News

• 12 September 2013
  AFRICA - Dispensaries and charitable initiatives for the poor and disabled Bonoua (Agenzia Fides) - New apostolic and charitable initiatives by the Society founded by Don Orione confirm the charisma of the religious brothers in favor of the poor and needy. Present in 30 Countries around the wor ...
• 12 September 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Battle for Maalula, under sniper fire Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Soldiers of the regular army have entered Maalula, the Christian village which was attacked and seized by Islamist groups in recent days. According to local sources contacted by Fides Agency, l ...
• 12 September 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Maalula, land of martyrs: death in odium fidei of the young Sarkis Damascus ( Agenzia Fides ) - For Syrian Christians, Maalula, the Christian village in the north of Damascus, attacked in recent days by armed Islamist groups, is already a "land of martyrs". Thanks to an eyewitness, a Ch ...
• 12 September 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - New bombings in the Nuba Mountains in Sudan and South Sudan have been denounced Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Sudanese Air Force continues to bomb villages in the Nuba Mountains in spite of the declaration of cease-fire declared by the government in Khartoum. This was revealed by a spokesman of the ...
• 12 September 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Family beyond borders": the Bishops announce a document on emigrants El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the border dioceses of Mexico, Texas and New Mexico, have published a message addressed to Catholics and all people of good will, at the end of the second year's meeting, held on ...
• 11 September 2013
  ASIA/LEBANON - Non-violence, reconciliation and peace: Operazione Colomba begins for Syrian refugees Beirut ( Agenzia Fides ) - "Provide support to Syrian refugees in Lebanese camps; meet and support the Syrian reality working for a peace that will not and cannot be obtained with the use of weapons": these are the decla ...
• 11 September 2013
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Campaign for the schooling of one million children Mogadishu ( Agenzia Fides) - Somalia, where only four out of ten children go to school, has one of the lowest rates of child schooling in the world. On the occasion of the recent International Day of Literacy, the Somali ...
• 11 September 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Peace is not born in Cuba, but in Colombians", Mgr. Lozano during the Week of Peace Ocaña ( Agenzia Fides) - "Peace is not born in Cuba, but in the heart of the Colombians", with these words, the bishop of the diocese of Ocaña, Mgr. Jorge Enrique Lozano Zafra, launched the celebration of the Week for ...
• 11 September 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A serious incident of violence disturbs the celebration of the Week of Peace Buenaventura (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Buenaventura (Colombia), Monsignor Héctor Epalza Quintero, P.S.S., launched an appeal to respect human life, after the discovery of the dismembered body of a m ...
• 11 September 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - The Franciscans of India: the Pope has rekindled in us the spirit of peace and harmony New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "As Franciscans, we are called to unite our communities and all our institutions in order to offer our solidarity to the people of Syria and build peace in Syria, the Middle East and throughou ...
• 11 September 2013
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Patriarch Kirill writes to Obama: May the U.S. listen to the unanimous voices of religious leaders Moscow ( Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of the 12th anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks, the Patriarch of Moscow and Russia, Kirill yesterday sent a message to President Barack Obama urging him to shelve ...
• 11 September 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarch Gregory III to Obama: "Great leaders are those who know how to make peace" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "The greatness of a leader is to seek peace and make peace, not to wage war and create destruction. A superpower is such if it is a power of peace": with these words, the Melkite Patriarch (Gre ...
• 11 September 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Still looting and violence against civilians on behalf of the M23 despite peace talks Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Despite peace talks being held in Kampala (Uganda) between the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the rebels of the M23, the latter continue to plunder and harass civilians in N ...
• 11 September 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - About six thousand people live in precarious conditions and extreme poverty Pungarabato (Agenzia Fides) - The poverty rate in Pungarabato, one of the 81 municipalities of Guerrero in the south-western Mexico, is very high and requires a rapid solution. This is what local authorities state, accor ...
• 10 September 2013
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Syria: Bishops’ practical suggestions to young people for non-violent protests Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The U.S. Catholic bishops, who have already spoken out against any military action in Syria, recommend all young people, especially college students, to give life to non-violent protests. "Si ...