News

• 21 July 2014
  OCEANIA/FIJI ISLANDS - A Seminar of the Pacific has on-line access to the best library resources in the world Suva (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to new technologies and the commitment of the Pontifical Mission Societies, isolation and poor cultural opportunities of a small Pacific island are forgotten. In Fiji, the seminarians of the ...
• 21 July 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ – The Syrian Monastery of Mar Behnam in the hands of the militia of the "Islamic Caliphate" Qaraqosh (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday afternoon, July 20 the jihadist militiamen of the self-proclaimed "Islamic Caliphate" took possession of the ancient monastery of Mar Behnam, ten minutes from the city of Qaraqosh, un ...
• 21 July 2014
  AFRICA/SUDAN – Sudan bans the construction of new churches Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Sudanese Minister of Guidance and religious Endowments announced that the government will not issue permits anymore for the construction of new churches in the country. Sudanese Christian l ...
• 21 July 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Race against time to control the outbreak of ebola Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - In the last two weeks, the NGO Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has treated more than 70 patients with symptoms similar to those of ebola and fears a possible increase of patients in the coming w ...
• 21 July 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The missionaries for the development of indigenous peoples in Mindanao Sultan Kundarat (Agenzia Fides) - To promote human development and education of indigenous Manobo-Dulangan, in the province of Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao: this is the commitment of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate ...
• 18 July 2014
  EUROPE/CZECH REPUBLIC Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 30, 2014 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Leos Halbrstat, permanent deacon of the Diocese of Hradec Kralove as ...
• 18 July 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The last Christian families leave Mosul Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The last Christian families still present in Mosul are leaving the city and are heading towards Erbil, Dohuk and other areas of Iraqi Kurdistan which are considered safer. This is confirmed by sou ...
• 18 July 2014
  OCEANIA/MICRONESIA - From a small island in Micronesia to colleges in the United States Chuuk (Agenzia Fides) - The Yap Catholic High School (YCHS), located on a small island in Micronesia in the western Pacific, celebrated its first group of graduates. At the end of the seventeenth century, the Jesuits fou ...
• 18 July 2014
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 June 2014 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed rev. Claudio Istoc of the diocesan clergy of Iasi as National Director of ...
• 18 July 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - The First Lady praised the Church's role in improving the lives of millions of Kenyans Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The First Lady of Kenya, Ms. Margaret Kenyatta, praised the role of the Catholic Church in improving the lives of millions of people across the Country. "Our presence at this meeting indicates t ...
• 18 July 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The first "National Catholic Congress online" for those working in the field of evangelization Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - "We believe that Catholics who inhabit the internet and social networks, are a new force capable of supporting concrete initiatives for the sole purpose of promoting the gospel and individual for ...
• 18 July 2014
  AFRICA/NIGER - New French military mission for the Sahel, but not everyone agrees Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - The French military operation in Mali "Serval" has ended and has been replaced by an even vaster operation "Barkhane", a new mission led by Paris in coordination with Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Fa ...
• 18 July 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Israeli army enters Gaza. Pope's message to the local Catholic community Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The Israeli army's ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, concentrated in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, was accompanied by intensified air and naval raids also on Gaza City throughout the night ...
• 17 July 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Gaza, three missiles close to the Catholic parish. Scuffle to look for food during the "humanitarian truce" Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The 5-hour truce - from 10 to 15 local time - proclaimed also to allow the entry of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip should also allow the evacuation from the area of a few hundred people. Among ...
• 17 July 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Civil society presents a scheme to lead the country out of the crisis Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Disarmament of the militias; sending peacekeeping forces trained by the military that do not belong to the neighboring states; establishment of a Special Tribunal for Central Africa; establishmen ...