News

• 11 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-Farah, Catholic Islamized by force, risks being sold abroad Lahore (Fides Service) - Farah Hatim, 24 years old, Catholic, kidnapped by a Muslim family, converted by force and forced to get married to a Muslim, "is likely to disappear or be sold abroad": This is what Fides sources ...
• 11 June 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA-Aica Agency: 55 years of information at the service of the Church in Argentina Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Information Agency Católica Argentina (IACA) celebrates today, June 11, 55 years of existence: since it was established it has not stopped its information service. Established by the ...
• 11 June 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-Overcrowded prisons: "disciples and missionaries who can help people in prison" are needed Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – According to the latest statistics from the National Penitentiary and Prison Institute(NPAPI), the Colombian penitentiary infrastructures have a capacity of 72,785 prisoners but currently there ...
• 11 June 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY-Together with "Heroes of Health " for the right of health for all Padova (Agenzia Fides) - Every three seconds a child dies from easily preventable causes; every day 1,000 women die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth; each year HIV / AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria k ...
• 11 June 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES-Catholic Charities of Illinois have filed a lawsuit against the state for violation regarding the rules on adoptions Chicago (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of three Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Illinois (Springfield, Peoria and Joliet) have filed a lawsuit against the state, at the court of Sangamon County, following the ena ...
• 10 June 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG-A renewed commitment for the Sisters engaged in the diocesan pastoral of Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Continue to give praise to God and to sanctify the soul of man through pastoral service: the renewed commitment made by the Sisters’ Association involved in the Diocesan Pastoral of Hong Kon ...
• 10 June 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-Young Christians promoters of peace in Northeast India Kohima (Agenzia Fides) - Young Christians in Northeast India love peace and want to be promoters of peace in the area afflicted by ethnic conflicts and social tensions. In the diocese of Kohima (in the state of Nagaland) ...
• 10 June 2011
  AFRICA/SWAZILAND-"In Swaziland a brutal and undemocratic regime": the alarm of the Bishops in Southern Africa Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - "Swaziland is a country in turmoil, a country tearing itself apart from the inside by the actions of the uncaring state of head and a regime that is getting more brutal by the day". It is the ...
• 10 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-Mobilization for Farah, the Catholic Islamized by force; she is one of the more than 700 victims every year Lahore (Fides Service) - More than 700 cases are reported each year concerning Christian girls kidnapped, forced to marry Muslim men and forced to convert to Islam. And many cases pass unreported. This is what is reporte ...
• 10 June 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA-There is "a modest acceleration in the paperwork to relocate the refugees accepted in Tunisia to other countries", says Don Mussie Zerai Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "The refugees were transferred from the camp where in recent days, some tents had been burned to another, on a hill near a Tunisian military detachment", says Don Mussie Zerai to Fides, Eritrean ...
• 10 June 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-Health care assistance for the people forced to flee from Abyei Abyei (Agenzia Fides) - Entire cities have been emptied and thousands of people are fleeing from the fighting erupted in the Sudanese region of Abyei on the night of May 20 (see Fides 21,23,24,25,30 / 5 / 2011 9 / 6 / 2 ...
• 10 June 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY-At Pentecost "mandate" to young people participating in the WYD in Madrid Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 11 and Sunday, June 12, on the occasion of the Pentecost solemnity, in many dioceses Italian Bishops will give the "mandate" to the Italian youth who will participate in the World You ...
• 10 June 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA-Resignation of the Bishop of Sokoto and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on June 10, 2011 accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Sokoto (Nigeria), presented by His Excellency Mgr. J. Kevin Aje, in accordan ...
• 10 June 2011
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "We do not give concrete suggestions or present our criticisms, but we gather observations during pastoral visits from the common people", says the Archbishop of Managua Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua issued a message on May 31 in the form of reflections on the prayer of the Magnificat of the Virgin Mary - recalling the end of the month and year of the M ...
• 10 June 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Applause from the Church for the law on the repeal of female genital mutilation Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "I would like to thank Parliament for the approval of the law against female genital mutilation in our country. It is a sign of great commitment to protect the most vulnerable of our society", sa ...