News

• 4 July 2012
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Erection of the Diocese of Batticaloa and appointment of the first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on July 3, 2012 erected the new Diocese of Batticaloa, in Sri Lanka, with territory taken from the Diocese of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, making it a suffragan of t ...
• 4 July 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - No to the closure of "bi-national markets," a source of livelihood for thousands of families Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic has expressed a negative opinion on the closure of "bi-national markets" that are held every week at different points along the border with Haiti, ...
• 4 July 2012
  VATICAN - Men and women religious, be "witnesses and role models to re-build a new society": the exhortation of Cardinal Filoni Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Continuing his pastoral visit in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (see Fides 30/06/2012), Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, met yester ...
• 4 July 2012
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Independence of Burundi is a treasure to be made fruitful: the message of the Bishops for 50 years of independence Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "National independence is a gift of God and it is up to us to bear fruit." This is the meaning of the message of the Bishops of Burundi read in all churches on Sunday 1 July, for the 50th anni ...
• 4 July 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - "We try to increase collaboration with Muslims," said the coadjutor Bishop of Garissa after the attacks on churches Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is calm. Both Christians and Muslims have condemned the attacks. They all say that there is no religious war but that the attacks on two churches are probably a reaction to the pr ...
• 4 July 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Young Catholics take the gospel door to door, especially to the most disadvantaged areas Quito (Agenzia Fides) - In order to evangelize and to serve the most vulnerable communities in Ecuador, "Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja " (UTPL) and the Youth Idente, which includes Catholic university students f ...
• 4 July 2012
  EUROPE/ITALY - The new Superior General of the Divine Word Missionaries (SVD) was elected Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The 17th General Chapter of the Society of Divine Word (SVD), taking place in Nemi (Rome), yesterday elected Fr. Heinz Kulüke as new Superior General of the SVD. Since 2005 he was Superior of the ...
• 4 July 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - "Stop the violence and encourage dialogue": Mgr. Bambaren’s appeal after 3 deaths yesterday in Celendin Cajamarca (Agenzia Fides) - The former President of the Episcopal Conference of Peru and Bishop Emeritus of Chimbote, His Exc. Mgr. Luis Bambaren, has denounced the violence that erupted in the province of Celendín in t ...
• 3 July 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Democracy, the privileged path to achieve peace, justice and development": the Bishops on the elections Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican Episcopal Conference (CEM) congratulated the Mexican people for their actions during the elections last Sunday, July 1st, and asks the new government of Enrique Peña Nieto to sa ...
• 3 July 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Multiculturalism and challenges for the Mission", in view of the Year of Faith Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - On days 7, 8 and 9 July, the Centre of Missiology for the Southern Cone, "John Paul II" of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) will hold a refresher course on "Multiculturalism, seculari ...
• 3 July 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the Bishops of Congo: Priority to integral formation and permanent formation of lay people and candidates to priesthood or religious life Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Situated in the heart of Africa, the Church of the Congo is among the oldest in the sub-Saharan region, with its many fruits known and admired by all, in particular holiness." With these words ...
• 3 July 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - "It is not a religious war, but we are troubled by the attacks against churches," write the Bishops of Kenya Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are greatly concerned by the deadly attacks on innocent Kenyans at the Africa Inland Church and the Catholic Cathedral of Garissa," write the Bishops of Kenya, in a statement sent to Fides A ...
• 3 July 2012
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The gold rush and its social consequences Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Gold fever pervades the young people of Burkina Faso in search of an alternative source of livelihood to agriculture, in crisis because of drought. The "yellow" gold has now replaced the "wh ...
• 3 July 2012
  AMERICA/CANADA - Missionary animation in the context of the new evangelization Montreal (Agenzia Fides) - "Heirs, heirs of God's Word .. let's give a drink to our brothers and sisters" is the theme of World Mission Day 2012 for the French-speaking Canada that led the meeting of the National Council ...
• 3 July 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Visakhapatnam and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on July 3, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam (India), by His Exc. Mgr. Mariadas Kagithapu, M.S.F.S. ...