EUROPE/GREAT BRITAIN - 4,000 children die for lack of clean water every day
London (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of World Water Day, which is celebrated today, March 22, the NGO for development cooperation and humanitarian aid Plan International has denounced the death of more than 4,000 chi ...
EUROPE/ITALY - Respect for women and respect for women’s dignity
Roma (Agenzia Fides) – On international Women’s Day, the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations (WUCWO/ UMOFC) celebrates the announced canonisation of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and thinks of the four S ...
5 March 2016
EUROPE/SPAIN Solidarity with Indian orphanage in Irinjalakuda
Lodosa (Agenzia Fides) - St. Antony’s Orphanage in Balabhava in the Indian diocese of Irinjalakuda, in Kerala, continues to be supported by the missionary community of Recollect Augustinians, through the Esperanza Span ...
EUROPE/GREAT BRITAIN - The never-ending drama of refugee children
London (Agenzia Fides) - The plight of refugee children seems to have no limits. A report by the British NGO Europol states that children continue to be exploited illegally in the Turkish textile factories that work for ...
29 January 2016
EUROPE/CRETE - The pan-Orthodox Council will be held in Crete
Chambésy (Agenzia Fides) - The pan-Orthodox "Holy and Great Council" will be held from 16 to 27 June at the Orthodox Academy of the Greek island of Crete. This was decided by the primates of the autocephalous Orthodox ...