News

• 
  10 November 2024
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - The Pope: may Jesus help us to do good without “ostentation” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - With the help of Jesus and the Virgin Mary, we must learn to fight the temptation of hypocrisy in ourselves and “to do good, simply and without ostentation”. This is what Pope Francis s ...
• 
  9 November 2024
  VATICAN - Ecumenism and Saints: Pope Francis embraces Assyrian Patriarch Mar Awa and announces the inscription of Saint Isaac of Nineveh in the Roman Martyrology Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - An embrace under the eyes of the Risen Christ painted by Perugino and the announcement of the inscription in the Roman Martyrology of one of the most venerated Fathers of the Syro-oriental ...
• 
  9 November 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A partnership between the Korean and French communities for the beatification of missionary Bishop Bruguière Carcassonne (Agenzia Fides) - The Korean and French Catholic communities have joined forces for the beatification of Bishop Barthelemy Bruguière (1792-1835), member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society (MEP) and first ...
• 9 November 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Nellore Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Anthony Das Pilli, until now professor of dogmatic theology and formator at Saint John’s Regional Seminary in Hyderabad. Msgr. Anthony Das Pill ...
• 9 November 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Vellore, Ambrose Pitchaimuthu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Ambrose Pitchaimuthu, of the clergy of Chingleput, until now national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in India, as bishop of the dioc ...
• 9 November 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Bagdogra, India Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Paul Simick as bishop of the diocese of Bagdogra, India, transferring him from the apostolic vicariate of Nepal and the titular see of Maturba. Bishop ...
• 9 November 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Vasai, Thomas D'Souza Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Thomas D’Souza, of the clergy of Vasai, India, until now parish priest of Holy Spirit in Nandakhal, as bishop of the same diocese of Vasai. Msg ...
• 
  8 November 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Protests continue: border crossing with South Africa closed Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "I have the feeling that there is a revolutionary climate that shows that we are on the eve of an unparalleled historical transition," says Mozambican opposition leader Venancio Mondlane about th ...
• 
  8 November 2024
  VATICAN - Patriarch Mar Awa III in Rome to celebrate 30 years of the Christological Declaration between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Thirty years ago, John Paul II, Bishop of Rome and Pope of the Catholic Church, and His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, signed the common ...
• 
  8 November 2024
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - On the VIII World Day of the Poor: charity "does not confer dignity" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "In our beloved Archdiocese of Buenos Aires we want to dedicate the month of November to a careful reflection on how we treat the poor, how we accompany them, the challenges we face and to ...
• 
  8 November 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Zhan Silu on his participation in the Synod of Bishops: “The Pope was very benevolent towards us”
  Mindong (Agenzia Fides) - The Pope "wanted us two bishops to go to his private chapel to concelebrate. Halfway through the Mass, he asked me to read the Gospel of the day in Chinese" ...
• 
  8 November 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Another step towards the beatification of Akash Bashir: "spiritual miracles of conversion" are taking place Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in Pakistan is delighted that the Vatican Dicastery for the Causes of Saints has confirmed the validity of the diocesan investigation for the beatification and canonization ...
• 7 November 2024
  VATICAN - Appointment of Head of Office of the Dicastery for Evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Sergio Bertocchi, of the clergy of the Diocese of Bergamo, as Head of the Office of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for First Evangelization a ...
• 
  7 November 2024
  VATICAN - Appointment of the Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 7, 2024, the Holy Father, appointed as Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, in the Section for First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches, the Rev. Msgr ...
• 
  7 November 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Rector of the minor Seminary is free: he had offered himself as a hostage in exchange for two students Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Father Thomas Oyode, the rector of the minor seminary in Agenegabode in the Etsako East district of Edo State in southern Nigeria, who was kidnapped on Sunday 27 October, is free. After eleven day ...