News

• 3 June 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram hits Maiduguri again Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Maiduguri, capital of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria, is again at the center of the attacks of Boko Haram, the Islamist sect, that despite having suffered heavy losses on behalf of the army i ...
• 3 June 2015
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Resignation of the Bishop of Trincomalee, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 3 June 2015 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Trincomalee, in Sri Lanka, by His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Kingsley Swampillai, in accordance ...
• 2 June 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni opens the Assembly of the PMS: "form people to the true sense of the Church" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I like to think of this Assembly as the place and the moment when the entire missionary Church, present and active in all peoples and cultures, is gathered in fraternal communion, at the s ...
• 2 June 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Suicides of farmers, a scourge of society New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Over the past 20 years, about 300,000 farmers have committed suicide in India, according to the National Bureau of Statistics of India. And in the first months of 2015, 257 farmers committed s ...
• 2 June 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Message from the "Silsilah" movement: a Ramadan of peace in Mindanao Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "In a time when people are being killed because they belong to a religion or a specific group, it is important to remember the value of life, and reaffirm our common origin that gives us the s ...
• 2 June 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - Pastoral Plan for the Church in Cuba: "a dynamic, open and missionary communion" Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope that this pastoral plan is for all, a path of the pilgrim Church, in faith and hope which does not disappoint; for this we propose a simple spiritual journey": this is how the Pastoral P ...
• 2 June 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops’ request to the President: "A national dialogue in accordance with the Constitution" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "A national dialogue in accordance with the Constitution". This is what the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) hoped for during the meeting with President Joseph Kabila, dedicate ...
• 2 June 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - Study Seminar to improve the collaboration between the Catholic Church and Chinese society Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - To improve the exchange and cooperation between the Catholic Church and Chinese civil society, promoting a vision and a comprehensive evaluation of the development of the Church in contemporary ...
• 2 June 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A priest killed in an attempted robbery Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A Nigerian Catholic priest of the diocese of Oyo, Fr. Goodwill Onyeka, was killed together with his younger brother, Onyeka Obi, in an attempted robbery. The event took place on the evening of 1 J ...
• 1 June 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Varanasi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 30 May 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Eugene Joseph, of the clergy of Varanasi and diocesan administrator as Bishop of the Diocese of Varanasi (India). The new Bishop of Varanasi w ...
• 1 June 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "The numbers of murders are manipulated in order to create chaos", denounces Mgr. Rosa Chavez San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - In El Salvador, a country plagued by gang violence, the numbers of murders are manipulated in order to create a climate of ungovernability. This is what auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, Hi ...
• 1 June 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - An assassination attempt foiled against the Archbishop of Bujumbura during the Marian procession Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – An assassination attempt was foiled against the Archbishop of Bujumbura, His Exc. Mgr. Evariste Ngoyagoye during the procession yesterday, Sunday, May 31. "This is what was reported to Voice ...
• 1 June 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - The Salesians start a center for renewable energy in the Northeast Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - It is a center created thanks to the partnership of Salesian Fathers with other companies already present in the sector: the Don Bosco Centre for Renewable Energy, within the Don Bosco Technica ...
• 1 June 2015
  AMERICA/HAITI - Nine Haitian Redemptorists have been ordained Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - During a celebration in the presence of many faithful, in the parish of San Gerardo in Puert au Prince, the feast of the Holy Trinity, 9 Redemptorist deacons (CSSR) were ordained yesterda ...
• 1 June 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Muslim leaders for the release of father Murad, but the kidnappers are foreign to the social fabric Homs (Agenzia Fides) - Father Jaques Murad, the priest kidnapped in the area of Homs on May 21, known in the area of the village of Al-Qaryatayn, where he lived in the monastery of St. Elias, was much appreciated for his ...