News

• 7 April 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - CIMI delivers a document on the suffering of the indigenous peoples of the Amazon to the Pope Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI), the Bishop of the Prelature of Xingu (in the area of Para, Brazil), His Exc. Mgr. Erwin Kräutler, C.Pp.S., delivered a document t ...
• 7 April 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Legal battle after the death sentence of a Christian couple for blasphemous SMS Lahore ( Agenzia Fides) - New death sentences for blasphemy and new legal battles affect the Christian community in Pakistan: a Christian couple, he is disabled, she is a waitress, both illiterate, have been sentenced to ...
• 7 April 2014
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Missions and Catholic schools flooded and damaged, panic among the people Sidney (Agenzia Fides) - 19 people have died and 40 are missing due to the floods that hit the Solomon Islands and in particular the capital Honiara. One of the worst natural disasters ever to hit the archipelago of 550 ...
• 7 April 2014
  ASIA/TURKEY - Deputy Prime Minister assures: soon a regulation on the Foundations of minorities Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc assured that the new regulations of Foundations linked to religious minorities in Turkey will be ready within the current month of April. This was revea ...
• 7 April 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - A Jesuit Killed in Homs Damascus (Agenzia Fides ) - The Dutch Jesuit Fr. Frans van der Lugt, a religious who lived in the troubled city of Homs, was killed this morning. This was confirmed in a statement by Fr. Alex Basili, Provincial of the Je ...
• 4 April 2014
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - JRS Cambodia celebrates World Interfaith Harmony Week Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The different religious communities in Cambodia intend to work together for sustainable development that respects people and environment: is what was said during the recent "World Interfaith ...
• 4 April 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "He taught us that in order for the Gospel to be proclaimed it must be acculturated": Brazil and Spain in celebration for the canonization of "Father Anchieta" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - San José de Anchieta (1534-1597) was declared "Patron of the catechists" by the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB). This is the Bishops’ joyful message, expressed in the note se ...
• 4 April 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - A special prayer for the elections will be recited in all the Chaldean churches Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans Louis Sako Raphael I gave orders to spread a special prayer in all the Chaldean churches in Iraq which will be recited at the end of Sunday Masses in v ...
• 4 April 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Death sentence for the Christian Sawan Masih: politics is deaf but dissent is increasing Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The Christian Sawan Masih was sentenced to death on false charges of blasphemy. But what happened to those who were found guilty? This question is still unanswered. Religious minorities in Pakis ...
• 4 April 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - An army of women and children who collect garbage to earn a living Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - About 15 million people live and work all over the world collecting and recycling waste. Among these, the most vulnerable are women and children. However, this activity begins to be seen as a pos ...
• 4 April 2014
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Drought and monsoons: the dramatic situation especially for the poorest people Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - After six months of drought and with forecasts of a monsoon arriving, Sri Lanka is likely to suffer serious losses in crops and significant decreases in the production of electricity. According ...
• 4 April 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops: "President, give an explanation of the excessive expenditure on the renovation of your house with public money" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of South Africa have criticized President Jacob Zuma’s decision not to respond "promptly and comprehensively" to Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s report on the expenditure ...
• 4 April 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - All involved in finding different mechanisms to put an end to violence Monterrey (Agenzia Fides ) - "We know God has the real power and we know that the families of the victims are moving, they are beginning to act on their own to solve the problem of violence. But we are all involved, we n ...
• 3 April 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishops alarm after two months of violence: "Venezuela government seeks 'totalitarian' regime" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Venezuela's organization of Roman Catholic bishops is accusing the government of seeking totalitarian-style rule and has issued a statement which highlights "the fundamental cause of the crisis ...
• 3 April 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Threats to the lawyer who defends Christians accused of blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A Christian activist and lawyer is closely following the cases concerning Asia Bibi and Sawan Masih, Christians accused and sentenced to death for blasphemy: this is why Sardar Mushtaq Gill, head ...