News

• 3 April 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Jesuits’ initiative against weapons that fuel the crisis in the Great Lakes Region Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – To raise the awareness of the international public opinion on the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and to monitor the flow of weapons that fuel the war in the region. The ...
• 3 April 2013
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Doors open to the immigration of the Copts persecuted? The Israeli government denies Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The recent, surprising rumors about an alleged preferential lane reserved by Israeli authorities to the immigration of Christian Copts fleeing Egypt politically in the hands of the Muslim Brot ...
• 3 April 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - After eight years in prison, a Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy has been acquitted Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Younis Masih, a Christian sentenced to death on false charges of blasphemy, in prison since 2005, was acquitted today, April 3, by the High Court of Lahore, at the conclusion of the appeal proces ...
• 3 April 2013
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - 1.3 billion people worldwide live on less than $ 1.25 a day Washington (Agenzia Fides) - More than 50% of the population living in extreme poverty are concentrated in China, India and Brazil. According to World Bank data, a total of 1.3 billion people live on less than $ 1.25 a d ...
• 3 April 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Attacks on villages; the Archbishop of Jos "Where are the security forces?" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We are amazed at how these gangs are able to attack the villages and the security forces do not intervene. Police and soldiers appear on the scene only when the attackers have gone away. The situ ...
• 27 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Coutts: "At Easter, our churches will be packed" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Fear and violence will not prevent Christians of Pakistan to celebrate with great devotion, and massive presence, Easter. His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Coutts, Archbishop of Lahore and President of the E ...
• 27 March 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - To restore order in Bangui is being attempted, but the situation remains uncertain Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Mixed squads of soldiers of the Multinational Force of Central Africa (FOMAC) and the rebel coalition Seleka are patrolling the streets of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, to ...
• 27 March 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - Meeting between representatives of the Churches on the condition and the current problems of the Christian communities Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, Tuesday, March 26 leaders and representatives of the Churches and Christian communities in Iraq gathered at the headquarters of the Chaldean Patriarchate in Bagdad to discuss the pres ...
• 27 March 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Government Offices open at Easter: the protest of Christians New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Some tax offices and government departments have told their employees to stay open on 29, 30 and 31 March, which for Christians are days that go from Good Friday to Easter. As learned from Fid ...
• 27 March 2013
  AFRICA - Crisis in Central Africa repercussions in Chad and South Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The fall of President François Bozizé has generated some consequences in Chad and South Africa, two Countries with troops involved in the crisis in the Central African Republic. The new "strong ...
• 26 March 2013
  AMERICA/REP. SANTO DOMINGO - Hope for the inhabitants of bateye living in extreme poverty San Pedro de Macoris (Agenzia Fides) - Among the sugar cane plantations, 70 kilometers east of Santo Domingo, Haitians and Dominicans survive thanks to humanitarian aid that covers most of the local population. 10% of th ...
• 26 March 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - The president of Caritas: Syrian refugees are more than 500 thousand Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Syrian refugees who have found refuge in Jordan have already crossed the threshold of 500 thousand. This was reported to Fides Agency by Wael Suleiman, director of Caritas Jordan. "Every day," ...
• 26 March 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - "Let us avoid the political crisis to become religious," said the Archbishop of Bangui Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "We are again in a difficult moment in which the population is shunted from right to left," said Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui, in an interview with Radio France International ...
• 26 March 2013
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "Plans to relocate refugees are unrealistic," said Caritas Somalia Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "IDP’s in Mogadishu live in difficult conditions, under threat of extortion and eviction" denounces the latest report of Caritas Somalia sent to Fides Agency. The report, while acknowledgin ...
• 25 March 2013
  EUROPE/ITALY - 61 million children without education: Global Campaign for Education Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Without teachers school does not exist!" Is the motto of the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) launched at the Global Action Week for school Education that is promoted each year with the aim to ...