta Mills Accra (Agenzia Fides)-The Bishops of Ghana say they are "dismayed and shocked by the death of His Excellency John Evans Atta Mills, President of our dear nation" in a message published on behalf of the local Episcopal Co ...
• 26 July 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Warning for child soldiers and for the malnutrition that affects many of them Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Food insecurity and political instability, diseases, abuses and violence have become for months part of the life of the population of many African countries. The cultural, religious, ethnic divis ...
• 26 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Greek-Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo: "The West supports dialogue between the parties" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "The West, if one wants to make a good service to the Syrian people, has to support and put pressure for dialogue between the parties," says to Fides His Excellency Jean-Clément Jeanbart, Metrop ...