News

• 
  7 December 2020
  VATICAN - Pope Francis will make an Apostolic Journey to Iraq on 5-8 March 2021 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis, accepting the invitation of the Republic of Iraq and of the local Catholic Church, will make an Apostolic Journey to the aforementioned Country on 5-8 March 2021. He will vis ...
• 
  7 December 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan claims the protection of the Holy Places of Jerusalem Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Jordanian government has also deplored the arson attack perpetrated on Friday 4 December in Jerusalem against the Basilica of the Agony, at the foot of the Mount of Olives. Ambassador Daif ...
• 
  7 December 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - SMA fathers celebrate their 125th anniversary Abidjan - (Agenzia Fides) - "On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the mission in this country today, I wish to thank God for the remarkable missionary zeal. Looking at the missionary works in this country and thin ...
• 
  5 December 2020
  EUROPE/ENGLAND - Charity, a means of evangelization in times of pandemic according to the National Director of Missio London (Agenzia Fides) - "Helping families in difficulty, supporting the poor, bringing a word of comfort to the sick and dying, assisting them in times of suffering or need: this is the marvelous principle of giving acc ...
• 
  5 December 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Meeting of communion and sharing in digital form of the Pontifical Mission Societies in America and the Caribbean Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in America and the Caribbean was also held in virtual form due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but nevertheless it allowed direct contact betwe ...
• 
  5 December 2020
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The drama of gender-based violence in refugee camps during the Covid-19 pandemic Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "Looking at the situation in South Sudan, where conflicts and violence are the order of the day, there is no doubt that the refugees who fled their country and live in the camps are traumatized ...
• 
  4 December 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - "Christmas is sharing": Caritas campaign for communities suffering the consequences of the pandemic Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Social Pastoral and Human Dignity (Cáritas-Lima) of the Archbishopric of Lima, together with the RPP group, are promoting the "Christmas is sharing" campaign, which intends to collect food to ...
• 
  4 December 2020
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Bishops: "May the vote be free and transparent" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "While we reaffirm our confidence in the Electoral Commission to work to guarantee transparent elections, we urge you not to be negligent in carrying out this constitutional duty", say the Bishops ...
• 
  4 December 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Bishops: "Our dreams for Ecuador and for the pilgrim Church in these lands" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Ecuador express their "dreams" for the country and for the Church in the 2020-2024 Pastoral Guidelines. "Dreams in the Sacred Scripture represent the passage of God in the lives of ...
• 
  4 December 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Regional elections: the Bishops urge to vote wisely and to pay attention to pluralism and the common good Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Today a Catholic citizen should exercise his political right paying attention to these three considerations: vote correctly, intelligently and wisely and to elect good and just candidates, acco ...
• 
  4 December 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Humanitarian agencies mobilized to help the populations of Tigray Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - As the government of Addis Ababa announces the victory against the rebel forces of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the concerns of humanitarian agencies for the one million disp ...
• 
  4 December 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros II in a television interview: I suffer when I see the Church treated with neglect Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "I never wanted to become Patriarch" and "I suffer when I see that the Church is not valued and taken for granted". This was revealed by Pope Tawadros II, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria, ...
• 
  4 December 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Love for the Word of God in the midst of the pandemic: key to evangelization Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The main path of evangelization for Christians in Asia, in the time marked by the pandemic, is "to promote love for the Word of God": this is what was stated in the "Word Conference 2020" organiz ...
• 
  3 December 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Ecumenical Message of the Bishops: God walks with us in the midst of the pandemic and in times of suffering Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians are called to remain steadfast in the faith in the midst of all the struggles and difficulties of life, since God brings light in the darkness and gives hope in the midst of despair" ...
• 
  3 December 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Bangladeshi Christians ask for the release of Jesuit Fr. Stan Swamy in India Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Bangladesh unite with the baptized in India to demand from the Indian government the immediate release of Father Stan Lourduswamy SJ, arrested in India for alleged complicity with Ma ...