News

• 12 July 2014
  EUROPE/UK - Global Trends 2045: the challenges of the world according to the British Ministry of Defense London (Agenzia Fides) - Religion will continue to be a significant component of personal identity, it is expected that evangelical Christian communities in Latin America, Asia and Africa will grow, while Islam will rema ...
• 12 July 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "It is impossible to find a solution if you do not listen to the people", say the Bishops Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "It is impossible to find solutions to problems if you do not listen, if you do not solve the root causes of the protests", says the Pastoral Exhortation "We share the comfort we receive from Go ...
• 12 July 2014
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The Bishops to the constituents: "You have a moral duty to give the Country a new constitution" Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "You have a moral duty to prepare a new Constitution. We cannot go back to the old Constitution of 1977 because one risks to generate tensions and endanger peace" say the Catholic Bishops ...
• 11 July 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Appointment of Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Gaitán Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 10, 2014, the Holy Father appointed Fr. Luis Horacio Gomez Gonzalez, of the clergy of Manizales, Episcopal Vicar for the Administration in his archdiocese, as Apostolic Vicar of Pue ...
• 11 July 2014
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Kigoma Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 10, 2014, the Holy Father appointed Fr. Joseph Mlola, ALCP/OSS, Rector of St. Paul Kipalapala Interdiocesan Major Seminary, Tabora, as Bishop of the Diocese of Kigoma (Tanzania). ...
• 11 July 2014
  EUROPE/ITALY - Bicycles to reach blind children in remote areas of Africa Milan (Agenzia Fides) - "Together we can bring light into the lives of thousands of blind children in Africa". This is the message of the event Luci in Bici promoted by CBM Italy Onlus. We are talking about a night cycli ...
• 11 July 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Central American Church's commitment to eradicate the causes of child emigration Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "An important aspect of the Declaration is a common commitment to eradicate the structural causes of irregular migration of children, by creating programs of social and economic development ...
• 11 July 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Immediate start of the process of disarmament to ensure safety" ask religious leaders and politicians Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The safety of the population is "the priority of priorities" said a statement issued after the meeting of religious leaders and representatives of various political parties in the Central African ...
• 11 July 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - After the Bishops also international organizations denounce the serious situation in Chocò Chocò (Agenzia Fides) - The representative in Colombia of the High Commissioner of Human Rights of the United Nations, Todd Howland, Bishop of the Diocese of Quibdó, Mgr. Juan Barreto, the "Defensor del Pueblo", Jorge ...
• 11 July 2014
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The struggle for survival of 40 000 female-headed households in the former war zone Valipunam (Agenzia Fides) - The village of Valipunam, 322 kilometers north of the capital of Sri Lanka, Colombo, is located in one of the remotest corners of the former war zone in the country. The dirt roads are impossi ...
• 11 July 2014
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Over 200 religious leaders in Africa discuss Sustainable Development and the Post 2015 Development Agenda Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Africa Faith leaders have agreed to involve their various constituencies in setting up a Post-2015 Development Agenda collective mechanism to ensure the full implementation of the goals that was ...
• 10 July 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Insults and defamation: a campaign that has no political agenda Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - Avoid insults and cowardly actions, instead worry about presenting a government program and make it known to the people: asked the Archbishop of Sucre and President of the Social Pastoral Caritas ...
• 10 July 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 9, 2014 the Holy Father appointed Fr. Theodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X., as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Ranchi (India). The Bishop-elect was born on November 9, 1960, in Ca ...
• 10 July 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - The worst outbreak of Ebola puts health workers at risk Kenema (Agenzia Fides) - Sierra Leone, along with neighboring Guinea and Liberia, are going through the worst Ebola outbreak ever recorded before, 481 deaths have been reported since July 2 (see Fides 05/06/2014). Seven ...
• 10 July 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 3 children die every day; 50 thousand at risk for malnutrition, diseases and ethnic conflicts Yuba (Agenzia Fides) - An average of three children die per day, and one in seven before the age of five, due to the severe humanitarian crisis in the Country. Three years after the independence of South Sudan, the popul ...