News

• 28 January 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Taseer murder, justice to the test Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The High Court in Islamabad held its first hearing yesterday, January 27, in the appeal of Mumtaz Qadri, self-confessed killer of Punjab governor Salman Taseer, which occurred on 4th January 2 ...
• 28 January 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "Yo soy uno de ellos": young children in parishes and schools in favor of the most vulnerable San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Delegation of the Missions, together with the parishes and schools of the capital, has promoted the celebration of a Mass and a meeting for the children in a parish in El Salv ...
• 28 January 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Caritas: more funds needed for refugees from the Central African Republic Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - More funds are needed to help refugees from the Central African Republic who have been welcomed in neighboring States, said Msgr. Robert J Vitillo, head of Caritas Internationalis’ delegation t ...
• 28 January 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Patriarchs of Antioch: in order to stop the conflict, arms trafficking must be stopped Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The wars that devastate the Middle East, starting from Syria and Iraq will end only when the flow of arms and money destined to armed factions and terrorist groups by allies and sponsors regiona ...
• 28 January 2015
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Assault on Tripoli: the shadow of the Islamic State on the shores of the Mediterranean Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - At least 10 people died in the attack on Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli, committed by two (or maybe three, according to some sources) gunmen, yesterday, January 27th. After setting off a car bomb i ...
• 28 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Egyptian government allocates land for the construction of new churches in the capital Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - A plot of 30 hectares has been made available to the Coptic Patriarchate to build structures and offices connected to the Cathedral of San Marco in Cairo, and three other smaller plots of land to ...
• 28 January 2015
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cardinal Ranjith: for peace and religious harmony, the government "is on the right path" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "The new government of President Mahinda Sirisena has undertaken the important task of ensuring the rule of law in the country and promote peace and harmony among different communities": this is ...
• 28 January 2015
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - In view of the elections there is growing concern for children abducted for macabre rituals Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the upcoming presidential elections to be held in the Ivory Coast in October, there is a growing concern for the kidnapping and murder of children for ritual purposes. According to in ...
• 27 January 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishop of Chimbote asks protection for judges: "We are living in fear" Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - After the publication of the news regarding threats aimed at judges Susana Quispe and Sara Valdivieso, and three judicial officers of the Superior Court of the province of Santa (in the Ancash ...
• 27 January 2015
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The Bishops denounce: "Ivorian society is sick at a spiritual and moral level" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The unbridled race to easy money and power threatens social cohesion and the stability of the Country", say the Bishops of the Ivory Coast in the message published at the end of their Plenary A ...
• 27 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Catholic Diocese in Minya promotes religious reconciliation in the village of Delga with concrete projects Minya (Agenzia Fides) - The village of Delga, in the Egyptian governorate of Minya, in the recent past has been the focus of clashes between family clans and violence carried out by fundamentalist Islamist groups, who ha ...
• 27 January 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - Anti-Christian violence: the Bishops reaffirm their friendship with the Muslim community Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to renew our friendship and brotherhood to the entire Muslim community in our Country", write the Bishops of Niger in a message to the Muslim community, sent to Agenzia Fides, after the ...
• 27 January 2015
  ASIA/TURKEY – Other three people accused of the massacre of Christians in Malatya have been released from prison Malatya (Agenzia Fides) - The first Criminal Court in Malatya has ordered the release of two former soldiers and a university researcher held for almost four years on suspicion of being involved in the murder of three Ch ...
• 27 January 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishops: No to violence in Mindanao, support for the peace process Dagupan City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of the Philippines expressed its peremptory "no" to all forms of violence against human life, and publicly declared support for the peace process and the ongoing neg ...
• 27 January 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Child labor: 2 million and a half working children Ciudad Victoria (Agenzia Fides) - In the Mexican state of Tamaulipas there are at least 71 000 boys, girls and young workers, who are to be added to the national data of the National Institute of Geography and Statistics ...