AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Vicar apostolic of Hosanna resigns, successor appointed
Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Francis, on 8 April 2017, accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the Apostolic Vicariate of Hosanna (Ethiopia), presented by Bishop Woldeghiorghis ...
10 April 2017
ASIA/VIETNAM - Bishop Coadjutor of Dà Lat appointed
Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Francis on 8 April 2017, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the diocese of Dà Lat (Viêt Nam) Rev. Dominic Nguyen Van Manh, Judicial Vicar of the same diocese.
Rev. ...
10 April 2017
AFRICA/NIGERIA - New Bishop of Ogoja appointed
Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Francis, on 9 April 2017, appointed
Bishop of the diocese of Ogoja, in Nigeria, Rev. Donatus Edet Akpan of the clergy of Ikot Ekpene, presently parish priest in th ...
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Tea farmers favour sustainable land management
Ratnapura (Agenzia Fides) – The tea industry in Sri Lanka, started 150 years ago, continues to be the main engine of the Island’s economy, employing two and half million of its 22 million people. According to the Of ...
10 April 2017
ASIA/INDIA - In a church in Uttar Pradesh Hindu extremists stop prayers
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - “The interruption of prayers in a church is a despicable act which cannot go unpunished ”: Fides was told by Catholic John Dayal, Human Rights activist and secretary general of the All ...