News

• 1 July 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Precarious security and non-existent infrastructure in the areas liberated by Boko Haram" reports the Bishop of Yola Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Many refugees would like to return to their villages and return to work in the fields, but different areas formally liberated by Boko Haram are still dangerous", says His Exc. Mgr. Stephen Dami M ...
• 1 July 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - New jihadist threats to the Christians in Jerusalem. Palestinian leaders: suspicious operations Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - A new leaflet signed by the "Emirate of Jerusalem" containing threats to the Christians of the Holy City was found in the neighborhood of Jerusalem of Beit Hanina. The text of the paper found ...
• 30 June 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - The aid of Caritas after the earthquake has begun to bear fruit Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - In the two months following the earthquake on 25 April, Caritas Nepal has reached over 269,000 people in need of assistance and provided accommodation to 54 thousand families. People have rece ...
• 30 June 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "We are losing the values and respect for life", warns Cardinal Brenes Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Archbishop of Managua Leopoldo Brenes has warned that society is losing respect for life and moral values, referring to violent crimes that have occurred in various parts of the country ...
• 30 June 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Thousands of Christian families fleeing Hassakè. Archbishop Hindo: jihadists have found support in the local population Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) – Fighting takes place in the Syrian city of Hassakè, the largest town in the northeastern province of Jazira, after the jihadist militants of the Islamic State (Daesh) managed last Thursday, ...
• 30 June 2015
  VATICAN – Ceremonial gift of the pallium to 46 Metropolitan Archbishops, 13 belong to the territories of Propaganda Fide Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the Solemnity of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, June 29, according to custom, the Holy Father blessed and delivered the pallium to 46 Metropolitan Archbishops appointed during the yea ...
• 30 June 2015
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - "Do not abandon Tunisia, otherwise you will find the extremists at home", says the pastor of Sousse Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "They want to punish Tunisia for its democratic progress. This is why it must not be left alone" says Fr. Jawad Alamat, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Tunisia, who ...
• 30 June 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian accused of blasphemy mocked by his lawyers Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Humayun Faisal, mentally disabled accused of blasphemy in Lahore, will remain in prison as his lawyers have withdrawn their request for bail. As reported to Fides by the pool of Chr ...
• 30 June 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops denounce insecurity and threats to family Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo denounce the insecurity in the north, east and south of the Country, in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides at the end of their 52nd Plenary Assemb ...
• 30 June 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A thousand victims in five days due to heatwave Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Following the wave of scorching heat that is hitting Karachi, the largest city of Pakistan where there are 23 million people, 950 people have died in just five days. The morgues are not enough t ...
• 30 June 2015
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Cardinal Lacunza: "despite scandals and corruption, we have to believe in justice" Panama (Agenzia Fides) - "They are afraid", this is how Cardinal José Luis Lacunza described the reaction of people with regards to the cases of corruption in the Latin American country. The Cardinal, Bishop of the Dioc ...
• 30 June 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Condolences of the Council of Christian Churches for the assassination of Attorney General Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Council of Churches in Egypt expressed the unanimous sympathy of all Christian communities in Egypt for the assassination of Attorney General Hisham Barakat, who on Monday, June 29 was the vic ...
• 27 June 2015
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The Church: "politics without corruption" Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The national community has to solve major social problems that plague this country, relaunching dialogue in politics: it what the editorial of the weekly "Fides" of the capital of Honduras, ...
• 27 June 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Mgr. Romero Romero is recognized as "Son Meritísimo of El Salvador" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, acknowledged Blessed Son Oscar Arnulfo Romero as Meritísimo of that country, for his work in defense of human rights and their pastoral work. The ...
• 27 June 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - Debt relief for Nepal: the IMF says "no" Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - The "Jubilee Network" campaign which unites 75 organizations and 400 religious communities around the world, has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) advocated for debt relief for Nepal ...