News

• 11 June 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Lolo, Sower of Joy”: first lay journalist to be declared Blessed Jaen (Agenzia Fides) – His name is Manuel Lozano Garrido, the first lay journalist, also disabled, who will be beatified on June 12 in Linares, in the Province of Jaén, Spain. Better known as "Lolo," he was a journali ...
• 11 June 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA - “Army coups will no longer be possible in Africa” says Guinea's Transition President Conakry (Agenzia Fides)- "Guinea's army is now the army of the Republic. So we must accept the truth of the vote after the elections on 27 June. We will be subject to the democratically elected President. From now on the ...
• 11 June 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In this Year For Priests, we cannot forget the parents of our priests Manila (Agenzia Fides) – A priest is a gift for the Church and a gift for his own family: in this spirit the Catholic Church in the Philippines, at the end of the Year for Priests, highlighted the fundamental role of t ...
• 11 June 2010
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - In the midst of North-South tensions, the local Catholic Church confirms commitment for reconciliation Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – As tension between North and South Korea rises to levels not seen recent years, the local Catholic Church has renewed its commitment to promoting national unity and reconciliation. The local Chu ...
• 11 June 2010
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Andaung Cheng Salesian School aims to reduce poverty and guarantee schooling for all boys and girls Battambang (Agenzia Fides) – Monday 7 June was a day of rejoicing at Don Bosco School in Andaung Cheng. In front of 250 people, teachers and pupils, Mgr. Figaredo Alvargonzález, S.J., Prefect of Battambang, blessed ne ...
• 11 June 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Threatened with death bishops, religious and agencies working to promote respect for human rights Santa Rosa de Osos (Agenzia Fides) – The diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos in Colombia and the Colombian Catholic Bishops' Conference issued a statement strongly condemning a recent attack on the residence of the Bishop o ...
• 11 June 2010
  AMERICA - Year for Priests concludes: repentance and commitment for Continental Mission Santiago di Chile (Agenzia Fides) – In Chile the Year for Priests will conclude in a Eucharistic and penitential spirit: the Catholic clergy of Santiago, men and women religious and lay faithful, will celebrate the clo ...
• 10 June 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - International Soccer Peace Tournament organized by Catholic Church: “South Africans, immigrants, and fans from around the world united in the greatest challenge, peace.” Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to involve all South Africans in the world, especially those who remain on the margins of this event," Antoine Soubrier of the Communications Office for the Southern African Catholic B ...
• 10 June 2010
  VATICAN - Cardinal Hummes tells priests: “We must be very conscious of the present missionary urgency. It is necessary that we rise and go on mission everywhere.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – "The great objective of the Year for Priests was to renew in every priest the awareness and concrete carrying out of their true priestly identity and their specific spirituality in order ...
• 10 June 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Carreño resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Benedict XVI, on June 10, 2010, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Carreño (Colombia), presented by Archbishop Efrén Álvaro ...
• 10 June 2010
  AMERICA - Year for Priests comes to a close: “a year not only for priests, but for the entire People of God” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – Approximately 15,000 priests from nearly 100 countries are now in Rome participating in the International Encounter for the close of the Year for Priests declared by Pope Benedict XVI on ...
• 10 June 2010
  ASIA/TURKEY - In killing Bishop Padovese, “they've symbolically beheaded the Church” Izmir (Agenzia Fides) – "With the brutal murder of Bishop Padovese, they have symbolically beheaded the Church in Turkey," reads a heartfelt testimony sent to Fides from Fr. Martin Kmetec OFM Conv, Franciscan missionar ...
• 10 June 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Church in Pakistan hopeful for international petition to end blasphemy law: 3,000 signatures Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Pakistan welcomes with great hope the international petition launched Aid to the Church in Need in France, to abolish the blasphemy law. The petition continues to gather suppor ...
• 10 June 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Formation for missionaries to the Amazon: “Before reaching foreign lands, the missionary should be familiar with the situation of the place.” Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – June 9 marked the opening day at the Mission Cultural Center (JCC) in Brasilia, for the first missionary training course which is focusing on the Amazon. The event, organized by the Bishops' ...
• 10 June 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Missionaries of Charity celebrate 25th anniversary in Archdiocese of Tai Pei Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – The 25 years of service to the poorest of the poor, the sick, elderly, abandoned, provided by the Missionaries of Charity founded by Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, have not only brought be ...