News

• 27 May 2014
  AFRICA/TOGO - The Bishop of Atakpamé mediator in the political dialogue Lome (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic Bishop has been appointed to mediate between the parties in Togo. We are talking about His Exc. Mgr. Nicodème Anani Barrigah_Bénissan, Bishop of Atakpamé, who will have to facilitate ...
• 27 May 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishop of Chimbote: "to link all to criminality is just junk journalism" Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Chimbote, His Exc. Mgr. Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno, was deeply shocked to learn that some media defined him belonging to the criminal organization that operates in the area of ...
• 27 May 2014
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Tensions with China: the faithful pray for justice and peace Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - More than 2,000 faithful Catholics gathered for a prayer vigil and Mass with the intention of praying intensely for justice and peace, while between China and Vietnam, tension remains high because ...
• 27 May 2014
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA – More support and availability for 15 million children, adults and elders with disabilities Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest World Report on Disability, carried out by the World Bank and WHO, in Ethiopia there are 15 million children, adults and elders with disabilities, 17.6 % of the popul ...
• 27 May 2014
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - Emergency for public hospitals in the Country Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – There is emergency in the health care sector in the Dominican Republic, in spite of the tremendous efforts to provide equipment and improve facilities in hospitals. According to health c ...
• 26 May 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - 20 000 baptisms celebrated at Easter in the Catholic community in mainland China Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - "Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel" (1 Cor 9: 16), in the spirit of Paul's exhortation, the Catholic community in mainland China reaped the fruits of evangelization at Easter 2014. ...
• 26 May 2014
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Cameroon, for the centenary of the evangelization of Bamenda, and in Equatorial Guinea Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, will carry out a pastoral visit to Cameroon, where he will conclude the celebrations of the cent ...
• 26 May 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Meeting with the candidates: an initiative of the Church for the October elections Chuquisaca (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops and the heads of the Social Pastoral-Caritas Bolivia have proposed dialogue meetings with the candidates of the upcoming general elections in October, in order to elaborate togeth ...
• 26 May 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - From America to Africa: Missionary Sending at the conclusion of the First American Congress of IAM Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - With the celebration of the Missionary Sending in the auditorium of the Shrine of Aparecida, the First Congress of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence (IAM) of America (see Fides 15/05/2014; ...
• 26 May 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - South Korea invites a group of North Korean Catholics to the Pope's Mass in Seoul Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - South Korea has invited members of the Catholic community of North Korea to participate in the Mass that Pope Francis will celebrate in Seoul at the end of his pilgrimage from August 14 to 18: thi ...
• 26 May 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Elections contested: the only thing certain are the irregularities and suspicions of fraud Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - There is institutional clash in Malawi between outgoing President, Joyce Banda, and the Supreme Court, which quashed the decision of the Head of State to annul the vote on 20 May and to hold ne ...
• 26 May 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Appointment of Apostolic Vicar of Caroni Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 26, 2014, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Felipe González González, O.F.M. Cap, Titular Bishop of Sinnuara as Vicar Apostolic of Caroni (Venezuela). (SL) (Agenzia Fides 26/ ...
• 26 May 2014
  AFRICA/CHAD - Thousands of displaced children in the Central African Republic left without education N'djamena (Agenzia Fides) - About 40,900 children and thousands of other young people displaced due to the violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) are stranded in transit camps in southern Chad without being able ...
• 26 May 2014
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Christian Churches condemn the death penalty imposed on a Christian woman accused of apostasy Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - In a joint statement, the churches in Sudan deplore the death sentence imposed on Mariam Yehya Ibrahim, a woman in her eighth month of pregnancy, accused of apostasy. Fr. Boutros Trille Kuku, D ...
• 26 May 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - After 10 years, President Kirchner takes part in the Te Deum for the national holiday Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli, presided yesterday, Sunday 25 May, the celebration of the Eucharist and the Te Deum of thanksgiving in the Metropolitan Cathedra ...