News

• 25 March 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Seleka conquers the capital Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The rebel coalition Seleka entered Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. The advance of the rebels toward the capital began on March 22 (see Fides 22/03/2013) and ended yesterday, ...
• 25 March 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - 1500 children die every day due to preventable diseases Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - 25% of children in the age group between 0 and 5 in India die from causes related to diarrhea. For millions of people in the Asian country, the lack of water is a constant challenge. Two-third ...
• 25 March 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Catholics and Orthodox celebrate Easter according to the Julian calendar Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Most of the Catholic communities in Israel, the Palestinian territories, Jordan and Cyprus are preparing to celebrate the liturgies of Holy Week not these days but in the first week of May, ac ...
• 25 March 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Gestures that are potentially prophetic" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) -The Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz and President of the Argentine Episcopal Conference, Mgr. José Maria Arancedo, said that the arrival of Pope Francis at the Chair of Peter, is an ...
• 25 March 2013
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A secessionist group sows terror in Lubumbashi Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Several hundred armed men sowed terror in Lubumbashi, capital of Katanga in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo, before laying down their weapons in the local base of MONUSCO (UN Miss ...
• 23 March 2013
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Immigration reform, perhaps even the support of the Pope Los Angeles (Agenzia Fides) - The archbishop of Los Angeles, Mgr. Jose Gomez, has provided details of the meeting that a delegation of 15 U.S. religious leaders recently had with President Barack Obama on the reform of i ...
• 23 March 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - Thousands for the March for Life, rather than a law, the testimony of the population Lima (Agenzia Fides) -The Episcopal Conference of Peru invites the Archdiocese of Lima and all the faithful to participate in the "March for Life" 2013, which will be held today Saturday, March 23, as a public and peacef ...
• 23 March 2013
  ASIA/IRAN - Environments close to the Guardians of the Revolution launch an alarm for the distribution of Christian pamphlets Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - The Iranian semi-official Fars news agency, close to the body of the Islamic Revolution Guardians, has recently published a statement of Hojatol-Eslam Mohammad Hassan Akhtari in which the Secreta ...
• 23 March 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Truce of God for Holy Week, a call for peace with small gestures Cali (Agenzia Fides) - The archbishop of Cali, Monsignor Dario Monsalve Mejía, urged the armed groups to engage in a"truce of God" during Holy Week, to show a "sign of hope for peace." In a statement, sent to Fides, Mg ...
• 22 March 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - With Pope Francis, the charism of religious life for the renewal of the Church New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "History has repeatedly demonstrated that the charism of religious life can bring about change and growth of the Church in terms of holiness and effectiveness of its mission. St. Benedict, St. ...
• 22 March 2013
  EUROPE/ITALY - Safe drinking water is needed where necessary: World Water Day Lodi (Agenzia Fides) - In 2013, water remains a priority sector for international cooperation. The water supply in the southern countries of the world is still an emergency. According to a report prepared by UN Water, th ...
• 22 March 2013
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Conflicts, floods, migration leading causes of early school drop-out Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - The ongoing conflict between the two ethnic Oromo and Somali are also severely impacting on the education of children. There are thousands of those living in agricultural regions of Ethiopia ...
• 22 March 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appeal for respect for the rights of ethnic and religious minorities Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - A strong appeal for respect concerning the rights of ethnic and religious minorities in Myanmar: was launched by a group of non-governmental organizations that include "Human Rights Watch", "Chri ...
• 22 March 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Continuous attacks on the Church must not cancel the work of many who work generously for evangelization" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The continuous attack on the Catholic Church by some academics and media of the Western world cannot obliterate the good works of the Church in all parts of the world since it was founded by Jesu ...
• 22 March 2013
  EUROPE/CYPRUS - From the religions a contribution of values in the financial crisis Nicosia (Agenzia Fides) – To maintain an atmosphere of peace in the financial crisis: is what the Christian leaders of the island of Cyprus, part of the World Council of Churches ask, who expressed "support for dialogu ...