News

• 30 September 2013
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni’s pastoral visit in Korea for the Jubilee of the Diocese of Suwon Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, will be on a pastoral visit in South Korea from September 30 to October 6. The main reason is the ce ...
• 30 September 2013
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Appointment of 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 8, 2013 appointed rev. Seyoum Fransua Noel, of the clergy of the Apostolic Vicariate of ...
• 30 September 2013
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Three new Jesuit priests for the mission in Vietnam Kontum (Agenzia Fides) - The Society of Jesus in Vietnam has three new priests who have already started their pastoral service in the country. To the delight of the congregation and the entire Christian community, Tommas ...
• 30 September 2013
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Anti-Christian vandalism in the evangelical cemetery. Four students arrested Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday afternoon, September 29 four young Israeli Jews between 17 and 27 years of age were arrested after they had severely damaged at least fifteen evangelical Christian graves in the ceme ...
• 30 September 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The mission of Our Lady of Fatima in Bouar ransacked Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - An Italian missionary and a Central African deacon are the latest victims of the rebels Seleka. "On September 28, Fr. Beniamino Gusmeroli, an Italian missionary fromValtellina, and Fr. Martial Me ...
• 30 September 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Today the funeral of the two murdered priests Cali (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Cali, His Exc. Mgr. Darío de Jesús Monsalve, strongly denounced the violence against the priests, after the murder of the priest and the curate of the parish of San Sebastián ...
• 30 September 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Archbishop of Seoul: "Cardinal Filoni’s visit is an incentive for the Church in Korea that wants to be missionary" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "We thank Cardinal Fernando Filoni for his visit, for the attention and support for the Korean Church. We are honored and we feel particularly blessed by the Lord for his presence among us". These ...
• 30 September 2013
  AMERICA - New portal at the service of migrants: an American initiative Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Combining the efforts of various organizations working for and with migrants in order to strengthen the services offered in the evangelizing mission in a space-communion, to give useful informat ...
• 30 September 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Boko Haram is now composed of fanatics that affect Christians and Muslims," said Bishop Kaigama Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "In the beginning the aim of Boko Haram was to attack Christians in order to destabilize the community. But now the ferocity of the members of this movement has no limits to the point of slaughter ...
• 30 September 2013
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni Special Envoy of the Pope for the fourth American Missionary Congress (CAM 4-COMLA 9) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Holy Father Francis appointed Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, as his special envoy for the celebration of the Fourth American Missio ...
• 27 September 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Merciful Jesus "stands out" in Madhya Pradesh: the tallest statue in India will be blessed Sagar (Agenzia Fides) - "The size of the statue is a message that is intended to show the immensity of the mercy of Jesus": this is what the Bishop of Sagar, His Exc. Mgr. Anthony Chirayath explains to Fides Agency with ...
• 27 September 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Gaza, the return to class without problems for Christian schools Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The re-opening of the school year for five Christian schools (including three Catholic schools) operating among the population of the Gaza Strip took place with no surprises. "Children and teachers ...
• 27 September 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The "Igreja Catholic apostolic brasileira" is a schismatic community Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The "Igreja Catholic apostolic brasileira", founded by Mr. Carlos Duarte Costa, who died in 1961, and was succeeded by Mr. Luis Fernando Castillo Mendes, who died in 2009, is considered a s ...
• 27 September 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - After the bombs, atrocities against Christians, organ trafficking concerning victims of Peshawar? Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - After the bombs in the church of All Saints in Peshawar, the situation remains tense in the Pakistani society: not only tragedy but also horror. The Christians said they were "horrified" by the ...
• 27 September 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA - Controversy over the assault at Westgate Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – There is growing controversy in Kenya in the aftermath of the dramatic attack at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi by a group linked to the movement of the Somali Shabaab. The security forces are ...