News

• 18 February 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Prime Minister promises protection for minorities, bishops call for “concrete action” New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Words to be followed by concrete action: with this remark the Catholic Bishops of India responded to a statement by India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, who promised commitment on the pa ...
• 18 February 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “The poor are the ones who pay the price of corrupt politicians” Bishops denounce Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – “Corruption is a temptation for everyone, Pope Francis has said, observing that the poor are those who pay the price of corrupt politicians, businessmen and church men who neglect pastor ...
• 18 February 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishops: “No to human trafficking, abominable business and one of the most profitable” Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - “Human trafficking is said to be one of the three most lucrative businesses in the world – along with drugs and arms. And it is on the rise in Africa – South Africa has become a parti ...
• 18 February 2015
  ASIA/IRAN - President Rohani: massacre of Copts: now, whoever funds these jihadists must be made to beg for pardon Teheran (Agenzia Fides) – The Islamic Republic of Iran “strongly condemns” the “inhuman and savage" murder of the 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya by jihadists affiliated with the so-called Islamic State ( ...
• 18 February 2015
  AFRICA/TANZANIA – Kidnapping of one year old albino toddler triggers indignation Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) – The kidnapping of an albino boy has raised widespread indignation among Tanzanians, who are demanding measures against witch doctors and the use of body parts in magic practices. The one ...
• 17 February 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - During Lent let us assess our spirit of mission: message from Archbishop Arancedo Santa Fe (Agenzia Fides) – “The spirit of mission is not evading my duties or my personal relations, instead it is generous concrete witness of my faith in my daily life”: writes Argentinean Archbishop José María ...
• 17 February 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Bishop Antonios Aziz Mina: Libya’s martyrs died with the name of Christ on their lips Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The Copts slaughtered in Libya by jihadist of the so-called Islamic State died with the name of Christ on their lips. This was confirmed to Fides by Anba Antonios Aziz Mina, Coptic Catholic Bish ...
• 17 February 2015
  EUROPE/POLAND – National Mission Congress: missionary cooperation and conversion Lodz (Agenzia Fides) – The programme of the 4th National Mission Congress to be held 12 to 14 June 2015, was the focus of a National Meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) Poland, which took place 9 and 10 ...
• 17 February 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA – Hopes grow in religious minorities for greater security and more tolerance Jacarta (Agenzia Fides) – Hopes grow in religious minorities for greater security and more tolerance. With the presidency of moderate Joko Widodo, communities such as Ahmad and Christians, express good wishes, judging ...
• 17 February 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Women’s Day in Faisalabad: greater rights and dignity for working women Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – Guarantee healthcare and safety for working women; adopt a code of behaviour of “gender justice” to safeguard women from injustice and abuse; guarantee safe workplaces free of abuse, ha ...
• 17 February 2015
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “Filipinos are the only ones who remain to serve the growing medical needs of our people” says Bishop Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “Only a few of us remain, just a good group of Filipinos and it is for them that I have stayed” Fides was told by the Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli,. “The ...
• 17 February 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - Anti-tetanus vaccine final test: 30% contains birth control factor Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – “No less than 30% of the phials collected during the recent anti-tetanus campaign sponsored and promoted by the World Health Organisation and UNICEF, contain HGG” said a statement issued ...
• 16 February 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - 21 Copts kidnapped and murdered by jihadists in Libya are “martyrs for the faith” says Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – At the news of the massacre of 21 Egyptian Copts decapitated in Libya by jihadists affiliated with the so-called Islamic State (IS), the Patriarch of Alexandria of Coptic Catholics, Ibrahim Isaa ...
• 16 February 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - For 20 years a group of women has offered railway-line assistance to emigrants travelling towards the United States Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) – “These women known as 'La Patrona' group counteract the selfishness, pride and greed of politicians and government which has produced chaos and forced people to move away in order to survi ...
• 16 February 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - March against Boko Haram; Christians call nation to unite Niamey (Agenzia Fides) – Anti-Christian violence which affected the Catholic community in Nigeria in January has the same roots as Boko Haram activity now threatening Niger, Fides learned in a message from the Groupe ...