ASIA/HONG KONG - CARDINAL TONG TO THE 800 NEWLY BAPTIZED: FORMATION, WITNESS AND MUTUAL SUPPORT TO REKINDLE THE FAITH IN THE FAMILY OF THE CHURCH

Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Formation and the testimony of faith, mutual support to rekindle the faith in the family of ...

ASIA/SYRIA - RADICAL ISLAMIC GROUPS FANNING THE CONFLICT THAT PLAGUES LEBANON

Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Radical Islamic Groups are fanning the conflict and want to infect Lebanon: this is the alarm launched ...

AMERICA/ECUADOR - AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN, A SCOURGE THAT AFFECTS MORE THAN 6 000 PEOPLE ONLY IN ECUADOR

Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Every year about 800 000 people around the world are victims of human trafficking, a growing business ...

AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - THE DRAMA OF THE DEPORTEES, REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS IN SOUTHERN SUDAN

Juba (Agenzia Fides) - As Sudan and South Sudan remain on a war footing, tens of thousands of southern Sudanese expelled ...

ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "COMMUNIST AND REBEL" NUNS, THE ARMY ACCUSE THE RELIGIOUS ENGAGED IN MINDANAO

Davao City (Agenzia Fides) - Two Philippines religious women, committed to peace, defence of the indigenous peoples and the natural heritage ...

AFRICA/MALI - NEGOTIATION STALEMATE IN BAMAKO WHILE IN THE NORTH PEOPLE’S IMPATIENCE INCREASE CAUSED BY THE HARASSMENT OF ISLAMIST

Bamako (Agenzia Fides) – People are waiting for the appointment of the new President of the transition in Mali. "The mediators ...

AMERICA/MEXICO - CHILDREN SHOULD NOT CONTINUE TO DIE OR REMAIN DISABLED BECAUSE OF HUNGER

Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – It is unacceptable that children die or remain disabled because of hunger. This is what emerges ...

AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC- APPOINTMENT OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF BANGUI

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 14, 2012 appointed Rev. Fr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S ...

AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - APPOINTMENT OF THE BISHOP OF BERBERATI

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 14, 2012 appointed Rev. Fr. Dennis Kofi Agbenyadzi, S ...

AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - APPOINTMENT OF THE BISHOP OF BOSSANGOA

The Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 14, 2012 appointed Rev. Fr. Nestor-Désiré-Nongo Aziagbia, S.M.A., Superior of the ...

AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC- APPOINTMENT OF THE COADJUTOR BISHOP OF ALINDAO

The Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 14, 2012 appointed Rev. Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa, of the clergy of Alindao, Vicar General ...

AMERICA/PANAMA - THE CELEBRATIONS FOR THE 500 YEARS OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE FIRST AMERICAN DIOCESE

Panama City - The Primate Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, presided on Sunday, May 13 the ...

OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - DEACON AND MIDFIELDER: A LIFE FOR JESUS, IN CHURCH, AND ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Faith in Christ and his gospel are always "the rock for his life", both within the ...

AFRICA/CONGO DR - MORE THAN 5,100 PEOPLE DRIVEN OUT FROM THEIR LANDS TO EXPLOIT THE GOLD IN SOUTH KIVU

Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The social fabric of the people who lived so far in peace and mutual solidarity is compromised ...

AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "PRIORITY TO THE WELFARE OF SOCIETY MUST BE GIVEN": THE CHURCH'S APPEAL TO POLITICAL PARTIES

San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of San Salvador, Mgr. José Luis Escobar Alas, insisted, in his regular press conference ...

ASIA/CHINA - ABOUT 10 THOUSAND FAITHFUL WENT TO THE MARIAN SHRINE OF HU XIAN FOR THE FEAST OF OUR LADY OF CHINA

Hu Xian (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly 10,000 faithful from all parts of China went on the pilgrimage to the Marian ...

VATICAN - 4 PRIESTS AND 17 DEACONS OF THE URBAN COLLEGE ORDAINED IN ST. PETER’S: "THE PRINCE OF THE APOSTLES, BY LOOKING AT YOU IN THE EYES, RENEWS HIS WONDER FOR THE FIDELITY WITH WHICH CHRIST LOVES, SANCTIFIES AND RENEWS HIS CHURCH"

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, in truth, is a memorable day for all of you: both for the seventeen that ...

AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - THE LUSOPHONE COUNTRIES DO NOT ACCEPT THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUP LEADERS AND THE WEST AFRICAN STATES

Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – The situation in Guinea Bissau is still blocked where a new government to overcome the crisis caused ...

AMERICA/PARAGUAY - SOLAR PANELS BRING THE INTERNET IN SCHOOLS WITHOUT ELECTRICITY

Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Secretary General of the Organization of Iberoamerican States (OEI), thanks to a pilot program ...

ASIA/INDONESIA - IN THE YEAR OF FAITH, THE CHALLENGES OF MISSION AND DIALOGUE, IN FRONT OF RADICAL ISLAM

Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "The Year of Faith will be an opportunity to renew the momentum of the mission in Indonesia ...

OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - THE YOUNG AND FAITH: THE CHURCH THINKS OF NEW STRATEGIES

Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - There is a problem of faith and spirituality among younger generations in Papua New Guinea: among ...

VATICAN - "THANK YOU FATHER MASSIMO FOR YOUR EXAMPLE AND FOR YOUR SERVICE TO GOD, TO THE CHURCH, TO MISSIONS AND TO OUR CONGREGATION"

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - " Thank you Father Massimo for your example and for your service to God, to the Church ...

ASIA/PHILIPPINES - ENVIRONMENTALIST LEADER KILLED IN MINDANAO, THE BISHOPS APPEAL TO "STOP VIOLENCE"

Malaybalay (Agenzia Fides) - Murder emergency on the island of Mindanao: Margarito Cabal, an environmentalist leader was killed in the province ...

TODAY, THE FUNERAL OF FATHER MASSIMO CENCI, UNDERSECRETARY OF THE CEP: "AN ENTHUSIASTIC MISSIONARY OF THE MISSION"

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, May 14, at 11 a.m, in the parish of "Regina Pacis" in Monteverde ...

ASIA/SYRIA - CHRISTIANS EXPELLED FROM HAMA

Homs (Agenzia Fides) - A disturbing news reaches Fides from the province of Hama, in the north of Homs: armed men ...

ASIA/SYRIA - A CATHOLIC PRIEST IN THE PROVINCE OF DAMASCUS WAS VICTIM OF AN ATTACK

Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Severe attack against father George Louis, priest of the Greek catholic church of San Michele, in the ...

AMERICA/HONDURAS - APPEAL OF THE CHURCH FOR THE JOURNALIST KIDNAPPED: 28 JOURNALISTS MURDERED SINCE 2003

Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Honduran Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, and of the Association dei Media of ...

ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - THE "PARTY OF SOLIDARITY" AT RISK, ACCUSED BY "WARLORDS"

Kabul (Agenzia Fides) – It is an "uncomfortable" party and therefore in danger of disappearing, accused and delegitimized by "warlords" and ...

ASIA/INDIA - A FORMER PERSECUTOR OF CHRISTIANS AND HINDUS IN ORISSA CONVERTS AND BECOMES A PREACHER OF THE GOSPEL

Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The story recalls that of St. Paul: Niladri Kanhar, leader of a Hindu village in Orissa, known ...

THE PREFECT OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE EVANGELIZATION OF PEOPLES ORDAINS PRIESTS AND DEACONS FROM ASIA, AFRICA, AMERICA AND OCEANIA

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, will preside this afternoon ...

AMERICA/CHILE - THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF THE "FIESTA DE LOS INDIOS" IN HONOR OF ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL

Puerto Montt (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Nuncio in Chile, Archbishop Ivo Scapolo, along with the Archbishop of Puerto Montt, His ...

EUROPE/ITALY - JESUITS: THE HIGHEST PRESENCE IS CONFIRMED IN SOUTH ASIA

Rome (Agenzia Fides) - According to information sent to Fides from the General Curia of the Society of Jesus, to 1 ...

AFRICA/EGYPT - "THE CHURCH IN EGYPT IS IN A PHASE OF DISCERNMENT" SAYS THE NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE PMS

Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in Egypt is in a phase of discernment" says to Fides Fr. Nabil Fayez Antoun ...

ASIA/HONG KONG - A SURVEY REVEALS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FORMATION OF FAITH FOR AN INTEGRAL GROWTH OF THE YOUNG

Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The formation of the Christian faith is essential for an integral growth of young people today ...

