News

• 8 September 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - False accusations of blasphemy, later withdrawn, against 31 Christians in a Punjab village Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – A typical case of abuse of Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law, which would appear now to have been resolved thanks to intervention by the local police – a rare event – happened reportedly in th ...
• 8 September 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - 9 September, date for next hearing in the trial of Asia Bibi Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Tomorrow 9 September, has been set as the date for the next hearing in an appeal by Asia Bibi, a Pakistani woman facing a death sentence for blasphemy. Fides was informed by the High Court in L ...
• 8 September 2014
  AFRICA/LESOTHO – The Pope and the Bishops call for dialogue to resolve the crisis in Lesotho Maseru (Agenzia Fides) – The situation in Lesotho remains tense after the failure of an attempted coup on 30 August led by rebel general Tlali Kamoli, now in hiding in the hills with a few faithful heavily armed milit ...
• 8 September 2014
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - “Passionate Communicators of the Good News”: meeting for Cono sur Pontifical Mission Societies Canelones (Agenzia Fides) – “Missionary Disciples, passionate communicators of the Good News,” is the theme of reflection and discussion for national Directors and Secretaries of the Pontifical Mission Societies ( ...
• 8 September 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO – Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societi es Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 30 July 2014 appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Mex ...
• 8 September 2014
  EUROPE/ITALY - Middle East education emergency: school year at risk for millions of students Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In Gaza the re-opening of schools – initially set for 24 August and involving more than 240,000 students – was postponed to 14 September. In Iraq more than half a million among the Iraqis force ...
• 6 September 2014
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE – Peace agreement signed in view of October elections Maputo (Agenzia Fides) – A peace agreement signed yesterday 5 September in Maputo, has put and end to almost two years of “low profile” conflict between government forces and former Renamo guerrillas (Resistenza Na ...
• 6 September 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - Celebration of the sacraments and missionary mandate after Summer catechism courses Pechino (Agenzia Fides) – A group of 108 catechumens, mostly aged between 5 and 16 years but also a few in their sixties, members of the Xi Kai Cathedral parish in the diocese of Tian Jin, recently received the thre ...
• 6 September 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The life of every migrant demands we build a new world; migrants’ pilgrimage to Luján Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – “The life of every migrant and every refugee demands and urges us to build a new world” we read in a statement issued jointly by the Argentine Bishops’ Commission for Migration and ...
• 6 September 2014
  ASIA/IRAN - Converts to Christianity still risk capital charges Teheran (Agenzia Fides) – Two Iranian Christians, members of the protestant Church of Iran community have been accused of “spreading corruption in the world”. Two other Christians, Iranian Pastor Matthias Haghnej ...
• 6 September 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Silsilah Dialogue Centre advocates harmony in the Year of the Laity Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) – Christians and Muslims must work together to promote a spirit of harmony especially in the difficult world of today faced with a new explosion of sectarian violence and radical Islamism in ...
• 6 September 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Christians, but also Muslims, flee from Boko Haram” say local Church sources AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Christians but also Muslims flee from Boko Haram” say local Church sources Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “Several churches are in ruins and tens of thousands, mainly Christians, are running to escape ...
• 5 September 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA – New Rector of St. Mary inter-diocesan Major Seminary in the diocese of Nakuru, appointed. Vatican City(Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 12 March 2014 appointed Rector of St Mary inter-diocesan Major Seminary in Molo, in the dioces ...
• 5 September 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA – New Rector for St. Matthias Mulumba Major seminary in the diocese of Eldoret Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 12 March 2014 appointed Rector of St. Matthias Mulumba national major seminary, in the diocese ...
• 5 September 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Two Christian women abducted, forced to convert to Islam and marry Muslim men Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Recently light was shed on yet another case of women abducted from their families, forced to convert to Islam and to marry Muslim men: Fides was informed of the case by lawyer Sardar Mushtaq G ...