News

• 4 September 2020
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Léonidas Ngomanziza Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 10 May 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Léonidas Ngomanziza, of the diocesan clergy of Nyundo a ...
• 4 September 2020
  AFRICA/TOGO - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Donald Charit-Dine Fadaz Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 25 May 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed the rev. Donald Charit-Dine Fadaz, of the diocesan clergy of Sokodé ...
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  4 September 2020
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Towards a missionary October: the support of "Catholic Mission" Australia for people with disabilities Battambang (Agenzia Fides) - Supporting the life and work of the Arrupe Center in Cambodia, managed by Bishop Enrique Figaredo Alvar Gonzalez SJ in the Apostolic Prefecture of Battambang, in the north-west of the country ...
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  4 September 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A Bishop: "The pandemic is an opportunity for Christians to renew their faith" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The Coronavirus pandemic is an opportunity for our spiritual growth because it "poses the fact that we renew our faith in Jesus Christ taken from his who assurance to all of our humanity and Chris ...
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  4 September 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The beatification of the "Doctor of the poor" is being prepared Coro (Agenzia Fides) - The Commission for the Beatification of José Gregorio Hernández, of the Archdiocese of Coro, continues its activities aimed at promoting the values and virtues of the Venerable Servant of God. In ...
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  3 September 2020
  VATICAN - Aid from the PMS Fund to parishes, families, poor children and Catholic schools for the Covid emergency in Africa and Latin America Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The pandemic has exposed the difficult situation for the poor and the great inequality that reigns in the world - Pope Francis recalled at the general audience on 19 August -. The virus, ...
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  3 September 2020
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - "Pandemic and general elections": the pastoral letter of Archbishop González Nieves highlights "the pandemic of corruption" San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico, Mgr. Roberto Octavio González Nieves, OFM, published a pastoral letter entitled "Puerto Rico: Pandemic and general elections, a call for reflection a ...
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  3 September 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New priests in Pakistan: hope for the Church in the midst of the pandemic Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "A young priest is always a gift for the People of God, chosen as the prophets and apostles to bring people closer to God. It is the priest's responsibility to serve people and accompany them to ...
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  3 September 2020
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - "Constructive dialogue" says President Nyusi after meeting with the Bishop of Pemba Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Country is experiencing a moment in which there is a need to speak, to dialogue. It is necessary to understand what the other sees and what the other knows. Being religious, this Bishop of o ...
• 3 September 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "Khristo Jyoti Mohavidyaloyo" Regional Seminary of Sambalpur Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 19 May 2020, Card. Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Lancy Rodrigues, SVD (Society of the Divine Word), as Rector of the ...
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  3 September 2020
  ASIA/THAILAND - Freedom and democracy: young Thais take to the streets Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The young people of Thailand give life to a new season of street demonstrations and freely express their aspirations for freedom and democracy. The new movement that animates Thai society calls ...
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  3 September 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - "God is always ready to forgive": Day of penance and prayer celebrated Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Symbolic objects to indicate peace and mutual forgiveness, such as banknotes attached to a twig; leaves of a specific tree planted as a sign of recovered trust; Areca nuts exchanged to repa ...
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  3 September 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops call on government to shut down abortion clinics Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - " We cannot claim God is in our midst when in fact we are allowing the evil of some individuals who may have killed their conscience to legislate for the killing of our unborn children", say the ...
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  2 September 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Álvarez Cano: "Society must ask its rulers to make proper use of public resources" Tampico (Agenzia Fides) - "The population has the task of demanding its leaders the correct use of public resources, so that while fighting corruption, public employees are truly committed and dedicated to the common goo ...
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  2 September 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Fight against Covid-19: thanks to the Church, a partnership between Italian and Kazakh hospitals has begun Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Kazakhstan is committed to the common good of the country and tries to support the national health system in the fight against Covid-19. In response to the spread of the co ...