News

• 23 July 2011
  ASIA/YEMEN-Due to the armed conflict in the country the number of child soldiers is increasing Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - In Yemen, the three main military groups which are currently active (pro-government Republican Guards and the Central Security, and the First Armoured Division of opposition), have among their ra ...
• 23 July 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious freedom "under the shadow of Islamic extremism": what happened to the promise made by the Ministry for interreligious relations? Lahore (Fides Service) - Religious freedom in Pakistan is conditioned by "the dark shadows of Islamic extremism", but also by intolerance, lawlessness and the increasing impunity in the country. This is what is said in t ...
• 23 July 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN-To the young: dedicate the time you spend surfing on the internet to God, to transmit it to your peers Kao Hsiung (Fides Service) - With the blessing by His Exc. Mgr. Peter Liu, Archbishop of the diocese of Kao Hsiung, the delegation of the Catholic community in Taiwan on their way to World Youth Day to be held in Madrid, ...
• 23 July 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Three years after the anti-Christian massacres: " Light sentence, injustice is done" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – It is the triumph of injustice and "the failure of the rule of law" - say the local faithful – this is what is happening in Orissa, as we approach the anniversary of the 3rd anti-Christi ...
• 23 July 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - SOS of the Protestant Church in Bogor: Christians risk "mass persecution" Jakarta (Fides Service) - "The Indonesian Christian Church" (Gereja Kristen Indonesia, GKI) - denomination of the Protestant Church with a strong community presence on the island of Java - continues its fight for law and ...
• 23 July 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA - The shadow of the failed coup looms up behind the assault on the presidential palace Conakry (Fides Service) - Forty soldiers were arrested in connection with the July 19 attack against the residence of the President of the Republic of Guinea, Alpha Condé (see Fides 20/07/2011), while the reasons of thi ...
• 23 July 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO- Assaults and threats against defenders of immigrants in the country are increasing Mexico City (Fides Service) - According to the report of the Commission of the pastoral care of human mobility of the Mexican Episcopal Conference (MEC), in recent years aggressions, threats and harassment against defend ...
• 23 July 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA-The Bishops ask President Jonathan vigorous action to stop the Boko Haram sect Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has ruled out the imposition of a state of emergency in the State of Borno, shocked by the violence of the Boko Haram sect. The Nigerian Head of State ...
• 22 July 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Diamonds and tensions between Hindus and Muslims behind the attacks in Mumbai Ahmedabad (Fides Service) - The diamond industry and tensions between the Muslim militant community and the Hindus: these are the two key elements to understand the reasons and responsibility for the recent bomb attacks ...
• 22 July 2011
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL-Voluntary Missionary: 1,130 Portuguese around the world, many will spend their holidays in mission lands Lisbon (Fides Service) - More than 1,130 Portuguese youth and adults will dedicate themselves this year in carrying out voluntary missionary projects in developing countries and also in Portugal, about half of them will ...
• 22 July 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-Major seminarians: to experience the Love of Christ to be authentic witnesses of charity Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – To experience the Love of Christ, to know the importance of the Church's charitable and voluntary work, to train qualified people for the social service of the ecclesial base communitie ...
• 22 July 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-In two months 21 health centers have closed down because of poor hygiene Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The precarious sanitary conditions of Centre Médico Honduras in Santo Domingo, have led the Ministry of Local Public Health to close down the facility. The state of abandonment of areas s ...
• 22 July 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN-Thousands of faithful attend the funeral of Msgr. Mazzolari; Cardinal Wako urges to follow the example of the late Bishop Rumbek (Fides Service) - The funeral of His Exc. Mgr. Cesare Mazzolari, Bishop of Rumbek (South Sudan), who died on July 16 at the State hospital in Rumbek, where he was hospitalized after feeling ill while he was celeb ...
• 22 July 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA-Displaced because of the drought, affected by the rains: the tragedy of the Somali people continues Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The humanitarian crisis in Somalia has degenerated into famine in the two regions of Lower Shabelle and Southern Bakool and could still get worse. Pouring rain is hitting the capital Mogadishu ...
• 22 July 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Bishops are "deeply concerned" about the violence, they ask the government to dialogue Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement released yesterday afternoon, July 21, and sent to Fides, the Bishops of Malawi declare they are "deeply concerned about the turn of events regarding the demonstrations on 20 Jul ...