News

• 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 ...
• 20 July 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni exhorts the laity to an "active and courageous" presence in Central African land, aware of the valuable contribution they can make as disciples of Christ Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The exhortation to take more and more charge in the organization and animation of Christian communities, because it is "an effective way to take an active part in the mission of the Church", this ...
• 20 July 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Peruvian Bishop calls for the intervention of the U.S. Congress on the issue of La Oroya mining Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "A U.S.-owned smelter has contaminated air, soil and water in the city of La Oroya, in Peru. The fact deserves monitoring and corrective measures by the U.S. Congress, according to a Peruvian ...
• 20 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Appeal from Damascus: "Keep out the civilians from the fighting, No to sectarian revenge" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "We urgently need to protect civilians. There is a danger that the season of revenge begins and that the civilians of Damascus are treated as 'traitors' because they have not taken an active pa ...
• 19 July 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - "Living the country's unity in prayer": Bishops' appeal before the social problems Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Peru have asked to give life to a "Chain of Prayer for Dialogue and Peace." A few days before National Independence Day of Peru, which is celebrated on July 28, the Peruvian Episcopa ...