News

• 1 December 2015
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Roch Marc Christian Kaboré elected Head of State in the first round Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Roch Marc Christian Kaboré was elected President of Burkina Faso in the first round of the presidential elections which were held on November 29 (see Fides 30/11/2015). Kaboré obtained 53. ...
• 1 December 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Pope Francis' visit will leave a deep mark in the hearts of Central Africans" says a missionary Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "It was a very nice atmosphere, something we hadn’t experienced for years". This is the impression Pope Francis left thanks to his visit to the Central African Republic, on 29 and 30 November, ...
• 1 December 2015
  VATICAN - XIX Plenary - CEP 2015: young Churches and proclamation of the Gospel, between growth and instability Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The young Churches today encounter factors that weaken evangelization. This is what Cardinal Peter Turkson said today on the second day of the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the E ...
• 30 November 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni’s report: those who do not know Christ and the challenges for the Church increase Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Those who do not know Christ increase in number. Out of the 7 billion people who make up the world’s population, only 17.7%, or 1 billion 254 billion, are Catholic. Then again, the numbe ...
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  30 November 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - "When we are nourished by the Eucharist, we can nourish others": a program for the Jubilee Nagpur (Agenzia Fides) - "When we are nourished by the Eucharist we can nourish others" is the appeal launched by Abram Viruthakulangara, Archbishop of Nagpur, for the Jubilee Year of Mercy. As reported to Fides, in the ...
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  30 November 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal of jurists to repeal the blasphemy law Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - In Pakistan it is necessary to repeal the blasphemy law: this is what the "International Commission of Jurists" an organization consisting of more than 60 eminent jurists from around the world, w ...
• 30 November 2015
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Waiting for yesterday’s election results Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Burkina Faso is waiting for the results of the first round of presidential and legislative elections which took place yesterday, 29 November. The elections are the first since the former Pre ...
• 30 November 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishop of Bangassou:"Pope Francis managed to leave all Central Africans with a smile" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Seeing the Pope's smile at the time of his departure for Rome filled us with joy", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou commenting on the Holy Fathe ...
• 30 November 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - At least 30 dead in a new attack of jihadists of the ADF in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 30 people have died and several wounded: is the provisional toll of the clashes between the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the guerrillas of the group of Ugandan ...
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  30 November 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Inauguration of the "multipurpose room" of the Catholic parish in Gaza Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - A multipurpose room has been completed in the Catholic parish in Gaza, which now can be used as space equipped to meet the diverse needs of the local community. The room, equipped with a large stag ...
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  30 November 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: during Advent let us pray for the liberation of Mosul Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In all the Chaldean churches in the world, during Advent and during the daily celebrations, the faithful will pray to invoke the gift of liberation of Mosul and the entire Nineveh Plain, and ask ...
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  27 November 2015
  EUROPE/ITALY - The death of Don Luigi Mazzucato, for over half a century director of Cuamm Padua (Agenzia Fides) - "Sad, but with the serenity that comes from the fulfillment of a long life devoted to others, we announce the death of Don Luigi Mazzucato, director of Doctors with Africa-Cuamm 1955-2008". Th ...
• 27 November 2015
  VATICAN - Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples: missionary awareness and young Churches 50 years after the Ad Gentes Decree Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, November 30 at 9 am, the XIX Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (CEP) begins at the John Paul II Auditorium of the Pontifical Urbaniana Univ ...
• 27 November 2015
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of the Coadjutor Bishop of Bà Ria Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 27 November 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Emmanuel Nguyen Hong Son, Vicar general of the same diocese as Coadjutor Bishop of the diocese of Bà Ria (Vietnam). The new Coadjutor wa ...
• 27 November 2015
  AMERICA/CANADA - Appointment of the Bishop of Whitehorse Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 27 November 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Héctor Vila, Rector of the Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Toronto as Bishop of the Diocese of Whitehorse (Canada). The newly-elected Bish ...