ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violent raid in a Christian neighborhood in Faisalabad
Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian area "Khushal Town" in Faisalabad was attacked in past days by a crowd of Muslims who caused injuries to some Christians, including women, four young people and a senior. Christ ...
27 August 2016
ASIA/INDIA - Protestant Pastor beaten by Hindu militants
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Sunny Tyagi, who converted to Christianity and became a Protestant Pastor, was beaten by a mob of Hindu radicals who broke into a private house where a prayer meeting in the district of Gonda, ...
AFRICA/CHAD - Appointment of the Archbishop of N'Djaména
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 20 August 2016 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Edmond Djitangar, Bishop of Sarh as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of N'Djamena, in Chad.
His Exc. Mgr. Edmond Djitangar was born o ...
ASIA/INDIA - Justice for Christians massacred in Orissa
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Eight years after the anti-Christian massacres that shook the Indian state of Orissa, on August 25, 2008, the victims have not yet obtained justice: as John Dayal, an Indian Catholic intellect ...
ASIA/INDIA - Mercy, beyond borders and barriers
Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - To be merciful means going beyond borders and barriers: this is the meaning of the interfaith meeting organized in recent days in Wadala, one of the main areas in Mumbai, in the Indian state of M ...