News

• 1 February 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian cemetery desecrated and destroyed in Gujarat Ahmedabad (Agenzia Fides) - An ancient Christian cemetery has been desecrated and destroyed by bulldozers in Sabarmati, near Ahmedabad, the state capital of Gujarat (western India). According to the Christians of the All ...
• 1 February 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - After 15 years of legal abortion there are a million unborn children, denounces the Church Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Fifteen years have passed since abortion on demand was legalized in South Africa. Since then, it is estimated that over one million unborn children were denied the most fundamental of righ ...
• 1 February 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Training leader promoters of peace, justice, religious harmony Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - India is in urgent need to form the consciences of young people, future leaders, to values such as harmony, peace and justice, celebrating its "unity in diversity": this is what emerged from a re ...
• 1 February 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Benedict XVI in the land watered by the blood of the martyrs who died to defend faith Leon (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Mexico, "will tread the land that was wet with the blood of martyrs" who fought to defend their faith in times of persecution. This is what Mgr. Fidel Hernánd ...
• 1 February 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Over 580 thousand signatures from 100 countries around the world to save Asia Bibi Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Over 580 thousand people all over the world have signed a petition asking the Pakistani government to free Asia Bibi, a Christian woman unjustly condemned to death for blasphemy. For the woman ...
• 1 February 2012
  AFRICA/CHAD - Weapons and non-development: the law has not been applied that required to use the oil money for civilian purposes N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - In 2010, Chad spent 154 billion CFA francs (234 million euros) on arms, still a very high figure although lower than in 2008 (275.7 billion CFA francs, 420 million), the year in which the regi ...
• 31 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA-Aggression on behalf of radical Hindus at the Jesuits’ campus: the dean arrested, students injured Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - It was a day of terror for the Jesuits and students of St. Joseph University Institute in Anekal, near Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka: the aggression was carried out by over 100 me ...
• 31 January 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO-Street children create a social network to survive Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - According to a researcher at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico City (UNAM), in order for street children of Mexico City to grow and survive, they need to be part of a social networ ...
• 31 January 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Apostolate on campus, so that the youth help the young to know Christ Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - Twenty years ago, Sister Teresa Li, of the Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus, began the apostolate on the university campus in Taiwan with a dream to be fulfilled: "Young people help young ...
• 31 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Appeal on behalf of Bishops, civil society, politicians: the protection of Christians and religious freedom Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Respect for Christians and to give them full religious freedom is the appeal launched by Bishops, Christian leaders, leaders of movements and associations, politicians of the state of Karnatak ...
• 31 January 2012
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The newly formed Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (RECOWA-CERAO) Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) – The Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa has formally been established (RECOWA-CERAO, two acronyms respectively in English and French), which includes the Episcopal Conferences of ...
• 31 January 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - Children and indigenous adolescents are more vulnerable than their peers Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - 8,7% of Chilean children younger than 18 years of age belong to an indigenous group, and this really puts them in a situation of greater vulnerability than their non-indigenous peers. A recent ...
• 31 January 2012
  AFRICA - One million children risk dying of hunger in the Sahel region Timbuktu (Agenzia Fides) - The international organization Action contre la Faim (ACF) has launched an alarm about the danger more than 10 million people run, and especially one million children, who are running out of fo ...
• 31 January 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The two priests kidnapped on January 15 have been freed without ransom Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The two priests kidnapped in Sudan on 15 January are free. This is confirmed to Fides by sources of the Archbishopric of Khartoum: "The two priests were released yesterday, January 30, around 4 ...
• 31 January 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Course for new missionaries, to illustrate the reality of the nation and the Church's commitment La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Commission for the Missions of the Bolivian Episcopal Conference has promoted the organization of a course for new missionaries arriving in the country, to be held from March 12 to 17 at the ...