News

• 3 September 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian in prison on false charges of blasphemy after a private dispute Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Pervaiz Masih, a resident of the village of Usman Wala, in the district of Kasur in Punjab, was denounced and arrested for blasphemy, following a private dispute with a Muslim man, ...
• 3 September 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The memory of the missionary Fr. Ezechiele Ramin is still alive even 30 years after his assassination Cacoal (Agenzia Fides) - On 24 July 1985 Father Ezechiele Ramin, a Comboni missionary (MCCJ) originally from Padova (Italy), was murdered in Cacoal, in the northwestern state of Rondonia, Brazil. Father Ezechiele, a 32-y ...
• 2 September 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - National Biblical campaign on the 50th anniversary of the "Dei Verbum" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - In many Latin American countries the month of September is dedicated to the dissemination and promotion of Bible reading. In Argentina, the motto of the 2015 National Campaign of the Bible, ...
• 2 September 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishops of Orissa establish "Martyrs Day" Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Indian state of Orissa have decided unanimously to establish "Martyrs Day" and dedicate it to the victims of anti-Christian massacres that occurred in the district of Kand ...
• 2 September 2015
  ASIA/CAMBODIA – The First Youth Day in Cambodia and Laos Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fide) - "We young people of Laos and Cambodia want to continue the personal encounter with Christ in our daily lives; we want to build the Kingdom of God through the witness of charity towards all. Th ...
• 2 September 2015
  AMERICA/ANTILLES - Tropical Storm Erika: churches destroyed, displaced families, many children swept away by the waters Saint John's (Agenzia Fides) - Tropical Storm Erika has hit the Caribbean in recent days, in particular the state of Dominica, causing death and devastation. People are missing, houses, bridges and roads have been destro ...
• 2 September 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - A month dedicated to combatting human trafficking Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign Corazón Azul Peru 2015 against human trafficking has just been launched in Peru. Every year Peru celebrates the "Month of Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings" in September. In ...
• 2 September 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops support President Buhari's campaign against corruption Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Nigerian Bishops support the campaign against corruption led by President Muhammadu Buhari through some recent public statements. "Corruption has done us very deadly harm as a nation and has mess ...
• 2 September 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - New investigations into the case of Mariam, the Coptic student discriminated Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The investigation on the "case" of the Coptic student Mariam Malak will be re-opened, the story of alleged discrimination. It was the same Egyptian Prime Minister, Ibrahim Mahlab, who promised a d ...
• 2 September 2015
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Demonstration in Nazareth to defend Christian schools Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - Initiatives to support Christian schools in Israel continue, which instead of re-opening its doors to students at the beginning of the new school year, a strike has begun against the political ...
• 2 September 2015
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Fighting illegal financial flows to find resources for the continent's development Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Necessity to fight illegal financial flows, resulting from corruption and illegal export of natural resources, in order to fund the development of African countries. This is what the participants ...
• 1 September 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishops on the situation of conflict with Colombia: "Human rights are the same for all" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask authorities to restore normality as soon as possible, because there are many difficulties and anxieties which are being experienced by those living on both sides of the border, and not o ...
• 1 September 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Interreligious prayer on the Day of Creation Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - The first World Day of Prayer for the protection of creation, which is held today, September 1, will be celebrated in India with interreligious meetings. This was reported to Agenzia Fides by ...
• 1 September 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "We cannot accept violence, we have to react": the Archbishop of Cordoba at the funeral of the murdered priest Alta Gracia (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot accept the culture of death, it seems that the lives of people has no value. We must react, we cannot accept violence". This is what His Exc. Mgr. Carlos José Nanez, Archbishop o ...
• 1 September 2015
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Appeal to release children detained in the center for immigrants in Nauru Yaren (Agenzia Fides) - A Committee of the Australian Senate has just presented a document that defines the "inadequate, inappropriate and unsafe" living conditions of asylum seekers at the detention center in Nauru. On ...