News

• 16 April 2014
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Resignation of the Bishop of Kasese and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 15, 2014, the Holy Father, accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Kasese (Uganda ), by His Exc. Mgr. Egidio Nkaijanabwo, in accordance with can. 401 § 1 ...
• 16 April 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Abeokuta Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 15, 2014 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Mgr. Peter Kayode Odetoyinbo, Parish priest and Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Ibadan as Bishop of the Diocese of Abeokuta (Nigeria). ...
• 16 April 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "The situation of the country does not depend only on a political issue", said Mgr. Parra Sandoval Ciudad Guayana (Agenzia Fides ) - "For me, the situation of the country does not depend only on a political issue, but on other elements that have deep roots in society. Family, for example, is more and more disintegrate ...
• 16 April 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - Small producers of pineapple take a step forward in the domestic market, with the support of Caritas Satipo (Agenzia Fides) - With the support of Caritas Peru, the small pineapple producers of Satipo, in the Peruvian jungle, were able to take a step forward in the domestic and international market. We are talking about ...
• 16 April 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal to the Italian government to ask for "the repeal of the blasphemy law in Pakistan" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to the Italian government comes from the Federation of Pakistani Associations in Italy: Adan Farhaj Bakhsh, president of the Federation, in a message sent to Fides, calls on the Italian g ...
• 16 April 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako's Easter Message, with a thought to the elections Baghdad (Agenzia Fides ) - "I hope that the Easter celebrations, Easter of Resurrection and new life, put an end to the suffering of our people". This is the hope expressed in the Easter message issued by the Patriarch o ...
• 16 April 2014
  ASIA/NEPAL - Great joy for 60 newly baptized during the Easter Vigil Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - "We are preparing ourselves to live an atmosphere of great joy to celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord. For our small Catholic community this is the biggest feast, and this year about 60 peo ...
• 16 April 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Ensure a safe country for us and future generations with respect for human rights", asks Cardinal Njue Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Combining the needs of security with respect for human rights, without discrimination of religion , tribe or ethnicity. This is what the main Christian denominations in Kenya have asked on behal ...
• 16 April 2014
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Appeal to clarify the murder of an employee of Radio Progreso Yoro (Agenzia Fides) - Another person who works in the popular media has been murdered in Honduras: we are talking about Carlos Hilario Mejia Orellana, head of the marketing and sales of "Radio Progreso", a member of the ...
• 16 April 2014
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Archbishop Goh: Easter invites us to "proclaim the Gospel with joy and passion" Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - Easter invites all the faithful "to proclaim the Gospel with joy in our reality in Singapore": This is what the Archbishop of Singapore, William Goh says in his Easter message, addressed to al ...
• 16 April 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Candidates Sabbahi and al-Sisi at the Easter Vigil to be celebrated by Coptic Pope Tawadros Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian presidential candidates Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Hamdeen Sabbahi may both participate in the Easter Vigil to be held on Saturday evening in the cathedral of San Marco, in the district ...
• 15 April 2014
  AFRICA/BENIN - Appointment of the Rector of the "Saint Paul" inter-diocesan Seminary in Abomey Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 25, 2013 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Guy Bognon PSS as Rector of the inter-diocesan "Saint Paul" minor S ...
• 15 April 2014
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Appointment of the Rector of the "Jean Paul II" Major Seminary in Gitega Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 17, 2014 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Martin Sinumvayaha, of the clergy of the diocese of Gitega as Re ...
• 15 April 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops to the President: We will give a great contribution to the country New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian Church prays for the elections which will be held in April and will continue to give its valuable contribution to the nation, especially in the field of education and social service ...
• 15 April 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Tension in the area of Veracruz due to the work of the hydroelectric power plant Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Córdoba is still awaiting notification regarding the status of the "El Naranjal" hydroelectric project and several days have gone by since the visit of governor Javier Duarte, wh ...