News

• 7 July 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Cardinal Filoni in Burgos: "Can we say that the people of God today are missionary people?" Burgos (Agenzia Fides) - "The celebration of the most beautiful and dreamed of conciliar Decree, and of all the Council as a whole, is to be able to note that the Decree has aged as a written document, but is still alive ...
• 7 July 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Mgr. Padrón: "Corruption, repression, popular discontent characterize the present" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "National deterioration is remarkable. Next to a lack of raw materials, due to the disastrous economic policy, the present moment is characterized by huge corruption in government circles, the g ...
• 7 July 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - "The project of the Shabaab to liberate the north-east from non-Somalis continues" said the coadjutor Bishop of Garissa Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The goal of Shabaab is to 'liberate' the north-east of Somalia, inhabited by Kenyans of Somali origin, from the non-Muslims and non-Somalis", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Alessand ...
• 7 July 2015
  ASIA/YEMEN - The conflict becomes more and more serious, the civilian population is the most affected Aden (Agenzia Fides) - After the bombing that devastated the city of Aden and caused hundreds of injuries, other cases of civilian casualties and damage to civilian facilities have also been recorded on the densely popul ...
• 7 July 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Cautious hopes for the release of the Franciscan parish priest taken away by jihadists Yacoubieh (Agenzia Fides) - The story of the Franciscan Iraqi priest Dhiya Azziz - the parish priest of the Syrian village of Yacoubieh taken away on Saturday, July 4 by the militiamen of jihadist organizations that cont ...
• 7 July 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The Church organizes schools for South Sudanese refugees in Khartoum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Sudan (SCBC) is opening schools for the South Sudanese who have sought refuge in Sudan. This was announced by the Secretary General of the SCBC, Fr. Jacob Odwa Paul, ...
• 7 July 2015
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Pope's visit "will mark a before and after with regards to the situation in the country" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a very delicate moment for our country, but I have no doubt that the Pope's message will be orientated to give light to find a way out, to find peace and tranquility. This visit, perhaps, w ...
• 7 July 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II meets the priests' wives Alexandria (Agenzia Fides) - In the intense program of the pastoral visit made in Alexandria last weekend, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II wanted to include a meeting of reflection and prayer with more than twenty ...
• 7 July 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The Bishops: the encyclical Laudato Si’ is important for the faithful and for the country Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The encyclical Laudato Si’ is important for the faithful and for the whole of Bangladesh: with this conviction the Bishops of Bangladesh have promoted the circulation of the text in parishes, co ...
• 6 July 2015
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - 10 000 from Santo Domingo to Quito for the Pope's Mass Santo Domingo en Ecuador (Agenzia Fides) - "Attending means to be blessed and to participate in the history of mercy that the world lives with Pope Francis" says Martha Lopez, a member of the Juan XXIII movement, who wil ...
• 6 July 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - Earthquake: the help of religious congregations Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – The religious congregations in Nepal are committed to helping victims of the earthquake which devasted the country on 25 April. As reported in a note sent to Fides by the Apostolic Vicariate ...
• 6 July 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church of Saints Anthony and Paul distributes food to the poor Muslims for Ramadan Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Orthodox Church of Saints Anthony and Paul, in the Egyptian district of Nasser (the province of Beni Suef) oversees the weekly distribution of food parcels to hundreds of poor Muslim fa ...
• 6 July 2015
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - A new priest in the Church of Phnom Penh: vocations flourish Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Phnom Penh has welcomed a new diocesan priest, Father Pierre Sok Na. As reported to Fides by the Apostolic Vicar, His Exc. Mgr. Olivier Schmitthaeusler, MEP, the new priest will ...
• 6 July 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Patriarch: the storm will pass, and Christians will remain in the Middle East Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Christians of the Middle East will remain rooted in their land, which is the land where Jesus was born. Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai expressed this confident hope during the Mass celebr ...
• 6 July 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Rifts in the presidential party and the army on Nkurunziza's third term Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Burundi seems more and more divided, as rifts appear even within the presidential party CNDD-FDD. "The President of the Assembly, Pie Ntavyohanyuma, and Vice President, Gervais Rufyikiri, both ...