AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of the Bishop of Farafangana
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 3, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Gaetano Di Pierro, S.C.I., Bishop of the Diocese of Farafangana (Madagascar), transferring him from the Diocese of Moramanga. (SL) (Agenz ...
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Mysterious death of a religious
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The circumstances of the death of Fr. Florent Mbulanthie Tulantshiedi, of the Joséphistes Congregation, who worked in the parish of Christ the Savior of Ilebo, are still unclear. His body was ...
5 March 2018
ASIA/PAKISTAN - A new History of the Catholic Church translated into Urdu
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The edition of the "New Short History of the Catholic Church, 2011", written by English Jesuit, Fr. Norman Tanner SJ, has been completed and published in Urdu.
The text, already translated i ...
AMERICA - Hispanic American Day: "The mission is in both directions"
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "On this day we pray for the missionaries but also for many of our Latin American brothers and sisters who have come to live among us, enriching our society with their cultural traditions and the ...
ASIA/INDIA - New violence and harassment against Christians in Orissa
Cuttack (Agenzia Fides) - New violence and atrocious harassment are recorded against Indian Christians in Orissa, a state of central-eastern India. As Agenzia Fides learns, in the village of Tangaguda, which is located i ...