News

• 6 October 2010
  AFRICA/CHAD - Missionary Bishop launches appeal for Africa: “Stop taking advantage of riches without thinking of the welfare of Africans.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “50 years after the 'Year of Africa' (1960), when many African countries became independent, it is time to ask whether the population of the continent should have to continue living in anguish an ...
• 6 October 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 3rd Meeting of Missionary Groups, celebrating the missionary month in Argentina Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The Youth Ministry Commission of the Bishops' Conference of Argentina has indicated its support and unity in prayer for the 3rd Meeting of Missionary Groups, to be held from October 8-11 ...
• 6 October 2010
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Formation for the fight against trafficking in human persons Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday, October 1, an agreement between the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Dominican Republic, which provides training courses for government officials in the f ...
• 6 October 2010
  AFRICA/GHANA - New home for disabled adults in Adidome Adidome (Agenzia Fides) – Work has just recently begun on a new home for the disabled in Adidome, Ghana, in the Volta Region. 7 adults between 18 and 32 years are being cared for at the facility, with programs designed ...
• 5 October 2010
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - “The people want peace, but the high unemployment among youth is a time bomb,” missionary tells Fides Freetown (Agenzia Fides) – "Sierra Leone has undoubtedly made progress in recent years, however it must still be observed and encouraged by the international community," Fides has been told by Fr. Gerardo Caglioni, a X ...
• 5 October 2010
  VATICAN - “The call to mission...is addressed to all the baptized, an essential element of their vocation,” Benedict XVI tells Brazilian Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The call to mission is not directed exclusively to a restricted group of members of the Church; rather, it is an imperative addressed to all the baptized, an essential element of their v ...
• 5 October 2010
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - “Safeguard the family in its unity and integrity”: Bishops take part in legislative assembly session San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – This coming October 13, there will be a forum (Official Session) on human rights and the family at the headquarters of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica, the highest institution in the c ...
• 5 October 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - International Encounter of Scalabrinian Missionaries working in the Apostolate of the Sea Santos (Agenzia Fides) – The first International Meeting of the Scalabrinian Missionaries (Missionaries of St. Charles), who work for the Apostolate of the Sea in different countries, will take place October 6 to 10 in ...
• 5 October 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocesan seminar on “the priesthood and society” Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "Priests should always have their heart and feelings conformed to those of Christ." This was the conviction expressed by participants in the seminar organized by the Diocese of Hong Kong on Se ...
• 5 October 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Bishops schedule November extraordinary Plenary Assembly on January referendum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops of Sudan will hold an extraordinary Plenary Assembly from November 8 to 15 in Rumbek, the capital of the Lakes State, in Southern Sudan, to discuss the referendum of Janu ...
• 5 October 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Precarious health conditions increase misery in slums Korogocho (Agenzia Fides) – Poor sanitation, lack of water and related disease outbreaks are making the lives of the residents of the sprawling Korogocho slums in Nairobi even harder. The threat of typhoid, cholera and ...
• 4 October 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “It is a most unfortunate incident that need not, however, endanger peace in the nation,” Archbishop of Abuja tells Fides Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – "We prayed for the victims of October 1, together with the different Christian denominations in Nigeria,” Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan of Abuja, capital of Nigeria, told Fides. "The e ...
• 4 October 2010
  VATICAN - “In this difficult time of crisis and conflict, religions are called to realize their special vocation of service to peace and coexistence”: Papal Message for Barcelona Prayer Meeting Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “In this difficult time of crisis and conflict, worsened by the increasing extent of the globalization, religions are called to realize their special vocation of service to peace and coex ...
• 4 October 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics celebrate feast of Saint Therese of Lisieux, opening Month of the Missions Shi Jia Zhuan (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic community on the mainland celebrated the feast of St. Therese of Lisieux, Patroness of the Missions, at the beginning of the month dedicated to the missions, in communion wi ...
• 4 October 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Mapuche hunger strike ends Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – After 82 days of fasting, the Mapuche detainees in the prisons of Concepción, Temuco, Lebu have decided to put an end to their hunger strike on the evening of Friday, October 1, after reachi ...