News

• 28 August 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church: the life of the Country depends on the "good health" of the Nile Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II will travel to Ethiopia in September, where he will take part in the celebrations for the feast of the Holy Cross along with Abuna Mathias I, Patriarch of the ...
• 28 August 2015
  OCEANIA/TAHITI - Appointment of the Apostolic Administrator of Papeete Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On August 28, 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Father Jean-Pierre do Cottanceau, SS.CC as Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. (SL) (Agenzia F ...
• 27 August 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH – Blogger killings: religious minorities are even in danger Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The killing of bloggers by Islamic extremists (four deaths since February) is also a warning for the religious minorities of Banglasdesh, penalized in their life and freedom: says Imran H. Sarker, ...
• 27 August 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops: we need to protect children from sexual abuse Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Abuse and sexual exploitation on children are spread across Pakistan. According to a public estimate, more than 3,500 cases of child harassment were reported in 2014, 67% occurred in rural areas ...
• 27 August 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Christian schools: "positive" meeting with President Rivlin. But the crisis remains open Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretary General of Christian schools in Israel interprets his meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to discuss the crisis facing Christian schools in Israel as "a positive step". ...
• 27 August 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Pope Francis in his encyclical: "We are victims of climate change", says the Archbishop of Blantyre Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "As I read and re-read the Pope’s encyclical, I was reminded of the climate change and its related disasters we have just experienced here in Malawi: – the devastating floods, the prolonged ...
• 27 August 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - A Syrian television documentary on the Assyrian Genocide projected in the presence of the Syrian Orthodox Patriarch Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A documentary prepared by the Syrian state television on "Sayfo", the so-called "Assyrian Genocide", was projected and attended by Syrian Orthodox Patriarch Mar Ignatius Aphrem II. The reportag ...
• 27 August 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN – No celebration was held in Juba for the signing of the peace agreement, "too many deaths for us to rejoice" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "In Juba there was no celebratory atmosphere because the suffering caused by the civil war is immense" say local sources from the capital of South Sudan to Agenzia Fides, where yesterday, 26 August ...
• 26 August 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Church of Jerusalem in aid of Sudanese and Eritrean asylum seekers Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - On Tuesday 25 August, 500 Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers were released from the Israeli detention center in Holot, in the Negev desert, where they had been forcibly held in violation of ...
• 26 August 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Census on religions: Muslims increas, Christians stable New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Muslims have increased by 0.8% and now represent 14.2% of the Indian population, while Hindus have fallen by 0.7% and represent 79.8%: are the data just released by the Indian authorities, ...
• 26 August 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Caritas launches "phase two" for rehabilitation after typhoon Yolanda Manila (Philippines) - Caritas of the Philippines, has started the second phase of its three-year rehabilitation program for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda. As reported by the Director of Caritas, Rolando Tirona, the s ...
• 26 August 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Mortar attacks on two churches in Damascus. The Maronite Archbishop: our life is like a game of Russian roulette Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 23 August, a rain of mortars fell on the neighbourhood including two shells on the roof of the Maronite church. This was reported by Maronite Archbishop Samir Nassar, in an appeal-sta ...
• 26 August 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Towards the signing of the peace agreement to end the conflict described by the UN as "a threat to the peace of the entire region" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "A power struggle of an elite that has become a civil war and a threat to peace and security in the region". This is how the report of the Panel of UN Experts on South Sudan, published on August 21 ...
• 25 August 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi case: her father will be able to visit her in prison Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Soran Masih, Asia Bibi's father, will be able to visit her in prison: yesterday, August 24, the Lahore High Court in fact accepted the request made by the man, who asked for permission to see his ...
• 25 August 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Benedict Daswa an example for all young Catholics in our region" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Benedict Daswa was a committed lay Catholic and the loving husband and father of a large family; a dedicated teacher and volunteer catechist, an active and charitable member of the communi ...