News

• 17 January 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Conversions and forced marriages legitimized by the High Court Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Protest and disappointment among the Hindu and Christian religious minorities after a judgment of the High Court of Sindh province, in the south of Pakistan: the court has effectively legitimize ...
• 17 January 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Mgr. Mukasa Zuza dies in a car accident Mzuzu (Agenzia Fides) - Mgr. Joseph Mukasa Zuza (59 years old), bishop of the Diocese of Mzuzu (Malawi) and President of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi, tragically died in a car accident on January 15th. The communi ...
• 17 January 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "We must stop violent groups", said Bishop Gallardo Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Veracruz, His Exc. Mgr. Luis Felipe Gallardo Martin del Campo, S.D.B. said that the authorities have the "terror" of receiving accusations by the National Human Rig ...
• 17 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - With Patriarch Mathias’ visit, evidence of "ecclesial mediation" on the controversial Ethiopian dam Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The visit to Egypt by Abuna Mathias I, Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia ended on 16 January. In the six-day stay in Egypt, the Primate of the Church of Ethiopia - who had been invited ...
• 17 January 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Pope shows deep compassion for the victims of the Typhoon Palo (Agenzia Fides) - "It was a very touching moment, a moving celebration. Pope Francis showed deep compassion with the victims of the typhoon, during the Holy Mass celebrated, in adverse weather conditions, at Tacloba ...
• 16 January 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The New Testament in Tsotsil language in the pipeline San Cristobal de Las Casas (Agenzia Fides) - The Commission for the Biblical Pastoral Care of the Episcopal Conference of Mexico (CEM), led by Mgr. Florencio Armando Colin, went to the diocese of San Cristobal de Las Cas ...
• 16 January 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The importance of "true hospitality" towards refugees Juba (Agenzia Fides) - During a recent visit to the region of South Sudan, still in conflict, His Exc. Mgr. Daniel Adwok, Auxiliary Bishop of Khartoum, stressed the importance of education and hospitality towards refugee ...
• 16 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Assembly of Catholic Bishops discusses support for Christian schools Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 and 14 January, the periodic meeting of Catholic Bishops in Egypt took place in the district of Maadi. The meeting was held under the presidency of the Coptic Catholic Patriarch Ibrahim Isaa ...
• 16 January 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES – Necessity to re-evangelize families: the Pope encourages them to be "living school of the Gospel" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pope's message encourages, inspires and challenges families in the Philippines to be 'home and school' of the Gospel". This is what Rene Bullecer, lay Catholic, national director of the "Hum ...
• 16 January 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Malnutrition, trauma, violence: urgent medical assistance to the survivors of the attack committed by Boko Haram Baga (Agenzia Fides) - In the wake of a major attack carried out by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram on the town of Baga, in northern Nigeria, a team from Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is assisting survivors who ha ...
• 16 January 2015
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Thousands of displaced and deaths because of torrential rains Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of people have been displaced and many have died as torrential rain continues in Mozambique. This is what is reported in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides by Radio Mozambique. Some peop ...
• 16 January 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Director of a Christian magazine: "With the Pope we say no to the vilification of Islam" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Freedom of press is sacred, but it cannot be used to offend, ridicule or insult religion, especially the Islamic religion, which is very sensitive to the issue of blasphemy. We found a source of ...
• 16 January 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO – The Bishops of Guerrero appreciate the good will of the army Acapulco (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the four dioceses of the area of Guerrero have positively judged the army's decision to give free access to military facilities to families looking for the 42 students who disapp ...
• 15 January 2015
  NORTHERN EUROPE - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 12, 2014 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed deacon rev. Kaare Nielsen, of the diocesan clergy of Kobenhavn (Denma ...
• 15 January 2015
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Over 3000 child beggars on the streets of big cities Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Near the traffic lights of the Las Colinas colony in Tegucigalpa children continuously beg. The many young children between 2 and 15 years of age are forced by adults to this kind of life an ...