News

• 30 October 2014
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Churches’ appeal after the death of the President: "Let us join together in prayer during this time of mourning" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "On behalf of the three major churches in Zambia, we send our sincere condolences to the presidential family, the Government and people of Zambia, following this great loss", said the condolence ...
• 30 October 2014
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Mission calls for the support of Australians in order to feed the hungry, malnourished and sick Peruvian children Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of malnutrition continues to spread in some of the poorest and most remote areas of Peru. In view of the upcoming holiday season, Catholic Mission Australia has launched its app ...
• 30 October 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdullah II to Armenian President: Christians helped to build the Arab civilization Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Christians gave their own contribution to the building of Arab civilization. This is also why the forced displacement of the indigenous Christian communities in the Middle East is a serious proble ...
• 29 October 2014
  ASIA/CHINA – To make Jesus known to non-Christians and make Catholics aware of their missionary responsibility Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "World Mission Day was an opportunity to make Jesus known to non-Christians and make Catholics aware of their missionary vocation and evangelising mission of the Church": this was stated by the ...
• 29 October 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Colombian dioceses ask to defend the rights of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Quibdó (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Pacific region of Colombia (Dioceses of Quibdó, Istmina-Tadó, Guapi, Tumaco, Buenaventura) and a group of NGOs submitted a request to the Inter-American Commission on Human ...
• 29 October 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - More than 700 Christian families among the refugees welcomed in Baghdad, Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - There are already at least seven hundred Christian families from Mosul and the Nineveh Plain living as refugees in makeshift housing and accommodation in Baghdad, after being forced to leave the ...
• 29 October 2014
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Pope's visit confirmed Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, during a meeting with the priests of the Archdiocese of Colombo, confirmed the Holy Father' visit in Sri Lanka, scheduled from 13 to 15 January 2 ...
• 29 October 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - An Armenian baptismal church consecrated on the banks of the Jordan Amman (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of October, the new St. Garabed Armenian Church will be consecrated in Jordan, on the bank of the Jordan River. This was announced by the Armenian Apostolic Patriarchate of Jerusalem, ...
• 29 October 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA – There is a risk of an outbreak of Chikungunya and Dengue: 4,500 cases in the last two months Cartagena (Agenzia Fides) - The cases of Dengue fever and Chikungunya in the city of Cartagena and Bolivar do not give signs of stopping. In the month of September alone, 28 girls were diagnosed with chikungunya and 30 w ...
• 29 October 2014
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets against the extension of the presidential mandate Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, on October 28 to protest against the Constitutional Reform Project which aims to allow Presid ...
• 29 October 2014
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - President Sata has died after a long illness Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - Zambian President Michael Sata died yesterday, 28 October, in London, where he had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness that had long prevented him from fulfilling presidential dut ...
• 29 October 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Solidarity and concrete evangelization: meeting of diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies Reyes (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes hosts the meeting of the diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Bolivia, from October 27 to 31. The note sent to Agenzia Fides informs tha ...
• 29 October 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Caritas calls for equal rights for women working in agriculture Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Equal rights for women working in agriculture and the promotion of "sustainable" agriculture: is what Caritas Pakistan asks the government during the conference organized in Sargodha, Punjab, in ...
• 29 October 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - The Camillians and the emergency of Ebola: the virus exacerbates an already complex and precarious situation Makeni (Agenzia Fides) - The emergency of Ebola in Africa, in particular in Sierra Leone, Guinea Conakry and Liberia, also involves at the forefront the Camillian religious. A few days ago Father John Toai left for a vis ...
• 28 October 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The government "cannot ignore Asia Bibi’s case" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The federal and provincial ministries should take the responsibility to monitor, protect and defend cases against people accused of blasphemy, including that of Asia Bibi": is what is said in a ...