News

• 10 October 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Two years after the massacre of Maspero, Copts are still waiting for justice Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - On the second anniversary of the massacre of Maspero, which on October 9, 2011 saw 23 Christian Coptics massacred by the departments of the Egyptian army, hundreds of militant movements and acrony ...
• 10 October 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Priests "expelled" by the guerrillas, the complaint of the Bishop Puerto Guzmán (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of Mocoa - Sibundoy (Colombia), His Exc. Mgr. Luis Alberto Parra Mora, complained to a local radio station that the guerrillas have expelled some of his priests ...
• 10 October 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A Foundation in favor of children victims of sexual abuse Cali (Agenzia Fides) – In Pasadena there is an institute where children can live "a new life". We are talking about the Asociación Hogar Niños por un Nuevo Planeta, created to protect the most vulnerable children in ...
• 10 October 2013
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - In the wake of the cyclone Haruna Sarodrano (Agenzia Fides) - About 50,000 people were seriously damaged by the cyclone Haruna that, for several days, brought torrential rains on the west coast of Madagascar. The floods ceased completely in May, finally ...
• 10 October 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Church : "The massacre of Peshawar is strengthening our faith. Yes to dialogue with the Taliban" Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The tragic massacre of Peshawar, which according to official figures, has caused 126 deaths and injured 166, "is strengthening the faith of Christians in Pakistan. That attack, in the church, ...
• 10 October 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - "Faith is the happiness that God has given us" Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - "Faith is the happiness that God has given us". Thus begins the comment written by His Exc. Mgr. Thaddeus Ma Daqin with regards to Pope Francis’ encyclical Lumen Fidei (see Fides 10/08/2013). ...
• 9 October 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - "All missionaries and for the whole world": the contribution of Chile to the missions Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "During this month, also known as Missionary October or Missionary Month, it is of great importance in all our communities to present the missionary work and of charity among all the Churches": ...
• 9 October 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Philippine Church reflects on the "new evangelization" in Asia Manila (Agenzia Fides) - With a remarkable international conference, dedicated to the "new evangelization" and proclaimed by the Archbishop of Manila, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the Church of the Philippines stops to r ...
• 9 October 2013
  AFRICA/NIGER - 79,087 cases and 362 children under 5 years of age have died from severe acute malnutrition Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - From January to September this year hundreds of children under 5 years of age died from malnutrition in the central eastern region of Zinder. In Zinder the disease is endemic, according to the la ...
• 9 October 2013
  ASIA/VIETNAM - More than 60 religious leaders are in prison camps Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - There are 63 among Christian Pastors and other religious leaders detained in deplorable conditions in four prison camps in Vietnam. They are in prison with sentences ranging from 5 to 18 years, an ...
• 9 October 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - The properties of the Monastery of Mor Gabriel returned to the Syriac Orthodox community Mardin (Agenzia Fides) - The Assembly of Foundations, the highest deliberative body of the cartel authorities that in Turkey manage the assets of minority religious communities, approved that the ownership of the lands o ...
• 9 October 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Tension in North Kivu increases Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Tension in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC) increases due to the transfer, operated without any coordination with the local authorities, of refugees from Tanzania. Accordi ...
• 9 October 2013
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Campaign in favor of the poor and populations affected by natural disasters Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The group of the Fatherland Front of Hanoi, along with the municipal Radio-Television, organized an event to start the Month for the Poor 2013 and the campaign of support for those affected by typ ...
• 9 October 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - The prisoners march for peace in Chimbote, the Bishop is present Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - For the Bishop of the Diocese of Chimbote, His Exc. Mgr. Angel Francisco Simon Piorno, the march for peace and against the wave of killings that is bloodying the city of Chimbote, organized by ...
• 9 October 2013
  EUROPE/GERMANY - "Exodus for Peace": The Contribution of the Scalabrini Family on a journey with migrants and refugees Stuttgart (Agenzia Fides) - Globalization, today's "liquid society" has made the world a global village and has globalized local villages. In Europe, as in other continents, the social fabric is increasingly characterize ...