News

• 7 January 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Korean Bishops: A New Year for the New Evangelization Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - 2013 will be a year dedicated to the New Evangelization, in which the faithful will dedicate themselves "with new ardor, new methods and new expressions": This is what the Korean Bishops say in va ...
• 7 January 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Agreement between Sudan and South Sudan in Addis Ababa Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidents of Sudan and South Sudan have reached an agreement to demarcate the boundaries between the two Countries and create a series of administrative, legislative bodies and police in t ...
• 7 January 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Childhood penalized, 200,000 children at risk for malnutrition Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Every day around the world 19 000 children die, and one third of these deaths are related to malnutrition. There are countries where the hunger problem is particularly severe. Among them, the young ...
• 4 January 2013
  ASIA/HONG KONG - To share and improve the resources of evangelization: the birth of the Catholic Laity Alliance Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic Laity Alliance (http://clacla.org/), is an online platform created by the joint work of dozens of lay Catholic communities in Hong Kong and Catholic communities of the Chinese diaspo ...
• 4 January 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Christmas Party for 1000 underprivileged children who are at risk Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - More than a thousand children among the most deprived and at risk in Bangalore and suburbs celebrated Christmas in Chamarajpet, Bangalore based NGO Oniyavara Seva Coota (BOSCO). The appointmen ...
• 4 January 2013
  ASIA/LEBANON - Thousands of Syrian refugee children forced to live in temporary camps in the cold Dalhamieh (Agenzia Fides) - In Dalhamieh, a small village in the Bekaa Valley, about 30 kilometers east of Beirut, the Syrian refugees are scattered in an informal camp where the tents are increasing day by day. Until a ...
• 4 January 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - The campaign to regain the relics of St. Nicholas of Myra restarts Antalya (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish archaeologist Nevzat Çelik, responsible for the excavations at the archaeological site of Mira-Andraike, re-launched during the Christmas holidays the request to return the relics o ...
• 4 January 2013
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - A million internally displaced persons: a problem that needs to be addressed urgently according to Caritas Somalia Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "The internally displaced people are the main victims of the conflict and are still the biggest problem in the Country," says the latest report of Caritas Somalia sent to Fides Agency. Despit ...
• 4 January 2013
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A Comboni missionary beaten by the military for defending the pygmies Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A Comboni missionary, Fr. Franco Laudani, was arrested and beaten by soldiers of the Congolese army (FARDC). This was denounced on the Congolese Bishops' Conference website. According to report ...
• 4 January 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Message from the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples to the Bishops and faithful Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, His Exc. Mgr. Cardinal Fernando Filoni, has sent the following message to the Bishops and faithful of Central Africa: "The Congre ...
• 3 January 2013
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Year of Faith: to promote the Eucharistic adoration of children in order to deepen their love for the Body of Jesus Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - To promote the adoration of children in order to deepen trust and love for the Body of Christ, especially in the Year of Faith: this is the reason for the Seminar of formation on the adoration ...
• 3 January 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - More than 200 children have died as a result of a recent measles outbreak Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - A violent outbreak of measles, recently recorded in the south of Pakistan, has killed 210 children. According to the World Health Organization, the province in question is Sindh, where three m ...
• 3 January 2013
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of the Rector of the inter-diocesa philosophical Seminary "S.Agostinho" in Maputo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 24 February 2012 appointed rev. Tonito José Francisco Xavier Muananoua of the clergy of the dioc ...
• 3 January 2013
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of the Rector of the inter-diocesan Seminary "Sacred. Heart of Jesus " in Rabaul Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 27 January 2012 appointed Fr. Ronald Vunuvung, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Rabaul as Rect ...
• 3 January 2013
  ASIA/LEBANON - Media linked to Hezbollah pay homage to the Christian feast of Christmas Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In Lebanon the Christmas period is also marked by the unique media coverage affiliated with Hezbollah dedicated to the Christian celebrations. On Christmas Day, December 25, the Al-Nour radio pai ...