News

• 5 June 2014
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Ebola outbreak in West Africa Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - Ebola outbreak that had already hit Guinea in April (see Fides 01/04/2014) is now spreading in Sierra Leone. The number of confirmed cases in Guinea in recent weeks has increased. On May 30, acc ...
• 5 June 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Christians on pilgrimage to the house of Abraham, calling for national reconciliation Basra (Agenzia Fides) - A group of Christians in Bassora and Baghdad, led by the Chaldean Archbishop of Basra, Habib al-Naufali, on Wednesday June 4th made a pilgrimage to the house of Abraham, in the archaeological site ...
• 5 June 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - World Cup: 10 Rules for fair play and for a more just society Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - Fair play and a more just society: this is the goal highlighted by the Catholic Church in Germany (through its body ADVENIAT and other supporters), in collaboration with the National Conf ...
• 4 June 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Pontianak and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 3, 2014, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Pontianak (Indonesia), presented by Archbishop Hieronymus Herculanus Bumbun, O.F ...
• 4 June 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Bandung Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 3 , 2014, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Fr. Antonius Subianto Bunyamin, O.S.C., Prior Provincial of the Order of the Holy Cross in Bandung, as Bishop of Bandung (Indonesia) Rev. ...
• 4 June 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Tension among the population of Ñacunday and Saint Lucia Saint Lucia (Agenzia Fides) - Sen. Sixto Pereira met yesterday, June 3, the Bishop of the Diocese of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), His Exc. Mgr. Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano, in which the Bishop was asked to mediate betw ...
• 4 June 2014
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Priest kidnapped, the JRS: "We trust in local communities" Herat (Agenzia Fides) - Every effort has been put in place to try to save the life of Fr. Alexis Prem Kumar, the Jesuit kidnapped on June 2 in a village in Herat by a group of six unidentified armed men. This is confirme ...
• 4 June 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops awaiting the President's reply to the questions posed Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, has not yet responded to the questions posed by the Catholic Church in the meeting held on 21 May (see Fides 22/05/2014): this was reported yesterday b ...
• 4 June 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - New attacks against medical facilities and teams who work in Ndélé Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "We are appalled by the aggression that our teams are being subjected to", reads a statement of the medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF), sent to Fides Agency, after ne ...
• 4 June 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - Project "House built, hope fulfilled – Vita Ville" for many families, victims of the earthquake Turin (Agenzia Fides) - After nearly 5 years since the earthquake in Haiti, many families are still living in makeshift tents and, unfortunately, many live in the open, along roadsides. Thanks to the association Midian H ...
• 4 June 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Congolese expelled from Brazzaville: the two governments form a committee to verify human rights violations Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC, the capital Kinshasa) and the Republic of the Congo (capital Brazzaville) have formed a joint commission to investigate human rights violations commit ...
• 4 June 2014
  ASIA/TURKEY - 779 people have converted to Islam so far this year, mostly from Christianity Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - According to the information reported in the Turkish press and from the General Secretariat of Religious Affairs in Turkey, 779 people residing in the Country have converted to Islam since the be ...
• 3 June 2014
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Jesuit kidnapped: Fr. Moretti asks for "prayer and silence" Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us live this moment, after the kidnapping of a Jesuit priest, in profound, silent prayer and full of hope. It is a sad moment which we hope will soon evolve positively. We ask the media stric ...
• 3 June 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Orthodox Patriarch Yohanna X announces the Conference of the Church of Antioch Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - In a public letter addressed to all the members of his Church, the Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, Yohanna X al-Yazigi, announced a General ecclesial Conference which will be held at the Monaste ...
• 2 June 2014
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the clergy of Equatorial Guinea: "A priest is not an official of the Church, but administrator of the mysteries of God": Mongomo (Agenzia Fides) - "The fruitfulness of your priestly ministry and the effectiveness of your pastoral action essentially depend above all, on your communion with Christ". This is what the Prefect of the Congregati ...