News

• 6 December 2011
  AMERICA/PERU -Calm returns in Cajamarca, the Church supports dialogue for a permanent solution Cajamarca (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Cajamarca is returning to its normal activities without any kind of public concern, said the Minister of the Interior, Oscar Valdes Dancuart yesterday, speaking to a national radio ...
• 6 December 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The tension is very high in Kinshasa while awaiting the announcement of the winner of the presidential elections Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The tension is high, even if one lives in an almost unreal silence, because the traffic is reduced and the vendors who are usually stationed in the city streets seem to have disappeared. Sever ...
• 6 December 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A simple plastic bottle brings free light into the homes of the poorest Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In the Philippines about a third of the population lives below the poverty line. This is the second Asian country with the highest rates for electricity, after Japan. Thanks to the initiative "Is ...
• 6 December 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - New attack in Dadaab where almost 400,000 Somali refugees live Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - A police officer was killed and three others were seriously injured in the explosion of a bomb in the Ifo refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, bordering Somalia. The different camps in Dadaab are home ...
• 6 December 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A truce to violence, at least for the Christmas season Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Cuernavaca (Morelos) in Mexico, Archbishop Alfonso Cortés Contreras joined the request for a truce for Christmas proposed to the drug cartels by the poet and journalist Javier ...
• 6 December 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Protests and boycotts on behalf of Christians against "blasphemous shoes" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A footwear company on the market in Pakistan has spread models of shoes that bear on the back the design of the Cross: the phenomenon has generated strong protests and a boycott campaign of the C ...
• 5 December 2011
  VATICAN-Pope calls for solidarity towards those who must leave "often forcedly" their country Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal for solidarity towards those who are forced to leave their country or are stateless, was launched by the Holy Father Benedict XVI during the Angelus yesterday, on Sunday, December ...
• 5 December 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - More than a thousand young people on the first Youth Day of the Diocese of Xia Men Xia Men (Agenzia Fides) - Sharing the experience of World Youth Day in Madrid was the high point of the first World Youth Day celebrated by the Diocese of Xia Men, Fu Jian province in mainland China, on November 20, the ...
• 5 December 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - "Crimes against humanity in the massacres of Christians in Orissa": Report of the People's Tribunal New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Violence against Christians in Orissa violate human rights and the Constitution; they have been carefully planned and are considered "crimes against humanity"; they have a strong impact on wom ...
• 5 December 2011
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Church calls for respect towards indigenous people and the defense of their rights Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Paraguay urged indigenous people to be united and defend their communities, their families, lands and natural resources. This is what His Exc. Mgr.Lucio ALfert, Bishop of the Apo ...
• 5 December 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Blasphemous film about Jesus Christ: the director and producer have been arrested, the Bishops ask its withdrawal Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - Three people have been arrested in Mumbai because responsible for a blasphemous film against Jesus Christ. After days of protests by Christian organizations such as the "Catholic Secular Forum" ( ...
• 5 December 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The number of children infected by HIV is increasing in Chiapas Tuxtla (Agenzia Fides) - HIV-positive children in the Mexican state of Chiapas continue to increase. The "Fundación Nuestro Hogar en Chiapas" currently assists 40 indigenous children of the North and Altos affected by A ...
• 5 December 2011
  AMERICA/CUBA - Cardinal Ortega publicly blesses athletes and baseball fans Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "I hope that my blessing is able to cross the walls of the stadium and reach all the fans who are there, and all the players playing today". With these words, in an event that is unprecedented, t ...
• 5 December 2011
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Girls are more disadvantaged and discriminated than boys San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "Being a child" is the title of the report recently presented by the organization Plan El Salvador, which deals with children's rights, where the main obstacles to the development of girls ...
• 5 December 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian married couple beaten by the police with false accusations Abbottabad (Agenzia Fides) - Accused of a crime they did not commit, two Christian spouses were arrested and savagely beaten by the police for three days, for refusing to confess. It is yet another case of anti-Christian ...