News

• 22 May 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros speaks at the conference on the "Coptic Diaspora" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "We have to take care of all the questions and demands that come from our people". This is the message that Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II wanted to launch on Thursday, May 21 during the f ...
• 22 May 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - 106 indicted for the murder of two Christians burned alive: "A step towards justice" Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a step towards justice. We hope that justice is done in a case that shocked the Christian community in Pakistan": is how father Waseem Walter, Director of the Pontifical Mission Societ ...
• 22 May 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - UNICEF’s psychosocial counselling on air Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - UNICEF has provided two medical tents in front of the Dhading Hospital in Dhadingbesi, to meet the demands of the increased number of patients visiting the hospital, especially with injuries ...
• 21 May 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Church cannot support an electoral process that is likely to divide citizens Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Tension remains high in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi, where protests continue against the decision of President Pierre Nkurunziza to stand for election for a third term. The President announc ...
• 21 May 2015
  VATICAN - The Pope recalls the Day of Prayer for the Church in China on May 24 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the general audience yesterday, May 20, the Holy Father recalled the next World Day of Prayer for the Church in China with these words: "On the 24 May, the Catholics in China ...
• 21 May 2015
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - "With courage and more faith": Danilo Aceituno lived at the service of God and of the Church Suyapa (Agenzia Fides) - Two huge banners with his image and his famous phrase "with courage and more faith" were placed on both sides of the altar of the Shrine of Suyapa, during the funeral of Danilo Aceituno, the most ...
• 21 May 2015
  ASIA/JORDAN - Educational project for young Christian refugees who have fled from north Iraq Amman (Agenzia Fides) - English courses, computer science and physical education for Iraqi Christian girls and boys who with their families have sought refuge in Jordan, after having fled from Mosul and the Nineveh Plain ...
• 21 May 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Support for an alternative model for the regional economy developed by Caritas Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of southern Spain, who met in Cordoba for the Ordinary General Assembly on 19 and 20 May, expressed their support for an "alternative economic model" developed by Caritas in order to ...
• 21 May 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Hunger is not inevitable: 350 thousand children in the world against child malnutrition Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Tomorrow, May 22, in more than 30 countries in the world, about 350,000 children will take part in the "Race Against Hunger", an initiative promoted by the humanitarian organization Acción contr ...
• 21 May 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Punjab moves to protect women victims of violence Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Punjab cabinet has introduced a bill for the protection of women victims of violence. The draft law also provides for the establishment of vigilance Committees to monitor the implementation o ...
• 21 May 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The police free four kidnapped Copts Minya (Agenzia Fides) - An operation carried out by the police led to the release of the four young Copts who had been kidnapped on the night of Sunday 17 and Monday, May 18 as they were returning, in a car, from a visit ...
• 21 May 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - Civil society denounces: serious human rights violations in the east of the Country Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Security forces in Niger are committing human rights violations in the region of Diffa, in the east of the Country, where in February a state of emergency was declared because of the raids carrie ...
• 21 May 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - The work of solidarity of the Catholic Church to earthquake victims continues Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - "The work of solidarity of the Catholic Church continues, especially in the more remote districts. In recent days we had a coordination meeting with all the priests, nuns, religious involved i ...
• 21 May 2015
  AFRICA - Rubber and leather shoes that "stretch" for African children Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - In the world there are hundreds of millions of children who cannot afford to have a pair of shoes. A young American has invented a pair of rubber and leather sandals, made with a system of clamps ...
• 20 May 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA – First beatification in Kenya: the Italian missionary Sr. Irene, "mother all mercy and love" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - On 23rd May, all eyes will be set on Dedan Kimathi University grounds in Nyeri, near the Consolata Mathari Chapel where Italian missionary Sr. Irene Stefani, of the Consolata Missionaries (MC) i ...