News

• 5 May 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Follow your conscience, the Constitution and Christ: Bishops call in view of elections Manila (Agenzia Fides) – “Pray and work for peace and for social transformation” in view of the imminent general elections on 10 May: this appeal is part of a statement with the title “Transforming the elections ...
• 5 May 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Month of May opens with pilgrimages to Marian Shrines Hai Ning (Agenzia Fides) – At the beginning of this month of May, China's Catholics are manifesting deep devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary with pilgrimages to the various Marian Shrines in the country and also in pre ...
• 5 May 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Catholic Bishops of Brazil in Assembly reflect on the theme “Disciples of the Word” Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – "Disciples and servants of the Word of God and the Church's mission in the world" is the central theme of the 48th Assembly General Assembly of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Brazil sta ...
• 5 May 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - First Congress on Salesian Volunteer Mission San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) – From 29 April to 2 May the city of Sao Paolo, in Brazil, hosted the First Congress on Salesian Volunteer Mission in the Cono Sud region of America. The initiative promoted by the Dicastery ...
• 5 May 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Bishop and the social Commission of Linares diocese visit earthquake victims Linares (Agenzia Fides) – “Puertas Verdes” in Costituciòn is an encampment of about 160 families, living here in tents since the earthquake and tsunami which struck this coastal town of Chile last February 27. Fi ...
• 5 May 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - PMS Australia prays for Assembly Catholic Bishops' Conferences Oceania: “a fundamental forum for the debates and strategies of the Church's mission in the region” Sidney (Agenzia Fides) – In view of the upcoming meeting of the members of the Federation of Catholic Bishops' Conferences Oceania (FCBCO), in Sydney 10 to 14 May, the Pontifical Mission Societies Australia sent best w ...
• 4 May 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - White Fathers 27th General Chapter: topic "Our Mission in Africa and in the African world" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Society of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) will hold its 27th General Chapter from the 10th May till the 12th June 2010. According to a statement sent to Fides Agency by the Soci ...
• 4 May 2010
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - At the International Centre Scalabrini in Solothurn a new step in the formation on the principles of “living together among diversities” “Living together with our diversities: which image of God and of man is behind?” was the topic of the annual Scalabrini-Fest of Spring, which took place from the 30th of April to the 2nd of May at the International F ...
• 4 May 2010
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - To end the crisis a neutral government may include a few army officers Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides)- It may take a “neutral” national-unity government, formed of “technicians” (representatives of the civil society, freelance professionals, etc…) to pull Madagascar from political ...
• 4 May 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Catholic Bishop of Torit urges political leaders to reconcile after bitter electoral campaign Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- Bishop Akio Johnson Mutek, the Catholic Bishop of Torit (Southern Sudan), called on the winners, in the recent elections to reconcile and unite to help in the healing of the political wounds the ...
• 4 May 2010
  AFRICA - Climate change threatens food security in Africa Luanda (Agenzia Fides) –Luanda, in Angola, is hosting a regional conference for Africa, organised by the Rome based UN Food and Agriculture Organisation FAO, which will end on May 7. According to a new report “The im ...
• 4 May 2010
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - New project meets maternity and neonatal emergencies in Tosamaganga village Tosamaganga (Agenzia Fides) – A new project recently started in Tanzania by the Italian organisation CUAMM, Medici con l’Africa, (Doctors with Africa) aims to tackle maternity and neonatal emergencies in Tosamaganga, ...
• 4 May 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad appeals for 'prayer and pardon' following Mossul murder Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – Grief and mourning, but also hope and forgiveness are expressed in a heartfelt appeal entrusted to Fides Agency by the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Baghdad, His Eminence Cardinal Emmanuel De ...
• 4 May 2010
  ASIA/NEPAL - As strikes paralyse the country: Christians pull out 'special weapon', the Holy Rosary Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – In a country paralysed by three days of general strikes, Christians pull out their "special weapon": the Rosary beads. “We pray to the Blessed Virgin Mary to intercede that peace may preva ...
• 4 May 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Pastoral care and vocations, the media and society, the main topics discussed by the Regional Bishops' Conference of Taiwan Spring Assembly Hsinchu (Agenzia Fides) – Pastoral care and vocations, the media and society, were the main topics discussed by the spring meeting of the Regional Bishops Conference of Taiwan, held in April in the diocese of Hsinchu. ...