AMERICA - 88 environmentalists killed in Latin America in 2014
Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Report of the international Global Witness organization, 88 environmentalists were killed in Latin America in 2014.
As demonstrated by the report published under the title: ...
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic priest Kidnapped
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - According to local media sources, a Nigerian priest, Don Innocent Umor, was abducted from his parish in Ikanepo, in the diocese of Idah, in Kogi State, in central southern Nigeria. The fact happen ...
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 5, 2014 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Father Giuseppe Giordano, of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immac ...
ASIA/THAILAND - Human trafficking, a scourge in the country
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Thai police discovered a field in the south of the country used to segregate the victims of human trafficking: the discovery comes just days after the discovery of 26 bodies of men and women, vi ...
ASIA/INDIA - 35 per cent children in India have poor lung capacity
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - About 35 per cent of India’s school going children are victims of different types of lung disorders and New Delhi stands tall at the top rank of a nation-wide survey titled Breathe Blue’15 ...