News

• 27 May 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Assyrian hostages: jihadists release two women Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - Two elderly women in the group of more than 230 Assyrian Christians taken hostage in February by the State Islamic jihadists in the Syrian north-western region of Jazira, have been released and ...
• 27 May 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Radio and TV to announce the Gospel in the Vicariate of Nuflo de Chavez Nuflo de Chavez (Agenzia Fides) - The parish of San Julian of the Apostolic Vicariate of Nuflo de Chavez is working on a radio-television center of the parish. The community of 160 thousand people is looking forward to t ...
• 26 May 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Stop deaths! An agreement has to be reached as soon as possible", asks Cardinal Salazar Gómez Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Bogota, Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez, speaking to the local press reiterated that war must end and an agreement between the government and the FARC has to be reached as soon a ...
• 26 May 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - A month ago the first earthquake in Nepal, and now the most current emergency is the arrival of the monsoon rains Katmandhu (Agenzia Fides) - One month after the earthquake struck Nepal, the most current emergency is the arrival of the monsoon rains expected in a few weeks. Once the rains begin, it will be harder to reach remote are ...
• 26 May 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian lawyers: "The blasphemy law has to be abolished" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Tension remains high in the neighborhood of Sanda, in Lahore, the scene of anti-Christian violence carried out on Sunday 24 May. After a case of alleged blasphemy (of which a Christian is accused ...
• 26 May 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The jihadists retreat from the villages on the river Khabur, leaving destroyed crosses and vandalized churches Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The jihadi militias of the Islamic State (IS) retreated from the villages along the river Khabur, in the northeastern Syrian province of Jazira, which they had occupied on February 23, forcing ...
• 26 May 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Security situation worsens due to clashes Maper (Agenzia Fides) - The intensification of the clashes between the government and the opposition is gradually deteriorating the situation in some of the areas of Unity State on the border with the State of the Lakes, ...
• 26 May 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops denounce: "In eastern Congo three basic training camps for jihadists; but the UN observes without intervening" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "A climate of genocide, a hearth of jihadist fundamentalism and a process of Balkanization". These are "the three greatest dangers" denounced by the Bishops of the Province of Bukavu (eastern D ...
• 26 May 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops: "Laity and parishes have to act in order to combat modern slavery" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of the Philippines, His Exc. Mgr. Socrates Villegas, Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, called for "concrete actions" to fight against "modern slavery". "Pe ...
• 26 May 2015
  AFRICA - CCEE and SECAM hold a Seminar on The Family in Europe and Africa Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - The Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe (CCEE) and The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) will be having a Seminar on the theme: "The joy of the Famil ...
• 26 May 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - Pentecost of the Chinese community, on the Day of Prayer for China Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us pray for the Church in China, that faces major challenges in the life of the Church and society. Let us pray so that the Holy Spirit guides us ... and may Our Lady Help of Christi ...
• 26 May 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Church's message for the National holiday: no to hatred, play politics with moral integrity Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - In the Cathedral of Buenos Aires and in the Basilica of Lujan, the Te Deum was celebrated yesterday, according to tradition, on the occasion of the National Holiday celebrations for the ann ...
• 26 May 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Council of Christian Churches celebrate the second anniversary of its founding Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The second anniversary of the founding of the Council of Christian Churches in Egypt was celebrated at the Cairo headquarters of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate. On Monday, May 25 all the heads o ...
• 25 May 2015
  VATICAN - The Pope's Message for World Mission Day 2015 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We publish the full text of the Holy Father’s Message for World Mission Day 2015, which will be celebrated on Sunday 18 October. Dear Brothers and Sisters, The 2015 World Mission Sund ...
• 25 May 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR – Cardinal Bo to the Burmese Government: "Compassion and mercy towards the boat people" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "An agony of immense poignancy unfolds on the seas of South East Asia: a new wave of boat people, ejected by excruciating poverty and conflict from both Myanmar and Bangladesh are adrift ...