News

• 22 July 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO – Stop with extortion and threats to priests and parishes: complaint of the Bishop of Cuernavaca Morelos (Agenzia Fides) - A priest was the victim of extortion, death threats and the subject of an attempted murder: an incident that has caused deep concern for His Exc. Mgr. Ramon Castro Castro, Bishop of Cuernavaca, ...
• 22 July 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The industrial area of Kaeseong, bordering the North re-opens: Mass of the Archbishop of Seoul Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – To pray for reconciliation and to start up economic cooperation again between North and South Korea: with this spirit His Exc. Mgr. Andrew Yeom Soo-jung celebrated yesterday, 21 July, a Mass wit ...
• 19 July 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - More than a thousand faithful of the Diocese of Tai Yuan live the Year of Faith studying the documents of the Council on the Church and Ecumenism Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) – To embody the spirit of the Second Vatican Council in one’s life and transform oneself in the face of Christ to witness faith: this is the meaning of the exhortation that His Exc. Mgr. Paul ...
• 19 July 2013
  AMERICA/CANADA TORONTO -Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 20 December 2012 appointed Fr. Alex Osei, of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (CSSp) as Nation ...
• 19 July 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Rector of the Major Seminary "Holy Apostles Peter and Paul" in Ibadan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 20 December 2012 appointed rev. Francis O. Adesina, of the clergy of the Diocese of Osogbo as Rec ...
• 19 July 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops: Christians can contribute to justice in Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians, although a small minority, are called, by virtue of their faith, to be the leaven of justice and peace in Orissa. Driven by their faith, hope and charity they are responsible fo ...
• 19 July 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A commission to review the provisional Constitution. The Churches are also involved Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "In the coming hours" refers to Fides Agency Botros Fahim Awad Hanna, Coptic Catholic Bishop of Minya, "President Adly Mansur should sign the decree establishing a commission of fifty members appo ...
• 19 July 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - WYD: thousands of young people discover the spirit and missionary commitment Itaiupu (Agenzia Fides) - Accompanying young people participating in the World Youth Day in Rio De Janeiro to "get to know and fall in love with the missionary spirit": is the goal of the Pontifical Mission Societies in ...
• 19 July 2013
  AFRICA/CHAD - Emergency refugees, mostly children orphaned or separated from their parents N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of Chadians, most of them children, are returning to their Country of origin in order to escape the insecurity and instability of the neighboring Central African Republic (CAR), Darf ...
• 19 July 2013
  ASIA/IRAN - Eight Christians sentenced for "actions against the national security" Shiraz (Agenzia Fides) - Eight evangelical Christians in Shiraz were sentenced to jail after being found guilty of "action against the national security" and "propaganda against the order of the system". The news was giv ...
• 19 July 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New Report: deterioration of religious freedom and increasing violence in the country Washington (Agenzia Fides) - In the past 18 months we have witnessed a gradual deterioration of respect for religious freedom in Pakistan. Religious minorities such as Shia Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Ahmadis are ...
• 19 July 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - World Youth Day and the Catholic religion: What kind of Brazil will Pope Francis find? Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The organizers of World Youth Day expect more than a million young pilgrims from 170 countries in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil is a land with approximately 123 million Catholics and more than 400 bis ...
• 18 July 2013
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Sexual abuse in schools continues to increase Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In some schools in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, teachers and school authorities take advantage of their status to abuse some of the students who are unaware of their rights. According ...
• 18 July 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA – March for peace on the border between the Koreas: Prayer for Reconciliation Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Faithful Korean Catholics will march and pray for peace in the demilitarized area on the border between North and South Korea: As reported to Fides, it is one of the initiatives that characterize ...
• 18 July 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Protests against the anti-conversion law increase in Madhya Pradesh Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - In the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh protests of religious minorities against the amendments to the anti-conversion law increase. The changes exacerbate the punishment on the prohibition of conv ...