News

• 4 September 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarch Gregory III Laham calls for "an international campaign for reconciliation in Syria" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "For Syria, reconciliation is the only frontline." This is why "an international campaign for reconciliation in Syria" is needed shared by all the Churches in the world: it is the heartfelt ple ...
• 3 September 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Forthcoming beatification of Fr Gabriele Maria Allegra, the Franciscan missionary who supervised the translation of the Bible into Chinese Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The venerable Fr. Gabriele Maria Allegra, OFM, founder of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, will be beatified on September 29 in Acireale, Sicily (Italy), his homeland. The Franciscan mission ...
• 3 September 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Church, waiting for dialogue of peace, prepares for the "Week for Peace" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In a climate of hope that the contacts of the government with the FARC to reach concrete results, Colombia is getting ready for the annual "Week for Peace". "President Juan Manuel Santos has alwa ...
• 3 September 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The "Ambassadors of San Camillo": a response to misery and poverty Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A group of Filipino laity came together to create the association called "Ambassadors of San Camillo". With the formation of this association, the Philippine Province of the Order of the Servants ...
• 3 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Rimsha, "lamb to the slaughter, saved by the grace of God" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "The blasphemy case, of which the Catholic girl Rimsha Masih is accused, was manipulated by the imam of the mosque, Khalid Jadoon, who was arrested. This inhuman act of accusation has now been ...
• 3 September 2012
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - More than 4000 young people committed to becoming missionary disciples: 34th National Youth Day Maldonado (Agenzia Fides) - A crowd of more than 4,200 young people took part, in silence, in prayer and meditation, in the 34th National Youth Day in Uruguay. According to information sent to Fides Agency, hundreds of ...
• 3 September 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Islamic extremists advance towards the south while they appear radical preachers in Bamako Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The occupation of the city of Douentza worries the authorities in Bamako" says to Fides Father Edmond Dembele, Secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Mali. The city of Douentza was captured by ...
• 3 September 2012
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - The outgoing President dos Santos towards the re-election Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The re-election of the incumbent President of Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos seems certain, although the final results of the parliamentary elections on 31 August are still missing. The MPLA ( ...
• 3 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: "With the truth concerning Rimsha’s case, the whole of Pakistan gains" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "To establish the truth concerning Rimsha Masi’s case, and the false accusations, is a gain, not only for the Christian community, but for the whole of Pakistan: it is a boon for democracy, ...
• 3 September 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN - More than 13 million children worldwide do not go to school Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The IV International Meeting Against Child Labour, organized by Fundación Telefónica with the support of the International Labour Organization (ILO) begins in Madrid. The goal is to find soluti ...
• 1 September 2012
  VATICAN - Seminar for 92 new Bishops of Countries reliant on the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - There are 92 Bishops appointed in the last two years in the ecclesiastical districts that depend on the CEP and will participate at the Seminar organized by the Congregation for the Evangel ...
• 1 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Release Rimsha": U.S. Senators' Letter to President Zardari Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - A bipartisan group of six U.S. senators wrote a letter to President Asif Ali Zardari, demanding the release of the Christian Rimsha Masih, the minor arrested on charges of blasphemy, and more ...
• 1 September 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - More than 5,000 Christians take to the streets in Orissa to demand justice Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - About 5,000 Christians took to the streets in Orissa staging a peaceful demonstration to demand justice, on the anniversary of the massacres that hit the Christian community in Kandhamal dis ...
• 1 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Rimsha is innocent and will soon be free": also Muslim lawyers in her defense Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Rimsha is innocent, there is no evidence against her. She will soon be free." Paul Bhatti, Advisor to the Prime Minister for National Harmony and president of the "All Pakistan Minorities All ...
• 1 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Land mafia behind Rimsha's case Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The charges against Masih Rimsha are completely false and made up: behind her case there is land mafia. Unscrupulous criminals intend to wrest land from Christians and drive them out from Mehrab ...