News

• 24 July 2007
  ASIA - Monfort Missionaries in Asia Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In India, Philippines, Indonesia the missionaries of the Society of Mary, Monfort Missionaries, are helping with the work of evangelisation as well as pastoral care of local Catholic communities ...
• 24 July 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The present situation of violence can be overcome by “hearts made new and converted to God” says Archbishop Arancedo calling a day of prayer, fasting and reflection on Friday 27 July Santa Fe (Agenzia Fides) - Concerned at the present situation of violence in Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz Archbishop José María Arancedo and the council of priests have stated their commitment to promote peace of heart and ...
• 24 July 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Catholic Hospital of Our Lady of Salvation marks 60 years of healthcare Morelia (Agenzia Fides) - This year the Catholic Hospital of Nuestra Señora de la Salud in Morella, the main city in the central Mexican state Michoacan is marking its 60th anniversary The hospital was an initiative o ...
• 24 July 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - About 50% of HIV+ babies die before the age of 2 for lack of adequate testing and treatment. 4th IAS Conference on Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Sydney, closes with a call to governments to spend more on fighting the virus Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The 4th IAS Conference on Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention closes today in Sydney. The Conference, organised by the International AIDS Society and the Australasian Society for Medicine on ...
• 23 July 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI leads Angelus prayer from Cadore mountains: “From this place of peace… I renew my appeal to pursue with tenacity the path of rights, to refuse with determination the arms race, to reject more in general the temptation to face new situations with old systems Lorenzago di Cadore (Agenzia Fides) - Before leading the recitation of midday Angelus prayer from the northern Italian mountain town of Cadore, where is spending a brief period of rest, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, ...
• 23 July 2007
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Forced enrolment of minors, civilian casualties, fighting continues. The Island's forces for good appeal to international community Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - In a telephone conversation with Fides the Papal Nuncio in Sri Lanka Archbishop Antonio Zenari outlined a situation of civil war and growing uncertainty and fear. “The situation is uncertain a ...
• 23 July 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Messengers of Peace Association delivers 15 tons of toys for hospitalised children in Lebanon and brings two little patients back to Spain for special treatment Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Members of the Messengers of Peace Association, a Spanish NGO started by a Catholic priest Fr. Ángel García, have just returned from Lebanon where they distributed 15 tons of toys to children i ...
• 23 July 2007
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Important achievements for two Catholic schools celebrating 70th and 75th anniversaries Marrakech (Agenzia Fides) - Two Catholic schools in Morocco are celebrating important 70th and 75th anniversaries this year. La Saadia Catholic School in Marrakech was opened 75 years ago in 1932 by the Sisters of Our ...
• 23 July 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Two dioceses start investigations for beatification of Witnesses to the Faith martyred in the 20th century Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Chunchon and Hamhung have begun investigations in view of opening the diocesan stage for the beatification of Korean Catholics put to death during the last century. The respective ...
• 23 July 2007
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Time to listen to God, share testimony and pray: 26th Meeting of Catholic Charismatic Renewal Latin America commemorate 40th anniversary of Catholic Charismatic Renewal world Movement São Paulo (Agenzia Fides) - The 26th Meeting of Catholic Charismatic Renewal Latin America will take place 24 to 28 July at the Community's premises in Canção Nova, Cachoeira Paulista (SP). The meeting, the most impor ...
• 23 July 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Pastoral Letter in view of beatification of Zeffirino Namuncurá who longed to be a priest among his people and “never stopped being a missionary” Patagonia (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Patagonia-Comahue region have addressed a Pastoral Letter to the Catholics of Argentina in view of the beatification on 11 November 2007 of Zeffirino Namuncurá, in Chimpay ...
• 23 July 2007
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Catholic community mobilises for children and adolescents excluded from school system Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) -Papua New Guinea where many children in have no access to school, the local Catholic community seeks to provide instruction for children of various ages to open the way to a better future. ...
• 20 July 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Newness in continuity” Xaverian Missions following General Chapter Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The 15th general chapter of the Xaverian Missions ended on 19 July (see Fides 13/3/2007 and 12/7/2007). For a month 47 missionaries from 20 countries prayed, reflected and made decisions. In a rep ...
• 20 July 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Youth without Frontiers (JSF) backs Summer mission: departures for Latin America and Africa, Mission Weeks in Portugal Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - In Portugal many young Catholics, members of JSF Youth Without Frontiers, plan their Summer in a missionary key with a foreign mission experience or taking part in one of Portugal's Mission Week ...
• 20 July 2007
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - President and Bishops discuss state/Church collaboration Lusaka (Agenzia Fides)- State/Church collaboration was the focus of a meeting on 12 July between the Catholic Bishops of Zambia and the Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa. In a statement sent Fides the president of the B ...