News

• 2 June 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Yei consoles missionary priests and sisters to remain strong in their faith after the painful death of Sister Veronika Rackova Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Remain strong in your faith" said Mgr. Erkolano Lodu Tombe, Bishop of Yei, during a ceremony in memory of Sister Teresia Veronika Rackova, the missionary of the Congregation of Sisters Servants of ...
• 
  1 June 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Bishops of Patagonia concerned about the vast increases in gas and electricity Neuquén (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Patagonia-Comahue region who are "deeply concerned about the consequences of the vast increases of essential services such as gas and electricity" which affects mostly the po ...
• 
  1 June 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Slaves of modern times: 10 million more in the world compared to 2015 Minderoo (Agenzia Fides) - About 46 million people, including millions of children, are currently living in conditions of modern slavery. This is what was highlighted in a study released by the Australian Foundation Walk ...
• 
  1 June 2016
  EUROPE/GREECE - Refugee women and children's rights: a meeting of the Conference of European Churches Thessaloniki (Agenzia Fides) - Women and children figure prominently as refugees in mass movements of people in recent months and their rights will be at the forefront of a meeting organized in Greece by the Conference o ...
• 
  1 June 2016
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - The Church prepares for the ordination of the first native priest Ulaan Baatar (Agenzia Fides) - "We will soon have the first native priest of Mongolia: Joseph Enkh, who will be ordained a priest in Ulaan Baatar on 28 August 2016 by His Exc. Mgr. Wenceslao Padilla, Apostolic Prefect of ...
• 
  1 June 2016
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Bishops denounce: "Politicians do not keep their promises to end violence" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Bishops of Zambia are disappointed with politicians who have continued to perpetuate political clashes despite committing themselves to end political violence at the meeting that wa ...
• 
  1 June 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Leaders of the Pan Amazon at the School of Human Rights Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The creation of a school for the promotion, protection and enforceability of human rights in Amazonia, including the rights of Amazon populations to life, health, enjoyment of their own land and ...
• 
  1 June 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Shahbaz Bhatti, a crime still unpunished Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "After five years, the killers of Catholic minister Shahbaz Bhatti have not been brought to justice. In 2011, Bhatti, a well-known defender of human rights in Pakistan, was brutally murdered by t ...
• 1 June 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A priest denounces the fact of having received death threats Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Egide Safari, treasurer of the parish of Mambasa, in the Eastern Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has denounced the fact of having received death threats with leaflets left i ...
• 
  31 May 2016
  VATICAN - “Re-awakening missionary awareness today ”: Cardinal Filoni addresses PMS Annual General Assembly Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “The Holy Spirit and the signs of the times of the same Spirit, urge us to go beyond ecclesial distinction and separation, today out-dated, between mission lands and traditionally Christian co ...
• 
  31 May 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “Take part in the elections”, Bishop of Veracruz urges Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Luis Felipe Gallardo Martin del Camtare of the diocese of Veracruz, has urged the people to show responsibility and take part in elections set for June 5: "The message from the diocese ...
• 
  31 May 2016
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Moïse Katumbi now in South Africa still an adversary for President Kabila Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “If President Joseph Kabila wanted to rid himself of Moïse Katumbi he has succeeded, at least temporarily. Far from Congo, Katumbi, in a sort of exile, is politically out of the game ” F ...
• 31 May 2016
  ASIA/KOREA - Auxiliary Bishop of Daegu appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis, on 31 May 2016, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Daegu (Korea) Reverend John Bosco Chang Shin-Ho, assigning him the titular see of Vescera ...
• 
  31 May 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “Continual bombing in Nuba Mountains area, a Catholic school damaged” Bishop Gassis reports Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - “The diocese denounces continual indiscriminate aerial bombing which kills and maims and instils a culture of fear and death among the people” says Bishop Macram Max Gassis, Emeritus bishop ...
• 
  31 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “In Catatumbo people are simply content to survive”, ”: testimony by Bishop Sánchez Cubillos Tibu (Agenzia Fides) – “Speaking about this part of our country for most people means speaking about an independent republic in a strategic position which has now become a headquarters for numerous outlawed groups ...