ASIA/CHINA - Catholic communities in the footsteps of the Apostle Barnabas
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The liturgical feasts of the Apostles are in particular felt by the Chinese Catholics, who choose such occasions for many initiatives related to evangelization and pastoral commitment, th ...
16 June 2016
AFRICA/NIGER - Migrants left to die of thirst, men, women and children
Assamakka (Agenzia Fides) - Niger's Interior Ministry announced the recent discovery of the bodies of 34 migrants, among them also 20 children, in a desert area near the border with Algeria. Among the 14 adults there are ...
16 June 2016
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Guajira: hunger, thirst, poverty, lack of education
Riohacha (Agenzia Fides) - Guajira is the Colombian department with the highest index of poverty. There is no water and food and there are many unmet basic needs. Children are those who suffer most, who unfortunately die ...
ASIA/MONGOLIA - A new mission in Erdenet entitled to the Divine Mercy
Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - In the year of the Jubilee of Mercy a new local Catholic mission, dedicated to the Divine Mercy opens in Erdenet, the second largest city in Mongolia: confirms the Catholic Church in Mongoli ...
16 June 2016
ASIA/MALAYSIA - Mercy at the center of the Malaysian Youth Day
Kota Kinabalu (Agenzia Fides) - It was a pilgrimage and an experience centered on the theme of mercy - this is what more than two thousand young Catholics from Malaysia, gathered in the Sabah province (in Malaysian Borne ...
ASIA/MYANMAR - The Church's appeal for peace in Kachin state
Yangoa (Agenzia Fides) - "On behalf of all people of good will, I would like to launch an urgent appeal for peace and reconciliation for the Kachin population that has long suffered. It is urgent to take the opportunity ...
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Fleeing the violence of the 'maras'
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - El Salvador is experiencing a serious outbreak of violence among criminal gangs. According to information sent to Fides, the small but densely populated Central American nation registered m ...