News

• 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 ...
• 21 April 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A new jihad growing in Aceh? Questions and political moves in expectation of Obama Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – In Aceh, the extreme north of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, "a new jihad" is making its way into society, in particular a group calling itself "Al Qaeda Indonesia in Aceh.” This is what ...
• 21 April 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The “blasphemy law” still enforced: a weapon against minorities? Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – "The danger is that the blasphemy law is used to hit some Islamic sects such as the Ahmadis. And, given the broad interpretation of the concept of blasphemy, it can be used in the future to ta ...
• 21 April 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Fighting child labor and promoting children's rights in Piduguralla Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Piduguralla is a region in the State of Andhra Pradesh that is characterized by a high number of child workers who are badly paid, without security, adequate housing, health services, and educati ...
• 21 April 2010
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - 3.1 million cases of malaria registered in 2009, versus 3.45 in 2008 Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – Angola has two of the most violent species of mosquito of the world, the giant anopheles mosquito and the anopheles spontaneous mosquito, which can adapt to various circumstances living inside ...
• 20 April 2010
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Three armed men attack Luanda Nunciature Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – The Apostolic Nunciature in Luanda, capital of Angola, was robbed last night, April 19. "Shortly before dinnertime, three people arrived at the Nunciature claiming they had the duty to deliver ...
• 20 April 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Malta: recalling the many priests and religious who imitated the missionary zeal of Paul, leaving the island “to bring the Gospel to distant shores” La Valletta (Agenzia Fides) - “The occasion of my visit to these islands is the nineteen hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Saint Paul’s shipwreck off the island of Malta,” said the Holy Father Benedict XVI in the ...
• 20 April 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Prayer and charitable works increase among Chinese Catholic community, in service to earthquake-stricken people of Yu Shu Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Initiatives of prayer and solidarity are increasing among the Chinese Catholic community, in service to the people of Yu Shu in the Province of Qing Hai, in mainland China, following the earth ...