News

• 19 July 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops: Christians can contribute to justice in Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians, although a small minority, are called, by virtue of their faith, to be the leaven of justice and peace in Orissa. Driven by their faith, hope and charity they are responsible fo ...
• 19 July 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A commission to review the provisional Constitution. The Churches are also involved Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "In the coming hours" refers to Fides Agency Botros Fahim Awad Hanna, Coptic Catholic Bishop of Minya, "President Adly Mansur should sign the decree establishing a commission of fifty members appo ...
• 19 July 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - WYD: thousands of young people discover the spirit and missionary commitment Itaiupu (Agenzia Fides) - Accompanying young people participating in the World Youth Day in Rio De Janeiro to "get to know and fall in love with the missionary spirit": is the goal of the Pontifical Mission Societies in ...
• 19 July 2013
  AFRICA/CHAD - Emergency refugees, mostly children orphaned or separated from their parents N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of Chadians, most of them children, are returning to their Country of origin in order to escape the insecurity and instability of the neighboring Central African Republic (CAR), Darf ...
• 19 July 2013
  ASIA/IRAN - Eight Christians sentenced for "actions against the national security" Shiraz (Agenzia Fides) - Eight evangelical Christians in Shiraz were sentenced to jail after being found guilty of "action against the national security" and "propaganda against the order of the system". The news was giv ...
• 19 July 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New Report: deterioration of religious freedom and increasing violence in the country Washington (Agenzia Fides) - In the past 18 months we have witnessed a gradual deterioration of respect for religious freedom in Pakistan. Religious minorities such as Shia Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Ahmadis are ...
• 19 July 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - World Youth Day and the Catholic religion: What kind of Brazil will Pope Francis find? Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The organizers of World Youth Day expect more than a million young pilgrims from 170 countries in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil is a land with approximately 123 million Catholics and more than 400 bis ...
• 18 July 2013
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Sexual abuse in schools continues to increase Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In some schools in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, teachers and school authorities take advantage of their status to abuse some of the students who are unaware of their rights. According ...
• 18 July 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA – March for peace on the border between the Koreas: Prayer for Reconciliation Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Faithful Korean Catholics will march and pray for peace in the demilitarized area on the border between North and South Korea: As reported to Fides, it is one of the initiatives that characterize ...
• 18 July 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Protests against the anti-conversion law increase in Madhya Pradesh Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - In the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh protests of religious minorities against the amendments to the anti-conversion law increase. The changes exacerbate the punishment on the prohibition of conv ...
• 18 July 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Pope Tawadros II suspends public catechesis for security reasons Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II canceled yesterday, for the third consecutive time, the weekly meeting of public prayer and catechesis he held every Wednesday afternoon in the Coptic Cat ...
• 18 July 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA – Farmers in the region of Catatumbo evicted from oil companies Catatumbo (Agenzia Fides) - Catatumbo is one of the poorest areas of Colombia, which is situated in the northern department of Santander. In the region there are no public services and infrastructures and there is so muc ...
• 18 July 2013
  ASIA/MALAYSIA – Legal comparison Church-government on the use of the word "Allah"; the Nuncio promotes the line of dialogue Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The comparison between the Catholic Church and the Malaysian government on the use of the word "Allah" to refer to God in the Bible and in Christian publications is enriched by a new chapte ...
• 17 July 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - A radio: 55 years at the service of evangelization Puno (Agenzia Fides) - "Radio Onda Azul" is a means of communication that supports the missionary work of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Puno in Peru and works to promote the presence of the Christian message in t ...
• 17 July 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Three Christian women stripped naked and humiliated: Justice is moving Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - In the case of three Christian women stripped naked, humiliated and mocked by Muslims in Kasur – more than a month after the incident, which occurred on June 3, which caused outrage in Pakistan ...