News

• 13 June 2022
  AFRICA/D.R.CONGO - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Tshumba Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 11, 2022 the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Tshumba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, presented by Bishop Nicolas Djomo Lola. ...
• 13 June 2022
  AFRICA/D.R.CONGO - Appointment of Bishop of Kisantu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 11, 2022 the Holy Father appointed Bishop Jean-Crispin Kimbeni Ki Kanda, until now titular of Dragonara and auxiliary of the metropolitan archdiocese of Kinshasa, as bishop of the d ...
• 
  11 June 2022
  AFRICA/ANGOLA and SAO TOME - Jubilee celebrations of the Pontifical Mission Societies Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Many participated with enthusiasm in the different initiatives organized in May by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé (CEAST) on the occa ...
• 
  11 June 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - "Do not be afraid": young people encouraged to choose religious life Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - It is necessary to listen to God's call and encourage young people not to be afraid, following the steps of Jesus in life as priests or consecrated persons: this is what Father Rodon Robert Hadima ...
• 
  11 June 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Muqtada al Sadr extends the mandate of the Committee on the restitution of illegally expropriated property Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada al Sadr, President of the Alliance of the main forces in the current Iraqi Parliament, announced the continuation of the work of the ad hoc committee set up on hi ...
• 
  11 June 2022
  EUROPE/GEORGIA - People with disabilities: Camillians open new rehabilitation center Akhaltzikhe (Agenzia Fides) - "There are hardly any job opportunities here, so many young people tend to leave the country. In this context, however, there are also families with disabled members who live in extreme diff ...
• 
  11 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Insecurity jeopardizes the future of the country Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - The massacre at the Catholic Church in Owo (Ondo State, south-west Nigeria) on Pentecost Sunday marks a new dramatic stage in terms of the deterioration of the security situation in Nigeria and th ...
• 
  11 June 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Caritas fundraiser: Four out of ten Argentines are poor Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "There are 5,687 poor villages or working-class neighborhoods in our country. Thousands of families have very limited access to basic services. Here lies the hard core of poverty. These are ...
• 
  10 June 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Missionary: "Ethiopia is a proud country with a great Christian tradition" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Great hopes shattered in the last two years by armed clashes sparked by an internal struggle between the Ethiopian government led by Nobel Peace Prize winner President Abiy and the Tigray e ...
• 
  10 June 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Supreme Court of Israel definitively rejects the appeal of the Orthodox Patriarchate on the properties acquired by Ateret Cohanim Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Israel has definitively put an end to the long legal battle waged by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem to annul the acquisition, by the radical Jewish organizat ...
• 
  10 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The President of the Bishops': “Nigeria is bleeding; Nigerians now live in fear and anxiety” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Nigeria is bleeding. Our land is soaked in blood. From North to South, East to West, blood is flowing like a river. Nigerians now live in fear and anxiety, as a dark cloud of uncertainty hangs ov ...
• 
  10 June 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - Dead and injured in violent clashes of miners: the Bishops appeal to the authorities Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Bishops' Conference issued a communiqué dated 8th June on the violent clashes between miners in Ica and Arequipa over land, which, according to the first official assessment, have lef ...
• 
  10 June 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Sacred music, an instrument of evangelization Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Augustine said: "He who sings prays twice". The Catholic Church in Vietnam is also aware of the spiritual power of music in the liturgy. For this reason, the Commission for Sacred Music of t ...
• 
  10 June 2022
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - The Church promotes the evangelical perspective of reconciliation, on a social and international level Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "It is possible to make our own the new perspective of reconciliation that Christ proposes to us in all circumstances: from the simplest and most daily to the most serious and decisive for the f ...
• 10 June 2022
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of the Rector of the "Good Shepherd" Philosophical Seminary in Banz, Archdiocese of Mount Hagen Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 10, 2022 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Clement Papa, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Mount Hagen ...