News

• 8 October 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Emergency ebola: on October 4 in just 24 hours 121 deaths and 81 new cases were recorded Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - As the World Health Organization updates the data on the victims of Ebola in West Africa in a tragic count that sees the number of victims rise to 3439 out of a total of 7492 cases, Doctors wit ...
• 7 October 2014
  VATICAN - First ever global campaign by the 160 Caritas national organisations: ending world hunger is their priority Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas organisations around the world are taking part in a "Week of Action" from October 12 to 19, to end hunger by 2025. Highlights of the week include a video message from Pope Francis c ...
• 7 October 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Bishop Khazen confirms: a priest and twenty Christians of the village of Knayeh have been kidnapped Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "Unfortunately I have to confirm the news of the kidnapping of Father Hanna Jallouf OFM, Syrian parish priest in the village of Knayeh, who was kidnapped along with about twenty Christians". This ...
• 7 October 2014
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Church welcomes the initiative of the Council of National Security San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Mgr. Gregorio Rosa Chavez, auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, expressed himself with regards to the establishment of the "National Council for the safety of citizens". As a whole, the Bishop ...
• 7 October 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Assembly of diocesan priests: attention to formation in seminaries is urgently needed Ambon (Agenzia Fides) - During an assembly of diocesan priests underway in Ambon, in the Moluccas islands in Indonesia, emphasizes is put on the necessity to place attention to formation in seminaries. "If we want a bett ...
• 7 October 2014
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Requests on behalf of the National Assembly of Pastoral Care: Austerity and solidarity with workers, Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - After analyzing the social reality of the Dominican Republic, the 32nd National Assembly of Pastoral Care, held in Santo Domingo last week (see Fides 03/10/2014), asks rulers to be serious ...
• 7 October 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Islamic State makes its way in Pakistan: Christians respond with prayer Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The group of Pakistani Taliban "Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan" has announced its open support to the Islamic State, the jihadist formation that operates in Iraq and Syria, ordering all members of the ...
• 7 October 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New toll of the violence perpetrated by Boko Haram: 185 churches destroyed and 190,000 civilians flee Jos (Agenzia Fides) - 185 churches in the Maiduguri Diocese were torched and 190,545 people displaced. This is the toll of the violence perpetrated by Boko Haram in the past two months in the diocese of Maiduguri, whose ...
• 7 October 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Custody of the Holy Land: Fr. Jallouf and other Christians kidnapped by the jihadists linked to al-Nusra Knayeh (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscan Fathers of the Custody of the Holy Land confirm that Fr. Hanna Jallouf, parish priest in Knayeh, on the night of October 5th, was taken by some brigades linked to Jahbat Al-Nusra. ...
• 7 October 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A million people at risk of hunger if the political crisis is not solved Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The food crisis in South Sudan threatens to turn into a catastrophe and a million people will risk starvation between January and March next year if nothing is done urgently to resolve the politica ...
• 6 October 2014
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Violence in Sacatepéquez continues, the government asks for the mediation of the Church Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Guatemala has asked for the mediation of the Catholic Church in the negotiations with the indigenous, who refuse to accept the activities of the mining industry in their ...
• 6 October 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Thousands of children abused and forced to live on the street Asunciòn (Agenzia Fides) - There are 320,591 Paraguayan children living on the streets in abject poverty, in a total state of abandonment, neglect, exploitation and marginalization. The only dream is to find a loving fa ...
• 6 October 2014
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The Bishops of the Arab Regions: ensuring freedom and respect for immigrant workers Ras al Khaimah (Agenzia Fides) - The millions of foreign workers seeking employment and opportunities for a life with dignity who are welcomed in many countries in the Middle East - and in particular in the Gulf Countrie ...
• 6 October 2014
  ASIA/LAOS - Six Christians arrested for "domestic prayer" released from prison Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) - Six of the seven Christians arrested in recent days by the police were released from the detention center in the village of Boukham, in the province of Savannakhet. The news was reported to ...
• 6 October 2014
  AFRICA/MALI - "It is necessary to stabilize the south of Libya in order to stop the attacks in Mali", said the Secretary of the Bishops' Conference Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The international community needs to seriously take into consideration the problem regarding the stability of Libya, because the armed groups operating in the north of Mali take refuge in southe ...