News

• 22 December 2014
  AFRICA/RWANDA - A fish farm to support the orphanage in Muhura Muhura (Agenzia Fides) - The St. Joseph Orphanage in Muhura, renamed "Casa San Giuseppe", was built in the early 90s by an elderly Italian midwife. Today the center is run by the Angelic Sisters of St. Paul and since 200 ...
• 22 December 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Twal visits Gaza: "today for many refugee children it would be a luxury to live in the grotto where Jesus was born" Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - 700 Christians in Gaza this year have received permission from Israel to reach Bethlehem and celebrate the Solemnity of Christmas in the place where Jesus was born. But not many will actually be ab ...
• 19 December 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - False accusations of blasphemy towards 11 Christians Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Eleven Christians in Islamabad, including a Protestant Pastor, have been accused of blasphemy by a woman, Naseem Bibi, for revenge after a private dispute. The woman in fact had been denounced ...
• 19 December 2014
  EUROPE/GERMANY - The Star Singers want to "ensure healthy nutrition for children in the Philippines and around the world" Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - For the 57th time, in the days leading up to January 6th 2015, the "Star Singers" (Sternsinger) of the Holy Childhood Association in Germany, will be on the country’s street-corners singing Chr ...
• 19 December 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian leaders: "Christmas with a heavy heart because of the violence against Churches" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "In view of Christmas we have a heavy heart because of the violence against our Churches in various parts of the country, especially in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and ...
• 19 December 2014
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Even Cuba will attend the Summit of the Americas: a dream come true Panama (Agenzia Fides) - Several statements have been sent to Agenzia Fides to comment the historic decision of the Governments of the United States and Cuba to establish diplomatic relations (see Fides 18/12/2014). Amon ...
• 19 December 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA – The Bishops: "Working together to build a more fraternal Country" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - In a message published on the occasion of Christmas, titled "Peace on earth to men", the Argentine Bishops' Conference urges the entire national community to "build a more fraternal Country ...
• 19 December 2014
  AFRICA/LIBYA – Foreign staff on the run from a looted hospital; health care system collapsing Benghazi (Agenzia Fides) - The clashes in Benghazi, capital of Cyrenaica, between Islamist militiamen and soldiers loyal to General Khalifa Haftar are causing serious damage to the local health system. The Libyan press r ...
• 19 December 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Education, food and protection for orphaned girls Visakhapatnam (Agenzia Fides) - The Sisters of St. Louis began their work in the Indian diocese of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, in 1986. After arriving in the isolated village of Yellamanchilli they realized after some ...
• 19 December 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Islamist threats against the Christmas celebration; Muslim leaders: we defend the churches together with Christians Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In Egypt even this year, as in the past, as the Christmas celebration approaches the Internet becomes a vehicle for attacks and threats against local Christian communities. Islamist sites warn Mus ...
• 19 December 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Appeal of the Chaldean Bishop of Beirut for displaced Iraqi Christians Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – There are more than eight hundred Christian families who have fled Mosul and Nineveh Plain and have found refuge in Iraq. Their condition is that of the "newcomers" in a Country already destabi ...
• 19 December 2014
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - One hundred thousand children cannot attend school because of the floods Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - One hundred thousand Moroccan children have not been attending school since November due to severe floods and heavy rains that have hit southern Morocco, severely damaging bridges, roads and infra ...
• 18 December 2014
  AMERICA/CUBA - "New horizons of hope brighten the lives of the Cuban people", says the Bishops' Conference Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "We thank the Lord because new horizons of hope brighten the lives of the Cuban people, because good relations without tensions between peoples, who are so close, are the foundation of a promisin ...
• 18 December 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops: a minute of silence in Catholic schools, at Christmas prayer for peace Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Catholic schools across Pakistan will observe a minute of silence and gathering during the morning prayer, remembering the victims of the Taliban attack in the military school in Pes ...
• 18 December 2014
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Bishop of Alotau’s appeal for the population Alotau (Agenzia Fides) - "I launch an emergency appeal for the people of the Southeast of my diocese, Alotau. Thousands of people are suffering from a severe shortage of food and are starving because of Ita cyclone, whic ...