News
28 November 2009
ASIA/THAILAND - The story of the young ambassador of the Camillian Center of Rayong, one of the longest-living women born HIV-positive
Rayong (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of World AIDS Day, Fides has received the testimony of one of the many victims of the virus. Her name is Oon (Orapan) and at age 22, she has become an ambassador for the Center ...
27 November 2009
EUROPE/ITALY - 100th anniversary of the approval of the Capuchin Sisters of Immaculate Mary of Lourdes, now present in Brazil, Mexico, Albania and Madagascar, ready "for any work of charity"
Palermo (Agenzia Fides) - The Capuchin Sisters of the Immaculate of Lourdes celebrate on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception 2009, the centennial anniversary of the congregation and its aggregation to the Capuchi ...
27 November 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - “We are awaiting the publication of the UN report on Congo before making a comment” Xaverian missionaries say
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In relation to the indiscretions of the press on the UN report in which reference is made to two Xaverian missionaries working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the General Curia of the ...
27 November 2009
VATICAN - “The Jubilee is also a special time given to us to renew the announcement of the Gospel to everyone, and to become, to an ever greater degree, a Church of communion and mission.” Benedict XVI in the Message to the Bishops of Vietnam for the Jubilee Year
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “"I whole-heartedly unite myself to the joy and thanksgiving of the Bishops of your country, whom I had the pleasure of meeting last June, along with all of their dioceses," writes Pope B ...
27 November 2009
ASIA/CHINA - Local Church sees new bridge linking Shanghai to Chongming Island, for Expo 2010, as a new opportunity to relaunch apostolate
Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - The opening of the bridge that connects the island of Chong Ming to the mainland, to the city of Shang Hai, is being welcomed by the local Church as a new opportunity to revitalize the mission ...
27 November 2009
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Redemptorist Missionaries celebrate 150th anniversary of arrival in South America
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Redemptorist Missionaries of Colombia held a celebration in recent days to recall the three Italian missionaries who arrived in 1859 to the then Republic of New Granada, now Colombia. They we ...
27 November 2009
AMERICA/HONDURAS - Controversial presidential elections scheduled for Sunday, November 29
Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) – Honduras will be called Sunday, November 29th to take part in a controversial presidential election, which the majority of Latin American countries do not recognized, but which could be re ...
27 November 2009
AMERICA/HONDURAS - Honduras: A Brief Overview
Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) – Honduras is the second largest country in Central America in size, after Guatemala, with 7.8 million inhabitants. It is also one of the poorest in Latin America, suffering from the violenc ...
27 November 2009
AFRICA/NAMIBIA - A million voters to elect Head of State and Parliament
Windhoek (Agenzia Fides) – About one million Namibians are called to the polls today, 27 November, for the legislative elections and presidential elections. The challenge sees the electoral participation of 14 parties ...
27 November 2009
AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Brief Overview of the Country
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Namibia was one of the last African countries to become independent. It was a German colony until the First World War and in 1915 was occupied by South Africa as a territory administered under a ...
27 November 2009
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “There is mourning and pain, but our journalistic work at the service of the Gospel is strengthened,” President of Bishops' Commission for Mass Media tells Fides, in the aftermath of the Maguindanao massacre
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - “It is a day of mourning for the country, for the Church, for the world of journalism. We are very sad and sorrowful. We knew that Mindanao is an area of conflict and tension, but no one could ...
27 November 2009
ASIA/SRI LANKA - After tsunami and war: local communities once again in bloom, working on development and education
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - A phase of revival is now occurring among various local communities of villages and provinces of Sri Lanka, following the disasters of the tsunami and the war, thanks to the awakening of civil s ...
26 November 2009
EUROPE/POLAND - PMS of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa promotes Missionary Rosary in schools and parishes, to support missionary activity worldwide
Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa have published the text of the Hail Mary in 6 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Latin) on the ...
26 November 2009
AFRICA/LIBERIA - Rector of Interdiocesan Seminary of the Diocese of Gbarnga appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 11 September 2009, appointed Rector of the Interdiocesan Seminary of the Diocese of Gbarnga (Liberia) ...
26 November 2009
AFRICA/UGANDA - Jesuit Refugee Services administering to refugees in Uganda: 20 refugee leaders coming from the DRC, Burundi, Eritrea, and Ethiopia reflect on their rights and duties
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "If the refugee leaders share what they have learned in the workshop on their rights and obligations with just 20 members of their communities, JRS will have offered more than 600 refugees and a ...
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