News

• 16 September 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Floods in Sindh: aid denied to Christians and Hindus, the "untouchables" of religious minorities Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - Among the flood victims of Sindh (South of Pakistan), Christian and Hindu "Dalits" families, considered the "untouchables", are thrown out of refugee camps set up by the government and do no ...
• 16 September 2011
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - To talk about reconciliation to those who saw their parents being killed: witness of a missionary who takes care of the "hidden wounds" of the civil war Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is fairly calm but there is still much insecurity, especially in the evening, when there is a sort of unwritten curfew, so after 8pm nobody leaves the house, because security is n ...
• 15 September 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - False accusations of blasphemy against a Christian, the court invites him to "leave the country" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A Christian high school teacher has suffered false accusations of blasphemy by a student and some Muslim professors, because of dislike, revenge and hatred towards Christians. He was forced to l ...
• 15 September 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Thousands of faithful pilgrims from all over China under the pouring rain at the Shrine of the Cross, the Calvary of the East Mei Xian (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of faithful Catholics coming from all over China went on a pilgrimage, under the pouring rain, to the Sanctuary of the Cross on Mount Pao Wo (nicknamed "the Calvary of the East"), in ...
• 15 September 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Commission "Justice and Peace": "the UN envoy is invited to Pakistan, we need to abolish the blasphemy law" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Commission "Justice and Peace" of the Pakistani Bishops have invited the UN Special Observer on religious Tolerance to visit Pakistan to see the "abuses and violence against religious minorit ...
• 15 September 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - Strong solidarity towards the victims of the fire in Nairobi Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of Kenyans in Nairobi are queuing up to donate blood for the victims of the pipeline explosion and fire which killed a hundred people and injured 118 people in the slums of Sinai, in Na ...
• 15 September 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi was sentenced to death by a court "influenced by Islamic extremists" and "without a lawyer" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - There is more than a shadow on the case of Asia Bibi, a 40-year old Christian woman, who was sentenced to death for blasphemy. Asia was judged by a court "under the obvious pressure of Islamic ex ...
• 15 September 2011
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND -Prevention, concrete initiatives, prosecution of traffickers: how to counteract the globalization of human trafficking Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - "To counteract the scourge of trafficking of women and children with greater determination and more concrete results, a convergence of efforts is necessary: a mentality that is centered on the un ...
• 15 September 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Week of the Migrant: 4 million people have fled the country, even due to armed conflict Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - This year's "Day of the Migrant" has become in Colombia the "Week of the Migrant". Therefore the space traditionally dedicated by the Catholic Church to think, work and pray so that understanding ...
• 15 September 2011
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Cholera continues to spread, to hold it back a campaign on the use of drinking water and lavatories would be sufficient Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Health officials in Burundi are trying to contain an epidemic of cholera which, since August, has killed 12 people and has infected more than 600. Although the epidemic is under control, in so ...
• 14 September 2011
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Appeal during the International Meeting Man and Religions: "It is time to change, the world needs more hope and more peace" Munich (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time to change. The world needs more hope and more peace. We can learn again to live, not against each other, but with each other. We are aware of the responsibilities of religions in enda ...
• 14 September 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Duc in altum": the theme of 'Year of the Mission for the Church in Pakistan Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Church of Pakistan, Duc in altum" This is the theme of the Mission and Evangelization, which will be launched by the Church of Pakistan, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Pontifical Miss ...
• 14 September 2011
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "Maybe the truth is round the corner": Mgr. Rosa Chavez on the death of Mgr. Romero San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, His Exc. Mgr. Gregorio Rosa Chavez confirmed to Fides what he said at a press conference on Sunday, September 11, with regards to the recent publicatio ...
• 14 September 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Institutional meetings for Mgr. Martinelli before returning to Libya Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "I had the pleasure to meet Mgr. Dominique Mamberti, Secretary for Relations with the States, together with the Apostolic Nuncio to Libya, His Exc. Mgr. Tommaso Caputo", says His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni ...
• 14 September 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishops' appeal: "No to death penalty and execution of Rajiv Gandhi’s assassins" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - " As Church of India we are against death penalty and we ask for the salvation of Rajiv Gandhi’s assassins. We hope that our country will firmly take the road of abolishing capital punish ...