ASIA/MONGOLIA - Missionary Cooperation: Korea-Mongolia agreement
Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar and the Korean Archdiocese in Seoul have signed an agreement to improve missionary cooperation and promote the development of the Church in Mongolia. ...
EUROPE/SPAIN - The plight of albinos at risk for false popular beliefs
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - On June 13, we celebrate International Albinism Awareness Day and the European Day of Skin Cancer Prevention. The phenomenon of albinism penalizes and affect the daily lives of so many people. In ...
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Interfaith prayer for Prime Minister Sharif's health
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Religious leaders met in Lahore to pray "for the recovery and long life" of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, 66, who in recent days underwent a delicate heart surgery in London . The ...
6 June 2016
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The young are "apostles of modern times"
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Young Catholics in Pakistan are "apostles of modern times": said Fr. Saleh Diego, Vicar general of the Archdiocese of Karachi, who recently took part in a meeting of the "Jesus Youth Pakistan" ( ...
6 June 2016
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Birth of a new National Center for Evangelization
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The Australian Bishops have set up a new "National Center for Evangelization". As Fides learns by the Communications Office of the Bishops Conference, the announcement was given on June 2 by the ...