News

• 11 March 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Over 300 faithful from the Cathedral of the Diocese of Hohhot in Mongolia attended Lenten formation course Hohhot (Agenzia Fides) – Living Lent by the grace of God, the Heavenly Father's love for us, we are blessed, meeting Jesus in your life, reaching the house of the Lord: these are the topics that were addressed by Fr. J ...
• 11 March 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Cardinal Pell meets with the youth, in the spirit of WYD Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – A series of events to meet with young people, hear their questions, thoughts, desires...This is the initiative involving Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, who, according to the Austra ...
• 10 March 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Nuncio Montemayor visiting Guinea Bissau Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor, Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau, is paying a visit to the local church, to the two dioceses of Guinea Bissau and Bafata (see Fides 25/2/2010). According to ...
• 10 March 2010
  AFRICA/RWANDA - “Bread, Life, Peace, and Freedom”: 4th continental meeting for Catholic Action Movements in East Africa in Kigali Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - “Bread, Life, Peace, and Freedom.” These are the issues at the heart of the Fourth Continental Meeting of Catholic Action movements in East Africa which opens today in Kigali, Rwanda, on the ...
• 10 March 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - From the Diocesan Year for Priestly Vocations to the Year of the Laity, activity of the Catholic Laity Association of Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Evangelization, formation of the laity, contact (visits to parishes, lay leaders participating in the meetings of the deaneries), diocesan activities, social service, attention to the Church ...
• 10 March 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Arizona Bishops call for “concern for the most vulnerable among us” in immigration legislation Phoenix (Agenzia Fides) –The bishops of the Catholic Conference of Arizona (Bishops Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix; Gerald F. Kicanas, Bishop of Tucson; and James S. Wall, Bishop of Gallup (New Mexico) have told ...
• 10 March 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 1984 Nobel Laureate, condemns repeated violence against children Boston (Agenzia Fides) – The systematic use and abuse of children in conflicts across the world has continued, unabated, over the past 20 years, Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu said yesterday. Grave violations which p ...
• 10 March 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - International organizations working to rebuild Chile: repairs and mobile hospitals urgently needed Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) - Chile is receiving international support thanks to large aid organizations. Alistair Duttom, Humanitarian Director of Caritas Internationalis, along with the national Caritas team, visited th ...
• 10 March 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Church continues the distribution of aid, using Facebook and Internet Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Chile continues the distribution of humanitarian aid to families affected by the earthquake that destroyed part of the country last February 27. A note from the Bishops' Confe ...
• 10 March 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops announce document for dialogue among political groups and respect for institutional processes Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church is making a strong appeal to dialogue and seeks consensus between the government and the opposition, following the escalation of political tensions that emerged as a r ...
• 10 March 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Radio offers helpful tips for living Lent and Easter Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The Communication Center of Our Lady of Luján, as every year, provides material for use on radio stations and in parish groups. Among the things offered at this time, there is material f ...
• 10 March 2010
  VATICAN - Pope's appeal for Nigeria, “violence does not resolve conflicts, but only increases the tragic consequences,” and for earthquake-hit Turkey Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the close of the General Audience today, March 10, the Holy Father Benedict XVI launched an appeal for Nigeria, which has seen great bloodshed in recent days, due to conflict that caus ...
• 10 March 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - “A New Journey with a New Spirit”: Consolata Missionaries highlight support for evangelization Muranga (Agenzia Fides) – Over 100 delegates of the lay movement of the Consolata Missionaries recently met for a three-day meeting at Sagana Retreat Center in Muranga (Kenya), with the aim of strengthening the movemen ...
• 10 March 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Acts of violence in recent days are setback to polio vaccinations for children Dakar (Agenzia Fides) – The vaccination campaign against polio, which had been planned in the city of Jos, involved in serious incidents of violence, has been postponed to March 13, due to conflict and a strike of heal ...
• 9 March 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - 30th Anniversary of Archbishop Romero's Assassination: Day of Prayer and Fasting for Missionary Martyrs on March 24 Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On March 24, 1980, Archbishop Oscar A. Romero of San Salvador was assassinated. Since 1993, this date was chosen by the Youth Missionary Movement of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Italy to b ...