News

• 24 July 2012
  VATICAN - Don Wojda appointed Under-Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Rev. Tadeusz Wojda, of the Society of Catholic Apostolate (S.C.A.), Head of Office of the Congregation as Under-Secretary of the Congregation for the ...
• 24 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Crisis, the situation of Christians, perspectives: Bishops' meeting in Aleppo Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Urgent issues of the Syrian crisis, at a time "of great concern" for the Churches and for the entire population, the situation of Christian communities and the plight of the internally displaced ...
• 23 July 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Hundreds of thousands of children in Chiapas work without compensation Tuxtla Gutierrez (Agenzia Fides) - In the Mexican state of Chiapas, about 199 thousand children in the age group ranging from 5 to 17 work without receiving any financial compensation. According to the local Labour Offic ...
• 23 July 2012
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "Restore the altered constitutional order ": the Bishops' request San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in El Salvador has asked Parliament to repeal the election of magistrates, as established by a judgment, to restore the "altered constitutional order " and warned that t ...
• 23 July 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - New Foundation of the Diocese of Xian Xian for the aid to the poor and re-launch of evangelization Xina Xian (Agenzia Fides) - Education, aid to the poor and to the victims of natural disasters, evangelization of the newly baptized: are the priorities of the new Foundation of Xian Ai, of the diocese of Xian Xian (toda ...
• 23 July 2012
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - A course on the Social Doctrine of the Church has been inaugurated at the UCICAM Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Immaculate Conception Catholic University of the Archdiocese of Managua (UCICAM) has inaugurated a course for the Diploma in Social Doctrine of the Church. The course, lasting five months, w ...
• 23 July 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni ordained 4 Bishops in Central Africa: "God sends them to teach you His Word, which is the Light and Truth that enlightens people on the path of life" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "A message of hope and support" was brought by Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, to the Church of Central African Republic, with the consecr ...
• 23 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Islamist groups in action in Damascus: the victims are Christian civilians and Iraqi refugees Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Radical Islamist groups in the ranks of the revolutionaries sow terror among civilians in Damascus. Those who pay the consequences are those considered "loyalists", loyal to the regime of Basha ...
• 23 July 2012
  ASIA/YEMEN - One million children suffer from severe malnutrition Sana (Agenzia Fides) - Yemen is one of the poorest Arab countries in the world, where there are one million children suffering from severe malnutrition while their families are struggling to be able to buy food. The poli ...
• 23 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Christians, the epicenter of solidarity with the IDPs of Damascus Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The epicenter of the initiatives of solidarity in Damascus are Christian communities and local committees of the interfaith movement "Mussalaha" ("Reconciliation"), where the population lives i ...
• 21 July 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Church encourages dialogue between the government and rebels in the region of Cauca Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) - The indigenous people of Cauca and the Colombian government have agreed to start a dialogue "at the highest level" next Monday, July 23, to seek a solution to the crisis in the South-West region ...
• 21 July 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - The "Love Jihad " to convert Christian and Hindu girls to Islam and terrorism New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The spread of a "diabolical plan", called "Love Jihad " is the alarm among the Christian communities in India: according to a carefully orchestrated plan and financed from abroad, young Muslim ...
• 21 July 2012
  AFRICA - Abortifacient drugs and contraceptives: a false and dangerous solution to poverty Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Flooding the developing world with contraceptives and abortifacient drugs to reduce population growth, is not the key to reducing poverty. It is a false and dangerous solution, promoted by org ...
• 21 July 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - More than 10 thousand young people together to express their missionary commitment Coatzacoalcos (Agenzia Fides) - There are over 10 thousand young people enrolled in the Mission Congress held from 19 until 22 July in the city of Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, with the primary aim to "awaken and form the consc ...
• 21 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - A nun from Damascus: "We pray that all ends, we have no faith in the revolution" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Refugees continue to knock on the door of the Shrine of Tabbaleh, dedicated to the Conversion of St. Paul in Damascus. The Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land and the Franciscan M ...