News

• 5 June 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi’s appeal process does not start because of "orders" received Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The case of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy, is "a very sensitive case and of high profile: the administration of the Lahore High Court - where the appeal process sh ...
• 5 June 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Aleppo again without water, other missiles on the areas inhabited by the Armenians Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - In Aleppo the presidential vote with which Assad seeks to perpetuate his power was held with the central districts subjected to intense missile launch and the whole city without water again. "For ...
• 5 June 2014
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - "Let’s help the people to help each other", says the President of the Episcopal Conference Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church is close to the people especially helping them to help each other, creating networks of solidarity. Our action is addressed especially to the family. We make sure that groups of familie ...
• 5 June 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Children forced to work 35 hours per week in dangerous conditions Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Of the more than three million children who carry out any type of work and in poor conditions in Mexico, 1 million 200 thousand, or 39%, do not go to school. According to data collected by t ...
• 5 June 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Peace is living together": international conference for reconciliation in Mindanao Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) - Emphasizing the crucial role that religions and cultures can have to build peace and reconciliation in Mindanao: is the aim of the international conference to be held on 6 and 7 June in Cotabat ...
• 5 June 2014
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Ebola outbreak in West Africa Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - Ebola outbreak that had already hit Guinea in April (see Fides 01/04/2014) is now spreading in Sierra Leone. The number of confirmed cases in Guinea in recent weeks has increased. On May 30, acc ...
• 5 June 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Christians on pilgrimage to the house of Abraham, calling for national reconciliation Basra (Agenzia Fides) - A group of Christians in Bassora and Baghdad, led by the Chaldean Archbishop of Basra, Habib al-Naufali, on Wednesday June 4th made a pilgrimage to the house of Abraham, in the archaeological site ...
• 5 June 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - World Cup: 10 Rules for fair play and for a more just society Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - Fair play and a more just society: this is the goal highlighted by the Catholic Church in Germany (through its body ADVENIAT and other supporters), in collaboration with the National Conf ...
• 4 June 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Pontianak and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 3, 2014, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Pontianak (Indonesia), presented by Archbishop Hieronymus Herculanus Bumbun, O.F ...
• 4 June 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Bandung Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 3 , 2014, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Fr. Antonius Subianto Bunyamin, O.S.C., Prior Provincial of the Order of the Holy Cross in Bandung, as Bishop of Bandung (Indonesia) Rev. ...
• 4 June 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Tension among the population of Ñacunday and Saint Lucia Saint Lucia (Agenzia Fides) - Sen. Sixto Pereira met yesterday, June 3, the Bishop of the Diocese of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), His Exc. Mgr. Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano, in which the Bishop was asked to mediate betw ...
• 4 June 2014
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Priest kidnapped, the JRS: "We trust in local communities" Herat (Agenzia Fides) - Every effort has been put in place to try to save the life of Fr. Alexis Prem Kumar, the Jesuit kidnapped on June 2 in a village in Herat by a group of six unidentified armed men. This is confirme ...
• 4 June 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops awaiting the President's reply to the questions posed Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, has not yet responded to the questions posed by the Catholic Church in the meeting held on 21 May (see Fides 22/05/2014): this was reported yesterday b ...
• 4 June 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - New attacks against medical facilities and teams who work in Ndélé Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "We are appalled by the aggression that our teams are being subjected to", reads a statement of the medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF), sent to Fides Agency, after ne ...
• 4 June 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - Project "House built, hope fulfilled – Vita Ville" for many families, victims of the earthquake Turin (Agenzia Fides) - After nearly 5 years since the earthquake in Haiti, many families are still living in makeshift tents and, unfortunately, many live in the open, along roadsides. Thanks to the association Midian H ...