News

• 29 October 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US Mission Congress 2010 kicks off: “entrusted with a mission to bring all into the household of God” Albuquerque (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, October 28, marked the opening day for the US Mission Congress 2010 taking place in Albuquerque (New Mexico), October 28-31. A note sent to Fides by the United States Catholic M ...
• 29 October 2010
  VATICAN - “You must contribute to the purification of reason, and to the moral awakening of the forces necessary to build a just and fraternal society,” Benedict XVI tells Brazilian Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I wish to speak to you today about how the Church's mission to serve as the leavening of human society through the Gospel teaches human beings their dignity as children of God, and their ...
• 29 October 2010
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Presidential elections: “no to violence, not to systematic lying,” says Archibishop of Abidjan Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – Ivory Coast is preparing to vote, after several postponements, for the new head of state. The presidential elections, which were supposed to have taken place in 2005, will be held Sunday, Octo ...
• 29 October 2010
  MISSIONARY INTENTION - Pope's Intention for November 2010: “That the Churches of Latin America may move ahead with the continent-wide mission proposed by their bishops, making it part of the universal missionary task of the People of God.” Commentary. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From May 13-31, 2007, Aparecida (Brazil) hosted the Fifth General Conference of Latin America and the Caribbean, which was inaugurated by the presence and words of Pope Benedict XVI. Its th ...
• 29 October 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Christians invite everyone to live All Hallows' Eve in faith, thanksgiving, and holiness Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Christians in Hong Kong invite everyone, especially young people, to live an experience of faith, a sense of thanksgiving, and of striving for holiness of life in the night preceding the fea ...
• 29 October 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Ethnic tensions heighten with vote only two weeks away Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – The situation is tense in the Republic of Guinea, where it was finally decided that November 7th would be Election Day after repeated delays in the presidential election run-off (see Fides 23/ ...
• 29 October 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops' Assembly: “An authentic humanism should exalt freedom and responsibility” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Venezuelan bishops, in their extraordinary Plenary Assembly, released a statement on the Catholic community to prepare for Advent and Christmas. It expressed the concern of the Church past ...
• 29 October 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Seeking an economic model oriented towards solidarity and generosity Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The eleventh edition of the National Social Week, sponsored by the Catholic Church, has managed to attract the attention of many specialists in the field of economics and politics, not only in Pe ...
• 29 October 2010
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Catholic women across the world meet for 100th anniversary of the World Union of Organizations of Catholic Women Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – Catholic women from all over the world gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the World Union of Organizations of Catholic Women (WUCWO), founded in 1910 to coordinate " ...
• 28 October 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Tsunami in Sumatra, Bishop says “Catholic villages are the hardest hit” Padang (Agenzia Fides) – The most seriously affected population in the tsunami that hit the islands of Metawai (opposite the island of Sumatra) are the Catholic towns, Fides learns from Bishop Martinus Situmorang, Bish ...
• 28 October 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - July tank explosion victims left without support Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “The people have not received practically any of the money raised to help them," Fides has been told by local church sources (which for security reasons asked not to be cited) in Sange, a t ...
• 28 October 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI makes appeal for Indonesia and Benin Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the close of the General Audience held on Wednesday, October 27, the Holy Father Benedict XVI expressed his closeness to the populations of Indonesia and Benin, struck by natural disas ...
• 28 October 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Another priest killed in Brazil, parish pastor in Fortaleza Fortaleza (Agenzia Fides) – Another priest has been murdered in Brazil: Father Josenir Morais, age 48, pastor of the parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Fortaleza, State of Ceara (CE). The crime occurred on the mor ...
• 28 October 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on September 24, 2010 appointed as National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies in Chile for five y ...
• 28 October 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Be witnesses of Christ's love”: theme of the Choice Asian Conference Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – "Be witnesses of Christ's love" was the theme of the Choice Asian Conference held in Singapore October 7 to 10, with 140 delegates' of Choice Asian, including those of "Choice Weekend Hong K ...