News

• 7 April 2014
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Resignation of the Bishop of Maroua - Mokolo and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 5, 2014 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Maroua - Mokolo, Cameroon, by His Exc. Mgr. Philippe Albert Joseph Stevens, of the S ...
• 7 April 2014
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Long Xuyen Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 5, 2014 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Joseph Trần Văn Toan, Director of the Pastoral Center as Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Long Xuyen, Vietnam, assigning him the titular ...
• 7 April 2014
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Presidential elections: the Bishops urge unity for peace, solidarity, justice and holiness San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - "The government that will be elected today will have to face a considerable task, therefore unity is required", said yesterday the Archbishop of San José, His Exc. Mgr. José Rafael Quirós Qu ...
• 7 April 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean League: debate on the statutes and internal organization has begun Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - It will be a secular international aggregation, will deal with the political and social problems that affect the Chaldean Christian communities around the world and will gather in particular "pr ...
• 7 April 2014
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - No contact with the kidnappers, Boko Haram could probably be behind the kidnapping Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - "Two Fidei Donum Italian priests and a Canadian nun have been kidnapped by gunmen in northern Cameroon, in the latest kidnapping incident targeting Christian clergy in the African country " say ...
• 7 April 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - CIMI delivers a document on the suffering of the indigenous peoples of the Amazon to the Pope Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI), the Bishop of the Prelature of Xingu (in the area of Para, Brazil), His Exc. Mgr. Erwin Kräutler, C.Pp.S., delivered a document t ...
• 7 April 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Legal battle after the death sentence of a Christian couple for blasphemous SMS Lahore ( Agenzia Fides) - New death sentences for blasphemy and new legal battles affect the Christian community in Pakistan: a Christian couple, he is disabled, she is a waitress, both illiterate, have been sentenced to ...
• 7 April 2014
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Missions and Catholic schools flooded and damaged, panic among the people Sidney (Agenzia Fides) - 19 people have died and 40 are missing due to the floods that hit the Solomon Islands and in particular the capital Honiara. One of the worst natural disasters ever to hit the archipelago of 550 ...
• 7 April 2014
  ASIA/TURKEY - Deputy Prime Minister assures: soon a regulation on the Foundations of minorities Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc assured that the new regulations of Foundations linked to religious minorities in Turkey will be ready within the current month of April. This was revea ...
• 7 April 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - A Jesuit Killed in Homs Damascus (Agenzia Fides ) - The Dutch Jesuit Fr. Frans van der Lugt, a religious who lived in the troubled city of Homs, was killed this morning. This was confirmed in a statement by Fr. Alex Basili, Provincial of the Je ...
• 4 April 2014
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - JRS Cambodia celebrates World Interfaith Harmony Week Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The different religious communities in Cambodia intend to work together for sustainable development that respects people and environment: is what was said during the recent "World Interfaith ...
• 4 April 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "He taught us that in order for the Gospel to be proclaimed it must be acculturated": Brazil and Spain in celebration for the canonization of "Father Anchieta" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - San José de Anchieta (1534-1597) was declared "Patron of the catechists" by the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB). This is the Bishops’ joyful message, expressed in the note se ...
• 4 April 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - A special prayer for the elections will be recited in all the Chaldean churches Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans Louis Sako Raphael I gave orders to spread a special prayer in all the Chaldean churches in Iraq which will be recited at the end of Sunday Masses in v ...
• 4 April 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Death sentence for the Christian Sawan Masih: politics is deaf but dissent is increasing Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The Christian Sawan Masih was sentenced to death on false charges of blasphemy. But what happened to those who were found guilty? This question is still unanswered. Religious minorities in Pakis ...
• 4 April 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - An army of women and children who collect garbage to earn a living Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - About 15 million people live and work all over the world collecting and recycling waste. Among these, the most vulnerable are women and children. However, this activity begins to be seen as a pos ...