News

• 
  28 May 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Fr. Maccalli and his mission together with migrants: “The human person first because we are all brothers” Modica (Agenzia Fides) - "To be there is to be in the middle of the ford of a challenge that challenges us in humanity first and foremost. And to those who shout out loud against migrants without knowing their stories, t ...
• 
  28 May 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - The Missionaries of Charity: "to live like the poor among the poorest, to bear witness with them to God's love" Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - "Our whole existence revolves around the love for Jesus towards the poor, because our foundress, Mother Teresa, taught us that Jesus is in them. This is the principle that guides all of our exi ...
• 
  28 May 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Long-term sustainable solutions are urgently needed: World Hunger Day Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "To avert the imminent risk of an unprecedented global food crisis, there is an urgent need for long-term sustainable solutions and political will and determination, addressing the roots of our unj ...
• 
  28 May 2022
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Buddhist leaders honor the Bishop for his contribution to society Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, French Bishop of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, was honored by Buddhist leaders in Cambodia for his precious contribution to society. The Apostolic Vicar ...
• 
  28 May 2022
  ASIA/OMAN - Orthodox Patriarch Yohanna X inaugurates the church dedicated to Saint Arethas martyr Muscat Agenzia Fides) - Yohanna X Yazigi, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, celebrated the first divine liturgy on Friday, May 27 in the new church dedicated to the Holy Martyr Arethas (in Arabic Al-Harith bin Ka'b Al ...
• 
  27 May 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church to young people: energy, talent and dynamism at the service of the Kingdom of God Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Living youth to the full, putting energy, talent and dynamism at the service of the Kingdom of God: this is the spirit that pervaded the third National Youth Conference, organized by "Young Ca ...
• 
  27 May 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Joining forces in Christ": Catholics of the diocese of Goma prepare to welcome the Pope Goma (Agenzia Fides) - "We must commit ourselves to be merciful and not dwell on the shortcomings we have observed, but to be motivated by the desire to overcome them in order to prepare for the meeting with the Successo ...
• 
  27 May 2022
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - The Catholic community will pray the Rosary for peace with the Pope Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - “I invite all the faithful to pray together, here in the Cathedral, the Rosary in communion with Pope Francis, at the end of the month of May on Tuesday, May 31, which as we know, is dedicated ...
• 
  27 May 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Making short videos for missionary animation: a course for communicators Verona (Agenzia Fides) - A multimedia training Course will be held in Verona on 17 and 18 June 2022 aimed at communicators, missionary pastoral workers and teams of Diocesan Missionary Centers or missionary institutes, t ...
• 
  27 May 2022
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Education as the key to proclaiming the Gospel in Ethiopia Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "We believe, as Catholic Church, that education is the key to transforming society, in the process of proposing the proclamation of the Gospel". This is what was expressed by Ethiopian Cardinal B ...
• 27 May 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - More than 50 killed in the east by a jihadist assault Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - More than 50 people have been killed near Madjoari, a village in eastern Burkina Faso. The massacre took place on May 25, but it was not known until yesterday, May 26. Madjoari village is ...
• 
  27 May 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - In Jerusalem, the liturgical feast of the Ascension of Christ is also celebrated in a mosque Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - It only happens in Jerusalem: it is there that one day a year, on the top of the Mount of Olives, Eucharistic liturgies are celebrated in the Roman rite even in a mosque. It happens on Thursda ...
• 
  25 May 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - Meeting of Bishops and pastoral workers of human mobility on the border of Bolivia, Peru and Chile San Marcos de Arica (Agenzia Fides) - In the premises of the Emmaus Retreat House in the diocese of San Marcos de Arica, the VIII International Meeting of Pastoral Care of Human Mobility will be held from 23 to 26 May wi ...
• 
  25 May 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Appeal from the Catholic laity: Stop hatred and violence against Christians New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Act promptly to stop the targeted hatred and violence against religious minorities, especially Christians and Muslims in India: this is what the "All India Catholic Union" (AICU) asks of the P ...
• 25 May 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Two priests kidnapped in the diocese led by Msgr. Kukah, subject to heavy threats Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Two priests have been kidnapped in northern Nigeria. This is reported by Fr. Christopher Omotosho, Director of Social Communications of the Diocese of Sokoto in a statement: "At midnight today, M ...