News
9 April 2019
ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - The Catholic community prepares to live Holy Week
Ashgabat (Agenzia Fides) - “We are working on a programme for all the events of Holy Week in view of Holy Easter. Easter for us, a small flock of Catholics in this land, is an opportunity to bear witness to our faith. ...
8 April 2019
AMERICA/CHILE - From the youth of Santiago the impulse to promote the missionary experience
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a great missionary project, with which we try to reach all the young people of the parishes who want to share a missionary experience. We know that mission changes life, the perspective ...
8 April 2019
ASIA - The President of Caritas Asia: "Reviewing the lifestyle for the care of Creation and humanity"
Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - "The peoples of Asia are called to review their lifestyle by following criteria of respect and care for creation": says to Agenzia Fides, Benedetto Alo D'Rozario, new president of Caritas Asia, wh ...
8 April 2019
AFRICA/SUDAN - Tension in Khartoum where the military protect demonstrators who demand the resignation of the President
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Very tense situation in Khartoum, where for weeks demonstrations have followed to demand the resignation of President Omer Hassan al-Bashir, in power for 30 years. Thousands of protesters gathe ...
8 April 2019
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Protecting the rights of religious minorities: a challenge for the future
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Religious minorities must not marginalize themselves, but be an integral part of it: thus they will be able to see their fundamental rights protected": says to Agenzia Fides Kashif Anthony, coo ...
8 April 2019
AFRICA/RWANDA - Mission is “the authentic encounter with Jesus Christ ”: 25 years after the genocide
Kigali (Agenzia Fides) – “Unless the Gospel touches the heart it fails to bring about in-depth change in the person, it is simply superficial and understood only in material terms of prosperity and miracles, a nation ...
5 April 2019
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Cardinal Tobin's statement on the proposed funding cutoff for the Northern Triangle
Newark (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with a profound sense of sadness that I have read about the proposed cutoff of humanitarian aid to the Northern Triangle countries of Central America. I continue to be amazed that some sti ...
5 April 2019
ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Here I am, send me": theme for "The Year of Youth"
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Year of Youth in Pakistan will be a time to nourish our future, to take care of young people, to listen to them and to accompany them on their journey of faith and to grow in holiness": as ...
5 April 2019
ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops deplore the US recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan
Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Maronite Church have deplored in clear terms the decision of US President Donald Trump to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan. The position was expressed by ...
5 April 2019
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Ciclone Idai: special collection of the Catholic Church in Zambia for the victims
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "May the words of the Gospel remain our inspiration: "For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed ...
5 April 2019
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Catholics involved in the politics of five countries confront the Bishops
Marianela (Agenzia Fides) - There will be about 80 participants in the meeting of Catholics with political responsibilities at the service of the peoples of the Latin American Cono Sur, which will be held from 10 to 12 A ...
5 April 2019
AFRICA - The light of the Gospel to rebuild a reconciled Africa
Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "Too much blood, too many deaths in our streets, too many tears and cries fill our rivers, too many dramas in the heart of the history of the African continent": this is the comment that Father Don ...
4 April 2019
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Catholic women kidnapped by human traffickers: alarm of the Church
Natore (Agenzia Fides) – There is concern in the Catholic community in Bangladesh due to the abduction of a young woman, Teresa Sheuly Rozario, 19, who has ended up in the hands of human traffickers. As Agenzia Fides l ...
4 April 2019
AMERICA/ECUADOR - CELAM meeting of indigenous pastoral workers
Latacunga (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of indigenous pastoral workers, organized by the CELAM Department of Culture and Education, is taking place in Latacunga, Ecuador, from 1 to 6 April, through its executive secretar ...
4 April 2019
ASIA/INDONESIA - Upcoming elections: "Catholics in politics to build the common good"
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Our position is clear: as Indonesian citizens, Catholics participate in politics in a broad sense. We hope that a legal and transparent process is respected in the electoral campaign and during ...
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