News

• 22 April 2010
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - "The Church is working with the population to build a better country," Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith, new President of the Bishops' Conference, tells Fides Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, is now the new President of the Sri Lankan Bishops' Conference. He was elected yesterday by the Assembly of Bishops on the island. After his ...
• 22 April 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Meeting for Asian Youth Ministry Leaders highlights need to consolidate youth ministry on the continent Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – In the present social context, dominated by globalization, young people are facing the challenge of a market which, taken to extremes, leads to a spiritual and moral lack, emotional discomfo ...
• 22 April 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Document from 99th Bishops' Assembly: “Building a Table for Everyone in Chile” Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – Upon the close of their 99th Assembly, held between April 12 and 16 in Punta de Tralca, the Bishops thanked Pope Benedict XVI for his demonstrations of affection and closeness to the Church a ...
• 22 April 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Violence and anti-democracy are gaining ground, Jesuit Superior General tells Mexico Guadalajara (Agenzia Fides) – Violence and anti-democracy are gaining ground worldwide, warned Jesuit Superior General, the Spaniard Father Adolfo Nicolás Pachón, in visiting Mexico. "What is growing today is popul ...
• 22 April 2010
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Church in Zambia organizes Missionary Congress in October Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) – October 13 to 16, the Church in Zambia will host a Missionary Congress. As Fr. Bernard Makadani Zulu, National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies in Zambia, tells Fides, the Missionary Co ...
• 22 April 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Delay in publishing election results, amidst increasing fraud allegations Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The results of the presidential, parliamentary, and local elections in Sudan are being published gradually. Incumbent President Omar El Beshir is ahead and is confident his re-election (as pl ...
• 22 April 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A mission of peace and harmony for the Diocese of Faisalabad Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - “A seed which was sowed in Faisalabad fifty years ago, has well grown up now, and may this plant beget much fruit in the future, and may God dwell his peace, love, grace and all his blessin ...
• 21 April 2010
  VATICAN - New Diocesan Bishop in Hohot, Inner Mongolia (China) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, April 18, the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Hohot hosted the episcopal ordination of Bishop Paul Meng Qinglu. Bishop Meng, of the diocesan clergy, is age 48 and has been a p ...
• 21 April 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Jesuits working on Haitian reconstruction effort: “We are trying to help people leave the trauma of the earthquake behind.” Washington (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Kawas Francois, S.J. is the President of the Jesuit Interprovincial Committee for the Reconstruction of Haiti and founding member of the National Committee for Reflection and Action and ...
• 21 April 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Evangelization in the multi-faceted areopagus of the mass media: 9th General Chapter of the Society of Saint Paul Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, 25 April, the IX General Chapter of the Society of Saint Paul opens in Ariccia (Rome). The Society of Saint Paul is a religious Congregation founded by Blessed James Alberione with the ...
• 21 April 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Holy Childhood Association on the move: “Missionary Disciples on Five Continents” Sao Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - "Promoting the work of the Holy Childhood Association" is the desire of the Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean expressed in the Document of Aparecida (number 441). On May 19, the Ponti ...
• 21 April 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - General Assembly of Brazilian Bishops: “Disciples and servants of the Word of God and the Church's Mission in the World” Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The National Conference of Catholic Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) is preparing its 48th General Assembly that will bring together over 300 bishops of the country, May 4 to 13, in Brasilia. The the ...
• 21 April 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Entire Church promoting XLVII World Day of Prayer for Vocations Lima (Agenzia Fides) – Sunday, April 25 marks the XLVII World Day of Prayer for Vocations, with the theme: "Witness Awakens Vocations." In Peru, this day is enlivened by the Bishops' Commission for Seminaries and Vocat ...
• 21 April 2010
  AFRICA/BENIN - Jubilee Year of missionary activity to celebrate 150th anniversary of evangelization in Benin Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Celebrations have begun for the 150th anniversary of the evangelization of Benin, with a Mass celebrated Sunday, April 18 in Agoue. "Agoue was one of the first places reached by the Fathers of th ...
• 21 April 2010
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Catholic universities in Angola, Brazil, and Portugal come together for a Master's Program for future leaders of the three nations Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic University of Angola (UCAN) in Luanda has launched a post-graduate training program, called an “MBA (Master of Business Administration) Atlantic.” The name of the MBA program ...