News

• 27 February 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - New episodes of violence against Christian churches New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - New episodes of violence against Christian communities and buildings in India have taken place. A case of vandalism in the church was reported in Goa, western India. Unidentified men hit and d ...
• 27 February 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Anguish for Christians held hostage by jihadists; Syrian Catholic Archbishop Hindo: avoid unnecessary alarm Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The number of Assyrian and Chaldean Christians of the villages on the river Khabur taken hostage and deported by the jihadists in their strongholds increases to more than three hundred. "If the ...
• 26 February 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Despite the crisis, the PMS in Spain has increased the support for missions by 20% Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the economic crisis that the country is experiencing, the Pontifical Mission Societies of Spain (PMS) have managed to increase its support to missions by collecting 19.52% more than the p ...
• 26 February 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Family threatened by materialism and selfishness", say the Bishops Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The family "first school of virtue" is threatened by materialism and selfishness, say the Bishops of Nigeria in a statement issued at the end of their Plenary Assembly. In the document, sent to Ag ...
• 26 February 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A simple ambulance service can save the lives of hundreds of mothers and children Juba (Agenzia Fides) - In South Sudan, 90% of women give birth at home. In situations of complications related to childbirth, it is necessary to intervene with an emergency service. A network of mobile phones, an always ...
• 26 February 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The jihadists of the Islamic State deport Christian prisoners of the villages of Khabur Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The number of Christians in the villages of the valley of Khabur captured by the jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) in the northeastern Syrian province of Jazira increases. According to update ...
• 26 February 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Arson attack against the Orthodox Theological Seminary in Jerusalem Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - In the early hours of today, Thursday 26 February, an arson attack damaged the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate's Theological Seminary of Jerusalem, not far from the Old Town. The fire devastated a ...
• 26 February 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Military offensive in Mindanao; the Bishop in Basilan: "For peace, sincerity is needed" Basilan (Agenzia Fides) - There is no peace in Mindanao. After the massacre in Mamapasano, on 25 January, in the southern Philippines, armed forces have launched a military offensive against fighters of the "Bangsamoro I ...
• 26 February 2015
  AFRICA/LESOTHO - Elections: a delegation of Bishops of Southern Africa as observer in the national elections Maseru (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of the Inter-Regional Meeting of the Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) is in Lesotho as observer in the national elections to be held on February 28th. In a note sent to Agenzia Fi ...
• 25 February 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - More violence and protests: 6 dead in six days of demonstrations San Cristobal (Agenzia Fides) - Unasur (Unión de Naciones Suramericanas) condems the violent death of Venezuelan student Klivert Roa, and reaffirms its willingness to find democratic and peaceful solutions regarding the ...
• 25 February 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New Amnesty Report: "Religious intolerance increases" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "In 2014 intolerance and discrimination on religious and ethnic grounds increased in Pakistan, with the complicity of the authorities or lack of measures to combat it": says the new 2014-2015 ...
• 25 February 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Strong humanitarian concern for the announced offensive against Rwandan rebels Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The announced Congolese army offensive against the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) rebel group will take place without the concurrence of the UN Mission in the Democratic ...
• 25 February 2015
  ASIA - Maimed because of the war, many disabled forgotten in Nepal and Sri Lanka Mannar (Agenzia Fides) - Decades of war have seen a proliferation of problems of all sorts in Nepal and Sri Lanka. Among these, people with disabilities are the most vulnerable and neglected in both Countries. The Minist ...
• 25 February 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The number of homeless children, 700 000 live on the streets of the capital Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the recent Childhood Festival, Majda Suleiman, spokeswoman of the Sudanese Homeless Child Association, told the local press that the streets of Khartoum is home to about 700 ...
• 25 February 2015
  EUROPE/CROATIA - The missionary activity in Europe and the world: European meeting of Directors of the PMS Zagreb (Agenzia Fides) - The European Meeting of National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) will be held in Croatia, in Luznica, from 1 to 5 March, and will focus on several hot topics concerning the Ch ...