News

• 3 June 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - What does the future hold for Christians after the election? The problem concerning blasphemy Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - What future do Christians have in Pakistan? After the recent elections that brought to power the "Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz" (PML-N) party and decreed new Premier Nawaz Sharif, many Christi ...
• 3 June 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 2 migrants who had denounced extortion have been killed, the Church asks for protection San Cristobal de las Casas (Agenzia Fides) - The killing of two Honduran immigrant women on 30 May in Chiapas, in southern Mexico, was a revenge on behalf of a gang dedicated to extortion of undocumented immigrants that ...
• 3 June 2013
  AMERICA/COLORADO - Children hospitalized with respiratory crisis for having ingested marijuana Denver (Agenzia Fides) - The consumption of marijuana is legal in 18 States and in Washington. In Colorado baked food, candies and fizzy drinks containing this so-called light drug, is sold to relieve pain, for example, ...
• 3 June 2013
  AFRICA/NIGER - About a dozen people have died in the assault in the prison in Niamey Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Ten people have died in the assault in the prison in Niamey on Saturday, June 1, during which about twenty prisoners escaped, including some dangerous jihadists. This was stated to Fides Agency b ...
• 3 June 2013
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Pre-meditated attack against a peaceful gathering in a church Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The Oasis Forum and its constituent members are appalled and shocked by the behavior of the Patriotic Front (PF, the ruling party) cadres who attacked a peaceful gathering of several civil socie ...
• 3 June 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Melkite Archbishop of Aleppo: "Chaos and rubble in Syria. United with the Pope we call for dialogue " Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "We see only chaos and destruction in a conflict that is against everything and everyone. In a country disfigured, with the civilian population led to the slaughter, Pope Francis’ appeal calls ...
• 3 June 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - Bishop Pelatre with regards to the riots: the prospect of compromise seems to have the upper hand Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The riots which broke out in Turkey are a "warning sign" that the Turkish government might want to consider if it is to protect the stability that in the past 10 years has favored the country's ...
• 3 June 2013
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 19 April 2013 appointed rev. Fr. Christiaans Willem, O.S.F.S as National Director of the Pontific ...
• 29 May 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - Complaint by a religious group for violence against Mapuche children Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - A group of men and women religious and priests engaged in the pastoral work with Mapuche communities, composed of the original Amerindian inhabitants of Central and Southern Chile and Southern ...
• 29 May 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 24 April 2013 appointed Fr. Michael Abdo Abdo OCD as National Director of the Pontifical Mission ...
• 29 May 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Peace talks: First agreement on equitable distribution of land Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The Colombian bishops believe that the land issue is central to building true peace. Indeed, the Church's social doctrine stresses the need for an equitable distribution of land and policies tha ...
• 29 May 2013
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Eritrean refugees protest against the regime in Asmara Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly three thousand Eritrean refugees have protested in the camp of Berahle in the Afar region of Ethiopia a few kilometers from the border with Eritrea. The protesters wanted to draw the ...
• 29 May 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops to the government: no to religious discrimination in textbooks Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The education and formation of the mentality of young people are one of the key points on which to intervene to change Pakistan, to reduce religious intolerance and to promote harmony and peac ...
• 29 May 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Bishop Vera López’ humanitarian mission Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican Bishop Raul Vera Lopez OP will be part of a delegation of 12 observers who in the first half of June will try to enter Syria to collect data and information on the atrocities and hu ...
• 29 May 2013
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Politics: "Yudhoyono has to act more to put an end to religious intolerance" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidential Adviser for Human Rights, Albert Hasibuan, asked the Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, to be more decisive with his subordinates, including local and regional lead ...