News

• 9 October 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - The Jesuits denounce: "600 attacks against religious minorities: stop to violence" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A strong appeal has been launched to the central government and the governments of several Indian states in order to adopt "urgent measures to put an end to the orchestrated campaign, motivate ...
• 9 October 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Strong commitment of the Diocese of Quilmes against human trafficking and related crimes Quilmes (Agenzia Fides) - Mgr. Carlos José Tissera, Bishop of Quilmes, will celebrate today a Mass in the Cathedral for the victims of human trafficking. The celebration, which is held every second Thursday of the month ...
• 8 October 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On September 5, 2014 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Markus Nur Widipranoto as National Director of the Pontifical Mi ...
• 8 October 2014
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Church launches 100 days of preparation for the Pope's visit Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - There will be 100 days of deep spiritual preparation, with Masses, vigils, works of charity, during which every believer is invited to make a gesture of "repentance": is an initiative launched b ...
• 8 October 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - Msg. Giovanni Battista Wang Jin’s particular commitment to priestly vocations Yuci (Agenzia Fides) - On September 23, His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Battista Wang Jin, Bishop of Yuci (Yütze) in Shanxi province (Mainland China) died at the age of 90, after a long illness. The Prelate was born on April 22, ...
• 8 October 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - Mgr. Giovanni Chrysostom Lan Shi, an apostle of the youth Xiushidu (Agenzia Fides) - On September 21, His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Chrysostom Lan Shi, Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Sanyuan, Shaanxi Province (Mainland China) died at the age of 89. He was born in 1925 in ...
• 8 October 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Auxiliary Bishop of Medellin: "We cannot get used to violence" Medellín (Agenzia Fides) - Less than a week after the violent death of Father Andrés Duque Echeverry, stabbed at the exit of the underground (see Fides 06/10/2014), Fides Agency received the testimony of His Exc. Mgr. ...
• 8 October 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Free vaccination campaign for children Posadas (Agenzia Fides) - During the fifth week of vaccination against rubella, polio and measles, the Argentine region of Misiones recorded a 55% coverage, amounting to 56,034 vaccines given to children between 1 to 4 y ...
• 8 October 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Franciscan priest kidnapped after he had appealed to the Islamic Court Knayeh (Agenzia Fides) - Father Hanna Jallouf OFM was kidnapped along with his parishioners after his recent visit to the Islamic Court, where he had gone to report harassment and abuse suffered in recent weeks from the ...
• 8 October 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Despite chaos and violence in Bozoum, schools have reopened and the pastoral year has started Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "We have reopened schools and resumed pastoral activities, even if the situation has not fully stabilized", says to Fides Agency Fr. Aurelio Gazzera, a Carmelite missionary, pastor in Bozoum in t ...
• 8 October 2014
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The Christian Churches are committed to peace and reconciliation Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to strengthen and amplify the voice of the Church, facilitating better coordination of the various peace initiatives to promote free and peaceful citizens' participation in national life ...
• 8 October 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - V Centenary of St. Teresa of Jesus Avila (Agenzia Fides) - The main authorities of the Spanish Bishops' Conference of the Carmelite Order will attend the Mass that His Exc. Mgr. Ricardo Blazquez, Archbishop of Valladolid, will preside on October 15, the l ...
• 8 October 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Emergency ebola: on October 4 in just 24 hours 121 deaths and 81 new cases were recorded Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - As the World Health Organization updates the data on the victims of Ebola in West Africa in a tragic count that sees the number of victims rise to 3439 out of a total of 7492 cases, Doctors wit ...
• 7 October 2014
  VATICAN - First ever global campaign by the 160 Caritas national organisations: ending world hunger is their priority Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas organisations around the world are taking part in a "Week of Action" from October 12 to 19, to end hunger by 2025. Highlights of the week include a video message from Pope Francis c ...
• 7 October 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Bishop Khazen confirms: a priest and twenty Christians of the village of Knayeh have been kidnapped Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "Unfortunately I have to confirm the news of the kidnapping of Father Hanna Jallouf OFM, Syrian parish priest in the village of Knayeh, who was kidnapped along with about twenty Christians". This ...