News
15 December 2009
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “I shall seek your face, Lord”: first part of Compendium for lay missionary formation published
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretariat for Pastoral Ministry of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference has issued the first publication of the Compendium for ongoing formation of the laity. “I shall seek your face, Lord - ...
15 December 2009
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Caritas brings hope back to Gaza
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - In the Gaza Strip, a territory marked by poverty, marginalization, and neglect, Caritas Jerusalem is offering assistance, a source of new hope for the people.
In January 2009, when the Israe ...
15 December 2009
ASIA/MYANMAR - Evangelizing the mountain peoples: a new challenge for the Bishop of Hpa-An
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – The biggest challenge for the people of God in the new Diocese of Hpa-An, created in January 2009 from the territory of the Archdiocese of Yangon, is to "bring closeness, pastoral care, and spe ...
15 December 2009
EUROPE/DENMARK - “Vulnerable communities across the world need a fair, ambitious and binding climate agreement”: Catholic development agencies warn of developed nations' attempts to sidestep Kyoto Protocol
Copenhagen (Agenzia Fides) - The UN climate talks were recently brought to a halt as a result of a standoff between African nations and rich countries, who are trying to wriggle out of their responsibilities. CIDSE and C ...
14 December 2009
VATICAN - At Angelus, Pope mentions missionaries killed in Africa: “they were faithful witnesses of the Gospel, which they knew how to proclaim, even at the risk of their own lives.” Invites all to “try to live every day what the crèche represents”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “This week I received sad news from certain countries in Africa about the murder of four missionaries: the priests, Father Daniel Cizimya, Father Louis Blondel and Father Gerry Roche, and ...
14 December 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Blessing of first stone of the Pan-African Institute for the Social Doctrine of the Church: a laboratory for the culture of peace and promotion of the common good, without any kind of discrimination
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, blessed the foundation stone of the Pan-African Institute for Social Doctrine of the Church ...
14 December 2009
ASIA/CHINA - Union of Superior Generals of Female Congregations of He Bei highlights commitment to formation, evangelization, testimony, spirituality, and service
Shi Jia Zhuan (Agenzia Fides) – Formation, evangelization, witness, spirituality, and service will be the key commitments of the next three years for the Union of Superiors General of Female Congregations in He Bei. Th ...
14 December 2009
AFRICA - “Due to climate changes, our seminarians can no longer grow anything they need to live on.” African priest expresses his concern.
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Until the early 90s, our seminarians were able to meet most of the food needs of their communities by cultivating the fields. In recent years, due to climate change, they cannot produce anything, ...
14 December 2009
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Inauguration of Saint Maximilian Kolbe Hospital at the Franciscan Friar's mission in Sabou
Sabou (Agenzia Fides) – This year, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, marked another great event for the mission and the people of Sabou, a town in central-western Burkina Faso. In a testimony sent to Fides, F ...
14 December 2009
AMERICA/URUGUAY - “Living in Solidarity”: Caritas Uruguay website gets a new look
Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - The new website of Caritas Uruguayan offers all the information on its activities in an ordered structure, and is dynamic and colorful. The site is organized to inform about the most serious ...
14 December 2009
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Missionary Church in Tachira prepares from Year of the Word of God in 2010
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – With a solemn Eucharistic celebration at the Sports Center of Tariba, with the participation of delegations of the diocesan clergy and parishes, December 12 marked the end of the first phase o ...
14 December 2009
ASIA/INDIA - Preparing for Christmas, reinforcing ecumenical ties: God accompanies those who suffer
Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - From a place like Bhopal, marked by sorrow over the tragic incident of the explosion of the Union Carbide 25 years ago, comes an impulse towards ecumenism among Christians in India in preparation ...
14 December 2009
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops say climate changes present real threat to nation
Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Climate change threatens to seriously affect large areas of the Philippines, with disastrous consequences for the life of the population. This is the alarm raised by the Church in the Philippin ...
14 December 2009
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Cardinal Terrazas recalls 300th anniversary of the life and missionary work of Concepcion
Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Julio Terrazas, Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, presided a Thanksgiving Mass for the people of Concepcion on December 8th, on the 300th anniversary of its foundation. The ce ...
12 December 2009
AFRICA/KENYA - Irish missionary killed in Kenya; an active promoter of several development projects who had recently completed the construction of a new church
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The death of Father Jeremiah Roche has aroused strong emotions in his community and in his homeland, Ireland, where the newspapers have given prominence to his killing," Fr. Cooney, of the Gene ...
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