The martyrology of Catholics in Rwanda in 1994
by Stefano Lodigiani
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In Rwanda, which in 1994 was struck by a tremendous genocide that reached the impressive figure of one million victims in a population of 6,733,000 inhabitants (44% Catholic ...
VATICAN - Catholic Church Statistics 2022
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - As every year, in view of World Mission Sunday, which this year celebrates its 96th anniversary on Sunday, October 23, 2022, Fides New Service offers some statistics chosen to give a panora ...
24 March 2022
VATICAN - Catechist Martyrs: stories that deserve to be recognized
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - For three decades, March 24, the day of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, canonized on October 14, 2018, the Italian Pontifical Mission Societies have proposed a "Day of ...
30 December 2020
VATICAN - MISSIONARIES KILLED IN 2020
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – According to information gathered by Agenzia Fides, in 2020 20 missionaries were killed in the world: 8 priests, 1 religious man, 3 religious women, 2 seminarians, 6 lay people. This year ...
30 December 2019
VATICAN - MISSIONARIES KILLED IN 2019
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the wake of the Extraordinary Missionary Month of October 2019 lived by Catholic communities at all latitudes, which was also an opportunity to rediscover the figures of many witnesse ...
19 October 2019
VATICAN - Catholic Church Statistics 2019
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 93rd World Mission Sunday, October 20, 2019, which is celebrated in the context of the Extraordinary Missionary Month October 2019, announced by Pope Francis in the c ...
29 December 2018
VATICAN - MISSIONARIES KILLED IN THE YEAR 2018
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the course of the year 2018, 40 Missionaries were killed throughout the world, almost double the 23 of the previous year, and they were priests for the most part: 35. After eight conse ...
20 October 2018
VATICAN - CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS 2018
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – As every year, in view of World Mission Day, which this year celebrates its 92nd anniversary on Sunday, October 21, 2018, Fides News Service offers some statistics chosen to give a panora ...
VATICAN - Missionaries killed in 2017
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the year 2017, 23 Catholic pastoral care workers were killed worldwide: 13 priests, 1 religious brother, 1 religious sister, 8 lay persons. For the eighth consecutive year, the place mo ...
30 December 2016
VATICAN - PASTORAL CARE WORKERS KILLED IN 2016
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the year 2016, 28 Catholic pastoral care workers were killed worldwide. For the eighth consecutive year, the place most affected, with an extremely elevated number of pastoral care work ...
30 December 2015
VATICAN - PASTORAL CARE WORKERS KILLED IN 2015
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The wake of pastoral workers killed in this historic phase of humanity reveals an unprecedented upsurge. It seems to have no equal in the history, because it is an ongoing globalized persec ...
17 October 2015
VATICAN - World Mission Day: Catholic Church Statistics 2015
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – As every year, in view of World Mission Day, this year celebrated on Sunday, October 18, Fides News Service offers some statistics chosen to give a panorama of the missionary Church all o ...