AFRICA/DR CONGO - At least 32 people die in a series of attacks
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A series of attacks on villages in North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), that began on January 27 and continued until yesterday, January 31, left at least 32 civili ...
ASIA/MYANMAR - Third anniversary of the coup: "silent strike" and prayer
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Some Catholic faithful of Myanmar are spending the third anniversary of the coup carried out by the military junta on February 1, 2021 in silent Eucharistic adoration, praying the Rosary, placing ...
ASIA/TURKEY - Reparation Mass in Istanbul church desecrated by the attack
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – Tomorrow, Thursday, February 1st, at 7 p.m., a mass of reparation will be celebrated in the church of the Nativity of Our Lady in Büyükdere, in the Sariyer district, north of Istanbul, wher ...
ASIA/CHINA - Consecration of Bishop of Shaowu (Minbei)
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Wednesday 31 January 2024, the episcopal ordination of the Reverend Pietro Wu Yishan took place. The Reverend Wu Yishan was appointed by the Holy Father on 16 December 2023 as bishop ...
31 January 2024
ASIA/CHINA - Peter Wu Yishun consecrated Bishop of Shaowu (Minbei)
By Marta Zhao
Nanping (Agenzia Fides) - A new Catholic Bishop - the third in less than a week - was consecrated today in the People's Republic of China. Peter Wu Yishun, 59, was ordained Bishop of the Apostolic Prefect ...