News

• 21 August 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Thousands of faithful participate in the Eucharistic Congress of the Diocese of Feng Xiang Feng Xiang (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of faithful of the diocese of Feng Xiang of Shaan Xi province in mainland China took part in the diocesan Eucharistic Congress, which took place in past days. According to reports f ...
• 21 August 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "Decisive moment to rebuild the Somali State," says the Bishop of Djibouti Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "In these 21 years (since the fall of Siad Barre, ed.) it seems that this is the best time for the rebirth of the Somali State. Certainly we are facing a critical phase in the history of Somal ...
• 20 August 2012
  OCEANIA/TAHITI - In the Jubilee Year of St. Clare, the Poor Clares of Polynesia are a story to tell Tahiti (Agenzia Fides) - Nineteen thousand kilometers from the Proto-Monastery of Assisi, in the heart of the South Pacific, with twelve time zones less than Rome, the Poor Clares of the only monastery in Polynesia, on A ...
• 20 August 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - With great joy and gratitude, love and faithfulness to the Lord, the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians in Hong Kong celebrated the 140th anniversary of the foundation HongKong (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us celebrate the occasion with great joy and gratitude, love and faithfulness to the Lord," said sr. Yvonne Reungoat, Superior General of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, who part ...
• 20 August 2012
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The bishops contrary to defining Zambia in the constitutional preamble as a "Christian nation" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides)-The Bishops of Zambia hope that the current process of constitutional revision is successful after the previous three unsuccessful attempts to write a new Constitution. In a document sent to the t ...
• 17 August 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The community of Cucuta remembers its pastor who was killed on August 11 Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) – Tomorrow’s Mass at the parish Saint Mary Mother of God in the city of Los Patios in Cucuta (Colombia) will recall its pastor, a diocesan priest Pablo Emilio Sanchez Albarracín, who died trag ...
• 13 August 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA- Christian Association in Nigeria of 19 states ask for the resignation of the President Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Armed men attacked the All Saints Catholic Church, in the State of Gombe, in Nigeria on Sunday, August 12, killing one policeman on duty who was protecting the place of worship. According to tes ...
• 13 August 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Government reshuffle: President Mursi consolidates his power Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – On August 12 Egypt's president Mohamed Mursi ordered a reshuffle of the government, which led to the retirement of the Minister of Defense, Marshal Hussein Tantawi, hitherto considered the "stro ...
• 11 August 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Neo Jesuit priest encourages young people: "Do not be afraid to respond to the Lord because His plan for you is always the best" Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - "Do not be afraid to respond to the Lord because His plan for you is always the best." This is the exhortation that Fr. Pedro Chia Sze Siong sj., newly ordained Jesuit priest on August 4, address ...
• 11 August 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 16,000 returnees at risk for lack of funds on behalf of humanitarian organizations Juba (Agenzia Fides) - More than 16,000 southern Sudanese returnees stuck in the Upper Nile State are at risk after the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has announced its intention to suspend operations for ...
• 11 August 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Uncertain situation in Bamako while in the north the population suffers the oppression of Islamists Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The political crisis continues in Mali with the return of President ad interim Dioncounda Traore. As Don Edmond Dembele, Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference in Mali reports to Fides, th ...
• 10 August 2012
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Transfer of power from the CNT to the National Assembly which elects its President Mohamed al-Magariaf Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - Mohamed al-Magariaf was elected President of the National Assembly, the body that on August 8 represents the legitimate power in Libya. The National Transitional Council (CNT), the body which ha ...
• 10 August 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Green light to the transfer of the Seminary of Theology from Khartoum to Juba Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See has given the green light to the transfer of the Seminary of Theology of St. Paul from Khartoum to Juba after consultations with the Bishops of Sudan and Southern Sudan. The announceme ...
• 10 August 2012
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Addis Ababa and Nairobi work together to avoid new tribal clashes along the common border Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Ethiopia and Kenya have agreed to work together to reduce tribal clashes along the common borders. A delegation from Kenya originally from the Turkana region went to Ethiopia this week for ...
• 10 August 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG- Charitable service and community life in view of the UN Youth Day Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - In view of Youth Day organized by the UN which has the theme Building a better world, partnering with youth, young Catholics of Hong Kong are preparing an educational activity with focus on ch ...