News

• 21 October 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Church, the former seminary becomes a condo for needy families Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean Patriarchate has announced the upcoming distribution of the first batch of 16apartments thanks to the renovation of the former Patriarchal Seminary, intended for families in need. A ...
• 21 October 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Massacre in front of the church, the dead rise to four. Condolences from the Muslim Brotherhood Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt have defined the attack perpetrated last night against the Coptic Orthodox Church of Our Lady in the district of Uarak to Hadra, in the metropolitan area of Cairo " ...
• 19 October 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Conclusion of the Year of Faith: a new impetus for mission and unity Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - For Pakistani Christians the Year of Faith will leave a profound spiritual renewal and a new impetus with regards to mission. It will strengthen unity among believers and also instill "new courag ...
• 19 October 2013
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Government: the judgment on "Allah" only applies to the weekly Herald, not the Bible and the liturgy Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The ban on the use of the word "Allah" is only for the weekly Catholic Herald, and not for other Christian publications or the Bible in Malay language, called "Al-Kitab", widely used in the ...
• 19 October 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO – More violence in Baja California: an officer killed in front of the Bishop's house Mexicali (Agenzia Fides) - Violence in Baja California Norte (Mexico) does not stop: last night Antonio Ruiz Vargas, a security officer was killed. The note sent to Fides Agency reports that the officer was found dead in ...
• 19 October 2013
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Children, adolescents and mothers: main victims of dengue Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest data from the Ministry of Health of Paraguay, the main victims of dengue hemorrhagic fever are currently children, adolescents and mothers. To cope with this emergency, ...
• 19 October 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Orionines at the Assembly in Aparecida, 100 years after the arrival of the first missionaries in Brazil Aparecida ( Agenzia Fides) - The General Assembly of the Sons of Divine Providence of the Don Orione has started in Aparecida del Norte, the city of the great Marian shrine between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. There are ...
• 19 October 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Maronite Bishop: With regard to the conflict in the Middle East, Western Christians are poorly informed Latakia (Agenzia Fides) - With regard to the events in the Middle East and in particular the tragedy of Syria "The West is poorly informed including its churches, despite good intentions". This is what Bishop Elias Sle ...
• 18 October 2013
  VATICAN - WORLD MISSION DAY - CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS 2013 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – As every year, in view of World Mission Day, this year celebrated on Sunday, October 20, Fides News Service offers some statistics chosen to give a panorama of the missionary Church all o ...
• 17 October 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Protestant Pastor and two laymen accused of blasphemy, other leaders threatened Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Protestant Christian Pastor Adnan and two laymen, Arfan and Mushtaq Masih, resident in Lahore, have been formally accused and charged with "blasphemy". As Fides learns, the complaint was file ...
• 17 October 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - A petition for the creation of the International Criminal Court for the DRC Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Network for Peace in Congo and the National Network of NGOs for Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of Congo (RENADHOC) have launched a petition for the establishment of an Internationa ...
• 17 October 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Missionary Children: Third Congress with more than 2000 children in the area of Potosi Potosi (Agenzia Fides) - The Third Diocesan Congress of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence will be held from 16 to 20 October in the city of Potosi with the slogan "As a missionary child I receive and share my faith". ...
• 17 October 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 870 million people worldwide suffer from chronic malnutrition Puebla (Agenzia Fides) - Only joint and shared iniatives can find a solution to the increasing scourge of hunger, malnutrition and poverty. This is what was declared, on the occasion of World Food Day which has just been ...
• 17 October 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Allahabad Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, on 17 October 2013, appointed His Exc. Mgr. Raphy Manjaly, until now Bishop of Varanasi as Bishop of the Diocese of Allahabad (India). (SL) (Agenzia Fides 17/10/2013) ...
• 16 October 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Hundreds of children survive behind the train station in Varanasi, victims of abuse and exploitation Varanasi (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of children live and roam every day behind the train station in Varanasi, Uttar - Pradesh, in the north of the Country, crossed daily by more than 300,000 passengers. Behind lies Charb ...