News

• 4 December 2014
  AFRICA/SUDAN – Police raid Evangelical church in Khartoum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – Members of the police force carried out a raid on an Evangelical church in North Khartoum and preceded to demolish the building. Others arrested 37 young people gathered for prayers inside t ...
• 4 December 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Coutts: “Advent in the spirit of love of neighbour” Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – “May Advent, a time of preparation for Christmas, help you to open your hearts to the gift of the Holy Spirit, asking Him to deepen your faith, confirm your hope in God’s promises, and hel ...
• 4 December 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops: they are turning the country into an oligarchy, at the expense of the Constitution, the people and the institutions Bkerkè (Agenzia Fides) – A struggle for power and a short sighted attitude of Lebanese political leaders who pursue only their own partisan interests are turning the country into an “oligarchy at the expense of the ...
• 4 December 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - For Copt Catholic Bishop Antonios Mina the anti-Islamist terrorism Conference at al-Azhar was “epochal” Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “The conference organised at the University of al-Azhar to condemn terrorism and extremism of Islamist matrix , was an event of historic importance. However I am not sure whether or not it was ...
• 3 December 2014
  VATICAN – Religious leaders resolve “to work for the freedom of all those who are enslaved and trafficked” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “We pledge ourselves here today to do all in our power, within our faith communities and beyond, to work together for the freedom of all those who are enslaved and trafficked so that th ...
• 3 December 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishop Alba: "We cannot allow criminals steal our streets, steal our peace" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – “We cannot allow criminals steal our streets” Bishop Miguel Ángel Alba Díaz, Catholic Bishop of La Paz in Baja California Sur (Mexico), underlined as he urged the Catholic community to ta ...
• 3 December 2014
  AMERICA/JAMAICA - Poverty grows in urban communities while diminishing in rural areas Kingston (Agenzia Fides) – One fifth of the Jamaican population grows steadily poorer. According to an estimate by the Jamaican Institute of Planning, the poverty rate is rising in cities while falling in rural areas, ...
• 3 December 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - Caritas Jordan in Salt launches ”Winter Campaign” Salt (Agenzia Fides) – On Tuesday 2 December Ahliyyah school in Salt hosted the opening meeting for the launching of the Winter Campaign organised by Caritas Jordan in the area surrounding this historic Jordanian city. ...
• 3 December 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI – The dream of a nation free of the nightmare of AIDS Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - “There is widespread participation in Malawi on the annual day for the fight against AIDS” . Monfort missionary Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, who has worked in the country for several decades, tol ...
• 3 December 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - COP 20: world meeting for climatic justice, churches together to care for creation Lima (Agenzia Fides) – Members and partners of the World Council of Churches (WCC) have called for the promotion from a faith perspective of a cause for climatic justice during the 20th United Nations Climate Change Co ...
• 3 December 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - Evangelising with joy: a meeting of sharing, music and prayer Hai Men (Agenzia Fides) – Two days of reflection and sharing, with intervals of music and prayer, organised on 29 and 30 November by the diocese of Hai Men, Jiang Su mainland China province, brought together more than ...
• 3 December 2014
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Churches to monitor presidential elections in January Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) – The principal Christian confessions in Zambia will monitor presidential elections to be held 20 January 2015 by means of a purposely formed body: Christian Churches’ Monitoring Group (CCMG). ...
• 3 December 2014
  ASIA/INDIA – Resignation of the Bishop of Jammu-Srinagar and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis, on 3 December 2014, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Jammu-Srinagar (India), presented by Bishop Peter Celestine Elamp ...
• 3 December 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Conference on Islam and Terrorism at Al Azhar. Imam al- Tayyeb: “takfirist” extremism perverts the Islamic religion Cairo (Agenzia Fides) –'Takfirist' extremism which justifies with verses of the Koran violent and terrorist activity is a “perversion of the Islamic religion ”, and jihadist factions commit “barbaric crimes with ...
• 3 December 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - “Treated worse than animals”: dramatic situation of women with psychological or intellectual disabilities New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In India women with psychological or intellectual disabilities are often closed in institutes and subjected to all kinds of abuse and violence. According to a Human Rights Watch report (HRW) ...