ASIA - Young people Heralds of the Gospel
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – Young Asian Catholics are acting as Heralds of the Gospel to tackle difficulties such as moral relativism, discrimination for reasons of religion, poverty and marginalisation: this was affirme ...
26 October 2015
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Morales is the new president of Guatemala
Città del Guatemala (Agenzia Fides) – Guatemala yesterday, Sunday 25 October, had a second round of presidential elections. According to the local media Jimmy Morales won, although the official announcement has yet to ...
ASIA/INDIA - Dalit infants burnt alive: Bishops deplore inhuman act
ASIA/INDIA – Dalit infants burnt alive: Bishops deplore inhuman act
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops of India have firmly condemned the incident in Faridabad on 21 October when the home of a Dalit fa ...
24 October 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian women suffers gang rape
Kasur (Agenzia Fides) – A Christian woman was raped by three Muslim men who forced their way into her home in a village in the district of Kasur, at a time when the men in the family were out at work. The woman tried t ...
ASIA/INDONESIA - El Nino brings drought and famine to farming communities
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – Communities of farmers all over Indonesia are battling with drought caused by rising sea temperatures associated with the El Nino atmospheric phenomenon which affects rainfall all over the wor ...
ASIA/IRAQ - 400 young Christians take part in Kirkuk Youth Day
Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) – Some 400 Christian boys and girls belonging to different confessions took part in a Youth Day organised in Kirkuk by the local Chaldean Catholic archdiocese. The event, held on 17 October, was ...