News

• 5 May 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Cardinal Maradiaga visits Central American migrants detained in Dilley San Antonio (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, traveled to San Antonio, Texas, to meet the Archbishop of this city, His Exc. Mgr. Gustavo García Siller, in order ...
• 5 May 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - Migrant wives struggle in Nepal Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - There are thousands women whose husbands work abroad and are struggling in Nepal and have to play the role of men. They are submerged in debts, homeless and without aid. The situation is par ...
• 5 May 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Constitutional Court approves third term for Nkurunziza, while protests continue Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "According to the Red Cross, at least three people were killed and several others injured yesterday as a result of shots fired by the police on the crowd" say local sources from Bujumbura, cap ...
• 5 May 2015
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - The proposal of the Gospel in today's multicultural context Solothurn (Agenzia Fides) - "Love impels us... (cfr. 2 Cor 5:14): the proposal of freedom and joy of the Gospel". This is the theme of the International Day of Spring 2015 which was held in Solothurn at the "G. B. Scalab ...
• 5 May 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - More than 7,000 Burundian asylum-seekers in South Kivu; UN and Caritas mobilized Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 4,000 Burundian refugees have been welcomed in Uvira area in recent days, according to what was stated by the Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Uvira is locate ...
• 5 May 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Adoption campaign for children with disabilities La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - This year, the adoption campaign promoted by the Servicio Departamental de Gestión Social (Sedeges) de la Gobernación focused on disabled children under 4 years of age or in need of any type of ...
• 5 May 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - The Church helps quake victims in remote areas Kathamndu (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation remains serious but international support is coming and people are finding a bit of comfort. A coordination committee of all the organizations and NGOs involved has been set up. ...
• 5 May 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II: the possibility to celebrate Easter together on the third Sunday in April is being studied Amsterdam (Agenzia Fides) - The debate on the opportunity to unify the dates of the liturgical solemnities currently celebrated on different days from different Churches and communities, is "a historical problem" that in ...
• 5 May 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Christians of the Holy Land are preparing for the canonization of Sister Mariam Bawardi and Sister Marie Alphonsine Ghattas Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday, May 6 at 10 am at the Christian Media Center in Jerusalem, a press conference convened by the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land will present the liturgical and p ...
• 4 May 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - Caritas Internationalis: solidarity from across the globe, while the dead and missing increase Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Earthquakes in Nepal and initiatives of solidarity from across the globe continue. In a statement sent to Agenzia Fides, Caritas Internationalis reports on the situation and on aid brought in ...
• 4 May 2015
  ASIA/LAOS – The Christians convicted of illegal practice of medicine have appealed against the sentence Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) - The five Christian church leaders in Laos (Pastors Kaithong, Puphet, Muk, Hasadee and Tiang) sentenced to prison as illegal doctors for praying for healing for a Christian woman who later di ...
• 4 May 2015
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The Bishops encourage the President to continue direct contact with people most in need Barahona (Agenzia Fides) - Some Bishops of the Dominican Republic consider the unannounced visits that President Danilo Medina carries out every weekend very positive, because they have a significant impact on productive ...
• 4 May 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni ordains 14 deacons from Africa and Asia: "you must have a missionary heart" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "With your consecration to Christ and the Church, may you never fail the joy and excitement of this moment; always be ready, with the memory of this day, to overcome the difficulties you wi ...
• 4 May 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI – Shooting in Bujumbura while protesters make their way to the center of the capital Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - In most of the districts of Bujumbura police is firing into the air to quell the demonstrations which have continued for days against the candidature of outgoing President Pierre Nkurunziza, i ...
• 4 May 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Talks resume for peace, despite the incidents and the distrust of the Colombians Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Colombian magazine "Semana" reported that, after an Army combat against a group of FARC, the authorities have arrested seven guerrillas in camouflage uniforms, aged between 10 and 17, carryin ...