News

• 23 December 2024
  ASIA/LAOS - Resignation and Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Vientiane Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Vientiane, presented by His Eminence Cardinal Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, I.V. ...
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  23 December 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Education denied due to war: the contribution of Catholic nuns to ensure education to children Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Almost four years after the coup and the outbreak of the civil war, in addition to economic hardship and displacement, another problem is causing serious concerns for the future of the country: m ...
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  22 December 2024
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - Pope Francis: “No child is a mistake”, “let us learn to experience wonder and gratitude before the mystery of the life that is born” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Let us learn to “experience wonder and gratitude before the mystery of the life that is born” because “no child is a mistake”. This was the central message of Pope Francis during th ...
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  21 December 2024
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “Raise your voice!” The 2025 Star Singers Campaign for children’s rights Aachen (Agenzia Fides) – The focus of the “Star Singers” campaign of the Pontifical Society of German Missionary Childhood (Aktion Dreikönigssingen) is on children's rights, and aims to emphasize that all people a ...
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  20 December 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Advent of charity from Bangladeshi Catholics, to share the joy of Christmas Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "I have received a gift from the Catholic community. I am grateful. I will share it at Christmas with my grandchildren," says Maria Gomes, a 65-year-old widow, one of the beneficiaries of the Holy ...
• 20 December 2024
  ASIA/THAILAND - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Thailand Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 6, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for the first Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed, Father Pe ...
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  20 December 2024
  In Rome, in the Holy Land and throughout the World. Vademecum to obtain Indulgences in the Jubilee Year 2025 by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In 2025, the Catholic Church will once again celebrate the Jubilee Year, a special time of remission and forgiveness, designed as an opportunity to intensely experience heali ...
• 19 December 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Fear and displacement: Christmas marked by conflict by Paolo Affatato Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We are preparing for Christmas, we are preparing for the Holy Year, but the joy among the faithful is no longer the same as in the past. The wounds of the civil war, the su ...
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  19 December 2024
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: "Supporting the missionary works of the universal Church is an expression of the encounter with Christ" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Supporting the missionary and charitable works of the universal Church is a concrete expression" of the "authentic and personal encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ, whom we must proclaim ...
• 19 December 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The DRC's complaint against Apple raises the issue of ethics in international trade Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Kinshasa has filed a lawsuit against Apple in France and Belgium, accusing the company of using components derived from minerals illegally mined in the Democratic Republic of ...
• 19 December 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), on November 13, 2024, appointed Fr. Stephen C ...
• 19 December 2024
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Fire in the Parliament after weeks of tension Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, December 18, a fire broke out in the Parliament building in Monrovia. The flames, whose origin is currently unclear, were only extinguished with difficulty by the firefighters. The P ...
• 19 December 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - Illegality, corruption and abuse: gender-based violence is on the rise Port-au- Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The current security crisis in the country is leading to a dramatic increase in violence against women on the Caribbean island. According to a recent United Nations report, several l ...
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  18 December 2024
  VATICAN - Beatification process for Eduard Profittlich: Pope Francis recognizes his death as martyrdom Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the beatification process for the German-born Jesuit missionary and titular archbishop of Hadrianopolis, Eduard Profittlich, who died in 1942 in the Soviet detention camp in Kiro ...
• 18 December 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND SOLOMON ISLANDS - Appointment of the New National Director of the PMS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for the First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches), has appointed Rev. Fr. Christian Siel ...