ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Tanjung Selor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father appointed the Rev. Fr. Paulinus Yan Olla, M.S.F., currently Rector of the Theological Studentate M.S.F. in Malang as Bishop of the diocese of Tanjung Selor (Indonesi ...
AFRICA - Congo and South Sudan: peace and hope against all appearances
Kara (Agenzia Fides) - The "Day of Fasting and Prayer for Peace in the Congo and South Sudan and in the world", announced by Pope Francis (see Fides 19/2/2018) was welcomed with gratitude by the Christians of South Sudan ...
22 February 2018
AMERICA - Christians pray for peace in Africa and also in Venezuela
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "We join Pope Francis’ appeal to believers all over the world, for a special prayer for peace in Congo and South Sudan, to be held on Friday 23 February": says Mgr. Aldo Giordano, Apostolic Nu ...
22 February 2018
AFRICA - Africa ready to pray for peace in the DRC and in South Sudan
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in all of Africa is mobilized to welcome the appeal launched on February 4 by Pope Francis to dedicate the second Friday of Lent, 2018, February 23, to a day of prayer and fasting for pe ...
AFRICA/TOGO - National political dialogue begins: Catholics pray for peace
Kolowarè (Agenzia Fides) - National political dialogue among the various political parties in Togo has begun in Lomé: the government and the coalition of the 14 opposition parties, which organized demonstrations almost ...