News

• 18 August 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Bishops: "The hug towards the disabled: the most significant moment of the Pope's visit" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Pope's visit was "a success for the faith, for the media coverage, for the organization". Bergoglio has left "an indelible mark" in the Catholic and non-Catholic faithful. But if one were to r ...
• 13 August 2014
  VATICAN - Declaration of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement issued yesterday, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue has asked for a clear and courageous sentence on behalf of religious leaders, especially Muslims, and all ...
• 13 August 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Dialogues of Peace between the government and FARC Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Meeting number 27 of the Dialogues of Peace in Cuba between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has begun. The meeting scheduled for yesterday, August ...
• 12 August 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Organ trafficking and sexual exploitation: about 45,000 children and young people missing and abducted Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In Mexico, approximately 45,000 children and young people have been abducted and are victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking in organs. This is the complaint made by the Foundation fo ...
• 12 August 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Commit to a missionary cooperation", the V National Missionary Congress has concluded Barinas (Agenzia Fides) - The V National Youth Missionary Congress (CONAJUMI) has just concluded in Barinas. More than a thousand young Venezuelans participated in this event organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
• 12 August 2014
  VATICAN - Cardinal Fernando Filoni leaves today for Iraq. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, leaves today for Iraq (via Jordan), as Personal Envoy of the Pope. The Cardinal had a meeting with t ...
• 11 August 2014
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Blessing of the nutritional and educational center in the Somali region of the Country Gode (Agenzia Fides) – The missionary trip of Don Braulio Rodriguez Plaza, Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain, to Ethiopia in the Ogaden Somali Region has just concluded. This was reported to Fides Agency by fat ...
• 11 August 2014
  AFRICA/LIBERIA – A religious sister has died due to the Ebola virus Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - The Hospitaller Order of St. John of God said in a statement sent to Fides, that on Saturday morning, August 9th the religious Sister Pascaline Chantal died. Sister Chantal of the Immaculate Co ...
• 11 August 2014
  AMERICA/EQUADOR - 46,000 Ecuadoreans will benefit from a mega construction water Quito (Agenzia Fides) - After the damage caused during the winter months, the Ministry of Water Resources wants to help with the aid of a dam project to control the water level of the river Bulubulu. More than 46,000 inh ...
• 11 August 2014
  VATICAN - Pope Francis meets with Cardinal Fernando Filoni, his Envoy in Iraq Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday evening the Holy Father received Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and newly appointed Personal Envoy of the Pope in Iraq, in ...
• 6 August 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA – Pope Francis welcomes the opening of a reception center for victims of sexual exploitation Misiones (Agenzia Fides) - "Dear brother, I came to know that on August 1, the Mburucuyá reception center opens. Through these lines I want to greet and thank all those involved in this work, which is a testimony of lov ...
• 6 August 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Appeal of the Patriarch of Jerusalem to Aid to the Church in Need for the victims of Gaza Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - At the request of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Fouad Twal, the pontifical organization Aid to the Church in Need has allocated € 50,000 for the victims of the war in Gaza. The contribut ...
• 6 August 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The V National Missionary Congress begins Barinas (Agenzia Fides) - There are thousands of young Venezuelans who will, as from today, participate in the V National Missionary Youth Congress (CONAJUMI) at the Diocese of Barinas (Venezuela). The Pontifical Mission ...
• 6 August 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - In Gaza a child dies every hour. There is no electricity, water and essential medical services Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The wave of violence does not stop and the humanitarian crisis is severely affecting the population of the Gaza Strip, in particular children (see Fides 25/07/2014). So far at least 408 have died a ...
• 6 August 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New attacks against Catholic churches. The details of the attack in Kano perpetrated by a female suicide bomber Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - At least one person died and several others were injured in an attack against a Catholic church in the village of Ungwar Poppo, in Kachia Local Government Area in the State of Kaduna (in the north ...