News

• 6 August 2012
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - At least 6 people killed in an assault on a police station in Abidjan Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - At least six people died in the early morning hours of August 6 in an assault on a military camp in the Cocody district located in the north of Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire. ...
• 4 August 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The Diocese of Kilwa-Kasenga denounces the illegal exploitation of timber in Kasomeno on behalf of the Chinese Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "For about 8 months, some Chinese have started an anarchic exploitation of timber in the region of Kasomeno, 150 km north of Lubumbashi (in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo)" denou ...
• 4 August 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - "60 days without violent events", the campaign for peace in prisons bears fruit San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - With only a day dedicated to catechesis and presided by Monsignor Romulo Emiliani, Auxiliary Bishop of San Pedro Sula, the campaign for peace in prison, organized by the Pastoral Commissi ...
• 3 August 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Emergency malnutrition: the number of deaths in South Sudan has doubled with a daily average of 5 children and 2 adults Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - More than 170 000 refugees have had to walk for weeks to cross the border and escape from the conflict and food insecurity in the Sudanese states of the Blue Nile and South Kordofan. Many have ...
• 3 August 2012
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Warning and prevention of a malaria epidemic: long-term insecticide-treated nets have been distributed Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Approximately 90% of the population of Papua New Guinea is at risk of malaria. This island country, located south of the equator, 1.9 million cases are registered every year. Thanks to the ...
• 3 August 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - "We must continue to seek a political solution," say sources from Aleppo after the resignation of Annan Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "We fear what happened in Homs when people took refuge in the neighborhood where Christians live repeats itself, that in turn have become the battleground between the two parties. This worries ...
• 3 August 2012
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "Regain our dignity", the Church welcomes dialogue but without external pressures San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Negotiations to resolve the institutional crisis in El Salvador where in fact there are two supreme Courts of justice and two Presidents of the judiciary (see Fides 23/07/2012), will resume ...
• 2 August 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Large participation in the "March of hope" to say no to the division of the Country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Large participation in the "March of hope", which was held yesterday, August 1 in 47 Congolese dioceses (see Fides 01/08/2012), as part of efforts to oppose the so-called "balkanization" of the ...
• 2 August 2012
  ASIA/NEPAL - New technological equipment is needed to facilitate the heavy work of women farmers Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Most of the agricultural sector in Nepal is taken care of by women, however, there is a lack of adequate facilities to meet all the demands of work in the fields. New technologies that can red ...
• 2 August 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Integral, fair and sustainable human development", a request to protect the communities of Comodoro Rivadavia Comodoro Rivadavia (Agenzia Fides) - The Commission of Social and Indigenous Pastoral of the Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia, in Patagonia in southern Argentina, expressed its concern about a mining project recen ...
• 2 August 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - Facing the challenges of each particular Church with the spirit of the PMS: the 41st Assembly of the PMS in Peru begins Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The 41st General Assembly of Diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Peru is in progress, held at the Retreat House of St. Joseph of Cluny in Lima on the theme: "Faith without lov ...
• 2 August 2012
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Big party at a local church for the inhabitants of Palukathurei who have just returned to their homes after 6 years of forced removal Palukathurei (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas negotiated with the authorities of Sri Lanka for the return of 150 families in the village of Palukathurei after six years of forced removal from their respective homes. So far, the ...
• 2 August 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Calmness returns in Nyala after clashes which caused victims and injuries in recent days Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Nyala, the capital of South Darfur in western Sudan, is recovering from two days of violent protests that caused deaths and injuries. A resident contacted by phone by the Catholic Radio Netw ...
• 1 August 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Confirmed for today the "March of Hope" to ask for peace in Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The "March of hope", organized by the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of efforts to oppose the so-called "balkanization" of the Country, whose territorial integrity is ...
• 1 August 2012
  ASIA/NEPAL - We need more attention concerning the education and nutrition of the Chepang indigenous children Shaktikhor (Agenzia Fides) - The Chepang population, one of the most disadvantaged and marginalized indigenous groups of Nepal, is fighting for the education of their children. Those who manage to send them to school, ev ...