News

• 3 December 2014
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Churches to monitor presidential elections in January Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) – The principal Christian confessions in Zambia will monitor presidential elections to be held 20 January 2015 by means of a purposely formed body: Christian Churches’ Monitoring Group (CCMG). ...
• 3 December 2014
  ASIA/INDIA – Resignation of the Bishop of Jammu-Srinagar and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis, on 3 December 2014, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Jammu-Srinagar (India), presented by Bishop Peter Celestine Elamp ...
• 3 December 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Conference on Islam and Terrorism at Al Azhar. Imam al- Tayyeb: “takfirist” extremism perverts the Islamic religion Cairo (Agenzia Fides) –'Takfirist' extremism which justifies with verses of the Koran violent and terrorist activity is a “perversion of the Islamic religion ”, and jihadist factions commit “barbaric crimes with ...
• 3 December 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - “Treated worse than animals”: dramatic situation of women with psychological or intellectual disabilities New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In India women with psychological or intellectual disabilities are often closed in institutes and subjected to all kinds of abuse and violence. According to a Human Rights Watch report (HRW) ...
• 2 December 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - The Year of Consecrated Life begins: witnesses of hope in the future Xi An (Agenzia Fides) - Remember the past with a heart filled with gratitude, live the present with zeal, have hope for the future: these are the three main objectives for the Year of Consecrated Life highlighted by His ...
• 2 December 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Satisfaction for the release of the General, but it is necessary to resume talks for a definite peace Barranquilla (Agenzia Fides) - After his release and that of other two people who had been kidnapped with him, which occurred on Sunday evening, November 30, General Rubén Darío Alzate Mora held a press conference the ...
• 2 December 2014
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - A more functional school for 4000 children in one of the poorest regions of the Country Soddo (Agenzia Fides) - A cooperation project led to the restructuring and the provision of school materials regarding the first public school which opened in Wolayta (the southern area of Ethiopia) in 1953. The institut ...
• 2 December 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ – Churches in Mosul are used as prisons by jihadist of the Caliphate Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Some churches in Mosul have been transformed into places of detention by jihadists of the Islamic State (IS), who have laid down laws in the northern city of Iraq since June 9. In particular, acco ...
• 2 December 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishops denounce: "Banditry threatens peace, it seems that some have fun scattering weapons among the population" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The people are still held hostage by armed groups present in the area and occupy the national scene" denounce the Central African Bishops in the message for Advent prepared by the Permanent Coun ...
• 2 December 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In Haiti, the needs are still so many, the commitment of the religious women of Brazil continues Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - An assessment of the project that the missionary Church of Brazil is carrying out in Haiti, emerged immediately after the earthquake that devastated the country (see Fides 21/02/2011), was made ...
• 2 December 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Over 70 million children suffer from chronic malnutrition and 13 million work Anantapur (Agenzia Fides) - In India about 72 million children suffer from chronic malnutrition: in addition to the risk of death, malnutrition causes delays in physical and mental growth. There are also 13 million young ...
• 2 December 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - Coadjutor Bishop of Garissa: "One is trying to destabilize the north of Kenya" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The people targeted by the Shabaab are skilled workers (doctors, nurses, teachers, policemen, military, civil servants etc ...) from other parts of Kenya. Forcing them to flee means destabilizi ...
• 2 December 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Cremisan case: Palestinian mayors and Catholic organizations reject the alternatives proposed by the Israeli government Beit Jala (Agenzia Fides) - The Society of St. Yves - Catholic organization active in the field of human rights and sponsored by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem - released a statement on Monday 1 December on the resu ...
• 1 December 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - A Commission to save the country from the crisis Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Haitian President Michel Martelly has announced the formation of a Commission composed of "credible and honest people" to study the solutions to end the crisis. The announcement was given ...
• 1 December 2014
  ASIA - The decisive contribution of the Jesuits in education in South Asia Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - "Education is the main tool for the integral development of the human family. It allows the individual growth of each person and helps to build the nation. Education is the answer to many socio ...