AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic priest kidnapped in Kaduna State
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Father Gabriel Ukeh, parish priest of St. Thomas Church, Zango Kataf Local Government Area, in Kaduna State, in northwestern Nigeria, has been kidnapped. The priest was taken prisoner by armed men ...
VATICAN - Appointment of members of the Dicastery for Evangelization
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the following as members of the Dicastery for Evangelization in the Section for First Evangelization and the new particular Churches: the Reverend Fathers Ferr ...
8 June 2024
ASIA/CAMBODIA - A community linked to the memory of the martyrs
Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "We are a small Church that is still closely linked to the memory of the martyrs. Our young Cambodians are being trained in the seminary where the Cambodian Bishop Joseph Chmar Salas also liv ...
8 June 2024
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops launch digitization in the dioceses
Pando (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Eugenio Coter, Apostolic Vicar of Pando in northern Bolivia, wants to initiate a process of digitization and modernization in the country's dioceses.
"The introduction of special softwa ...
AFRICA/NIGER - The ordeal in the savannah
by Mauro Armanino
Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - It happened last Wednesday, May 29, in the savannah, on the border with Burkina Faso. A group of Nigerien soldiers set fire to the granaries in the village of Nadouani, in t ...
ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of bishop of Vasai
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Vasai, India, presented by Bishop Felix Anthony Machado. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 6/6/2024)
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