News

• 27 June 2014
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 9, 2014 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Estefan Turcios Carpaño, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of San Salva ...
• 27 June 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Asian Bishops: "The Pope with our young people: an event of grace" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "It is the first time a Pope participates in the Asian Youth Day (AYD, Asian Youth Day): the event will to be held from 10-17 August in Daejeon, South Korea. The Pope's presence will certainly be ...
• 27 June 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Syrian Catholic Archbishop Moshe’s appeal to the international community: Save us! Qaraqosh (Agenzia Fides) - Qaraqosh is almost a ghost town. More than ninety percent of the more than 40 thousand inhabitants, nearly all Christians of the Syrian Catholic Church, have fled in the past two days due to th ...
• 27 June 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Politics restarts a month after the election; "Transition towards normality is not easy", says a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The elections were really chaotic also due to electoral fraud. The difficulties found were caused by a strong lack of preparation, by the difficulty to get the electoral apparatus to function, ...
• 27 June 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Church with regards to peace talks: Consider the pain of the victims Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - At the conclusion of a meeting of the National Conciliation Commission (CCN), which is led by the Catholic Church, His Exc. Mgr. José Daniel Falla Robles, Auxiliary Bishop of Cali and Secretary ...
• 27 June 2014
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Society of Jesus welcomes the second cambodian Jesuit Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Chour Damo, 29, is the second cambodian Jesuit: professing the solemn religious vows of poverty, chastity and obedience in the Society of Jesus, the young man made his entrance in the order f ...
• 27 June 2014
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - An alleged kidnapper of the Italian missionaries and Canadian nun has been arrested Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - The Cameroonian gendarmes arrested one of the alleged kidnappers of the two Italian priests and Canadian nun kidnapped on April 5 and released on June 1 (see Fides 05/04/2014; 05/05/2014; 02/06/ ...
• 26 June 2014
  AFRICA/D.R.CONGO - Emergency continues for girls accused of witchcraft Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - In the Democratic Republic of Congo the high rate of poverty and widespread superstition lead to dramatic consequences: many girls are considered to be the direct responsibility of family misfort ...
• 26 June 2014
  ASIA/LAOS - False accusations of murder regarding five Christian leaders Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) - Five Christian leaders of the province of Savannakhet have been accused of murder and risk being held in prison for a long time. The allegations are completely false and instrumental and aim ...
• 26 June 2014
  AMERICA/CHILE - Wüñol Tripantu, the Mapuche celebration of the rebirth of life Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - On June 27, the religious holiday of the Mapuche community called "Wüñol Tripantu" is celebrated. Across the country celebrations are held from June 24 to 26 that still today involve many Chi ...
• 26 June 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Let us seek the path of dialogue to end violence", says to Fides Cardinal Onaiyekan Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no way to prevent this kind of attacks. You cannot block a city like Abuja" says to Fides Agency His Eminence Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja, the federal capital ...
• 26 June 2014
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Brutal police repression on Christians Mennonites Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - The Vietnamese police raided and arrested 76 Christians, including students and teachers of a Mennonite Church in Binh Duong province, north of Ho Chi Minh City. As reported to Fides, i ...
• 26 June 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - Caritas distributes aid to poor Muslim families before the start of Ramadan Amman (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday 25th of June, on the eve of the start of Ramadan - the holy month of fasting for Muslims - Caritas Jordan participated in the distribution of vouchers for the purchase of livelihood i ...
• 26 June 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - The governor of Lamu arrested for the attacks on coastal villages Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The governor of Lamu, coastal region of Kenya, has been arrested in connection with the attacks in the city of Mpeketoni and the surrounding villages that caused at least 60 deaths (see Fides 24 ...
• 26 June 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Clashes between Kurds and Islamists, Christians fleeing Qaraqosh Qaraqosh (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday June 25, Sunni militiamen led by the jihadists of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISIL) attacked the city of Qaraqosh, situated in the Nineveh Plain, 28 kilometers from Mosul. The cente ...