News

• 29 January 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops: "We pay tribute to the consecrated who founded the local Church" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Consecrated men and women established the local Church in our dioceses and most of our parishes, serving people of every background in countless ways", say the Bishops of the Southern Afri ...
• 29 January 2015
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The country remembers "the Bishop of the Indios" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Ecuador is celebrating the anniversary of the birth of Mgr. Leonidas Eduardo Proaño Villalba, the "Bishop de los Indios", as he was called by everyone in the Latin American country, who dedicated ...
• 29 January 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Nearly 50 000 children victims of homicide because of armed conflict Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - More than two million children are victims of violence in Colombia: abused and displaced. According to a document published by the Victims Unit, sent to Agenzia Fides, currently 2,182,707 child ...
• 29 January 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Resignation of Bishop of Lolo and appointed of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 29 January 2015, The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Lolo, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, by His Exc. Mgr. Ferdinand Maemba Liwo ...
• 29 January 2015
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - A reception center for HIV children Ciudad de Guatemala (Agenzia Fides) - The San Jose Reception Center, founded in Guatemala in 1985 as a non- governmental organization to help HIV-positive children who are abandoned, orphaned or sick. Currently the cente ...
• 28 January 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionaries study "concentration and manipulation of the media" Bacabal (Agenzia Fides) - More than 50 leaders of dioceses in the Northeast Region of Brazil (called by the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil as "RN5"), which covers the state of Maranhão, are participating in th ...
• 28 January 2015
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Tension on the border with Haiti: appeal to the authorities of both countries Santiago de los Caballeros (Agenzia Fides) - The Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic), His Exc. Mons. Valentin Reynoso Hidalgo, M.S.C., criticized the situation that prev ...
• 28 January 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Taseer murder, justice to the test Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The High Court in Islamabad held its first hearing yesterday, January 27, in the appeal of Mumtaz Qadri, self-confessed killer of Punjab governor Salman Taseer, which occurred on 4th January 2 ...
• 28 January 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "Yo soy uno de ellos": young children in parishes and schools in favor of the most vulnerable San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Delegation of the Missions, together with the parishes and schools of the capital, has promoted the celebration of a Mass and a meeting for the children in a parish in El Salv ...
• 28 January 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Caritas: more funds needed for refugees from the Central African Republic Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - More funds are needed to help refugees from the Central African Republic who have been welcomed in neighboring States, said Msgr. Robert J Vitillo, head of Caritas Internationalis’ delegation t ...
• 28 January 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Patriarchs of Antioch: in order to stop the conflict, arms trafficking must be stopped Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The wars that devastate the Middle East, starting from Syria and Iraq will end only when the flow of arms and money destined to armed factions and terrorist groups by allies and sponsors regiona ...
• 28 January 2015
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Assault on Tripoli: the shadow of the Islamic State on the shores of the Mediterranean Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - At least 10 people died in the attack on Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli, committed by two (or maybe three, according to some sources) gunmen, yesterday, January 27th. After setting off a car bomb i ...
• 28 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Egyptian government allocates land for the construction of new churches in the capital Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - A plot of 30 hectares has been made available to the Coptic Patriarchate to build structures and offices connected to the Cathedral of San Marco in Cairo, and three other smaller plots of land to ...
• 28 January 2015
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cardinal Ranjith: for peace and religious harmony, the government "is on the right path" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "The new government of President Mahinda Sirisena has undertaken the important task of ensuring the rule of law in the country and promote peace and harmony among different communities": this is ...
• 28 January 2015
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - In view of the elections there is growing concern for children abducted for macabre rituals Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the upcoming presidential elections to be held in the Ivory Coast in October, there is a growing concern for the kidnapping and murder of children for ritual purposes. According to in ...