News

• 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 ...
• 8 October 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - "In the Footsteps of St. Teresa, go on a mission" Shi Jia Zhuang ( Agenzia Fides) - "In the footsteps of St. Therese, Patroness of the Missions, go on a mission!" This is what His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Li Lian Gui, Bishop of the Diocese of Xian Xian/Cang Zhou, in the provinc ...
• 8 October 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A New Hope for street children Pereira (Agenzia Fides) - In recent years the abuse of child labor in Pereira, the Colombian city 250 kilometers west of Bogotá, has greatly diminished thanks to some programs aimed at restoring the human rights of ever ...
• 8 October 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Assyrian Patriarch to the Chaldean Patriarch: Let us create a joint Committee for Dialogue Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, Mar Dinkha IV has responded positively to the idea of dialogue recently proposed by Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, regarding the creat ...
• 8 October 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A sanctuary for the Christian victims of Peshawar, still without compensation on behalf of the government Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Anglican Bishop of Peshawar, Mgr. Peter Humphrey Sarfraz, leader of the "Church of Pakistan", has released the complete list of the dead and wounded in the attack carried out on 22 Septemb ...
• 8 October 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Calm returns in Bangassou. "Now we need to reconcile the souls" says the Bishop Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday we saw Abdallah , the "warlord" who had spread terror in Bangassou. He was put on a plane to be transported to Bangui, where he will be judged for the crimes committed", says to Fides A ...
• 8 October 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Mexicali without hunger": campaign to assist 1,500 families Mexicali (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. José Isidro Guerrero Macias, Bishop of the Diocese of Mexicali (Baja California, Mexico), invited the community to join the campaign "Mexicali without hunger". The initiative, ...
• 8 October 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Alarming figures on children who are exploited and sexually abused Managua (Agenzia Fides) - In the last 5 years the rate of minors who are exploited work-wise has increased between 25 and 30% per year. Currently there are 238,000 child workers in Nicaragua. This is what emerges from th ...
• 8 October 2013
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A coffin in procession: Islamist threats against the Christian governor Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - A coffin, which advances in a protest march: with this veiled threat, Islamist militants have intensified their campaign to force the resignation of the Christian Susan Jasmine Zulkifli, appoint ...
• 8 October 2013
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - The work of Annalena Tonelli is still alive 10 years after her murder Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - 10 years have gone by since the killing of Annalena Tonelli, the Italian volunteer who for 33 years had assisted the Somali population affected by tuberculosis. Annalena was killed on the even ...