News

• 29 July 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Local Catholic Church applauds order to release detained Central American families Washington (Agenzia Fides) – A sentence dated 24 July issued by Judge Dolly Gee of the Federal District Court of California ordering the Obama administration to release families fleeing violence in Central America and ...
• 29 July 2015
  AFRICA/CAMEROON – For women kamikaze detonators easier to hide Maroua (Agenzia Fides) – Suicide bombing attacks continue in the northern region of Cameroon and in the Nigerian state of Yobe. In both countries more recently it would appear that suicide bombers are mainly women, an ...
• 29 July 2015
  AFRICA/ERITREA - United Nations investigates human trafficking Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - Eritreans with the Syrians, form the second largest group which risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean sea in an attempt to reach Europe. A recent report issued by the United Nations Organiz ...
• 28 July 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Tribal priestesses help preserve millet ASIA/INDIA - Tribal priestesses help preserve millet Niyamgiri (Agenzia Fides) – Until 60 years ago millet was grown in 40% of cereal producing land in India. Despite its enormous nutritive value of protein, vitamin ...
• 28 July 2015
  AMERICA/URUGUAY – State schools for children with disabilities Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – Following various appeals from civil society the Uruguayan Council For Basic Primary Education (CEIP) announced that the next budget will include a project for the creation of 60 state scho ...
• 27 July 2015
  ASIA/YEMEN - Almost 2 million children forced to abandon school ASIA/YEMEN - Almost 2 million children forced to abandon school Sana’a (Agenzia Fides) – Warfare continues in Yemen and among many serious consequences, children, some 2 million, are forced to abandon school. So ...
• 27 July 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mariachi Zombie: amusing animated television series discredits bad zombie myth Jalisco (Agenzia Fides) – Mariachi zombie is the title of a new television cartoon series just launched in Mexico. Mariachi zombie is a programme of entertainment for children aged 7-11 comprising 52 episodes each 11 m ...
• 25 July 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL – Franciscan Sister murdered AMERICA/BRAZIL – Franciscan Sister murdered Guaratinguetá (Agenzia Fides) – Sister Irma Odete Francisca, aged 65, a member of the Institute of the Franciscan Sisters of Siessen, was murdered yesterday 24 July at La ...
• 25 July 2015
  AMERICA/PERU – 100 years of mission among indigenous women in the Amazon AMERICA/PERU – 100 years of mission among indigenous women in the Amazon Puerto Maldonado (Agenzia Fides) – One hundred years ago in 1915, Dominican Sisters arrived in Peru from Spain to dedicate themselves to provi ...
• 25 July 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Every year a thousand Christian and Hindu girls suffer forced conversion to Islam and abuse Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – In Pakistan every year at least a thousand girls, from local Christian and Hindu communities are forced to convert to Islam and marry Muslim men. This was affirmed in a recent report produced ...
• 25 July 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Young Christian woman abducted and forced into Islamic marriage Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Fouzia, 25 year old Christian woman, married and mother of three children, was abducted on July 23 by Muhammad Nazir a Muslim aged 55, father of eight children. The man forced Fouzia to convert ...
• 24 July 2015
  ASIA/KOREA – Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Suwon ASIA/KOREA – Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Suwon Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis, on 23 July 2015, appointed Auxiliary of the diocese of Suwon (Korea) Rev. John Moon Hee Jong, paris ...
• 24 July 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA – Training to counter unemployment: 29 teachers receive diploma Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – Despite a situation of war, 29 students at the Jean Paul II Teachers Training College in Bangui recently received their diploma and will soon start work in schools in Central Africa where teach ...
• 24 July 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA – Parishes shelter demonstrators demanding solutions to the mining question AMERICA/BOLIVIA – Parishes shelter demonstrators demanding solutions to the mining question Potosì (Agenzia Fides) – Clashes between the Bolivian government and trade unionists groups in Potosì, demanding safety ...
• 24 July 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN – School instruction during emergency situations a basic humanitarian necessity Juba (Agenzia Fides) – In South Sudan school instruction for girls is particularly difficult: early pregnancies or marriage, poverty and gender discrimination prevent many girls from regular attendance at school. Fight ...