News

• 23 July 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - Summer camp: a favorable opportunity to promote faith among boys and girls Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - With the arrival of the school holidays, the Catholic communities of mainland China are involved in the organization of summer camps, which are now a traditional annual event to promote t ...
• 23 July 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Church participates in the national disarmament plan Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church, through the President of the Episcopal Conference, His Exc. Mgr. Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez, Archbishop of Cumana, has confirmed his support for the disarmament plan of t ...
• 23 July 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Greater protection concerning the human rights of immigrants is needed Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - To protect and promote the human rights of immigrants through the assistance and management of their main problems is the goal of the National Commission of Human Rights Program (CNDH). The ...
• 23 July 2013
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The Bishops: "Burkina Faso needs justice, reconciliation and peace" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "Burkina Faso needs justice, reconciliation and peace. The protagonists of the current social tensions (majority and opposition political parties, movements and associations, civil society) ...
• 23 July 2013
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Church deplores the agreement between Australia and Papua New Guinea on refugees Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Papua New Guinea expressed great sadness and strongly criticizes the recent agreement between Australia and Papua New Guinea on the treatment and resettlement of refugees and ...
• 22 July 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - A 3-year-old girl raped and murdered: the Archbishop of Calcutta calls for mobilization Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - A three year old girl was raped and murdered in the area of Hastings, in Calcutta. As learned by Fides, the body of the child, belonging to one of the many "homeless" families who live on the s ...
• 22 July 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Humanitarian emergency in Kalma refugee camp in South Darfur Nyala (Agenzia Fides) - Torrential rains continue to inflict serious damage in the southern part of Darfur. A hundred homes in the Kalma refugee camp, near the city of Nyala, have been completely destroyed. As reported b ...
• 22 July 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Centre of Excellence for the recovery of street children Makati City (Agenzia Fides) - A program of assistance, protection and training with regards to the fundamental values of life in favor of street children continues to increase. We are talking about Tuloy Foundation prese ...
• 22 July 2013
  AFRICA - Mineral Resources and the Common Good: a blog on the subject Lubumbashi (Agenzia Fides) - There are many African countries ranked among the world's poorest. Still, they are Countries rich in natural resources. The Seminar held by JascNet (the Network of African Jesuit Social Centr ...
• 22 July 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - WYD: Success of Missionary Week and in particular the meetings on peace Petropolis (Agenzia Fides) - There were about 1,800 young people from El Salvador, Guatemala, the Philippines, Venezuela and Colombia who reached the parish of Guapimirim in the Diocese of Petrópolis, in the state of Ri ...
• 22 July 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO – Stop with extortion and threats to priests and parishes: complaint of the Bishop of Cuernavaca Morelos (Agenzia Fides) - A priest was the victim of extortion, death threats and the subject of an attempted murder: an incident that has caused deep concern for His Exc. Mgr. Ramon Castro Castro, Bishop of Cuernavaca, ...
• 22 July 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The industrial area of Kaeseong, bordering the North re-opens: Mass of the Archbishop of Seoul Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – To pray for reconciliation and to start up economic cooperation again between North and South Korea: with this spirit His Exc. Mgr. Andrew Yeom Soo-jung celebrated yesterday, 21 July, a Mass wit ...
• 19 July 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - More than a thousand faithful of the Diocese of Tai Yuan live the Year of Faith studying the documents of the Council on the Church and Ecumenism Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) – To embody the spirit of the Second Vatican Council in one’s life and transform oneself in the face of Christ to witness faith: this is the meaning of the exhortation that His Exc. Mgr. Paul ...
• 19 July 2013
  AMERICA/CANADA TORONTO -Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 20 December 2012 appointed Fr. Alex Osei, of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (CSSp) as Nation ...
• 19 July 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Rector of the Major Seminary "Holy Apostles Peter and Paul" in Ibadan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 20 December 2012 appointed rev. Francis O. Adesina, of the clergy of the Diocese of Osogbo as Rec ...