News

• 25 September 2010
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Meeting in Abidjan in preparation for Forum on “Culture, Identity of Peoples, and Development in Africa and in the Black Diaspora.” Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “Culture, Identity of Peoples, and Development in Africa and in the Black Diaspora.” This is the theme of a Forum being promoted by the Pontifical Council for Culture, in collaboration with ...
• 25 September 2010
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Archbishop Rouamba tells Fides of “a very positive meeting,” after participating in the Congress for the International Catholic Union of the Press held for the first time in Africa Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The meeting was very positive, as I was able to observe in talking to some journalists from my country who participated in it," Fides learned from Archbishop Séraphin François Rouamba, Ar ...
• 25 September 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - “Politics should seek the common good”: Bishops' message on upcoming elections Lima (Agenzia Fides) – In light of the regional and municipal elections scheduled to take place Sunday, October 3, the Bishops of Peru have issued a message asking candidates to seek the common good of the population a ...
• 25 September 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Missions Month begins in Catamarca, in the jubilee year of the diocese San Fernando del Valle (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, October 2 at 18, at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Valley, there will be a Mass celebrated for the beginning of the Missions Month, October. The Mass wil ...
• 24 September 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Colombian Bishops express hope for dialogue with FARC: “It is time for the war to end.” Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the Colombian Bishops' Conference (CEC), Archbishop Ruben Salazar Gomez of Barranquilla, says that the death of the guerrilla leader Victor Julio Suarez Rojas could mean the op ...
• 24 September 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Ayodhya verdict postponed thanks to “visionary lawyer” who still believes in peace New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The long-awaited verdict on the Ayodhya dispute (location in the state of Uttar Pradesh), site disputed by Hindus and Muslims, has been postponed to September 28. The dispute led to bloody c ...
• 24 September 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Missions Office Director says: “We need to promote new forms of missionary apostolate according to the signs of the times.” Fulda (Agenzia Fides) – During their Plenary Assembly which was held September 20 to 23 in Fulda, the German bishops outlined an initial assessment of the work of the new Office for the Missions based in Erfurt (German ...
• 24 September 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Formation in Catholic values part of training for 400 new teachers Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – About 400 new teachers from Catholic schools were invited by the Diocesan Office for Catholic Education in Hong Kong to attend a workshop to learn the values and principles of Catholic educa ...
• 24 September 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - There are still 645 children detained in prisons of Australia and Christmas Island Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – The Federal Government must fulfill the commitment it made in 2008 and end the detention of children, says Dr John Falzon, CEO of the National Council of St Vincent de Paul Society. There are a ...
• 24 September 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexican bishop awarded for commitment to migrants, indigenous, and marginalized Oslo (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop José Raúl Vera López, Bishop of Saltillo (Mexico) was awarded the annual Raft Award for his work in defense of immigrants and natives by the Norwegian foundation which bears the same na ...
• 24 September 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society says rich should pay higher taxes to help flood victims Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Pakistan should radically reform its tax system, increasing taxes on the richest members of society, so as to send more aid to the flood emergency. This is what the civil society of Pakistan ...
• 24 September 2010
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Constitutional referendum and elections announced Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – A referendum will be held on November 17 to approve the new Constitution of Madagascar and on December 20, there will be municipal elections. The presidential elections are scheduled for ...
• 24 September 2010
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Catechism of the Catholic Church translated into the Pidgin language Goroka (Agenzia Fides) – It is a cause for great satisfaction to the local church and of hope for evangelization: the Bishop of Goroka, Bishop Francesco Sarego, SVD, leading a team of clerics and theologians, has compl ...
• 23 September 2010
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Augustinians celebrate 25 years in Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – In September 1985, the first four Augustinians, two from Australia and two from England/Wales, arrived in Korea, thus responding to the invitation of the then Bishop of Incheon, William McNaught ...
• 23 September 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Religious professions of Divine Word Missionaries, celebrating 135th anniversary Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – Three Divine Word Missionaries (SVD) took their vows on the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, September 8, as part of celebrations marking 135 years since the founding of the c ...