News

• 5 July 2011
  ASIA/IRAQ- The country is one of the most insecure places in the world for children Baghdad (Fides Service) - Decades of war and international sanctions have turned Iraq into one of the most unsafe places for children in the Middle East and North Africa. In town, in fact, there are about 3 and a half mi ...
• 5 July 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO- Peace march for Congo along the Francigena way on behalf of a Congolese living in Italy Rome (Fides Service) - "It is important to know one’s own history to avoid that the same crimes are repeated", says John Mpaliza to Fides, a Congolese native of Bukavu ( Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC ...
• 5 July 2011
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA. For Cardinal Urosa, the Bicentennial is "an opportunity for Venezuelans to carry out the ways of a real and permanent independence, marked by the teachings of the Gospel" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – In the context of the celebrations of the Venezuelan people for 200 years of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Catholic Church has stressed her position for refusing "all tha ...
• 5 July 2011
  AFRICA/CAMEROON-Appointment of the Rector of the preparatory Seminary "Paul VI" in the Diocese of Nkongsamba Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on May 27, 2011 appointed rev. Wolfgang Bienvenu Misoba, the diocesan clergy of Eseka rector of t ...
• 4 July 2011
  VATICAN-"Great number of people exhausted by poverty, displaced persons and refugees, those who emigrate risking their lives: May Christ's gaze alight on all these people", recalls the Pope at the Angelus Vatican City (Fides Service) - When Jesus walked the roads of Galilee, proclaiming the Kingdom of God and healing many sick people, he felt compassion for the crowds because they were tired and helpless, said the Holy Fa ...
• 4 July 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A priest, "another victim of hatred between brothers" Heroica Matamoros (Fides Service) - A Mexican diocesan priest, Father Marco Antonio Duran Romero was killed in a firefight between soldiers and an armed group in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, on the border with the Un ...
• 4 July 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN-Nearly 7,000 students of Fu Jen Catholic University, have completed their course of studies Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - 6,861 students of Ben Fu Jen Catholic University have concluded in recent days their course of studies. Among them 15 have obtained a doctorate, 1,138 a school-leaving exam, 5,708 the baccalaure ...
• 4 July 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA-Shortage of priests: Mass every other Sunday for some parishes in the diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - In some Catholic parishes in the diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes, a suffragan of the archdiocese of Sydney, in the Australian Outback of New South Wales, Mass can be celebrated only once every two w ...
• 4 July 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "I pray for reconciliation between the Libyans", says Bishop Martinelli from Tripoli Tripoli (Fides Service) - "We need sincere dialogue to keep Libya united. I hope that the Libyans are reconciled. I hope in a sincere reconciliation between Tripoli and Benghazi, without prejudice and without special cla ...
• 4 July 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE-Even students of Catholic schools demonstrate for a better education system Santiago (Fides Service) - Sister Elizabeth Gonzalez, deputy director of the school "Santa Maria de la Providencia" in Renca and member of the Commission for the Continental Mission of the Archdiocese of Santiago, lived ...
• 4 July 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE-More than 200 000 Ivorian refugees: 15 000 in the Salesian mission of Duékoué Abidjan (Fides Service) - During the last three weeks the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and partner agencies have registered 322,277 internally displaced persons in Côte d'Ivoire. The displaced p ...
• 4 July 2011
  VATICAN-Statement of the Holy See: episcopal Ordination in the Diocese of Leshan (Province of Sichuan, Mainland China) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Vatican press office issued the following statement today: "With regard to the episcopal ordination of the Rev. Paul Lei Shiyin, which took place on Wednesday 29 June la ...
• 4 July 2011
  ASIA/THAILAND - National reconciliation, fight against poverty, values: the priority of the first woman Premier Bangkok (Fides Service) - "Everyone must accept the outcome of the democratic elections. In any case, the priority for the country is a genuine national reconciliation": is the immediate comment released to Fides by Fr. ...
• 4 July 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-The Colombian Episcopate commemorates 25 years of the visit of Pope John Paul II Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - From 4 to 8 July the Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia (ECC) will take place in Bogota. The meeting relies on the presence of 96 Bishops that represent the 76 ecclesial jurisdicti ...
• 2 July 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - School for Missionary Animators: enthusiasm and new ideas Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - The Missionary Training Center in Warsaw hosted the School for Missionary Animators, organized and promoted by the team of the National Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Poland from 26 to 29 ...