News

• 24 April 2014
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Appointment of the Rector of the "Holy Cross" interdiocesan Seminary in Auckland Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 24, 2014 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Brendan Peter Ward, of the clergy of the Diocese of Dunedin as Re ...
• 24 April 2014
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "Emmaus Spirituality Centre" interdiocesan preparatory Seminary in Lusaka Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 10, 2014 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Fr. Shoba Nyanbe, of the Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice ...
• 24 April 2014
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Pilgrimage on foot for the 80th anniversary of evangelization in the highlands of Papua Mount Hagen (Agenzia Fides) - A 15-day pilgrimage to thank God for the arrival of the Good News in the central highlands of Papua New Guinea: this is how the Archdiocese of Mount Hagen recalled the arrival of the first m ...
• 24 April 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The rebels wanted to kill me", says the Bishop of Bossangoa kidnapped by the rebels, who murdered a priest in his diocese Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "A great misfortune, that led me to the east area of my diocese": this is how His Exc. Mgr. Nestor Désiré Nongo-Aziagbia, Bishop of Bossangoa (in the north of the Central African Republic) desc ...
• 24 April 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Director of Caritas Jerusalem: the people celebrate the reconciliation among Palestinian political forces Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - "The people here are all happy, and the Palestinians of Gaza are even happier than us". This is how the Catholic Palestinian priest Raed Abusahlia, General Director of Caritas Jerusalem describ ...
• 24 April 2014
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND – One child out of 5 does not receive life-saving vaccinations Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - Every year, one child out of five does not receive life-saving vaccinations and the need for vaccines to be kept constantly in cold temperature is a serious barrier to the improvement of the cove ...
• 24 April 2014
  EUROPE/ITALY - Four young people at the service of the last will talk about their experience on the web Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The selection of 4 young volunteers who wish to live and talk about an experience at the service of the last, the forgotten in India, Kenya, Mozambique and the Philippines will begin on April 30. ...
• 16 April 2014
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Resignation of the Bishop of Kasese and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 15, 2014, the Holy Father, accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Kasese (Uganda ), by His Exc. Mgr. Egidio Nkaijanabwo, in accordance with can. 401 § 1 ...
• 16 April 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Abeokuta Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 15, 2014 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Mgr. Peter Kayode Odetoyinbo, Parish priest and Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Ibadan as Bishop of the Diocese of Abeokuta (Nigeria). ...
• 16 April 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "The situation of the country does not depend only on a political issue", said Mgr. Parra Sandoval Ciudad Guayana (Agenzia Fides ) - "For me, the situation of the country does not depend only on a political issue, but on other elements that have deep roots in society. Family, for example, is more and more disintegrate ...
• 16 April 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - Small producers of pineapple take a step forward in the domestic market, with the support of Caritas Satipo (Agenzia Fides) - With the support of Caritas Peru, the small pineapple producers of Satipo, in the Peruvian jungle, were able to take a step forward in the domestic and international market. We are talking about ...
• 16 April 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal to the Italian government to ask for "the repeal of the blasphemy law in Pakistan" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to the Italian government comes from the Federation of Pakistani Associations in Italy: Adan Farhaj Bakhsh, president of the Federation, in a message sent to Fides, calls on the Italian g ...
• 16 April 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako's Easter Message, with a thought to the elections Baghdad (Agenzia Fides ) - "I hope that the Easter celebrations, Easter of Resurrection and new life, put an end to the suffering of our people". This is the hope expressed in the Easter message issued by the Patriarch o ...
• 16 April 2014
  ASIA/NEPAL - Great joy for 60 newly baptized during the Easter Vigil Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - "We are preparing ourselves to live an atmosphere of great joy to celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord. For our small Catholic community this is the biggest feast, and this year about 60 peo ...
• 16 April 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Ensure a safe country for us and future generations with respect for human rights", asks Cardinal Njue Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Combining the needs of security with respect for human rights, without discrimination of religion , tribe or ethnicity. This is what the main Christian denominations in Kenya have asked on behal ...