News

• 10 July 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - A couple of 80-year-old catechists prepare 26 catechumens for baptism in a remote village on the outskirts of Beijing Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to the efforts of the missionary priest, Father Zhang Tian Lu, and the faithful of the parish of Yong Ning, dedicated to the Sacred Heart, in the outlying district of Chang Ping in Beijin ...
• 10 July 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - From July 12 to 15 the third Missionary Congress, a national event Palmas (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Brazil is preparing for its third National Missionary Congress (3 CMN) which will take place from July 12 to 15 in Palmas (TO) and will count on the participation of over 600 people ...
• 10 July 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "The integrity of national territory is not negotiable," say the Bishops Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "No to the balkanization of Congo. No to the division of the Country," say the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in a message made public at the end of their Plenary Assembly held in ...
• 10 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Towards Reconciliation: more than 300 fighters ready to surrender in Homs Homs (Agenzia Fides) - More than 300 fighters in the various armed factions of the Syrian opposition in Homs have agreed to surrender, to come under the protection of the interfaith People's Committee "Mussalaha" and con ...
• 10 July 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Appeal of Bishops to the government and the guerrillas: "the conflict must cease!" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Colombian Episcopal Conference, His Exc. Mgr. Ruben Salazar Gomez, made an urgent appeal to the government and the guerrillas so that they open peace negotiations, according ...
• 10 July 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope visits the Ad gentes Center of the Missionaries of the Divine Word: "missionary dynamism lives only if there is the joy of the Gospel" Nemi (Agenzia Fides) - In the late morning of Monday, July 9, the Holy Father Benedict XVI visited the "Ad Gentes" Centre of the Missionaries of the Divine Word (Society of the Divine Word, SVD) in Nemi (Rome), from Cast ...
• 10 July 2012
  VATICAN - Statement of the Holy See on the Episcopal Ordinations in Harbin and Shanghai (Mainland China) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - With regard to the episcopal ordination of the Reverend Joseph Yue Fusheng, which took place in Harbin (Province of Heilongjiang) on Friday 6 July 2012, the following is stated: 1)The Reve ...
• 10 July 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram claims the massacre at the funeral of the victims of Barkin Ladi Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamist group Boko Haram claimed the killing of Sunday, July 8th in Jos, capital of central-eastern Nigerian state of Plateau, during the funerals of some of the 63 victims of the massacre of ...
• 10 July 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian killed in Sindh, hard life for minorities Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - A Christian worker, Shera Masih, 26, was killed by a Muslim businessman, in the city of Kot Ghulam Muhammad, near Hyderabad, in the province of Sindh. The man was killed in a brutal manner, fo ...
• 9 July 2012
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Because of the ethnic tensions, about 200 people, mostly children, are struggling with hunger San Pedro Carchá (Agenzia Fides) - In the area of the Parish "St. Joseph", entrusted to the Salesian missionaries of the municipality of San Pedro Carchá, there are about 120 villages of the ethnic Maya-Q'eqchi ', not ...
• 9 July 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Mgr.Hung hopes for a greater number of permanent deacons for the service of the Church Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. John Hung SVD, Archbishop of Tai Pei and President of the Regional Episcopal Conference of Taiwan, encouraged and hopes that the Church of Taiwan may have a greater number of per ...
• 9 July 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - The President of Peru announces the intervention of the Church to dialogue on the issue of Cajamarca Lima (Agenzia Fides) - After a week of heated protests against the Conga mining project, which caused five deaths in Cajamarca, the government of Peru has maintained a state of emergency in the region (see Fides 05/07/20 ...
• 9 July 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The problem is the clash between Fulani and Birom" says the Archbishop of Jos after recent massacres Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The massacre is brought about by the confrontation between farmers and herders. It is an old problem that has not been solved yet" says to Fides His. Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop o ...
• 9 July 2012
  VATICAN - Relaunch of the Mission ad Gentes and permanent formation: the recommendations of Cardinal Filoni to the Congolese Bishops Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The relaunch of the mission ad gentes and in-depth evangelization of culture and mentality; the integral and permanent formation of candidates to priesthood and consecrated life and lay faithfu ...
• 9 July 2012
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Penang and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on July 7, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Penang (Malaysia), by His Exc.Mgr. Anthony Selvanayagam in accordance wi ...