News

• 27 June 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Protests against the finance bill triggered something bigger" Nairobi (Fides Agency) - "The impression is that the withdrawal of the tax law is now totally insufficient to stop the anger of the people", says an observer from church circles in Nairobi, where yesterday, June 26, Pres ...
• 27 June 2024
  ASIA/THAILAND - Resignation of Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangkok Vatican City ( Fides Agency) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangkok (Thailand) presented by Cardinal Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij.( ...
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  27 June 2024
  ASIA/JAPAN - Proclamation of faith in the Japanese context by Paolo Affatato Tokyo (Fides Agency ) - "In Japan you can clearly see that the focal point for the Christian is the crossroads. The moment one crosses the other's existence, there is room to witness one's faith and ...
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  27 June 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Joseph Yang Yongqiang takes up office in Hangzhou: He had been appointed by Pope Francis on June 12 by Marta Zhao Hangzhou (Fides Agency) - Bishop Joseph Yang Yongqiang took office today, Thursday, June 27, in the episcopal see of Hangzhou, the capital of the Chinese province of Zhejiang. Bishop Yang was transferre ...
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  26 June 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholic Charities in relief of flood-affected populations Meizhou (Fides Agency ) - On behalf of Bishop Joseph Li Shan of Beijing and Bishop Joseph Shen Bin of Shanghai, the Catholic Relief Services network is once again at the forefront of the relief efforts for the victims of ...
• 26 June 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - "People are taking to the streets because they are desperate" Nairobi ( Fides Agency) - "It was a real popular protest, initially peaceful, even if provocateurs and thugs mingled with the demonstrators", Father Alfonso Poppi, of the Priestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of St. Ch ...
• 26 June 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - First session of the new parliament: Violence in Manipur still on the agenda Imphal (Fides Agency) - In the first session of the parliament that emerged from the recent elections in India, MPs re-elected politician Om Birla, a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the ruling party of Presid ...
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  26 June 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - Cardinal Parolin to religious leaders: amid conflict, Lebanon must remain a model of coexistence Beirut (Fides Agency ) - "Lebanon today must remain a model of coexistence and unity in the face of the ongoing crises and wars," said Cardinal Pietro Parolin to high-ranking representatives of the Churches and religious ...
• 26 June 2024
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Latin American bishops concerned about the impact of drug trafficking: "We must not give up" Bogotà (Fides Agency) – "The fact that drug trafficking manages to infiltrate and corrupt the power of the state, the police, the armed forces, the media, businesses, in short, all the institutions of democracy, is a ...
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  25 June 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - An international theological colloquium to revive the ecumenical vocation of the Melkite Church Beirut (Fides Agency ) - As the Melkite Greek Catholic Church celebrates the 300th anniversary of the restoration of full communion with the Church of Rome (1724-2024), a high-level international theological colloquium a ...
• 25 June 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Parliament condemns lynchings and calls for respect for the rule of law Islamabad (Fides Agency ) - The Pakistani Parliament has adopted a resolution addressing and condemning the serious practice of "lynching", which has recently hit the headlines due to several incidents such as the events ...
• 25 June 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Further protests against the draft budget Nairobi (Fides Agency) - New protests are underway this morning, June 25, against the financial bill presented by the Kenyan government that includes the introduction of new taxes (see Fides 21/6/2024). In Nairobi, secu ...
• 25 June 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Diocese of Labuan Bajo established and first bishop appointed Vatican City (Fides Agency) - On June 21, Pope Francis erected the new diocese of Labuan Bajo (Indonesia) on part of the diocese of Ruteng, placing it under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Ende as a suffragan dioc ...
• 24 June 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A total of 1,413 masses for peace and reconciliation: "We need new hope" Seoul (Fides Agency ) - It is a message of peace and reconciliation that the Archbishop of Seoul, Peter Soon-taick Chung, is launching in view of the anniversary of the Korean War. It is a message of hope and unity that ...
• 24 June 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Father Mikah Suleiman kidnapped Abuja (Fides Agency ) - The parish priest of St. Raymond's Church in Damba (Gusau) in Zamfara State in northwestern Nigeria, Mikah Suleiman, was abducted by armed men who broke into the rectory on Saturday, June 22, at a ...