ASIA/YEMEN - The death toll among children due to armed conflict worsens
Naham (Agenzia Fides) - The war in Yemen began in 2014 and has intensified since the military coalition led by Riad in favor of the president, Abdo Rabu Mansur Hadi intervened. Since March 2015, the Country has recorded ...
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A missionary: "A death sentence every day"
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "There are over 6,000 deaths, suspected marijuana drug dealers or other drugs, and 1,000 people killed, only on the basis of a suspect, in the last month. For some it may be a great success: it i ...
4 January 2017
ASIA/INDIA - The Sisters of Loreto: 175 years on mission in South Asia
Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - The Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (IBVM), which brings together the religious better known as "Sisters of Loreto", celebrates 175 years of missionary presence in South Asia. "With immens ...
4 January 2017
ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian arrested for alleged blasphemy
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Babu Shahbaz, a Christian from the village of Kamahan, near Lahore, was arrested by the police for alleged blasphemy. As Fides learns, on December 30 a formal complaint was filed to the police ag ...
3 January 2017
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Land-grabbing and assault on Pakistani Christians in Sindh
Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - For Christians in Pakistan the new year opens with a painful issue: mafia organizations in cahoots with the police in Sukkur, in the district of Hyderabad (Sindh province in southern Pakistan) ...