News

• 21 November 2013
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Appointment of the Archbishop of Blantyre Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, on 21 November 2013, appointed His Exc. Mgr. Thomas Luke Msusa, S.M.M, until now Bishop of Zomba as Archbishop of Blantyre (Malawi). (SL) (Agenzia Fides 21/11/2013) ...
• 21 November 2013
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Bogor and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, on 21 November 2013, accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Bogor (Indonesia), by His Exc. Mgr. Cosmas Michael Angkur, O.F.M., in accordanc ...
• 21 November 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Ecumenical and simultaneous prayer across India, for justice and reconciliation New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A great ecumenical and simultaneous prayer, in over 6,000 Christian churches across India: the initiative is scheduled for November 30 by the Union. As reported in a note sent to Fides by the ...
• 21 November 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Genocide is probably exaggerated, but anything could happen", says a missionary Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The term is probably exaggerated, but it is true that tension is so high that no one knows how the situation will evolve", says to Fides Fr .Aurelio Gazzera, a Carmelite who works in Bozoum in t ...
• 21 November 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - "A story of injustice and inequality, it is time for a change": ready for Sunday's elections Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Executive Secretary of Caritas Pastoral of the Catholic Church in Honduras, Father Germán Calix, said speaking to a news agency, that the last 32 years of democracy in the country have ...
• 20 November 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Play for Life" campaign against human trafficking in view of the World Cup Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - About 150 religious from Brazil, together with representatives from Germany, Colombia, Bolivia and Uruguay, have launched the campaign "Play for Life" in Brasilia (DF), to raise awareness in so ...
• 20 November 2013
  AFRICA/CHAD - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 15 July 2013 confirmed rev. Aubert Dipou Noudjimongoum, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of N'Dja ...
• 20 November 2013
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on September 9, 2013 confirmed rev. Alphonse N'Guessan N'Guessan, of the clergy of the archdiocese o ...
• 20 November 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - Deputy Premier Arinc: Ayasofya could once again soon become a mosque Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arinc again hinted at the imminent possibility of reopening the Islamic worship, the Ayasofya Museum in Istanbul. This was announced by Turkish press sourc ...
• 20 November 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The army arrest two Christian activists of the Assyrian Democratic Organization Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - A team of National Defence Forces - the army loyal to the regime of President Assad - raided the headquarters of the Assyrian Democratic Organization of Hassaké, in the northeastern Syrian pro ...
• 20 November 2013
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - From December, all the parishes will reflect on the Bishops’ document in view of elections San José (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church's Pastoral Groups of Costa Rica are responsible for promoting discussion and raising the faithful’s awareness on the document "Rehabilitar la Politica", prepared by the B ...
• 20 November 2013
  AFRICA - Thirty years of the Church’s commitment in Africa against AIDS Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Thirty years of experience carried out by the volunteers and the various organizations of the Catholic Church in favor of women, men and children affected by the HIV epidemic in Africa have been co ...
• 20 November 2013
  EUROPE/ITALY - International Children’s day and the World Day of Prayer and Action for Children, and Youth in the World Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Today, 20 November, International Children’s day and the World Day of Prayer and Action for Children, and Youth in the World are celebrated around the world. According to data published by va ...
• 20 November 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops and Ulema of Mindanao are offered to mediate in the peace process Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - Bishops and Muslim ulemas propose themselves as actors in dialogue and negotiation for the Southern Philippines: This is what emerged from the 41st meeting between Bishops and Ulema (Islamic r ...
• 19 November 2013
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Alert concerning dengue cases among children under 4 years of age: since 2013 1,500 have been infected San José (Agenzia Fides) - In 2013, the number of dengue cases has doubled in the National Children's Hospital. The virus has infected 1,500 children under 4 years of age. Since hemorrhagic fever reappeared in the count ...