News
1 September 2015
ASIA/LEBANON - The Heads of Churches: the protests risk being "infiltrated"
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Popular protests against the political class that for weeks have been shaking Lebanon, represent a legitimate expression of "democratic" pressure against factions and discredited politicians, lar ...
1 September 2015
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Young friends of the environment, starting from small daily practices
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - To protect the environment, respect nature, adopt new lifestyles starting from small daily practices: with this spirit some young volunteers launched a campaign inspired by the recent encyclical o ...
1 September 2015
ASIA/ISRAEL - Christian schools strikes against "discriminatory measures" of the government
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Christian schools in Israel will begin a number of strikes as of today, September 1, just when the new school year begins in the Country. Through the extreme measure of suspension of all schoo ...
1 September 2015
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "St. Francis Xavier" Philosophical Seminary in Agra
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 5, 2015 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Tharcius Britto as Rector of the "St. Francis Xavier" Regional Philo ...
31 August 2015
AMERICA/HAITI - New reception facility for the poorest families who live on the outskirts of the capital
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The new reception center recently opened by the Pope John XXIII Community (APG23), destined to welcome the poorest families, especially single mothers with children, is situated in the Cr ...
31 August 2015
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Meeting of the PMS of Cone sur: from Ad Gentes to Evangelii Gaudium
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - With a small mission in Berazategui, in the Diocese of Argentina's Quilmes, the meeting of the National Directors and the Secretaries of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the Southe ...
31 August 2015
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "People fear that the peace agreements may not be respected", said the Auxiliary of Juba
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - People rejoiced because of the peace agreement but did not publicly manifest it because they fear that it will not be applied. This is what His Exc. Mgr. Santo Loku Pio Doggale, Auxiliary Bishop of ...
31 August 2015
ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate delivers a dossier on the abuses suffered by Christians in Baghdad to the authorities
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - There are 14 cases of illegal expropriations of real estate of Christians in Baghdad documented in the first dossier that the Chaldean Patriarchate delivered yesterday to the leaders of the comm ...
31 August 2015
ASIA/INDIA - In Orissa the Day of Remembrance for the victims of anti-Christian massacres
Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The "Day of Remembrance" which will commemorate the victims of anti-Christian massacres that occurred in the district of Khandamal in 2008 will be held today, August 31, in Orissa. As report ...
31 August 2015
ASIA/LEBANON - Islamic-Christian summit postponed, while protests against politicians continue
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamic-Christian summit scheduled for today, Monday, August 31, to be held at the Maronite patriarchal see in Bkerké, has been postponed until a later date. This was reported by Lebanese of ...
31 August 2015
AFRICA/SWAZILAND - Prayer and solidarity of the Church for the tragic accident of the girls
Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - Daily prayers until 6 September to commemorate the young victims of the road accident on August 28 in Swaziland. This was decided by Mgr. José Luis Ponce de León, IMC, Bishop of Manzini.
Acc ...
31 August 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian couple lynched for blasphemy: the police accused of negligence
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Pakistan criticized the inaction of the police in front of the lynching of the Christian couple Shahzad and Shama Masih, accused of blasphemy and killed in Kot Radha Kishan, ...
31 August 2015
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Rector of the regional "Holy Trinity" Major Seminary in Jalandhar
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 17 April 2015 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Alphonse Shah, of the archdiocesan clergy of Delhi as Rector of the ...
29 August 2015
ASIA/HOLY LAND - A year after the last war, the kindergarten of the Latin parish in Gaza has been renovated
Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - Exactly one year since the ceasefire that ended the last military campaign in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli army against Palestinian guerrillas of Hamas - called "Margin of protection - two new pro ...
29 August 2015
ASIA/INDIA - The Franciscans in India: an hour of Adoration for the Day of Creation
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - More than 50 thousand among monks, nuns, lay Franciscans, members of the Association of Franciscan Families of India (AFFI) - which brings together the religious orders of men and women and la ...
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