News

• 21 July 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops' Message: "Climate change, a matter of social justice" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Philippine bishops' conference called climate change a “matter of social justice” and cited "Laudato Sì", Pope Francis' recent encyclical on the climate change, as a call for Catholics a ...
• 21 July 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Mission, a way of life": towards the fourth National Meeting of Missionary Groups Santiago del Estero (Agenzia Fides) - Organized by the National Commission for Missions and the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Argentina, the fourth National Meeting of Missionary Groups will take place in Santiag ...
• 21 July 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Hindo becomes "almost-mayor" of Hassaké Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - In the Syrian city of Hassake, where the counter-offensive of the Kurdish forces and the Syrian army has put the outlying suburbs under siege still occupied by jihadi militias of the Islamic St ...
• 21 July 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Council of Christian Churches convenes a day of prayer on the anniversary of the 1952 "Revolution" Cairo (Agenzia fides) - The Council of Christian Churches in Egypt, through a statement of Coptic Orthodox priest Bishoy Elmy, head of the General Secretariat of the Council called on all Egyptians to join the "Day of Pr ...
• 20 July 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Jhabua Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 18, 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Fr. Basil Bhuriya, S.V.D., Pastor and member of the Provincial Council of the Divine Word Fathers as Bishop of the Diocese of Jhabua (India). ...
• 20 July 2015
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Appointment of the Auxiliary of Kenema Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 18 July 2015 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Henry Aruna as Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Kenema (Sierra Leone), transferring him from the diocese of Makeni. He was assigned ...
• 20 July 2015
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Elevation to the episcopal dignity of Apostolic Administrator of Makeni Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 18, 2015 the Holy Father raised Rev. Fr. Natale Paganelli, S.X., Apostolic Administrator of Makeni (Sierra Leone) to the dignity of bishop, assigning him the titular see of Gadiaufa ...
• 20 July 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo to the leaders of the nation: "Be good parents" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We expect our rulers to be good parents. In our culture, parents are revered as gods. According to our traditions, our leaders have the right and the duty to promote the welfare of all": is the ...
• 20 July 2015
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "Why are we so inhuman towards each other?" Asks Mgr. Gimenez denouncing violence Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Caacupé, His Exc. Mgr. Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, complained about the wave of violence that hit the north of the country, where in less than a week five policemen were ki ...
• 20 July 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - The Franciscans: no to violence against women New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Association of the Franciscan Family in India (AFFI), which brings together religious, sisters and lay people of different orders, followers of Francis of Assisi, is committed to raising a ...
• 20 July 2015
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Three African Christians kidnapped by jihadis in the south of Sirte; four Italians kidnapped in Mellitah Sirte (Agenzia Fides) - Three Christians - a Ghanaian, a Nigerian and a Coptic Egyptian – have been kidnapped in Libya by a jihadist group linked to the Islamic State (Daesh). The kidnapping dates back to 11 July, but ...
• 20 July 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Games, songs, dances: a feast to celebrate children El Tigre (Agenzia Fides) - Among cultural events, games, music, songs, dances, thousands of children and adolescents, not only in the district of El Tigre but also of the municipality of San José de Guanipa, found thems ...
• 20 July 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Young Chiapas form an orchestra with pre-Hispanic instruments Tuxtla Gutierrez (Agenzia Fides) - Boys and girls of Palenque, Chiapas, of the infant Niños Cantan orchestra, have formed an orchestra to reproduce sounds with pre-Hispanic Mayan musical instruments. The project started ...
• 20 July 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Armenians and Kurds fight together against the jihadists in Hassaké Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - There are at least 70 volunteer Armenian soldiers in the predominantly Kurdish ranks of the Popular Protection Unit (YPG), which in parallel with the Syrian army units are fighting to liberate ...
• 20 July 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A video documents the first missionary experience of young people in the Amazon Belém (Agenzia Fides) - A video documenting the first Youth Mission in the Amazon, organized by the Youth Commission of the Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) last December, was broadcast for the first time, to the ...