News

• 21 October 2014
  ASIA/IRAN - Three evangelical Christians sentenced to six years imprisonment Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - An Iranian Islamic court has sentenced three leaders of the evangelical house church movement to six years imprisonment: Pastor Behnam Irani, Pastor Matthias Haghnejad, and Deacon Silas Rabbani o ...
• 21 October 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Too many interests behind Asia Bibi’s case: the truth of the facts are covered up Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "There are too many interests at stake behind Asia Bibi’s case. Too many vested interests and too much pressure that, in the end, cover up the truth of the facts", said in an interview with Fid ...
• 21 October 2014
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Indigenous people continue to be discriminated against, undernourished and not protected Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Amazon region and the provinces of Bolivar, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi and Esmeraldas is where the highest percentages of children and adolescents who live in conditions of poverty are concentrated, ...
• 21 October 2014
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of the Rector of the Theological Major Seminary "St. Therese of the Child Jesus" in the Archdiocese of Antananarivo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 31, 2014 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Abdon Rafidison of the archdiocesan clergy of Antananarivo as Recto ...
• 21 October 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA – May Saint John Paul II accompany Venezuela in the paths of peace and justice Chacao (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela, Archbishop Aldo Giordano, took part in the tribute to Pope John Paul II prepared by the authorities of Venezuela in Chacao, one of the five municipalities that ...
• 21 October 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - The Franciscans prepare the Year for consecrated life New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A Mission "in the Franciscan style" that passes through India; a special campaign to eradicate violence against women; a series of pastoral initiatives and of evangelization in different India ...
• 21 October 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 2000 children have been killed or maimed between 2006 and 2014 Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The increase of children who disappear or are recruited by criminal gangs in Mexico and are killed or maimed continues to be alarming. This is denounced by the Inter-American Commission on ...
• 21 October 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The warring parties recognize their responsibilities in the civil war, "an important step for peace" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope this is a first concrete and decisive step for the cease-fire first and then for true peace", says to Fides Agency Sister Elena Baratti, a Comboni missionary from Juba, capital of South Su ...
• 21 October 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Pilgrimages in the footsteps of the Holy Family Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of representatives and pilgrims from the Philippines took part in the celebration in honor of the Holy Family held on Tuesday, October 21 at the Coptic Museum, in the historic part of ...
• 21 October 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - When you do not respect the right of even one person, it jeopardizes the right of all Mérida (Agenzia Fides) - Continue to look for students in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, and punish the guilty: this is what the Secretary of the Mexican Episcopal Conference (CEM), His Exc. Mgr. Eugenio Lira Rugarcía says to t ...
• 20 October 2014
  VATICAN - Pope Paul VI, "a staunch supporter of the mission ad gentes" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the solemn celebration in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday 19 October for the closure of the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops, Pope Francis recited the Angelus prayer in the prese ...
• 20 October 2014
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Appointment of the Rector of the "John Paul II" Major Seminary, in the diocese of Gitega Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 17 February 2014, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Martin Sinumvayaha of the clergy of the Diocese of Ngozi as Rect ...
• 20 October 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - A cassava field transformed into an ebola treatment center Bo (Agenzia Fides) - A few weeks ago it was a cassava field. Today it is a gleaming tented city made up of four huge tents surrounded by smaller tents and brick-built buildings, intersected by orange fences and dotted wi ...
• 20 October 2014
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh city: prayer and hope for the Vatican-Vietnam diplomatic ties Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The meeting at the Vatican between Pope Francis and the Prime Minister of Vietnam, Nguyen Tan Dung, strengthens our hopes in the future to see full diplomatic relations between the Holy Se ...
• 20 October 2014
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Violence increases more and more and families are the most affected San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "We see that the violence increases more and more (...), the violence we are currently experiencing is even more brutal between security forces and organized crime": these are the worrying ...