News

• 7 January 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The "National Catholic Schools Week 2015" will be observed in dioceses around the country from January 25–31. This year’s theme, “Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and S ...
• 7 January 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - International Delegation of Bishops to visit Gaza Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian community of Gaza is again the focal point of this year’s visit to the Holy Land by Bishops from across Europe, North America and South Africa in support of the local Christian comm ...
• 7 January 2015
  VATICAN - Pope announces the appointment of New Cardinals, 7 are from the territories of Propaganda Fide Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Of the 20 new Cardinals (of whom 5 Archbishops and Bishops Emeritus) who will be appointed by Pope Francis in the consistory to be held on 14 February, 6 are ordinary Archbishops and Bish ...
• 7 January 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - The Archbishop of Niamey: "More and more young Nigeriens are being enlisted in the Boko Haram movement, especially in the region of Diffa" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - More and more young Nigeriens are being enlisted in the Boko Haram movement. The alarm was launched, in his message at the beginning of the year, by His Exc. Mgr. Michel Cartatéguy, Archbishop o ...
• 7 January 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Archbishop of Bangui threatened with death while bringing assistance to the displaced Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui, President of Central Africa Caritas, led a mission of support to the residents in the village of Gbangou, whose homes (275 in all) were ...
• 7 January 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Hundreds of children are starving to death because of the drought in the south of the Country Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The civil hospital’s team of paramedics in Mithi, Tharparkar district in the south of Pakistan, for the last two months have witnessed dozens of people, mostly infants under two years of age ...
• 7 January 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "The jungle law" does not stop theft Tehuacan (Agenzia Fides) - After the lynching which took place on January 5 in the village of La Cantera (Puebla, Mexico), where one person was killed and three others were seriously injured by locals, the Bishop of the ...
• 7 January 2015
  VATICAN - Pope Francis on the Day of Missionary Childhood: "Children announcers of the Gospel" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Tuesday, January 6, the Holy Father Francis recalled that the Solemnity of the Epiphany is also the World Day of Missionary Childhood – one of the Pontifical Mission Societies that is ...
• 5 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Copts abducted in Libya. For Islamists they are "legitimate targets" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The armed gangs of the Libyan Islamist Ansar al-Sharia network consider the Egyptian Copts who are in Libya "legitimate targets", and hit them with violence and targeted kidnappings even for retal ...
• 5 January 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "Open your eyes and ears": warning of the church for the election campaign Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, January 4 Mgr. Braulio Sáez Garcia, O.C.D., Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) in his homily told the Bolivian community not to be brainwahed ...
• 5 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - An 'educational manual' on the internet for jihadist mothers Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - 'The role of women in the jihad' is the title of a book which was recently presented on the Internet compiled by the extremist group of the Islamic State that continues to train child soldiers. Th ...
• 5 January 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - National Migration Week 2015: "We are one family" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - National Migration Week 2015 is taking place from January 4–10, organized by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’(USCCB), to raise awareness about the hardships faced by migrants. "T ...
• 5 January 2015
  ASIA/JORDAN - Christian Schools welcome the Iraqis children who fled from Mosul and Nineveh Plain Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Among the 7 thousand Christian refugees who fled from Mosul and Nineveh Plain that have found refuge in Jordan, more than 1,400 are school age children. Now, thanks to the involvement of Caritas J ...
• 2 January 2015
  AMERICA - Drastic increase of children who try to escape from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Children in Central America find themselves living in one of the most dangerous places . Children under 18 years of age are more likely to die murdered more than any other cause. According to the ...
• 2 January 2015
  AFRICA/GHANA - "Corruption and widespread immorality threaten the nation", say the Bishops Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Corruption, widespread of drugs, immorality are the evils that threaten the nation, according to a New Year Message from the Bishops of Ghana. The message, signed by His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Osei-Bon ...