News

• 23 May 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA-The Kenyan Episcopal Conference presents its new internet website Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Kenyan Episcopal Conference (KEC) inaugurated its new website with a ceremony presided over by His Eminence Cardinal John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi, at the "St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in ...
• 23 May 2011
  AMERICA/PERU '-Small missionaries sent to proclaim Jesus Huancayo (Agenzia Fides) - To celebrate the Day of Missionary Childhood in Huancayo, on Sunday, May 29 there will be a pilgrimage for children at Cerrito de la Libertad, three miles east of the city. This manifestation o ...
• 23 May 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA-Appointment of the Bishop of Queenstown Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 23, 2011 appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Queenstown (South Africa) Rev. do Dabula Anthony Mpako of the clergy of Pretoria, the pastor of St. Thomas Mo ...
• 23 May 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA-From Vietnamese refugee to auxiliary Bishop Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) – A Vietnamese refugee who arrived in Australia on a boat 20 years ago has been appointed the auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Melbourne. It is the story of Vincent Van Long Nguyen, who ...
• 23 May 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-A Bishop "always on the road" to give stimulus to mission among the tribal Purnea (Agenzia Fides) –Mgr. Angelus Kujur, SJ, Bishop of Purnea, diocese in North Bihar, in northeast India, bordering Nepal is a Bishop “on the road” always travelling. His untiring movement has only one reason: ...
• 21 May 2011
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE-The contribution of the mysterious Mani people in the construction of modern Sierra Leone Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The mysterious Mani people traveled the streets of West Africa since the beginning of the sixteenth century until almost the beginning of the seventeenth century. Almost unknown and even ignored b ...
• 21 May 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG-Commitment of the diocese to support the training of the lay abroad Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Fund for the Formation of the Laity of the Diocese of Hong Kong has allocated HK $ 600 000 for the training abroad of six lay people in 2011. According to reports from the Kong Ko Bao (th ...
• 21 May 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-North and south Sudan accuse each other due to new clashes in Abyei Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Tension in Abyei increases, the area rich in oil is disputed between north and south Sudan, after clashes that have opposed the troops of the two contenders, and have also involved the men of UNMI ...
• 21 May 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE-Inauguration of Ouattara; tonight interfaith prayer at the Basilica of Yamoussoukro Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a strong popular mobilization and every effort has been made so that there is a festive atmosphere, also thanks to the organization of events throughout the city, " says Fr. Aug ...
• 21 May 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA-No to violence: a network to improve the status and human rights of indigenous women Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - The indigenous women of the Indonesian Papua have suffered and continue to suffer all kinds of violence, rapes, torture, abuse, kidnapping by the Indonesian military forces committed in the r ...
• 21 May 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR-The "American Bishop" of Pyay "priority to evangelization" Pyay (Agenzia Fides) - "The priority for our Church is to evangelize. The motto I have chosen for my episcopal service, 'May they have life', clearly expresses this meaning and this need to communicate the love of Christ ...
• 21 May 2011
  VATICAN-Over 20 years of commitment of the Catholic health care institutions providing assistance to victims of AIDS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in remote areas and where the average income is very low, the only ones to provide antiretroviral therapies and to intervene on behalf of ...
• 21 May 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-The presence of the Church in the digital age: Forum sponsored by the Bishops Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Truth, Preaching and Authenticity of Life in the Digital Age" is the theme of the Forum to be held on June 1 at the Regina Apostolorum auditorium at the headquarters of the Episcopal Conference ...
• 21 May 2011
  AMERICA/URUGUAY-Message from CELAM: renewed commitment for the Continental Mission and the call for everyone to become missionary disciples Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - "Four years ago, the Word marked the route in Aparecida, when we chose to promote the task of becoming missionary Disciples in the service of life, and now we confirm our commitment for the C ...
• 21 May 2011
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO-Resignation of Bishop of Koudougou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 21, 2011 accepted the resignation from the ministry of the Diocese of Koudougou (Burkina Faso), presented by Archbishop Basile Tapsoba, in accordance wit ...