News

• 14 December 2024
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Mannar Vatican City - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Mannar, Sri Lanka, presented by Bishop Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando. The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Gn ...
• 14 December 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA - Three Indian Capuchins attacked Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Three Indian Franciscan Capuchins were brutally beaten by an angry crowd at a petrol station in Nkwanta, in the eastern Volta region of Ghana. The three religious are Father Robinson Melkis, Fath ...
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  14 December 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The "Silsilah" movement's commitment to peace, to prepare the ground for social and religious coexistence in Mindanao Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "Prayer is more powerful than war," says the Advent message of the "Silsilah" movement for Islamic-Christian dialogue, which this year celebrated the 40th anniversary of its foundation by Fath ...
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  13 December 2024
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Bishops on fake news: "Do not be misled" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - In a society where everything is interconnected and the flow of information and news is becoming ever faster and more extensive, fake news is the order of the day. It only takes a little for it ...
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  13 December 2024
  ASIA - Father Anh Nhue: “Ecclesia in Asia” even today it represents a "prophetic call" for the mission in the Asian continent Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - "A quick glance at the content of 'Ecclesia in Asia' clearly shows that its key themes are still relevant today, 25 years after its publication, and especially in this period of synodality and ...
• 13 December 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Call for peace in Manipur to prevent violence from spreading in northeastern India Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - In a silent sit-in recently held in Guwahati, capital of the state of Assam, citizens of different religions and ethnicities have asked the rulers for a greater commitment to peace, especially ...
• 13 December 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Episcopal Conference responds to the accusations of the Deputy Prime Minister Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We regret these news stories, which are full of allusions and attacks against the Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo," says a statement from the General Secretariat of the Bis ...
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  13 December 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Hiiboro-Kussala complains about violence against the church and innocent people which does not stop by Antonella Prenna Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "Attacks on sacred places are an attack against humanity and a violation of human dignity. A church, a mosque, a hospital, a school and an embassy are sacred place ...
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  12 December 2024
  VATICAN - Pope Francis on foreign debt: “Instrument of control” of governments and private financial institutions at the expense of the poorest countries by Fabio Beretta Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis lists three possible measures to overcome foreign debt, this "instrument of control" over poor countries, and thus reopen a "path of hope" towards peace, in ...
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  12 December 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Hangzhou on his experience at the World Synod: "Everyone was amazed by the news about the faith of Catholics in China" Hangzhou (Agenzia Fides) - "All this was truly a grace and a special gift from God: in the contacts and exchanges with the other participants in the Synod, we experienced the common path of the whole Church. Everyone was ...
• 12 December 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - War and drugs: Myanmar remains the world's leading opium producer Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Myanmar is once again the world leader among opium producing countries, a consequence of the economic crisis following the military coup of February 1, 2021. This is what the United Nations Offi ...
• 12 December 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - More than 87,000 displaced after volcanic eruption on the Island of Negros San Carlos City (Agenzia Fides) - More than 87,000 people in the central Philippines were forced to leave their homes following the eruption of Mount Kanlaon, located on the island of Negros, in the central Philippines. ...
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  12 December 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - Talking about Jesus and spreading His gospel: the first digital magazine in the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia released Awali (Agenzia Fides) - On 10th of December 2024, Avona celebrated the third anniversary of the dedication of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia (see Fides, 10/12/2021). On this occasion the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
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  12 December 2024
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Sign of the Risen Lord and home for all: 25 years since the reopening of the Catholic Cathedral in Moscow by Chiara Dommarco Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday evening, December 11, the Catholic Church in Moscow celebrated the 25th anniversary of the reopening of the current Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. "In ...
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  11 December 2024
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis: "Hope is the most beautiful gift that the Church can give to all of humanity" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Holy Spirit is the ever-gushing source of Christian hope ". And "if the Church is a boat, the Holy Spirit is the sail that propels it and lets it advance on the sea of history, today a ...