News

• 18 December 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - North Kivu: M23 continues to advance Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The M23 rebel movement continues to advance in the Lubero area, in the province of North Kivu (in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo) (see Fides, 16/12/2024). The guerrilla movement ...
• 18 December 2024
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Bishops reject the reintroduction of mining San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very concerned about the government's announcement of the reintroduction of mining in our country and therefore reiterate our position that we firmly reject the repeal of the law ba ...
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  17 December 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Papua: Bishop of Jayapura calls for displaced people to return for Christmas Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the Christmas celebrations on December 25, the Bishop of Jayapura, Yanuarius Teofilus Matopai You, calls for an end to the measures that prevent displaced Papuans from returning home ...
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  17 December 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese academics deepen their studies on the history of local Catholic dioceses Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - The "Primum Concilium Sinense", the fundamental assembly of the Catholic Church in China, held in Shanghai in 1924 under the leadership of the Pontifical Delegate Costantini (see Fides, 21/5/2 ...
• 17 December 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - After Cyclone Chido: opposition suspends protests Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "If we know the truth about the election, we will move towards peace. If it is an electoral lie, we will plunge the country into the abyss, chaos and disorder," warned Venancio Mondlane, candidat ...
• 17 December 2024
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - Research, reception, socialization and accompaniment: a beacon of hope and development for thousands of minors Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - “If everyone works together, it is possible to change the lives of the youngest for the better and create a better future for future generations, following the dream of Don Bosco”, is ...
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  16 December 2024
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarch Yohanna X and the new Syria: "We Christians are not ‘guests’ in this land" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "We are here in Damascus, on the street of Al-Marymiya, next to the Umayyad Mosque, and we tell the world that we, as Christians, come from the land of the Levant and the cedars of Lebanon... f ...
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  16 December 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - Metropolitan Antonij Sevryuk visits the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia: “Symbol of hospitality and love” Manama (Agenzia Fides) – “Dialogue and cooperation are essential to building a more harmonious and peaceful world,” said the Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of ...
• 16 December 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Peace summit in Luanda cancelled: fighting in the east of the country has flared up again Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The peace summit between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, mediated by Angola and scheduled to take place yesterday, Sunday 15 December, in the Angolan capital Luanda, has been cance ...
• 16 December 2024
  ASIA/THAILAND - Ceasefire and peace in Myanmar: "ASEAN must play a key role in resolving the crisis in Myanmar" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Thailand will host two regional meetings on the current situation in Myanmar, one of which will also include representatives of the ruling military junta in Myanmar: the official announcement by ...
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  15 December 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in Ajaccio: Popular piety is a gift for all Ajaccio (Agenzia Fides) - More than two thousand years have passed "since the Incarnation of the Son of God". And some periods of history "the Christian faith shaped the lives of peoples and their political institutions" ...
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  15 December 2024
  Bishops on the impeachment of President Yoon: "We will always be at the side of the People" by Pascale Rizk Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "When it comes to building a country in which the fundamental principle of democracy, according to which all are equal before the law, is respected and in which no one can impo ...
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  14 December 2024
  Pope Francis in Ajaccio: The missionary soul of popular spirituality by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - There is a People of God gathered and beloved by Jesus, who continue to ask for his presence and his consolation in the tribulations of life, entrusting their expectations to ...
• 14 December 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - People celebrate the Parliament's vote to impeach President Yoon Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of thousands of people gathered near the Parliament building in Seoul, cheering, waving banners and colorful light sticks after the National Assembly voted, with 204 out of 300 deputies, ...
• 14 December 2024
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Mannar Vatican City - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Mannar, Sri Lanka, presented by Bishop Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando. The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Gn ...