News

• 31 July 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Failed assassination attempt on the head of the transitional government, General Burhan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – On the same day that the news of the assassination in Tehran of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was released, another high-impact news story risks going unnoticed: the attempted assassination (al ...
• 31 July 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishop Gong: Young people of “Generation Z” deserve trust Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Kenya have sided with the young people who in recent weeks have taken to the streets in highly political demonstrations that go far beyond protesting against tax increases. The Ar ...
• 31 July 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - Appointment of the new director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 22, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Rev. Fr Benoit Mbainada of the clergy of Mondou as National Director of the Pon ...
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  31 July 2024
  EUROPE/ITALY - Digital universe and evangelization: Salesians invite to “Shape Tomorrow” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Creators of new languages and paradigms for evangelization, Ecology, climate change, migrants and refugees, digital culture and Artificial Intelligence, Internal and External Communication in the C ...
• 30 July 2024
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Chaos and violence after the elections. The bishops: "Just demands are made with peaceful attitudes" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "As pastors of the People of God, we are following closely the development of recent events and we want to express to everyone our closeness and willingness to provide pastoral support in these ...
• 30 July 2024
  AFRICA - In order to stop human trafficking, it is necessary to raise awareness among potential victims Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Women and children are the main victims of human trafficking in Africa. While today, July 30, marks the World Day against Human Trafficking, it is worth remembering how this criminal phenomenon is ...
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  30 July 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “The seed sown is growing and bearing fruit”: new priestly ordinations among the Camillians on the island of Flores Maumere (Agenzia Fides) – “The seed sown … is growing and bearing fruit – reports to Fides Father Luigi Galvani, missionary of the Order of the Ministers of the Sick (MI), Camillians, on the island of Flores. He ...
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  29 July 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - In Nusantara, the new Indonesian capital, a Basilica dedicated to St. Francis Xavier Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - In the new Indonesian capital, "Nusantara", in Indonesian Borneo, a Catholic basilica dedicated to St. Francis Xavier will be built. This is what the "General Direction for the orientation of th ...
• 29 July 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops: “No to the petition to remove President Ruto from office; our name was included without consulting us” Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “We distance ourselves from the petition to remove the president, from office.” This is the response of the Bishops of Kenya, through the words of Msgr. Maurice Muhatia Makumba, Archbishop o ...
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  29 July 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - After years, the Diocese of Shanghai celebrates the patronal feast of St. Ignatius with its Bishop Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - In the footsteps of the Patron Saint Ignatius of Loyola, who exercised an authentic spirituality, you too exchange daily dialogues with the Lord through prayer and exercise charity: this is the ...
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  29 July 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Youth, culture and hope: Seoul prepares for WYD 2027 Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - There are still three years to go until World Youth Day in Seoul, but in South Korea preparations for the great event are already in full swing. The flags of 193 countries are currently flying ove ...
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  29 July 2024
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Father Avò's mission: to find people as Jesus found them, even in the most absurd situations Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "Without catechists, nothing can be done here," says Father Renzo Adorni, a missionary in Luanda in the parish of Bom Pastor. "In our parish we had many, about 400; and we also sent them to the n ...
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  27 July 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic Community celebrates World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly according to the Gospel and Confucian teachings Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the IV World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, which will be celebrated on Sunday 28 July 2024, with the theme chosen by the Holy Father, "In old age do not abandon me" (cf. Ps 71 ...
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  27 July 2024
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Among the huts of Bigene, the mission begins with the sign of the cross by Fabio Beretta Bigene (Agenzia Fides) - Bad roads, tropical temperatures, and among the woods small villages of huts surrounded by fields of rice, mango and cadjù. This is the corner of the world where a group of ...
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  26 July 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Typhoon Gaemi hits Southeast Asia: the Church of Manila rushes to help the displaced Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Typhoon Gaemi continues to hit Southeast Asia. The storm is heading towards Taiwan, leaving behind death and destruction in the Philippines. In this country, the fury of nature has hit especially ...