News

• 29 May 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Street dentists for the poor: a widespread service Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - A group of non-specialized dentists have organized themselves to work on the streets in some small Indian cities offering very low rates for the poorest people. Ignoring noisy buses and curiou ...
• 29 May 2015
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The Pope urges us not to be indifferent towards immigrants Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Immigrants need pastoral and charitable care, in particular those of neighboring Haiti, in search of better living conditions in the Dominican Republic. Such attention leaves no room for t ...
• 29 May 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Church destroyed and six Christians beaten in Punjab Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A new episode of violence against Christians in Pakistan. A Protestant church was destroyed and six Protestant Christians, including a Pastor, were beaten by armed men. The incident happened yest ...
• 29 May 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - A "scary" financial law that aggravates the already difficult conditions of the population Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - A "scary" financial law was submitted to the Parliament of Malawi. As reported to Agenzia Fides by Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, a Monfortan missionary, "after two years without the funds provided by ...
• 29 May 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appointment of the Bishop of Multan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 29 May 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Benny Mario Travas, Apostolic Administrator as Bishop of the Diocese of Multan (Pakistan). Rev. Benny Mario Travas was born on November 21, 19 ...
• 29 May 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Innocent victims of blasphemy are forced to leave the country Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Innocent victims accused of blasphemy are "marked forever": their lives are at risk if a court considers them innocent. For this reason they are forced to leave Pakistan. This is the experience o ...
• 29 May 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops: "No to mass abortion for girls raped by Boko Haram; we are ready to help" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - No to abortion of girls released by Boko Haram, who got pregnant as a result of rape and forced mating by some members of the terrorist group. This was made known by the Catholic Bishops’ Confer ...
• 29 May 2015
  ASIA/HONG KONG - First Congress of lay missionaries: "The Church in Asia: from conversion to evangelization" Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in Asia: from conversion to evangelization" was the theme of the first Congress of lay missionaries in Asia organized by the Association of Lay Catholics in Hong Kong as part of th ...
• 28 May 2015
  VATICAN - General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies: "How to support the universal mission today and tomorrow" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), begins next Monday, June 1, at the Retreat House of the Salesians in Rome. The National Directors of the PMS from all ...
• 28 May 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "The Church's mission continues despite terrorism", says the Director of the PMS Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "The challenge we face as Christians in Pakistan is that of terrorist attacks and to be a community that lives in constant fear. But despite the difficulties, we continue to proclaim and give ...
• 28 May 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA – Child nutrition, drugs and poverty: meeting of Bishops and authorities of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, Wednesday, May 27, the governor of Buenos Aires, Daniel Scioli had a meeting with the Bishops of the various dioceses of the province of Buenos Aires. The meeting, which is becom ...
• 28 May 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Radical Buddhist groups: "The Rohingya are not Burmese" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Rohingya are not Burmese and have no right to remain in Myanmar: proclaiming this slogan, several hundred Buddhist protesters, led by monks, marched through the streets of the main city of My ...
• 28 May 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Church withdraws from the election process: "we cannot make ourselves guarantors of elections full of gaps" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church will not participate in the legislative elections in Burundi: says a statement of the Episcopal Conference of Burundi. "After taking into account the way in which the elect ...
• 28 May 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The churches of Piedras Negras become centers of aid to people affected by the tornado Cohauila (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Piedras Negras, which belongs to the city of Acuña, Coahuila (Mexico), His Exc. Mgr. Alonso Gerardo Garza Trevino, after the disaster caused by the tornado that de ...
• 28 May 2015
  AFRICA - A third of Africans end up in poverty because of precarious health care services Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Health care, as well as being a right of every man is also the cornerstone of sustainable development and global security. The NGO for development Anesvad recently launched the alarm about the fa ...