News

• 29 March 2010
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Auxiliary Bishop of Hung Hoa appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on March 29, 2010, appointed Fr. Jean Marie Vu Tat, of the clergy of Hung Hoa and Vice-Rector of the Major Seminary in Hanoi, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese ...
• 29 March 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Perpetual vows, church consecrated, and pilgrimage characterize Solemnity of Annunciation of the Catholic community on the mainland Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – A ceremony of vows, the consecration of a church, a pilgrimage, and celebrations for patronal feasts marked the great celebration of the Solemnity of the Annunciation for the Catholic communit ...
• 29 March 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - “It is a serious investigation, conducted with interviews with victims and rescuers," says Bishop of Doruma-Dungu on the report on LRA atrocities Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – "The Human Rights Watch report is important because it demonstrates the level of the atrocities committed by the LRA (Lord's Resistance Army)," said Bishop Richard Domba Mady of Doruma-Dungu, ...
• 29 March 2010
  MISSIONARY INTENTION - Holy Father's Missionary Intention for April 2010: “That Christians persecuted for the sake of the Gospel may persevere, sustained by the Holy Spirit, in faithfully witnessing to the love of God for the entire human race.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Lord himself announced the persecution of his disciples, and this has been a constant characteristic in the history of the Church. Insofar as Christians are faithful to Christ's messa ...
• 29 March 2010
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - LRA atrocities in Central Africa: Bishop of Bangassou tells Fides his testimony Bangassou (Agenzia Fides) – The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), the Ugandan group which has been accused in Human Rights Watch's recent report of grave atrocities in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, is also ...
• 29 March 2010
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Indian Jesuits working on progress and development Kabul (Agenzia Fides) – The work of education of young people is one of the basic ways to ensure progress and development of a nation, especially in an Afghanistan for decades plagued by wars and internal conflicts, wh ...
• 29 March 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Clean Card” voting for April 7 Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil, Michel Temer, recently announced that he had put on the agenda for April 7 the "Clean Card" project (PLP 518/09), and urged leaders to make ...
• 29 March 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Schools closed in several coastal areas due to severe cholera epidemic Msambweni (Agenzia Fides) – About 11,000 students from different schools in the districts of Kwale and Msambweni, in the coastal area of Kenya, were forced to leave school before the Easter holidays following a severe ...
• 29 March 2010
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Northeastern region suffering famine: nearly 1 million people at risk Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – According to a note from the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS Net) sent to Fides, there are about 900 thousand people in the region of Karamoja, northeastern Uganda, who are facing a ...
• 29 March 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Meningitis kills 10% of people infected 48 hours after first signs of symptoms Kano (Agenzia Fides) – According to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), as of March 24, 156 people have died of meningitis (of 1500 infected) in Nigeria. A third of the deaths were recorded in the northeas ...
• 27 March 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - “Acts of charity should not be reserved for Lent alone”: solidarity commitment of Parish of Qing Shan, in Mongolia Bao Tou (Agenzia Fides) – Practice charity, carry out the commandments of the Lord, and live in mutual solidarity: these are the recommendations of the priests of the parish of Qing Shan in the Diocese of Bao Tou, in M ...
• 27 March 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Christian Churches increase pressure to abolish new Constitutional clause setting the beginning of life at birth Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The Catholic Church strongly feels the fight against abortion is the fight for the family,” said Cardinal John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi, in an ecumenical encounter that took place on Mar ...
• 27 March 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Rector of Saint Joseph Pontifical Seminary in Verapoly appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on June 26, 2009, appointed as Rector of the Pontifical Seminary of Saint Joseph in the Archdiocese of V ...
• 27 March 2010
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Bishop of Grand-Bassam resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on March 27, 2010, accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the Diocese of Grand-Bassam (Ivory Coast) presented by Bishop Paul Dacoury-Tabley ...
• 27 March 2010
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - “Mkombozi Bank,” first Catholic commercial bank in the country, founded with local funds Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - “The church believes that if it has to serve the people well, these kind of projects are inevitable,” said Cardinal Polycarp Pengo, Archbishop of Dar es Salaam, in the opening ceremony ...