News

• 13 April 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Uncertain situation in Bissau after a coup attempt Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "This morning the situation is calm, even if the radios are closed and do not transmit. It is therefore difficult to obtain reliable information " say to Fides local sources from Bissau, capital ...
• 13 April 2012
  ASIA/CAMBODIA-Helping orphaned children or disadvantaged communities to build their future Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Under the acronym HELP the activities promoted by the Don Bosco Children Fund (DBCF) in Phnom Penh, Poipet, Battambang and Sihanoukville are carried out. This is a special program of the Don ...
• 13 April 2012
  ASIA/MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE AND BRUNEI - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on February 24, 2012 confirmed Rev. Michael Velankanni Arokiasamy, of the diocesan clergy of Kuala Lumpur as National Dire ...
• 13 April 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "The tension is favoringing speculators and the poorest are the first victims": missionary’s testimony from Malakal Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Panic is spreading, in our opinion, justified in part, that risks damaging the weak" refer to Fides missionary sources from Malakal, the capital of South Sudan Upper Nile, not far from the border ...
• 13 April 2012
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Around 700 000 children living on the streets Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - All over the world there are 250 million "street children": they are the poorest of the poor, completely marginalized, they live, work and sleep on the street. According to estimates by the Spanis ...
• 13 April 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - 850 000 maltreated children who work in precarious conditions La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – Half of the Bolivian population, over 5 million people, is 17 years or less old, and among these, approximately 850 000 children and adolescents working in dangerous and poorly paid activities ...
• 12 April 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced conversions to Islam: Summit of the National Commission for Minorities Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The National Commission for Minorities, Pakistan's governing body, will dedicate a specific meeting with regards to the old question of forced conversions to Islam. This is what the Minister o ...
• 12 April 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians kidnapped in Karachi: a hostage has been released Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - A Pakistani Christian, Symond Andre, kidnapped more than a month ago in Karachi, was found in past days and is free. The man had been kidnapped at the end of February, with a colleague during a ...
• 12 April 2012
  EUROPE/POLAND - The Polish parliament is hosting an exhibition dedicated to Cardinal Kozlowiecki, a missionary in Zambia for 50 years Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - "In search of reconciliation - with open hands" is the title of the exhibition dedicated to the figure of Cardinal Adam Kozlowiecki (1911-2007), missionary in Africa for half a century, inaugurat ...
• 12 April 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic Community in New York: at Easter 154 baptisms and 216 confirmations New York City (Agenzia Fides) - During Easter there were 154 baptisms and 216 confirmations in the three churches attended by the Chinese Catholic community in New York, according to what was reported to Fides by Faith o ...
• 12 April 2012
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on December 29, 2011 confirmed Rev. Edgar Orozco Alfaro, of the diocesan clergy of San Isidro de El General as National Di ...
• 12 April 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - In 10 years 7,563 rapes in the state of Jharkhand, the tribal population is also severely affected Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - Since the establishment of the new state of Jharkhand, on November 15, 2000, 7,563 rapes have been recorded, 3,398 acts of violence, 576 assisted deaths and over 100 deaths caused by starvation. ...
• 12 April 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Birth of a phone line to assist Mexican children in difficulty Toluca (Agenzia Fides) - Violence in all its forms is a daily problem for Mexican children, we are dealing with a silent plague, which very few tmes is reported and therefore there are no certain figures. To address this ...
• 12 April 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Christians in danger in northern Mali Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians feel threatened, scared and hide. In Gao a church was destroyed (see Fides 03/4/2012) as well as other property belonging to the local Church community. Even bars and hotels privately ...
• 12 April 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The tension between Sudan and South Sudan threatens to escalate into open war Juba (Agenzia Fides) - South Sudan does not intend to withdraw its troops from the disputed oil-rich area of Heglig, subtracted from the hands of soldiers in Khartoum on April 10. This is what south Sudan President, Salv ...