News

• 8 November 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - 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 October 21, 2010, appointed as National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies in Poland for a five ...
• 8 November 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Rehabilitation of an ethics of politics,” called for by the Bishops' Commission for Pastoral Social; preparing for 100th Plenary Meeting of Bishops' Conference Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishop of San Isidro and President of the Bishops' Commission for Pastoral/Social Ministry, Bishop Jorge Casaretto, has recalled that "the new leadership should not limit itself to em ...
• 8 November 2010
  ASIA/SYRIA - Fighting poverty to reduce agricultural child labor Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – The Syrian government and international agencies are focusing efforts on tackling child labour, amid concerns that rates in the country are rising, especially among 1.3 million families of sm ...
• 6 November 2010
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Private schools offer new hope, says Archbishop of Yangon Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is now calm. The time of elections, despite the difficulties, is an awaited moment that offers more hope to the country. As the Catholic Church and Christians in Myanmar, we trust ...
• 6 November 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Archbishop of Kisangani “in canoe, on motorcycle, or on foot, to reach faithful in the most extensive diocese of Congo” Kisangani (Agenzia Fides) – "It's a great joy for us. It is an opportunity to thank the Lord for what he has done for his Church, the family of God in the DRC. We thank the Holy Father for appointing Archbishop Laurent ...
• 6 November 2010
  VATICAN - “Consecrated life can never disappear or die in the Church,” Benedict XVI tells Bishops of Brazil, launching an appeal for vocational ministry Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Faced with the diminishing numbers and increasing age of the members of many religious institutes, which is evident in some parts of the world, some people are asking themselves whether ...
• 6 November 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Auxiliary Bishop of Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Benedict XVI, on November 6, 2010, appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni (Bolivia) Father Roberto Bordi, OFM, currently parish pastor at Magdalena, in t ...
• 6 November 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Modern Challenges for the Indigenous Church in Taiwan”: environment and mass media Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – As Fides learns from the Commission for the Pastoral Care of Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan, the VI Pastoral Congress of Indigenous Peoples, held October 21 to 23, had the theme "Modern Challeng ...
• 6 November 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - More difficulties arise in Haiti: 3 dead after hurricane, cholera on the rise Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Hurricane Tomas has caused at least three deaths and severe flooding in several towns in western Haiti. The number of victims could rise due to the precarious living conditions of Haiti ...
• 6 November 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Solidarity visit of African bishops to Sudan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - African bishops embarked yesterday, November 5, on a pastoral and solidarity visit to Sudan. According to a statement sent to Fides, a joint delegation of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences ...
• 6 November 2010
  AMERICA/CUBA - “Mission houses”, for years a reference point for Cuban Catholics Havana (Agenzia Fides) – For 50 years, no Catholic churches have been built in Cuba and this has prompted the faithful to gather in private homes or “mission houses”, where there are communities that celebrate the ...
• 5 November 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Cardinal Gracias asks President Obama to help protect human rights Bombay (Agenzia Fides) – Christians in India are asking U.S. President Barack Obama to stand up for issues such as human rights, peace, justice, and dialogue, says Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay and Chai ...
• 5 November 2010
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Bishops say after 2009 elections, “hopes are slowly fading away”, democracy at risk Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - “When we emerged from the 2009 elections, our hopes were high for peace, stability and development for all. Somewhat more than a year later our hopes are slowly fading away,” says a message ...
• 5 November 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians in Orissa: “Obama condemns discriminations, recalls religious freedom” Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) – Christians of Orissa are asking U.S. President Barak Obama, in India from 6 to 8 November, to condemn, in meetings with top government officials, religious intolerance, the violence of Hin ...
• 5 November 2010
  VATICAN - Pope calls for “a profound understanding of the social doctrine of the Church...strongly rooted in the affirmation of the transcendent dignity of man, in the defense of human life from its conception to its natural death and of religious liberty.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “It is necessary to prepare lay faithful capable of dedicating themselves to the common good, especially in the more complex realms such as the world of politics. It is also urgent to hav ...