News

• 11 July 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The celebrations for the centenary of the Diocese of Tian Jin continue Tian Jin (Agenzia Fides) - "Moment of the Holy Spirit, moment of the Laity", "Rekindle the fire of the Church in China", "Grace, Service, Life and Witness", "The Word of God shows us the way": these are some of the topic ...
• 11 July 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - More than 220,000 internally displaced since the beginning of the mutiny of the soldiers in the east Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 220,000 people are displaced in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since a group of military deserters from the Congolese national army (FARDC) has formed a new band of guerrill ...
• 11 July 2012
  EUROPE/ITALY - The guanellian mission of charity in the context of the new evangelization Rome (Agenzia Fides) - There are ongoing works of 19th General Chapter of the Servants of Charity, , which takes place in Barza d'Ispra (VA). From 1 to 21 July the 37 chapter members will discuss the most important prob ...
• 11 July 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The military accomplices in the assault at the cemetery in Plateau State? Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - New details emerge on the massacre committed on Sunday, July 8 in the cemetery of Matsi (town of Barkin Ladi, in the Plateau State of Nigeria, (see Fides 10/7/2012) during the funeral of the victi ...
• 11 July 2012
  ASIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Maria Goretti, Patron of the youth in Papua Rabaul (Agenzia Fides) - The young people of Papua New Guinea love St. Maria Goretti, they worship her as their special patron and consider her as a reference point for their lives. This is what priests, nuns and mission ...
• 11 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Syrian Forum of families adheres to the "Mussalaha" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The " Syrian Forum of families" has joined the interfaith movement "Mussalaha" (Reconciliation), which is working to find a way of dialogue between the inter-syrian parties in the current civil ...
• 11 July 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Amravati Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on July 11, 2012 appointed Rev. Elias Gonsalves, Director of the Social Work of the Archdiocese of Bombay (India) as Bishop of the Diocese of Amravati (India). ...
• 10 July 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to Congolese priests: do not just limit yourselves to managing the ordinary, but arm yourselves with a profound missionary spirit, to bring the Gospel in the middle of the sea and in depth Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, your ministry cannot be limited to the management of what has been acquired, but you must demonstrate creativity, and arm yourselves with a profound missionary spirit, to bring the Gosp ...
• 10 July 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - A couple of 80-year-old catechists prepare 26 catechumens for baptism in a remote village on the outskirts of Beijing Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to the efforts of the missionary priest, Father Zhang Tian Lu, and the faithful of the parish of Yong Ning, dedicated to the Sacred Heart, in the outlying district of Chang Ping in Beijin ...
• 10 July 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - From July 12 to 15 the third Missionary Congress, a national event Palmas (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Brazil is preparing for its third National Missionary Congress (3 CMN) which will take place from July 12 to 15 in Palmas (TO) and will count on the participation of over 600 people ...
• 10 July 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "The integrity of national territory is not negotiable," say the Bishops Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "No to the balkanization of Congo. No to the division of the Country," say the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in a message made public at the end of their Plenary Assembly held in ...
• 10 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Towards Reconciliation: more than 300 fighters ready to surrender in Homs Homs (Agenzia Fides) - More than 300 fighters in the various armed factions of the Syrian opposition in Homs have agreed to surrender, to come under the protection of the interfaith People's Committee "Mussalaha" and con ...
• 10 July 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Appeal of Bishops to the government and the guerrillas: "the conflict must cease!" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Colombian Episcopal Conference, His Exc. Mgr. Ruben Salazar Gomez, made an urgent appeal to the government and the guerrillas so that they open peace negotiations, according ...
• 10 July 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope visits the Ad gentes Center of the Missionaries of the Divine Word: "missionary dynamism lives only if there is the joy of the Gospel" Nemi (Agenzia Fides) - In the late morning of Monday, July 9, the Holy Father Benedict XVI visited the "Ad Gentes" Centre of the Missionaries of the Divine Word (Society of the Divine Word, SVD) in Nemi (Rome), from Cast ...
• 10 July 2012
  VATICAN - Statement of the Holy See on the Episcopal Ordinations in Harbin and Shanghai (Mainland China) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - With regard to the episcopal ordination of the Reverend Joseph Yue Fusheng, which took place in Harbin (Province of Heilongjiang) on Friday 6 July 2012, the following is stated: 1)The Reve ...