News

• 9 December 2021
  ASIA/JAPAN - Appointment of the Bishop of Sendai, Fr. Edgar Gacutan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 8, 2021 the Holy Father appointed Fr. Edgar Gacutan, CICM, member of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Missionaries of Scheut), currently parish priest of Matsub ...
• 
  7 December 2021
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - In a difficult social situation, requests for baptism are growing Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "From a social point of view, the situation in Guinea Bissau is rather difficult. Hospitals do not have anything, health personnel have not received their salaries for months and are on strike, w ...
• 
  7 December 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - A Catholic school devastated by Hindu extremists Vidisha (Agenzia Fides) - A crowd of about 500 extremist militants devastated and committed vandalism in a Catholic school in the state of Madhya Pradesh, central India. According to Fides sources, members of the Hindu ...
• 
  7 December 2021
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - "You young people are the backbone of the Church" Tetere (Agenzia Fides) - "We must be messengers of peace in this country and rehabilitate the image of the Solomon Islands", said Fr. Robinson Parappilly, SDB, encouraging young people gathered at the Don Bosco Rural Tec ...
• 
  7 December 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Church supports catechists, the driving force of the mission Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Catechists play an important role in the evangelizing mission of the Church; in our diocese many of our catechists travel long distances to visit small remote communities. Their ministry is ...
• 
  7 December 2021
  ASIA/TURKEY - New regulations on Foundations linked to non-Muslim communities are on the way Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish government is preparing to issue a new regulation on the administrative management of Foundations linked to non-Muslim faith communities, which have been paralyzed for years by a legi ...
• 
  7 December 2021
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The Bishops: "May the elected authorities working for the common good project Honduras towards a prosperous future and integral well-being for all" Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Iris Xiomara Castro, 62, was elected President of Honduras on Sunday November 28. The first woman to hold this position, the Social Democratic leader is the wife of Manuel Zelaya, the former ...
• 
  7 December 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Young people gathered in Caacupé: "We are the today of God and of the Country, today we must participate, commit ourselves and act" Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, December 4, about five hundred young people from all over the country gathered in Caacupé to pray and ask for the blessing of Our Lady of Miracles, Patroness of Paraguay, in the c ...
• 
  6 December 2021
  AMERICA - The Bishops of Central America: "let's leave our churches and set out to announce the Good News of the Gospel" San José de Costarica (Agenzia Fides) - "We reaffirm our commitment to listen to, accompany, guide and defend our peoples in their struggles, aspirations and hopes, especially in these times when the Covid-19 pandemic h ...
• 
  6 December 2021
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Hong Kong's new Bishop consecrated: "The pandemic has taught us to help each other, this is the way" Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "My desire is to be a bridge between the government and the Church in Hong Kong, between Catholics, Christians of other confessions and other religions ... It will not be easy after these last ...
• 
  6 December 2021
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Christmas of tears and hope: the common good is the good of all Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the early days in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, the Catholic Church has contributed to the improvement of society, illuminating it with the light of the Good News of Jesu ...
• 
  6 December 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Pastoral care of "agroecology" to build the "common home" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Vincentian mission in Indonesia is characterized by a special pastoral attention to "agroecology" and explained to Fides by Father Yohanes Werang, a religious of the "Congregation of the Mis ...
• 
  6 December 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Missionaries like Francis Xavier: 38 new priests, a gift for the Church Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The season of Advent in the Church in Vietnam begins with a great gift: 38 new priests are starting their pastoral service in various dioceses. As Fides learned, the priestly ordination rites were ...
• 
  6 December 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Despair and violence among migrants are the answer to the many broken promises of the government Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation of migrants in Tapachula, Chiapas, has taken on an alarming dimension and complexity. In addition to overcrowding, delays in the application procedures for the recognition of ...
• 
  4 December 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A new App for young people on the occasion of the Jubilee of the Pontifical Mission Societies Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Indonesia are launching a new App dedicated to adolescents and young people, on the occasion of the celebration of the Jubilee of their birth in Indones ...