News

• 29 April 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - Dramatic situation: water, food, shelter and emergency medical care are needed Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - The death toll due to the massive earthquake that hit Nepal on April 25 is unfortunately increasing. The children affected by this disaster have tripled. Now there is also the fear that childr ...
• 29 April 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Police arrest three people in connection with the murder of Sister Stefani Tiefenbacher Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Three people suspected of the murder of Sister Stefani Tiefenbacher (see Fides 21/04/2015), were arrested by the police in KwaZulu-Natal. According to a police spokesman, the arrested pers ...
• 29 April 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Nigerian army have expressed joy for the release of hostages held by the Boko Haram Islamist sect and sorrow for the discovery of mass graves Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Nigerian army have expressed joy for the release of hostages held by the Boko Haram Islamist sect, but also sorrow for the discovery of mass graves where many victims were buried. About 300 wo ...
• 29 April 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Reaffirmed the right of Christian workers to start work later on Sundays Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - A legal ruling has reaffirmed the right of Christian workers to start work at 10 on Sundays, in order to allow them to participate in the Sunday Eucharistic liturgy. This was reported by Coptic so ...
• 29 April 2015
  ASIA/JORDAN - The first "Lourdes Grotto" in the Hashemite Kingdom Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The first shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes in Jordanian territory is located in the parish of the Sacred Heart in Nour, 24 kilometers south of Amman, and will be inaugurated on Saturday, Ma ...
• 29 April 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Beatification of Mgr. Romero: 9 heads of state have already confirmed their participation San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Nine heads of state and five Cardinals will attend the beatification of Mgr. Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez, to be held in San Salvador on May 23, says a note sent to Fides by Mgr. Rafael ...
• 29 April 2015
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Half the population has no access to drinking water, 4,000 children die every year Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - Water and sanitation on the island off the coast of Africa: this is the appeal launched by Catholic Mission Australia. Currently in Madagascar half the population has no access to safe drin ...
• 28 April 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Does one want to feed ethnic conflict again? Fear regarding rumors on the arrival of militias linked to power Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We visited at least six suburbs where demonstrations continue, but the police have created barriers with tires and old cars have been set on fire, to prevent demonstrators from entering the c ...
• 28 April 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - Jesuits and Salesians engaged in disaster relief and assistance Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, April 25, a massive earthquake struck Nepal. The epicenter of the quake was approximately halfway between Kathmandu and the town of Pokhara in central Nepal. Deaths and destructi ...
• 28 April 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Theme chosen for Missionary Campaign 2015 in Brazil: "Mission is to serve" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Mission is to serve" is the theme chosen by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) for Missionary Campaign 2015, which will take place in October in all the dioceses of Brazil. Reflection for ...
• 28 April 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL – Health care is on the verge of collapse, drinking water and electricity is lacking, while the aftershocks continue Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world and at the same time full of a huge cultural heritage that has been devastated by the earthquake, while the number of deaths continues to inc ...
• 28 April 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Omar Hassan al-Bashir re-elected President with 94% of the votes Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Outgoing President of Sudan, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, was re-elected Head of State in the elections held two weeks ago (see Fides 13/04/2015). Official data of the National Electoral Commission s ...
• 28 April 2015
  ASIA/TURKEY - Armenian Catholicos Aram I appeals to the Turkish Constitutional Court for the return of properties to the Catholicosate Antelias (Agenzia Fides) – Today Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church submitted to the Constitutional Court of Turkey the appeal demanding the return of the residences and p ...
• 28 April 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - The Catholic Church in Nepal Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The first Catholic priest to enter Nepal was the Portuguese Jesuit Father Juan Cabral, in 1628. In 1670 King Pratap Malla invited the Jesuits to settle in the country. In 1703 the Italian Capuchins ...
• 28 April 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Sinai jihadist groups threaten Copts for their support to President al-Sisi Al-Arish (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Christians must leave their homes and the Sinai Peninsula if they do not want to die for the next targeted attacks that jihadist groups operating in the Peninsula are preparing to ca ...