News

• 9 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Ultimatum to Christians: "Leave Qusayr" Qusayr (Agenzia Fides) - Exodus of Christians in the west of Syria: the Christian population has left the town of Qusayr, near Homs, following an ultimatum from the military chief of the armed opposition, Abdel Salam Har ...
• 9 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA-Appeal of the Greek catholic Patriarch: a month of fasting and abstinence for peace Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - In the face of massacres and bloody events experienced recently in Syria, Gregorios III Laham, the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Damascus, has launched a heartfelt appeal to all the faith ...
• 8 June 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Clashes between rebels in northern Mali Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The separation between the two groups has now fully been realized" says Fr. Edmond Dembele, Secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Mali to Fides, confirming reports of clashes in the north bet ...
• 8 June 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The celebration of Corpus Christi in the sign of evangelization Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The celebration of the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, commonly known as the Corpus Domini, was celebrated yesterday, Thursday, June 7, in several Chinese Catholic communities, ...
• 8 June 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bomb in front of a madrasa: the Church calls for the end to violence and peace Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - A bomb exploded today outside the gate of an Islamic religious school (madrasa) in Quetta, capital of the Pakistani province of Baluchistan. The toll of the powerful explosion caused 15 victims a ...
• 8 June 2012
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Mobile Libraries for orphaned and vulnerable children due to HIV/AIDS Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The activity of mobile libraries for orphaned and vulnerable children due to HIV/AIDS and for youth in situations of conflict has just been launched in Abidjan. The project, sponsored by the Ass ...
• 8 June 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - Mining conflict: there is still no dialogue, despite the repeated requests of the Church Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church denounced the police for having unjustly accused her of instigating the violent anti-mining events that occurred in the southern province of Espinar, where last week two demonst ...
• 8 June 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Dialogue between Church and state must continue and be strengthened," said the Apostolic Nuncio Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Vice President of Venezuela, Elias Jaua, and the Foreign Minister, Nicolas Maduro, met on Wednesday, June 6 with the Apostolic Nuncio in Venezuela, Archbishop Pietro Parolin, in order to str ...
• 8 June 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The Bishops of Kivu launch the alarm of a large scale war Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "There are consistent indications that evoke the specter of a war which still has hidden reasons". This was the warning given by the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Bukavu in eastern ...
• 8 June 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Human rights and religious minorities: Pakistan under observation Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Increase efforts to protect human rights, enact laws on crucial issues such as torture, education and women's rights: is what the Pakistani government has asked the UN High Commissioner for Hu ...
• 8 June 2012
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - The precautions that would prevent death due to pneumonia and diarrhea of 2 million children Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - There is a serious disparity in medical treatment and preventive treatment of diseases such as diarrhea and pneumonia. If the young ones of the 75 countries which have the highest infant mortalit ...
• 8 June 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - False accusations: a Christian pastor in prison accused of fraud Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Protestant Christian Pastor Mehboob Yaqoob was arrested and charged with fraud by police in Lahore. The Pastor is the victim of deception and was denounced and dragged in on false charges by ...
• 6 June 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN-The delegation of Taiwan: leaving for Dublin to attend the International Eucharistic Congress Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The faithful who will represent the local Church of Taiwan at the International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin, will leave on June 8 for their pilgrimage to Ireland. Led by His Exc. Mgr. John B. ...
• 6 June 2012
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE-Health care for the inhabitants of the district of Caia and 3 other neighboring districts Padua (Agenzia Fides) - After 3 long years of waiting, a new hospital in the district of Caia, in the province of Sofala has just opened. According to information Fides received, thus far health activities were carried o ...
• 6 June 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN- Asma Jahangir receives threats on behalf of secret Services: solidarity of the Church and civil society Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Asma Jahangir, well-known lawyer and leader in the protection of human rights in Pakistan, is in danger: her life is threatened by sectors of the Pakistani establishment and the powerful intel ...