AMERICA/HAITI - AFTER MORE THAN 2 YEARS SINCE THE EARTHQUAKE, SEMINARIANS STILL STUDY IN TENTS

Rome (Agenzia Fides) - For Father Clark de la Cruz, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Haiti, the ...

ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A CATHOLIC JOURNALIST KILLED IN MINDANAO, COMMITTED TO A "CULTURE OF LIFE"

Davao City (Agenzia Fides) - His final broadcasts were devoted to the defense of the "culture of life", a topic that ...

ASIA/TURKEY - DISTORTED TRANSLATION OF THE GOSPEL, TO MAKE IT "CLOSE TO MUSLIMS"-CHRISTIANS PROTEST

Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - A distorted translation of the Gospel and not authorized by the Christian Churches has created a public ...

ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - ARCHBISHOP OF SEOUL’S RESIGNATION AND APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 10, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance ...

AFRICA/CONGO DR - THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW REBEL MOVEMENT ACCENTUATES THE INSTABILITY IN KIVU

Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the situation is still precarious for the presence of ...

ASIA/MYANMAR - OPEN WAR AND NEW DISPLACED PERSONS: HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN THE KACHIN STATE

Banmaw (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese military hostilities intensify in northern Myanmar, in the state inhabited by minority ethnic Kachin: Caritas ...

AMERICA/PERU - TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN IN THE PERUVIAN JUNGLE, A TRAGEDY DENOUNCED BY VERY FEW

Madre de Dios (Agenzia Fides) - It is estimated that 212 children fell victims of human trafficking during the first two ...

AFRICA/LIBYA - "THE MILITIAS ARE VYING FOR THE FUNDS LEFT BY GADDAFI" SAY LOCAL SOURCES

Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "It was not the militants of Yafran to attack the seat of government, but those of Zeltan ...

AMERICA/BOLIVIA - IN THE FACE OF SOCIAL PROTESTS, THE CHURCH INVITES US TO AVOID VIOLENCE AND TO TAKE THE PATH OF DIALOGUE

La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Bolivia calls for dialogue and to avoid violence, "before the rising tide ...

OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - SEX EDUCATION WITH CONDOM, CATHOLIC SCHOOLS EXPRESS "CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION"

Rabaul (Agenzia Fides) - In the Catholic schools in Papua New Guinea sex education will not be carried out by encouraging ...

ASIA/TAIWAN - CONCERT ON BEHALF OF IMMIGRANT WOMEN TO EXPRESS THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED THEM AND THE STRONG LINKS WITH THEIR FAMILIES OF ORIGIN

Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The Women's Choir of the new immigrants of the Good Shepherd Social Welfare Foundation of ...

ASIA/PAKISTAN - THE PRECARIOUSNESS OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM AND THE DIFFICULTIES IN GETTING ACCESS TO MEDICAL STUDIES EXCLUDE MOST OF THE POPULATION TO GET BASIC ASSISTANCE

Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The healthcare conditions in Pakistan are very poor and lead to serious inconvenience to the population. The ...

ASIA/INDIA - MISSIONARY CONGRESS IN KERALA: CHRISTIANS READY FOR THE "NEW EVANGELIZATION"

Palai (India) - The Christian faithful are ready to be missionaries for the mission ad gentes and for the new evangelization ...

AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - THE CHURCH CONTINUES TO INVEST IN YOUNG PEOPLE, HOPE FOR A BETTER FUTURE

Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Bissau and Bafatá celebrated from May 4 to 6, their "Youth Day". The Auxiliary ...

AMERICA/PERU - "YOUR SMILE IS THE BEST GIFT FOR YOUR MOTHER": THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN BORN WITH CLEFT LIP

San Bartolomé (Agenzia Fides) - Every year thousands of children in Peru are born with a cleft lip and cleft palate ...

ASIA/PHILIPPINES - AN INDIGENOUS LEADER OPPOSED TO NEW MINES HAS BEEN KILLED: THE NGOS RECALL FR. TENTORIO

Malaybalay City (Agenzia Fides) - Jimmy Liguyon was a 37 year-old indigenous leader, village chief of San Fernando, in the province ...

AFRICA/SUDAN - THE PLENARY OF THE BISHOPS OF SUDAN AND SOUTHERN SUDAN HAS BEEN POSTPONED WITHOUT A DATE BECAUSE OF TENSIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES

Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan (who are assembled in the Episcopal Conference, the Sudan Catholic ...