News

• 2 July 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The "Caliphate" of Saraqib, where Fr. Murad was killed Idlib (Agenzia Fides) - The governorate of Idlib has become "the caliphate of Saraqib." The region of Idlib, in the northwest of Syria, between Aleppo and Hama, controlled by Islamist factions of the Syrian rebels, is th ...
• 2 July 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Rape and atrocities on a young Christian in Qusair Qusair (Agenzia Fides) - Mariam was a 15-year-old Christian from Qusair, a city of the governorate in Homs, 35 km south of the capital. The city, which had become a stronghold of the Syrian rebels, was reconquered by the ...
• 2 July 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - More than 80 percent of Egyptians are against the President Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "More than 80 percent of Egyptians reject the government and President Morsi. It is not true, as a part of the Western press stated, that Egypt is divided in half between supporters and opponents ...
• 2 July 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Young Filipino women sexually abused by state officials: the complaint of a missionary Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Young Filipino women are victims of sexual abuse by government officials, serving in the Philippine embassies in the Middle East: the complaint is sent to Fides by Fr. Shay Cullen, a Catholic pri ...
• 2 July 2013
  ASIA/IRAN - The election of Rohani seen by Iranian Jews Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - The election of new Iranian President Hassan Rohani is for Iranian Jews the confirmation that "Iran is a democratic Country, where it is quite normal to change President and Members of Parliament ...
• 2 July 2013
  VATICAN CITY - Cardinal Filoni meets the faithful of Central Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the CEP, this morning received the Archbishop of Bangui, His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, accompanied by a group of about twenty faithful of the same Eccle ...
• 1 July 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Alarm measles for 10 counties in the Country Yirol (Agenzia Fides) - A serious outbreak of measles is endangering the lives of many children in Yirol, a town on the southern border of the newborn South Sudan. There are 10 counties throughout the Country that have e ...
• 1 July 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Teenagers captured by satanic rituals: alarm for Christians Nagaland (Agenzia Fides) - The teenagers of the state of Nagaland in Northeast India are seduced by satanic groups that spread also through social networks. According to Fides sources, only in the last few months, more t ...
• 1 July 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Military offensive on refugee camps in the north Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The refugee camp in Bab al-Salam was the subject of an air raid by the Syrian Air Force where seven people were seriously injured, including a child. This was reported to Fides Agency by sources ...
• 1 July 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "A return to savagery": Bishops condemn the new executions Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Just when we believe that Nigeria was on the verge of joining the civilized world in ending the death penalty, we are shocked to hear of the unfortunate execution of 4 convicted persons in Benin ...
• 1 July 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Yes to the devolution of powers but not to that of the evils that afflict the central government," say the Bishops Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Kenya express appreciation for the process of decentralization and devolution of powers from the central State to the 47 counties that make up the Country, under the new Constitut ...
• 28 June 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - New report on the civil war: Christians are among the "most vulnerable" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - As the sacrifice of human lives in the Syrian conflict reaches the threshold of 100 thousand deaths, a detailed 78-page report commissioned and published by Open Doors International (relief age ...
• 28 June 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "A situation never seen before in Central Africa," says Mgr. Nzapalainga Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "A situation never seen before in our Country" said His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, in an interview with the "Journal de Bangu ...
• 28 June 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Religious leaders’ appeal: "Stop religious hatred; together for the development of the country" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of the major religions in Myanmar launched a strong appeal to the nation to stop religious violence and build together the well-being and "a future of hope for the country": says a jo ...
• 28 June 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Church launches the "Community Protection Groups" of religious minorities Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Karachi launches special groups to protect religious minorities, in particular Christians, from violence and terrorism. As reported in a note sent to Fides, in a seminar h ...