News

• 5 June 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - The analyst Oktem: the revolt does not disavow the conciliation between Islam and democracy Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The parallel between the Turkish uprising and the Arab Springs "appears for the time being misleading," and the current crisis "cannot be taken as a pretext to deny the possible conciliation be ...
• 4 June 2013
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Millions of children sold as slaves around the world Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - On June 12 we celebrate the Day Against Child Labour, and for this occasion the Salesian Missions, in their campaign "No estoy en venta", have denounced over a million children worldwide who are ...
• 4 June 2013
  VATICAN - Father Fernando Domingues, new Secretary General of the Pontifical Society of St. Peter Apostle Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, today announced the appointment of Father Fernando Domingues, as Secretary General of the Pontifical ...
• 4 June 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Prayers for the truce between Honduran gangs in Mexico Xalapa (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Xalapa has praised the truce declared by the members of two criminal gangs in Honduras (Mara Salvatrucha and Mara 18) because these gangs are also present in the Mexican dioces ...
• 4 June 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Over 19 million faithful Indians pray, united with the Pope, for the respect of women in India Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - More than 19 million Catholics in India united with the Holy Father in solemn Eucharistic Adoration on June 2, scattered in parishes, monasteries and other religious institutions across India. Th ...
• 4 June 2013
  AFRICA/NIGER - The assault on the prison of Niamey reveals the links between Boko Haram and groups of Mali Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - The assault on the prison of Niamey (see Fides 03/06/2013) was carried out by a commando of the Nigerian Islamist Boko Haram sect. This was stated by the Minister of Justice of Niger who noted th ...
• 4 June 2013
  VATICAN - The conditions of Christians in Iraq and Egypt: Reunion of the Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches (ROACO), the committee which unites funding agencies from various countries around the world for the sake of providing assistance in ...
• 4 June 2013
  EUROPE/GREAT BRITAIN - Malnutrition causes learning difficulties to a quarter of children around the world London (Agenzia Fides) - In the developing countries, and the poorest in the world, malnutrition has serious consequences in the field of literacy as well as being a major obstacle for progress against infant mortality. ...
• 4 June 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pressures of the police to save the rapists of a young Christian Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Sectors of the police have moved to save the rapists of a Christian girl, Fouzia Bibi, a 15-year-old in the district of Kasur in Punjab, brutally raped by two Muslim men Shabir Ali and Sher Moham ...
• 4 June 2013
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The opposition warns the ruling party: "dissolve the militia or we will be forced to defend ourselves" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - Nevers Mumba, President of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), the main opposition party in Zambia, has demanded the ruling party, the Patriotic Front (PF), to dissolve the youth militia ...
• 3 June 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - What does the future hold for Christians after the election? The problem concerning blasphemy Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - What future do Christians have in Pakistan? After the recent elections that brought to power the "Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz" (PML-N) party and decreed new Premier Nawaz Sharif, many Christi ...
• 3 June 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 2 migrants who had denounced extortion have been killed, the Church asks for protection San Cristobal de las Casas (Agenzia Fides) - The killing of two Honduran immigrant women on 30 May in Chiapas, in southern Mexico, was a revenge on behalf of a gang dedicated to extortion of undocumented immigrants that ...
• 3 June 2013
  AMERICA/COLORADO - Children hospitalized with respiratory crisis for having ingested marijuana Denver (Agenzia Fides) - The consumption of marijuana is legal in 18 States and in Washington. In Colorado baked food, candies and fizzy drinks containing this so-called light drug, is sold to relieve pain, for example, ...
• 3 June 2013
  AFRICA/NIGER - About a dozen people have died in the assault in the prison in Niamey Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Ten people have died in the assault in the prison in Niamey on Saturday, June 1, during which about twenty prisoners escaped, including some dangerous jihadists. This was stated to Fides Agency b ...
• 3 June 2013
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Pre-meditated attack against a peaceful gathering in a church Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The Oasis Forum and its constituent members are appalled and shocked by the behavior of the Patriotic Front (PF, the ruling party) cadres who attacked a peaceful gathering of several civil socie ...