News

• 4 November 2013
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC- Nearly two children die every day in the hospital in Santiago Santiago de los Caballeros (Agenzia Fides) - According to a recent report, released by the Ministry of Public Administration (MAP) of the Dominican Republic, about 50 children, almost two a day, die every month in the pe ...
• 4 November 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA – The young, family pastoral, missionary commitment and social needs of the country: the plenary assembly of bishops Pilar (Agenzia Fides) - As of today, Monday, November 4, until Saturday 9, the 106th Plenary Assembly of the Argentine Episcopal Conference (CEA), will be held at the retreat house El cenáculo-La Montonera in the town o ...
• 4 November 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - The Museum of Ayasofia will not become a mosque, at least not for now Trabzon (Agenzia Fides) - The Administrative Court of Trabzon rejected the request concerning the transformation of the local museum of Ayasofya into a mosque. As reported by Turkish sources consulted by Fides Agency, th ...
• 31 October 2013
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Miri and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, on 30 October 2013, accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Miri (Malaysia ), by His Exc. Mgr. Anthony Lee Kok Hin, in accordance with canon ...
• 31 October 2013
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Priest killed in broad daylight in front of the Bishop's house Colon (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Colon (Panama) is appalled by the death of the priest Anibal Gomez (67 years old), of Spanish origin, whose body was found around 1pm (local time) yesterday, 30 October, ...
• 31 October 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - Faith and service to people with mental disabilities: a parallel and complementary path for Huiling Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The commitment towards the mentally disabled, inspired by Mother Teresa, has not only changed her life, but has paved the way of faith, hitherto unknown, which led her to baptism and to take on th ...
• 31 October 2013
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Lahore: "Being fully Christian and being fully Pakistani are not contradictory perspectives" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with immense pleasure that I can meet you all today; I would say that, through you, I meet the entire Church of our beloved Country", said Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congrega ...
• 31 October 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Mass graves in Sadad: 45 Christian civilians killed by Islamist militias Sadad (Agenzia Fides) - The bodies of thirty Christian civilians have been found in two separate mass graves, including women and children, killed by Islamist militias in the city of Sadad. And, altogether, the Christian ...
• 31 October 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Alnemeh: "In Sadad, the largest massacre of Christians in Syria" Sadad (Agenzia Fides) - "What happened in Sadad is the most serious and biggest massacre of Christians in Syria in the past two years and a half": this was stressed by Archbishop Selwanos Boutros Alnemeh, Syriac Orthodox ...
• 31 October 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - Ankara denies: the kidnapped Syrian bishops are not in Turkey Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called the allegations which have been circulating in recent days "baseless and misleading" with regards to the two metropolitan bishops of Aleppo abdu ...
• 31 October 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - No to Halloween, "we must enhance our traditions", says the Bishop of Aguascalientes Aguascalientes (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the feast of All Saints and All Souls' Day, November 1 and 2, the Bishop of Aguascalientes, His Exc. Mgr. José María de la Torre Martin, called on the faithful and th ...
• 30 October 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishop of Mongolia: "Thanks for the missionary commitment of the Korean Church" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Aid and missionary cooperation guaranteed by the Korean Church have been and still are crucial for the growth and progress of the small Church in Mongolia: this is what Bishop Wenceslao Padilla, ...
• 30 October 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Resignation of Archbishop of Ibadan and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, on 29 October 2013, accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Ibadan (Nigeria), by His Exc. Mgr. Felix Alaba Adeosin Job, in accordance wi ...
• 30 October 2013
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Galapagos and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, on 29 October 2013, accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Galapagos (Ecuador), by His Esc. Mgr. Manuel Antonio Valarezo Luzuriaga, O ...
• 30 October 2013
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Pakistan for the ordination of the Bishop of Faisalabad Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples will be on a pastoral visit in Pakistan where on the day of the Solemnity of All Saints, Friday 1 Nov ...