News

• 
  20 April 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - A thousand young Indians at WYD in Krakow New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - There will be over a thousand young Indians who will attend World Youth Day (WYD) in Krakow, Poland, and about two million young people are expected. This is what the Indian Bishops' Conferenc ...
• 
  20 April 2016
  ASIA/NEPAL - One year after the earthquake, Caritas is committed to ensuring a future for the affected families Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - A year after the earthquake that on April 25, 2015 devastated Nepal, followed by that of the equally strong earthquake on May 12, about 2.8 million (more than 10% of the population) people are ...
• 
  20 April 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The formation of a national unity government is necessary to tackle food emergency Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "If it were not for the tragic situation, one might say that we are facing a farce" say to Agenzia Fides local sources from Juba, capital of South Sudan, where people are still awaiting the arrival ...
• 
  20 April 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Christian School workers take to the streets to demand the reform of the Palestinian social security system Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - Even Christian school workers participated in the demonstration in which thousands of Palestinians called for a new social security reform and expressed their disagreement with the decree law t ...
• 
  20 April 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - A priest who disappeared a week ago found dead St. Augustine (Agenzia Fides) - Father Rene Wayne Robert, a priest of the Diocese of Saint Augustine in Florida, 71, who disappeared last week, was found dead in Georgia, on Monday, April 18, as informs the police in an ...
• 
  20 April 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Exhibition of "old missionary postcards" from Anatolia Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - An exhibition of postcards was inaugurated in recent days at the Tophane-i Amire Culture and Arts Center, sponsored by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which offers a historical testimo ...
• 20 April 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Policemen in riot for the killing of a policeman and set fire to 139 homes Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Policemen in riot for the killing of a policeman and set fire to 139 homes last weekend in Mombeleke area in Sankuru, in eastern Kasai in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The policeman had bee ...
• 
  19 April 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - The religious before the Araucania challenge, human trafficking, drug trafficking Padre Hurtado (Agenzia Fides) - "In a system that proclaims that salvation is in power, in wealth, in the monopoly of knowledge, there are situations which cry out. The reality challenges us and is fundamental to us: hum ...
• 
  19 April 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The suspect of the lynching of two Christian spouses released on bail Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The main suspect of the double murder of the Christian couple Shahzad Masih, and Shama Bibi, burned alive by a mob of Muslims for alleged blasphemy on November 4, 2014 was released on bail. As re ...
• 
  19 April 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops call on teachers in Oaxaca to demonstrate without violence: "their fight is right" Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - "The fight that teachers, pensioners and non are carrying out in front of the Government Palace is right, and the Church cannot remain silent, because it is our duty to support and listen to thei ...
• 
  19 April 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Christian communities file an appeal against the expropriation of the churches in Diyarbakir Diyarbakir (Agenzia Fides) - The representatives of the Syriac Foundation and representatives of the local evangelical Christian community have appealed to the Court in Diyarbakır against the provision of urgent expropr ...
• 
  19 April 2016
  ASIA/LEBANON - "We do not forget". A demonstration to remember the two Bishops of Aleppo kidnapped three years ago Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Tuesday, April 19, militants of associations and Lebanese organizations find themselves in the municipal office of Sin el Fil, eastern suburb of the Lebanese capital, to remember the story ...
• 19 April 2016
  ASIA/KOREA - Resignation of the Bishop of Masan and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 19 April 2016, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Masan (Korea), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Francis Xavier Ahn Myong-ok, in accordance with ...
• 
  19 April 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A week of reflection on "communication and mercy" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - A week of reflection, with pastoral and social implications, on the theme "Communication and Mercy: a fruitful meeting", chosen by the Pope for World Day of Social Communications, 2016. This is ...
• 
  18 April 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Also a monastery destroyed by the earthquake: a nun and five postulants among the 272 dead Esmeraldas (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest news, the earthquake that struck the coast of Ecuador on Saturday, April 16, has so far caused at least 272 dead and 2,068 injured. Among the victims there is a religi ...