News

• 9 February 2015
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Demonstrations for the dissolution of the presidential guard Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Over the last two days demonstrations were held in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso, respectively the capital and the second city of Burkina Faso, to demand the abolition of the Presidential S ...
• 9 February 2015
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Resignation of the Bishop of Dili Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 9, 2015 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Díli, East Timor, by His Exc. Mgr. Alberto Ricardo Da Silva in accordance with c ...
• 6 February 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionary organizations at work in 2015: Permanent formation and suburbs Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - In 2014 seventeen missionary formation initiatives were carried out: in particular, two courses for foreign missionaries (90 days each); two missionary formation courses for Brazilian men and w ...
• 6 February 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Attacks on churches: Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, promises security to churches New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, has ordered an inquiry into the recent attacks on Catholic churches in the last two months (see Fides 02/02/2015), starting from the desecration ...
• 6 February 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The young engaged with migrants write to the Pope Arizona (Fides) - The organization KBI (Kino Border Initiative) aims to contribute to the management of migration between the US and Mexico in a just, humane and sustainable manner, promoting policies that put the dignit ...
• 6 February 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Bombing in Damascus, the Franciscan monastery attacked in the area of Bab Touma Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday the central areas and suburbs of Damascus were hit by intense firing rockets and mortar shells, both from areas under rebel control and from the artillery of the government army. The ...
• 6 February 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The conflict is political not religious" say three participants Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "If you see us together, it means that religious coexistence among Central Africans is possible. The conflict in our Country is not religious, but is the result of political manipulation which ex ...
• 6 February 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - "No increase in fees for high schools" says the Church Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Kenya is concerned about the high cost of fees concerning different high schools. "No teenager should be banned from public school for not having paid school fees", said i ...
• 6 February 2015
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of the Bishop of Wewak Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 6, 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Fr. Józef Roszynski, S.V.D., Polish Missionary as Bishop of the Diocese of Wewak, Papua New Guinea. The newly-elected Bishop was born on ...
• 6 February 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Onitsha Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 February 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Mgr. Denis Chidi Isizoh of the clergy of Onitsha, Official at the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue as Auxiliary Bishop of the ...
• 6 February 2015
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA – One hundred years of Thomas Merton Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - During Lent the Church in Australia will remember "one of the greatest voices of the Church of modern age, the Trappist monk, mystic and writer, Thomas Merton, for the hundredth anniversary of hi ...
• 6 February 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Kurdish Militia regain control of Tel Hormuz, reestablished the cross removed by jihadists Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The Syrian village of Tel Hormuz, attacked in recent days by the jihadist of the Islamic State (Is), is back under the control of the People's Security Unit (YPG), Kurdish militias operating in ...
• 5 February 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Feast in Ciudad Barrios, the birthplace of Mgr. Romero San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – There was immense joy in the small town of El Salvador known as Ciudad Barrios where Oscar Arnulfo Romero was born in 1917. After decades of debate within the Church, Pope Francis has for ...
• 5 February 2015
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Vietnamese NGO Report on human rights and religious freedom Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - A forum of 24 independent organizations has prepared and distributed a Report that draws attention regarding the human rights violations that occurred in Vietnam in 2014. The document includes abu ...
• 5 February 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "If Maiduguri falls into the hands of Boko Haram, it would be a disaster for Africa as a continent" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "If Maiduguri falls into the hands of Boko Haram, it would be a disaster for all of Africa", says Fr. Gideon Obasogie, head of social communications of the Diocese of Maiduguri, capital of Borno S ...