News

• 21 May 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Hunger is not inevitable: 350 thousand children in the world against child malnutrition Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Tomorrow, May 22, in more than 30 countries in the world, about 350,000 children will take part in the "Race Against Hunger", an initiative promoted by the humanitarian organization Acción contr ...
• 21 May 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Punjab moves to protect women victims of violence Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Punjab cabinet has introduced a bill for the protection of women victims of violence. The draft law also provides for the establishment of vigilance Committees to monitor the implementation o ...
• 21 May 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The police free four kidnapped Copts Minya (Agenzia Fides) - An operation carried out by the police led to the release of the four young Copts who had been kidnapped on the night of Sunday 17 and Monday, May 18 as they were returning, in a car, from a visit ...
• 21 May 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - Civil society denounces: serious human rights violations in the east of the Country Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Security forces in Niger are committing human rights violations in the region of Diffa, in the east of the Country, where in February a state of emergency was declared because of the raids carrie ...
• 21 May 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - The work of solidarity of the Catholic Church to earthquake victims continues Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - "The work of solidarity of the Catholic Church continues, especially in the more remote districts. In recent days we had a coordination meeting with all the priests, nuns, religious involved i ...
• 21 May 2015
  AFRICA - Rubber and leather shoes that "stretch" for African children Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - In the world there are hundreds of millions of children who cannot afford to have a pair of shoes. A young American has invented a pair of rubber and leather sandals, made with a system of clamps ...
• 20 May 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA – First beatification in Kenya: the Italian missionary Sr. Irene, "mother all mercy and love" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - On 23rd May, all eyes will be set on Dedan Kimathi University grounds in Nyeri, near the Consolata Mathari Chapel where Italian missionary Sr. Irene Stefani, of the Consolata Missionaries (MC) i ...
• 20 May 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - The Indian Bishops: "We would be happy for the canonization of Mother Teresa" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Mother Teresa of Calcutta is a universal symbol of mercy and compassion. The Indian Bishops would be extremely happy and grateful to the Holy Father and hope wholeheartedly that the canonizat ...
• 20 May 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Four Copts kidnapped on the way to the Marian shrine of Jabal al-Tair Minya (Agenzia Fides) – Four young Coptic Christians in the province of Minya, Upper Egypt, were kidnapped along the country road they were walking to reach the ancient church dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the villag ...
• 20 May 2015
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - 90% of HIV-positive Dominicans live in extreme poverty Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - 90% of the approximately 80,000 people with HIV in the Dominican Republic live in extreme poverty. AIDS patients die of hunger, they are unemployed, marginalized from society, deprived of ...
• 20 May 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Half a million families with serious addictions to alcohol and drugs Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Half a million Argentine families have severe addictions and the abuse of alcohol has become the main problem and plague: this was stressed in the first report of the "Barometro del Narcotr ...
• 20 May 2015
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Food insecurity in the north of the Country Maroua (Agenzia Fides) - It becomes increasingly difficult to find food in northern Cameroon especially due to the insecurity caused by Boko Haram which has seriously damaged agriculture and cross-border trade. Aid agenc ...
• 20 May 2015
  ASIA/YEMEN – Saudi-led airstrikes bomb one of the three Catholic churches in the Yemeni territory Aden (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of the Immaculate Conception of Aden, in Yemen, was bombed on May 11 in a Saudi-led airstrike against Houthi rebel positions and suffered serious damage but was not fully destroyed. This ...
• 20 May 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO – Mgr. Moreno Barron’s appeal: Go and vote, do not sell your vote Tlaxcala (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the elections to be held on 7 June His Exc. Mgr. Francisco Moreno Barron, Bishop of Tlaxcala, has accused politicians of being responsible for what happens in Tlaxcala, namely ...
• 20 May 2015
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Malaysia and Indonesia welcome the Rohingya: "Compassion wins" says a Jesuit Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a matter of compassion. It is a question of saving lives, men, women and children. The step carried out by the governments of Malaysia and Indonesia, which have agreed to accept the ...