News Analysis

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  26 June 2021
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Among poverty and instability, the prophetic voice of the Church in Congo Uvira (Agenzia Fides) - "Whether it is foreign powers (France, Belgium, USA, or others), neighboring countries (Uganda, Rwanda, etc.) or some Congolese leaders, warlords, multinationals, NGOs, or even some members of the ...
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  24 April 2021
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Vocation Day: In Bangladesh Catholic families foster priesthood vocation Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - In Bangladesh, as many as 26 deacons were ordained AS priests in 2020. It is the highest number ever recorded in the history of the country. There is an important role of Catholic families in orde ...
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  17 April 2021
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Growing religious extremism in Asia and Church response Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - On March 28, Palm Sunday, the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Makassar, capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, witnessed the bomb attacks, leaving two bombers dead and at least 20 people injur ...
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  16 January 2021
  NEWS ANALYSIS - For a "new economy": tax havens must be abolished Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The abolition of tax havens is an absolute priority as they are an inequality tool that the weakest countries always pay for. In 2013, the Credit Suisse bank released a chart known as the 'Pyramid ...
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  28 November 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Cardinal Ambongo: in Congo amidst the crisis and risks of balkanization, the Church alongside the people Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – With the elevation of Fridolin Ambongo Besungu as Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo), Pope Francis - who created 12 Cardinals from this continent, more than any o ...
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  17 October 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Challenges to the evangelizing mission in Africa, at the time of Covid-19 Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - The fundamental dynamic of the mission, which is to announce the Good News of salvation: starting from this awareness, the Catholic communities in Africa will have to rethink some great perspectiv ...
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  10 October 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Evangelization in Asia in the midst of the pandemic Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The Covid-19 pandemic and the prolonged lockdown imposed in many countries have added difficulties and suffering to the populations in many States of Asia. With the health crisis affecting larg ...
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  19 September 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Africa, the sisters of the Good Shepherd alongside the exploited of cobalt Lualaba (Agenzia Fides) - "It was the bishop of Kolwezi who asked us to come here in 2012, worried about the living conditions of the population, especially children. When we first arrived, there were very few people aro ...
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  11 July 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Environmental disasters and the Church's commitment: the path of safeguarding creation in Central Asia Astana (Agenzia Fides) - Integral ecology and the protection of creation are issues that are still little felt in the five Countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan), strongl ...
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  4 July 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Africa, Covid-19 has not stopped wars Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - When, in the last week of March, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres first, and then Pope Francis, just when the pandemic was taking on frightening dimensions, launched a heartfel ...
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  27 June 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Laudato Sì year, opportunity for pastoral and missionary renewal in Latin America Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The special year dedicated to the encyclical "Laudato Sì" will be a fruitful opportunity for pastoral renewal and evangelization in Latin America. Exponents of the Churches who have accepte ...
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  20 June 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Pakistan: the Commission for minorities and respect for human rights Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The Paris principles adopted in 1993 by the UN General Assembly stated that if any government institution is part of the Commission, it should be on an advisory position and not in the decision- ...
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  30 May 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Africa: Burkina Faso shaken by jihadist conflicts Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - In the north-east of Burkina Faso, since the beginning of the year, there have been at least five attacks against Christian communities. Over 2000 schools have been closed. Since 2012, there ...
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  30 April 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - A community thriving on hope: the testimony of the Church in South Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in South Sudan consists of an archdiocese and six suffragan dioceses most of whom have celebrated their first centenary of Christian Faith. Like the rest of the church in Africa, the qu ...
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  29 April 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Zimbabwe, Churches in the frontline for a national agreement Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Christian Churches, historically active and recognized presence in Zimbabwe, have decided to structure some proposals to help the country get out of the tunnel of difficulty and suffering in whic ...