News

• 10 August 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Catholic Church celebrates 135 years of missions in the DRC Boma (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church celebrated 135 years of evangelization in the Independent State of Congo, now the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the town of Boma in the Central Province of Congo. On Sunday, ...
• 10 August 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - Episcopal Ordination of the Bishop Coadjutor of Anyang in Henan (China) Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday, August 4, the episcopal ordination of His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Zhang Yinlin of the diocesan clergy took place at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Anyang (Henan province). The ...
• 8 August 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - "We are hated because we persist in wanting to exist as Christians", testimony of Mgr. Warda Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Fides has received from the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer the testimony of His Exc. Mgr. Bashar Matti Warda, C.SS.R., Archbishop of Erbil (Iraq) on the terrible situation that the Church ...
• 8 August 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Pilgrimage in the heart of the Amazon in defense of creation and to remember Sister Dorothy Stang Anapu (Agenzia Fides) - "Sister Dorothy is present through the struggle of the people. These are people of faith who seek to organize and live the same continuous struggle. And for us who come from the archdiocese of Mar ...
• 7 August 2015
  ASIA/TIMOR-LESTE - On the anniversary of 500 years of evangelization, Timor-Leste will sign a Concordat with the Catholic Church Dili (Agenzia Fides) - Timor-Leste, will sign a concordat with the Vatican’s secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on August 15 when it celebrates 500 years of evangelization in the Country. The evangelizatio ...
• 7 August 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The beatification ceremony of Benedict Daswa will be held on September 13, the first martyr of South Africa recognized by the Church Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 September the Church in South Africa is preparing to celebrate the beatification of Benedict Samuel Tshimangadzo Daswa, martyred on 2 February 1990 (see Fides 30/09/2014), the first m ...
• 7 August 2015
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Women and children are the main victims of the war in the Country Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - The ongoing armed conflict in Afghanistan for almost 14 years recorded a 1% increase of victims in the first half of 2015, 4921 deaths or injuries among civilians, compared to the same period in 2 ...
• 7 August 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - There are few hopes that the peace agreement will be signed by 17 August Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Negotiations between the South Sudanese factions have resumed in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) in order to end 19 months of civil war. The peace plan, presented by IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on ...
• 7 August 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - There are 10,000 participants attending the III Youth National Meeting Barquisimeto (Agenzia Fides) - More than 10,000 young people from around the country are participating in the III Youth National Meeting (ENAJO in Spanish) in Barquisimeto (Venezuela). From August 6 to 9, according to ...
• 6 August 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - National meeting among the indigenous communities for the protection of human rights Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Villages and indigenous communities of Venezuela will meet during a national meeting in the Kumarakapay community, Gran Sabana municipality, in Bolivar State, with the aim of unifying criteria o ...
• 6 August 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Freedoms have limits", said Mgr. Chomalí Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) - "Abortion is not a solution but an act of violence", said His Exc. Mgr. Fernando Chomalí, Archbishop of Concepción to the international press, speaking on the current debate in Chile on the ...
• 6 August 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - By 2020, 20 Catholic radio stations will be created to cover the entire territory of Kenya Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - By 2020 there will be 20 Catholic radio stations in Kenya. This is laid down in the 2016-2020 plan approved by the Commission for Social Communications/Waumini Communications of the Episcopal Co ...
• 6 August 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - A year ago ISIS expelled Christians from the Nineveh plain Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "It was horrible. I will never forget the terror imprinted on the face of tens of thousands of people. They were convinced that Isis would have killed them". Rami, 22 years old, is one of the Ch ...
• 6 August 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Mgr. Farrell remembers Catholics the duty to welcome foreigners Dallas (Agenzia Fides) - "The recent wave of anti-immigrant sentiment on behalf of public figures is not new to American history", said the Bishop of Dallas (Texas, USA), His Exc. Mgr. Kevin Joseph Farrell in his column ...
• 6 August 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Child labor: illegal but cheap in a Country with 8 million working children Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - With 200,000 inhabitants, Korail is one of the largest slums of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh. Among its labyrinthine streets, mud and garbage, there are thousands of homes of just 10 square meters ...