News

• 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 ...
• 5 February 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Interfaith harmony, a journey towards peace in the world Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - World interfaith harmony week, announced by the UN and scheduled in the first week of February each year, is being celebrated with various initiatives: Muslim-Christian dialogue and with the p ...
• 5 February 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Patriarchate: reports on the execution of a priest in Mosul are unfounded Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean Patriarchate "strongly denies recent news stories that report a priest being executed by Islamic State militants in Mosul". In recent days, the Chaldean Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona ...
• 5 February 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - In August, the beatification of three missionaries killed: the first martyrs of the diocese and Peru Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, will be in Peru in August, in the diocese of Chimbote, for the beatification of the three missionaries declared mart ...
• 5 February 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO – The Bishops ask for a clear electoral calendar Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The silence of President Joseph Kabila on his possible candidacy in the elections of 2016 is disturbing, as stated in an interview with RFI by His Exc. Mgr. Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, Bishop of ...
• 4 February 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Mgr. Romero Beato: "Immense joy in the Salvadoran Church"; "It will be a historic event," emphasizes the Presidency San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "A great joy in the Church of El Salvador to hear the news on the decree approving the martyrdom of Monsignor Romero. Let us continue to pray": was the comment by the Archdiocese of San Sal ...
• 4 February 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - The ancient church of the diocese of Ning Bo will soon return to being the symbol of the city Ning Bo (Agenzia Fides) - By the end of 2015 the old church of the diocese of Ning Bo, in the province of Zhe Jiang, originally dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows and then to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, will return to its f ...
• 4 February 2015
  ASIA/JORDAN - Today masses and prayers in churches for the pilot burned alive by jihadists Amman (Agenzia Fides) - At midday today, Wednesday, February 4, the bells of all the Catholic churches scattered throughout the Hashemite Kingdom will ring in sign of mourning for the gruesome killing of Muath al-Kaseasb ...
• 4 February 2015
  VATICAN - On February 8: "Shine a light against human trafficking" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - To pray and reflect against human trafficking: this is the goal of the First International Day of prayer and awareness against human trafficking, scheduled on February 8, on the theme: "Shi ...
• 4 February 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Year of Consecrated Life: Religious committed to healing the wounds of the Civil War Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "We invite everyone to celebrate this Year in a special way, for the gift of consecrated and missionary life, and to share our call with the people, especially the younger ones". This is the appeal ...