News

• 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 ...
• 20 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Maronite Archbishop of Damascus: "It is an apocalypse, we await the resurrection" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "One lives an apocalypse in Damascus, and we hope with all our heart, mind and strength, that resurrection may soon arrive": is what is said in a message sent to Fides Agency by His Exc. Mgr. S ...
• 20 July 2012
  EUROPE/ITALY - Don Alfonso Crippa confirmed as Superior General of the Guanelliani Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The 19th general Chapter of the Servants of Charity-Opera Don Guanella, which takes place at Barza d'Ispra (VA), has confirmed Don Alfonso Crippa as Superior General for a second term and will lea ...
• 20 July 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The campaign for the reception of Haitian migrants in Brazil Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuit Refugee Service in Latin America and the Caribbean (SJR/LAC) continues its campaign to raise Latin American citizens awareness concerning the Haitian migrants and the need to understan ...
• 20 July 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - "The Church becomes the home of people who suffer": Cardinal Tong to the new permanent deacons Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "Open the door of the domestic Church and of the big family of the Church, so that nobody in the world is without a family and the Church is the family for everyone. You must take charge of th ...
• 20 July 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Violence in the country increases: 24 children killed every day Sao Paulo (Agenzia Fides) – In Brazil the last 30 years are considered as the most violent. According to the recent study "Map of Violence 2012, Children and Adolescents in Brazil", in 2010 at least 24 children and tee ...
• 20 July 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 2,054 mothers die for every 100,000 children born alive: 1 woman out of 7 during pregnancy or childbirth Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Decades of conflict and marginalization have made South Sudan the most dangerous country on earth where to give birth, with the highest maternal mortality rate in the world. 2,054 mothers die for e ...