News

• 24 March 2012
  AFRICA/MALI-The Salesians: "The people are with the army of the coup" Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "There is obviously concern and tense faces, but there are no conflicts on the streets. There have not been any shots against the population. The people are with the army. They are tired of gover ...
• 24 March 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO-The Pope in Mexico: a German who "does the sums" on migrants Guanajuato (Agenzia Fides) - "I already know I am in a Country proud of its hospitality and anxious that no one feels a stranger in its land. I know, I already knew, but now I see and feel it very deep in the heart. I ho ...
• 24 March 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Churches and NGOs to the government: "More efforts on human rights" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation concerning human rights violations are worrying in the Philippines. Libel, harassment, torture, displacement due to military operations and other inhuman treatment of political pri ...
• 24 March 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Pope’s visit live on the PMS website Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Mexico, on the occasion of Pope Benedict XVI’s first apostolic visit in Mexico, are technically prepared to be able to follow step by step the Hol ...
• 24 March 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Orissa and Kerala: momentary crisis between Italy-India but Christians are "optimistic" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The cases of the two Italian marines in jail in Kerala and of the two Italians kidnapped in Orissa "cast shadows in the relationship between India and Italy", but Indian Christians "remain opt ...
• 23 March 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Huts, schools, churches and crops destroyed: a picture of the damage in the diocese of Moramanga after the cyclones Giovanna and Irina Moramanga (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the Council of Priests of the Diocese of Moramanga ended yesterday, March 22, during which the pastors of the eight district missionaries of the diocese reported the latest new ...
• 23 March 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The gratitude of the diocese of Hong Kong for the Poor Clares, who arrived in 2000 Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The immense gratitude of the diocese of Hong Kong for the Poor Sisters of St. Clare (known as the Poor Clares, OSC) who celebrate 800 years of foundation, was expressed by Cardinal John Tong, ...
• 23 March 2012
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST-The Italian Minister Terzi: "The respect of human rights in the Middle East is measured with the protection of minorities" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "There is an indicator, a litmus test, to verify the respect of fundamental freedoms in the Middle East: it is the protection of minorities, especially religious ones" This is what the Italian Mini ...
• 23 March 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - More than 20,000 refugees in Lebanon: for Caritas it is "humanitarian emergency" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - There are approximately 20 thousand Syrian refugees in Lebanon and it is already "humanitarian emergency": this is what Caritas Lebanon tells Fides, engaged in humanitarian assistance in the Nor ...
• 23 March 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Calmer situation, the coup leaders start talks with political and religious representatives Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The firing of gun shots came to an end yesterday afternoon. Today the situation is calmer, although most people still prefer to stay home", sources of the Episcopal Conference of Mali, in Bamako ...
• 23 March 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Guanajuato, land with a long history of struggle and faith, welcomes Benedict XVI Guanajuato (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI will be the first pontiff to set foot in Guanajuato, a state which is protagonist for the movement for Mexican independence and imbued with mysticism, because in its territo ...
• 23 March 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Nearly a thousand women were killed in 2011, accused of "crimes of honor" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - According to a recent report by an organization for the defense of human rights, almost a thousand women were killed in 2011 in Pakistan accused of "crimes of honor", very common in South Asia ...
• 23 March 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Civil society and tribal people demonstrate Orissa for the release of the Italian hostages Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) – Tribal people, women, civil society associations, priests, religious demonstrated peacefully today in different places of Orissa for the release of the two Italian hostages, Paolo Bosusco ...
• 23 March 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU- The results of the first round of presidential elections have been challenged Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is evolving, because candidates who did not accept the results of the first round present today the appeal to the Supreme Court claiming that the elections were marred by fraud. Th ...
• 23 March 2012
  AMERICA - Water is a human right that many still fail to conquer Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The World Water Day was celebrated yesterday, March 22, also in Latin America with several demonstrations in defense of this natural asset. In South America for the indigenous water is a sacred, f ...