News

• 27 March 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - On the eve of the vote 90% of the areas freed from Boko Haram; "Why was it not done before?" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Nigeria to vote tomorrow, March 28, to elect the new President. "The Nigerian press has already made predictions that the main opposition candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, will get two-thirds of the vo ...
• 27 March 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni returns to Iraq to express the closeness and affection of the Pope to displaced families Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis has expressed his concern for Christian families and other victims of violence who have been expelled from their homes and villages in Iraq, in particular those from Mosul and ...
• 26 March 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - More than 6 million to vote: the Bishops call for free and fair elections Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Bolivia invite the national community to exercise the civil right to vote in good conscience, in freedom and with attention to the common good of citizens. The President of the ...
• 26 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Guaranteed education to Shama and Shehzad’s children, Christian couple burned alive Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Suleman and Sonia go to school. Poonam will also go. The three children are children of Shama and Shahzad Masih, the Christian couple tortured and burned alive by a mob of Muslims on charges of b ...
• 26 March 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Violations of human rights of indigenous peoples: first investigation Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - indigenous people of Indonesia have been the victims of violations of human rights, of the right to property, of the right to a decent and safe life for many years. This is what we read in the f ...
• 26 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Jinnah Institute: "Continuous and constant violence against religious minorities" Lahore (Ageniza Fides) - "Violence against religious minorities in Pakistan was continuous and constant in the period 2012-2014. Forced conversions, kidnappings, damage to areas of worship, sexual violence and targeted k ...
• 26 March 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Caritas Bangui distributes aid to the displaced Muslims in Mbaiki Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Bangui, very active in providing relief to the displaced of the civil war in the Central African Republic, has distributed food aid to 49 members of the Muslim community in the city of Mb ...
• 26 March 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - Cardinal Ortega: "dialogue, the new name of love" Havana (Agenzia Fides) - He agrees to be called "a man of dialogue" but not "a diplomatic". "Dialogue - he says - is the new name of love". This is what the only Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino, Archbishop of San Cri ...
• 26 March 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Christians and Muslims celebrate together the feast of the Annunciation Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Marian solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, which Lebanon proclaimed a national holiday in 2010, has also seen this year celebrations in various parts of the country promoted by organiz ...
• 26 March 2015
  AFRICA - Rome -Caritas meeting: A million displaced persons and refugees fleeing Boko Haram Rome (Agenzia Fides) - An action plan for displaced persons and refugees from the violence of Boko Haram will be discussed during the meeting promoted by Caritas Internationalis in Rome which begins today and will end to ...
• 26 March 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Orthodox Church reaffirms ban on pilgrimages to Jerusalem Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, through spokesman Father Boulos Halim, confermed the ban to visit Jerusalem, as provided in 1979 by the then Patriarch Shenouda III, which remains in force for th ...
• 25 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Shots fired against agents in front of St. Peter’s church in Lahore Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Tension remains high in Lahore, capital of Punjab in Pakistan, especially in the Christian community: as Fides learns, yesterday two masked men on a motorcycle, fired shots against police officer ...
• 25 March 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "Bolivia Misionera", a new website committed to formation and permanent Mission La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Commission for Communications of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference has sent Fides a note of the presentation of the new website "Bolivia Misionera" where you can find information about the dif ...
• 25 March 2015
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Minors exploited and underpaid Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Child population is around two million in Honduras and 14% are involved in the labor market. According to the National Institute of Statistics 371 386 children between 5 and 17 years of age ...
• 25 March 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Economic incentives for pregnant women and children under 5 years of age Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Government of Bangladesh has recently introduced economic incentives for pregnant women and children under five years of age in some selected districts, particularly in the north of the Countr ...