ASIA/BANGLADESH - The Bishops: forgiveness and mercy after the massacre
Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Abandon all forms of violence to embrace forgiveness and mercy: this is what a message of the Catholic Bishops of Bangladesh say in the aftermath of the terrorist massacre on July 1 which killed 2 ...
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Laudato Sì is inspiring for young Catholics
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – To assume the encyclical of Pope Francis "Laudato Sì" as "magna carta" for a respectful way of life and attentive towards the weak, the poor, care for creation: is what emerged from the recent ...
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Former Vietnamese refugee new Bishop of Parramatta
Parramatta (Agenzia Fides) - "I have made many leaps of faith in my life" said His Exc. Mgr. Vincent Long Van Nguyen, who fled Vietnam in 1975 among the "boat people" who fled the country on makeshift boats to Australia. ...
AMERICA/HONDURAS - Campaign on tolerance for over 250,000 children
San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - A campaign has just been launched, throughout the country, on tolerance which will involve 1,391 educational centers for seven weeks, among them 193 are in San Pedro Sula. The slogan is " ...
ASIA - For 35 years the JRS on a mission for refugees in Asia-Pacific
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - For 35 years the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) has been active in the Asia-Pacific area to assist refugees and displaced persons in seven countries: Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guin ...