News

• 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 ...
• 28 October 2010
  AMERICA/CUBA - Catholic seminary opens in Cuba after 50 years Havana (Agenzia Fides) – After 50 years, Cuba will see the opening of a Catholic seminary that will begin activity in November. The new training center was built in the Archdiocese of San Cristobal de La Habana and as ...
• 28 October 2010
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Create a national network of prison ministry workers Panama City (Agenzia Fides) – Panama City is holding the Fifth Congress on prison ministry, with the participation of Church authorities and members of the government. Opened by the Panamanian Bishops' Conference (CEP) ...
• 28 October 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Volcanic eruption leaves over 5,000 refugees at risk from extreme cold Semarang (Agenzia Fides) – “Following the eruption of Mount Merapi, the priority is now the over 5,000 children who now risk their lives out in the cold. The cold is biting and the accommodation of IDPs is in itself ...
• 28 October 2010
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - First National Missionary Congress: “God's mission is our mission.” Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) – The local Church, in cooperation with the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Zambia and the religious institutes in the country, has organized the First Missionary Congress in Zambia, held O ...
• 28 October 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Children of La Boca barrio, Buenos Aires, at risk for drugs Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The children of the La Boca barrio, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, are at risk for drug abuse. This is an area with a high population density, with a lack of services for families and ...
• 28 October 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Health emergency for refugees of volcano eruption Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Indonesian health authorities are warning of increased health risks for thousands of people displaced by the volcano eruption in central Java. At least 28 people are now confirmed dead and 90 ho ...
• 27 October 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Caritas makes appeal to faithful to show solidarity to disaster victims Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – "We are working tirelessly on three fronts: the floods in Papua, the eruption of the volcano Merapi in Java, and a new tsunami in Sumatra. The emergencies have come one after the next, without ...
• 27 October 2010
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Water and education: Jesuits “braving the desert” Kaya (Agenzia Fides) – Initiate growth and social and economic autonomy of the province around Kaya, situated between desert and savannah: this is the goal of a large project of human, cultural, health, socio-economic, ...
• 27 October 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Pontifical Mission Societies National Director hopes Mission Congress will “call all baptized Catholics to be missionaries” Albuquerque (Agenzia Fides) – Tomorrow, October 28, 2010, marks the opening day for the Mission Congress 2010 entitled “God’s Mission, Many Faces: A Portrait of U.S. Catholics in Mission,” which will meet October ...
• 27 October 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Indigenous priests: work for a pluralist society that excludes no one Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The Colombian Bishops' Conference has sent Fides the letter issued by the ethnic section of the Conference. This letter is distributed as a conclusion of the National Encounter of Priests, Reli ...
• 26 October 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians beaten and arrested on allegations of “forced conversions” New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Christians involved in social work, schools, or in preaching the Gospel are the main targets of Hindu (as well as Buddhist) extremist groups who accuse them of "fraudulent and forced conver ...
• 26 October 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - WHO and Caritas: cholera alert, 99 cases among flood refugees Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Cholera has broken out among flood refugees: the World Health Organization today confirmed 99 cases of cholera among displaced populations in the country after the floods. The cases were reg ...