News

• 6 May 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian woman files for nominations in the elections in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - There is a Christian woman among the candidates in the local elections in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (in the north), set by the Election Commission of Pakistan for 30 May: th ...
• 6 May 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The monumental image of the "Cristo de las Noas" will be donated to the diocese of Torreon Torreón (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Jose Guadalupe Galvan, Bishop of the Diocese of Torreon, met with representatives of the Castilla family to begin the legal process of transferring ownership of the hill where the ...
• 6 May 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - South African Bishops' donate money for the victims of xenophobic violence Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of South Africa, through the foundation by them promoted, have donated 100,000 Rand to bring relief to the victims of the recent xenophobic attacks. The sum was donated to the p ...
• 6 May 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - 35 per cent children in India have poor lung capacity New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - About 35 per cent of India’s school going children are victims of different types of lung disorders and New Delhi stands tall at the top rank of a nation-wide survey titled Breathe Blue’15 ...
• 5 May 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Informed citizenry is able to build a just society", says Msg. Baez Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Informed citizenry is able to build a just and democratic society" stressed His Exc. Mgr. Silvio José Báez Ortega, OCD, Auxiliary Bishop of Managua (Nicaragua), after Mass on Sunday, May 3, o ...
• 5 May 2015
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Consecrated Life has the responsibility of "waking up a world" asleep in comfortable compromises Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The most significant contribution of consecrated persons to the Church of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands is the witness of their lives: say the Bishops Conference of Papua New Guinea ...
• 5 May 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Cardinal Maradiaga visits Central American migrants detained in Dilley San Antonio (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, traveled to San Antonio, Texas, to meet the Archbishop of this city, His Exc. Mgr. Gustavo García Siller, in order ...
• 5 May 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - Migrant wives struggle in Nepal Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - There are thousands women whose husbands work abroad and are struggling in Nepal and have to play the role of men. They are submerged in debts, homeless and without aid. The situation is par ...
• 5 May 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Constitutional Court approves third term for Nkurunziza, while protests continue Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "According to the Red Cross, at least three people were killed and several others injured yesterday as a result of shots fired by the police on the crowd" say local sources from Bujumbura, cap ...
• 5 May 2015
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - The proposal of the Gospel in today's multicultural context Solothurn (Agenzia Fides) - "Love impels us... (cfr. 2 Cor 5:14): the proposal of freedom and joy of the Gospel". This is the theme of the International Day of Spring 2015 which was held in Solothurn at the "G. B. Scalab ...
• 5 May 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - More than 7,000 Burundian asylum-seekers in South Kivu; UN and Caritas mobilized Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 4,000 Burundian refugees have been welcomed in Uvira area in recent days, according to what was stated by the Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Uvira is locate ...
• 5 May 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Adoption campaign for children with disabilities La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - This year, the adoption campaign promoted by the Servicio Departamental de Gestión Social (Sedeges) de la Gobernación focused on disabled children under 4 years of age or in need of any type of ...
• 5 May 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - The Church helps quake victims in remote areas Kathamndu (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation remains serious but international support is coming and people are finding a bit of comfort. A coordination committee of all the organizations and NGOs involved has been set up. ...
• 5 May 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II: the possibility to celebrate Easter together on the third Sunday in April is being studied Amsterdam (Agenzia Fides) - The debate on the opportunity to unify the dates of the liturgical solemnities currently celebrated on different days from different Churches and communities, is "a historical problem" that in ...
• 5 May 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Christians of the Holy Land are preparing for the canonization of Sister Mariam Bawardi and Sister Marie Alphonsine Ghattas Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday, May 6 at 10 am at the Christian Media Center in Jerusalem, a press conference convened by the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land will present the liturgical and p ...