ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Bishop of Bagdogra
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 7, 2015, the Holy Father appointed Fr. Vincent Aind, of the clergy of Jalpaiguri, Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Morning Star Regional Seminary as Bishop of the Diocese o ...
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of the Bishop of Kalemie-Kirungu
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 31 March 2015, the Holy Father appointed Fr. Christophe Amade, M.Afr., Provincial Superior of the White Fathers for Central Africa as Bishop of the Diocese of Kalemie-Kirungu, in the Dem ...
1 April 2015
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishops of Kinshasa
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 31 March 2015 the Holy Father appointed Fr. Donatien Bafuidinsoni, S.I., Judicial Vicar of the same Archdiocese, as Auxiliary for the Archdiocese of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic o ...
1 April 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - 28 Christians are indicted for the lynching of Lahore
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Anti Terrorism Court in Lahore has indicted 28 Christians accused of the brutal killing of two Muslims after the attacks on the churches in Youhanabad, on March 15, and for the ensuing riots. ...
1 April 2015
ASIA/INDIA - Flood emergency in Kashmir
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Heavy rainfall is ravaging Pakistan and Kashmir, leading to severe flooding and landslides. The death toll continues to increase and many villages have become completely submerged in water and ...
AFRICA/MALAWI - The hope of Easter in the poorest Country in the world
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Year after year we cling to Easter as a lifeline especially for young people, the youth of today, to whom we must be able to give a ray of hope" writes from Malawi Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfo ...
1 April 2015
ASIA - Amnesty: executions increased in 2014
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - An alarming number of countries used the death penalty, especially in Asia to tackle real or perceived threats to state security linked to terrorism, crime or internal instability in 2014, Amn ...