News

• 7 March 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Women in Pakistan: Christian girls raped by Muslims Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The rape of girls belonging to religious minorities is a very common phenomenon in Pakistan. Christian women are a prime target, because the most vulnerable and defenseless. The majority of cases ...
• 7 March 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "The South Sudanese people will come out of this crisis stronger than";fifty years from the expulsion of the missionaries Juba (Agenzia Fides) - On 27 February 1964 the Council of Ministers of Sudan issued the decree of expulsion of all foreign missionaries in the three provinces of South Sudan: Juba, Wau and Malakal. 154 Comboni Sisters, 1 ...
• 6 March 2014
  ASIA/BRUNEI - Christian Faith forbidden in Christian schools if there are Muslim children Brunei (Agenzia Fides) - Principals and teachers in schools and private educational institutions in Brunei risk five years in prison and a fine of up to $ 20,000 if they teach or speak to a Muslim child of religions othe ...
• 6 March 2014
  AFRICA/GUINEA – A campaign to vaccinate 400,000 children against measles Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – A vaccination campaign has begun against measles in Guinea to curb the epidemic declared by the national government on January 14. 1105 suspected cases including 68 confirmed have already been ...
• 6 March 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Church calls for "fair justice" Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) - Father Pablo Caceres Vicario of the Diocese of Concepción, sent by Bishop Mgr. Miguel Angel Cabello, attended the blessing of the new Palace of Justice in Horqueta (near Concepcion). As repo ...
• 6 March 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Seven out of ten poor people in the world are women who have no rights and education Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Out of 1 billion 300 million people living in extreme poverty around the world, 910 million are women, seven out of ten. In addition, they do not have the same rights and opportunities as men. ...
• 6 March 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Hindo: Christians do not support the Kurdish autonomous entity Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in the north-eastern Syrian province of Jazira have ruled out any support regarding the creation of an autonomous Kurdish region in the area surrounding the towns of Qamishli and Has ...
• 6 March 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT – Coptic politician Shukrallah: what worries me is the possible return of the military to power Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic politician Hala Shukrallah, the first woman elected to lead a Party in Egypt, has expressed "concern" with regards to the possibility that a return to power of the military in the Count ...
• 6 March 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - Political dialogue resumes, with the mediation of Cardinal Langlois Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides ) - "The inter-Haitian dialogue" between the president and parliament will resume shortly, with the return to the country of Cardinal Chibly Langlois: this was reported to Fides by Mgr. Patr ...
• 5 March 2014
  EUROPE/LUXEMBOURG -Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 21, 2013 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Don Maurice Péporté, of the Archdiocese of Luxembourg as National ...
• 5 March 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Bishops on the crisis in Ukraine: "We raise our voice in defense of religious liberty" Louisville (Agenzia Fides) - On March 4, the Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky (USA), His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Edward Kurtz, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the United States, issued a statement on Ukraine, ...
• 5 March 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Religious freedom at risk and violence against minorities, in view of the general elections New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Tensions and violence against religious minorities in India increase in view of the general elections to be held in May: this is what is stated in the new Report published by the NGO "Christ ...
• 5 March 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Twal: the Pope's visit will boost the peace process Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The visit Pope Francis will carry out in the Holy Land at the end of May will give a new impetus to the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians. This was written by Patriarch Fouad Twa ...
• 5 March 2014
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Famine affects more than 300 000 people Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - This year more than 300 thousand people have suffered famine in the southern part of Mozambique. According to information gathered by Fides Agency, the Minister of Agriculture Jose Pacheco said t ...
• 5 March 2014
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Lazzaro, "discreet martyr of charity" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Discreet martyr of charity": this is how His Exc. Mgr. Nuncio Galantino, Bishop of the Diocese of Cassano all'Jonio and ad Interim Secretary General of the Italian Bishops Conference, described Fa ...