News

• 10 May 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - WYD in Korea will be an opportunity for interreligious fraternity and friendship with Buddhists Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The "synodal" style is expressed not only within the ecclesial community but is also characteristic of Christians who "go forth", ready to walk together with all men of good will to build a better ...
• 10 May 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Jihadist attack at dawn in the Macomia district; the population flees into the forest Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Since the early hours of today, May 10, an attack carried out by jihadists linked to the Islamic State has been underway in the district of Macomia, in the province of Cabo Delgado, north of Moza ...
• 8 May 2024
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Bishop Fikre: “Healing our social and spiritual fractures through prayer, love and justice” Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "By remaining neutral, free from ethnic sectarianism and political influence, religious leaders can play an important role as mediators and in building a culture of peace and reconciliation, ...
• 8 May 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA - Bishop of Koforidua: “Environmental issues must be a political priority” Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Illegal mining, which pollutes rivers and groundwater, and plastic waste are the two main environmental problems in Ghana. A problem to which an answer is also being sought at the academic level w ...
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  8 May 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New parish church opened in the Archdiocese of Lahore and dedicated to Saint Joseph Gujranwala (Agenzia Fides) - It will be a place of worship dedicated to St. Joseph, a place where Marian devotion will be strong: the Catholic community of the Archdiocese of Lahore took part in large numbers in the inau ...
• 7 May 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - First round of presidential elections completed N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - The first round of presidential elections in Chad ended yesterday, May 6. This election was supposed to be the end of the provisional transitional regime installed after the death of President ...
• 7 May 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Decline in birth rates: Catholic Church launches concrete initiatives and support for families Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The decline in birth rates is an issue of national importance and subject to public debate, and the issue also enjoys particular attention in the Korean Catholic community, because the faithful ar ...
• 7 May 2024
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Tensions in the Middle East: mass wine is becoming scarce Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The geopolitical tensions linked to the Gaza war also have unexpected consequences, such as the rationing of mass wine destined for Catholic churches in Uganda. According to Ugandan media report ...
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  7 May 2024
  ASIA/KUWAIT - The Coptic Catholic community in the Vicariate of Northern Arabia: “Simple people who work hard” By Antonella Prenna Kuwait City (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Catholic community in Kuwait, which belongs to the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia, has over 5,000 members. "Our community has more than a hundred f ...
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  6 May 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Marian Month in the port city of Changshu: Special initiative for young people Changshu (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people of Christ, come and serve the Church!". Under this motto, the Changshugang Parish of the Diocese of Suzhou celebrated the day of the Marian Month dedicated to young people on Sund ...
• 6 May 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - International community remains silent: further atrocities in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - At least 16 people were killed and 30 injured in a bomb attack on May 3 in two displaced persons camps in Lac Vert and Mugunga, near Goma, capital of North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic R ...
• 6 May 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Visiting Catholic families: bearing witness to the beauty of consecrated life Semarang (Agenzia Fides) - They want to proclaim the Gospel and bear witness to the beauty of a life entirely consecrated to the Lord: in this spirit, in some areas of Indonesia, members of the local clergy and religious ...
• 6 May 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Artificial intelligence should be made to service humanity and not replace humanity” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Artificial Intelligence systems are very good in themselves. They can help us do a lot, but if we do not care for them, they will take over humanity", says Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor, Bishop ...
• 6 May 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Isiolo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 4, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Fr. Peter Munguti Makau, I.M.C., until now provincial superior of the Consolata Missionaries in Kenya and Uganda. Msgr. Peter Munguti Makau ...
• 4 May 2024
  ASIA - Franciscan Network for Peace and Integral Ecology: a synodal journey in the footsteps of ‘Laudato si'’ Manila (Agenzia Fides) - To place particular attention to peace and integral ecology in the various contexts of the Asian continent at the centre of pastoral and social action, according to the vision and spiritual persp ...