News

• 
  23 November 2021
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Angolan migrants: rainy season leads to a deterioration in living conditions Etunda (Agenzia Fides) - Almost 4 000 Angolans fleeing unemployment, drought and hunger in their own country, are currently in Etunda, in the Omusati region. The already poor conditions these migrants live in are now bei ...
• 
  23 November 2021
  AMERICA - Protagonists and co-responsible for evangelization as "Missionary disciples" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Latin America and the Caribbean gathered at the feet of the Virgin of Guadalupe on the Solemnity of Christ the King, Sunday, November 21, for the opening of the Ecclesial Assem ...
• 
  23 November 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Jesuit on "Constitution Day": "Learning a lesson from the farmers" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "On November 26th, we celebrate Constitutional Day in India. We must internalize the letter and the spirit that our constitution fathers gave us in 1949 and make it our own. This great Charter ...
• 
  23 November 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako: digital platforms and social media used to harm the Church Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In the age of the internet, the spread of social networks and the increase in blogs and digital platforms have disproportionately multiplied the dissemination of articles critical of the church. ...
• 22 November 2021
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Appointment of bishop of Kankan, Mgr Alexis Aly Tagbino Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 20, 2021, the Holy Father appointed Bishop Alexis Aly Tagbino as bishop of the diocese of Kankan, Guinea, transferring him from the office of auxiliary of the same diocese. (SL) ...
• 22 November 2021
  AFRICA/CONGO - Resignation of the Archbishop of Brazzaville and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 21, 2021 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, presented by Archbishop Anatole M ...
• 22 November 2021
  EUROPE/BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Luka Tunjic Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 5, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Luka Tunjic, of the archdiocese of Vrhbosna, Sarajevo, as Nationa ...
• 
  22 November 2021
  ASIA/CHINA - Death of Bishop Stephen Yang Xiangtai Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the night of October 13, 2021, His Exc. Mgr. Stephen Yang Xiangtai, Bishop of Handan/Yongnian (Hebei) died at the age of 99. He was born on January 3, 1923 into a devout Catholic family in Gaocu ...
• 
  22 November 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Vietnamese martyrs, a source of encouragement for Catholic communities Rome (Agenzia Fides) – To celebrate with faith and devotion the Feast of the Vietnamese Holy Martyrs, canonized in 1988 by Pope Saint John Paul II: in this spirit, on the eve of the feast of Christ the King, more than ...
• 
  22 November 2021
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Justice and Peace: "Everyone has the right to act in conscience and freedom" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church, as Mother and Teacher, does not stop calling everyone to build peace ... We ask the faithful to continue praying so that Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace, and the Immaculate Virgin Mar ...
• 
  22 November 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishop David: "We need to elect reliable candidates" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - It is important to choose "reliable candidates" in the general elections scheduled for next May 2022. This is the invitation made public in a message by the president-elect of the Bishops' Confer ...
• 
  22 November 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - Adequate resources are lacking to deal equally with the pandemic as well as the severe drought Wajir (Agenzia Fides) - Programs of recovery and resilience, food security (sustainable agriculture), supply of water, health and sanitation are among the priorities that the Camillian Disaster Service (CADIS) Kenya, Int ...
• 
  22 November 2021
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Farewell to monk Jean-Pierre Schumacher, last companion of the martyrs of Tibhirine Fez (Agenzia Fides) - "It was so beautiful!", the Trappist monk Jean-Pierre Schumacher repeated with emotion, when he recalled the long years of fraternal life spent together with his confreres in the Algerian monastery ...
• 
  22 November 2021
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Catholic priest stopped by the police: he asked for truth and justice on the Easter attacks Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "We have been here for three days to accompany our brother Fr Cyril Gamini Fernando, called by the Intelligence services to be questioned. They ask him for an account of the statements he made o ...
• 
  20 November 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Prime Minister abolishes controversial agricultural laws: “A victory for farmers” New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "We welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi's belated wisdom in repealing the three agricultural laws that had an unconstitutional profile. It is a victory for the people: the future of India is ...