ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of the Bishop of Incheon
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 10 November 2016, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. John Baptist Jung Shin-chul, titular Bishop of Cuicul and Auxiliary of the same diocese, as Bishop of Incheon (Korea). (SL) (Age ...
10 November 2016
AFRICA/EGYPT - 37 publishing houses participate in the "Coptic Book Fair"
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - There are 37 publishing houses involved these days in "Coptic Book Fair", underway until November 22 at the exhibition hall in St Mark's Cathedral in Cairo. The inauguration, which took place on T ...
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Justice for the Christian couple burned alive for blasphemy
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Two years after the terrible murder of the Christian couple Shama and Shahzad, burned alive for alleged blasphemy on November 4, 2014 in Kot Radha Kishan, in Kasur district, the fight for justice ...
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Shendam
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On November 5, 2016, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Philip Davou Dung, Priest, Member of the College of Consultors and Treasurer of the Archdiocese of Jos as Bishop of the Diocese of Shen ...
AMERICA/CANADA - Assisted suicide could also kill Catholic healthcare
Vancouver (Agenzia Fides) - There is growing tension in health care centers in the region of Ontario, only months after the Canadian Parliament approved legal assisted suicide, Catholic hospitals, palliative care centers ...