News

• 30 August 2023
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Rector of the "Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary" Interdiocesan Seminary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 22, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Rev. Alphone Daniel Essey, as Rector of the "Immaculate Conception of the Blesse ...
• 
  29 August 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Joseph Shen Bin leads the prayer for peace and recalls that "the Church is built on the rock of the Apostle Peter" Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - The Church "is built on the rock of the Apostle Peter", and the newly baptized are called to be "salt of the earth and light of the world", in their daily life they share with their companions, ...
• 
  29 August 2023
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - “Gigantic fraud”: Opposition questions election results Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a blatant and gigantic fraud", said Nelson Chamisa, leader of the opposition and main challenger to outgoing President Emmerson Mnangagwa, on the results of the August 23 elections (see F ...
• 29 August 2023
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Rector of the "Santa Maria della Speranza" interdiocesan Seminary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 16, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Rev Sac. Justin Georges Ebengue as Rector of the "Santa Maria della Speranza" i ...
• 
  29 August 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Reopening of churches in Jaranwala: a sign of hope Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We thanked God because, even in suffering, he is present beside us. In the church, already renovated and accessible, we prayed for peace with many faithful, with Muslim leaders seated next to ea ...
• 
  29 August 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - The new beginning: the first Video-Reportage in view of Pope Francis' trip to Mongolia by Gianni Valente Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "People are good here, people love me". This is how Father Giorgio Marengo, then a young missionary of the Consolata, replied to Cardinal Crescenzio ...
• 
  29 August 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - Putting social justice first" say the Bishops recalling Father Kaiser, missionary killed in circumstances never clarified Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Kaiser fought all his life to defend the rights of the oppressed, the poor and all those who suffer from injustice", reaffirmed the bishops who took part in the suffrage ceremony of Fath ...
• 
  28 August 2023
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - "Madani" values for a prosperous and developed country Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim presented the concept of "MADANI", an acronym for transforming Malaysia into a more prosperous and developed country, based on six values identified a ...
• 
  28 August 2023
  AFRICA/GABON - Tensions after the August 26 vote: curfew imposed and Internet connections interrupted Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - A curfew was introduced and Internet connections were interrupted in Gabon from August 26, shortly before the end of the presidential elections between outgoing President Ali Bongo Ondimba an ...
• 
  28 August 2023
  MONGOLIA - The nascent Church that is waiting for Pope Francis It is possible to listen to the interview in English by activating the subtitle mode by Gianni Valente Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - Why is the Pope going to Mongolia? With just a few days to g ...
• 
  26 August 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic Women's Association of Saint Anne devotes a spiritual retreat to Christian marriage and ecclesial mission Shijiazhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The Chinese Catholic women united in the Saint Anne Association, based in the Chinese province of Hebei, continue their path of Christian life marked by moments of spiritual deepening and i ...
• 
  26 August 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Mission on tiptoe. A Magnificat for the rebirth of the Church in Mongolia by Paolo Affatato Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "We took the first steps in the mission in Mongolia with a certain excitement and emotion. On July 10, 1992 we tiptoed into an unknown land, strengthened only by the com ...
• 
  25 August 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Solidarity and attention of Muslim leaders asking for forgiveness from the Christians of Jaranwala: the fruits of interreligious dialogue Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the violence against Christians in Jaranwala, a town in Pakistani Punjab where houses and churches were burned (see Fides, 18 and 21/8/2023), "something unthinkable up to a few ...
• 
  25 August 2023
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Pope Francis to young Russian Catholics: good diplomats are good for humanity by Chiara Dommarco St. Petersburg (Agenzia Fides) - "God called us from the beginning, he called each of us by name, face to face. Despite our weaknesses". This is how Pope Francis expressed himself during his speech, ...
• 
  25 August 2023
  AFRICA/GHANA - "The diplomatic path must be pursued" Ghanaian bishops also oppose military intervention in Niger Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "No to military intervention under the aegis of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS/CEDEAO)". The Bishops of Ghana also express their opposition to a possible military interventi ...