AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA – The Cathedral in Bambari besieged by rebels
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The Cathedral of Saint-Joseph in Bambari, in the area where there are more than 12,000 displaced people, is surrounded by the rebels of Seleka, said the local Bishop launching an appeal to Fides ...
ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai: the existence of Lebanon at risk
Diman (Agenzia Fides) - The delay or postponement of the election of a new President of the Republic "threatens the very existence of Lebanon", because "only a Maronite President with broad consensus and appropriate pers ...
AMERICA/PANAMA - Appointment of the Bishop of Colón - Kuna Yala
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 7, 2014, the Holy Father appointed Fr. Manuel Ochogavía Barahona, O.S.A., Prior, Chancellor of the diocese and parish priest in the diocese of Chitre, as Bishop of the Diocese of C ...
EUROPE/POLAND - A school of missionary animation
Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - The School of Missionary Animators, organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Poland, which began at the Missionary Formation Center in Warsaw on June 30, ends today, July 5.
Accor ...
5 July 2014
ASIA/MALAYSIA - Appointment of the Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 3, 2014, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Julian Leow Beng Kim, of the clergy of Kuala Lumpur, currently dean of studies and formator at the major seminary of Penang, as Archbishop of ...