News

• 28 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - PMS National Directors working to coordinate aid for Haiti; National Director of the PMS in Haiti has survived Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Timothy Lehane Barrett, SVD, Secretary General of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith, has expressed his profound gratitude to all the National Directors of the Pontifical ...
• 28 January 2010
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - “There is an effort to fan the flames of religious conflict,” says Church in Malaysia, awaiting meeting between Prime Minister and Archbishop Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) – In Malaysia, several individuals or groups of provocateurs are seeking to fan the flames of religious conflict. The technique is well known: they hit and profane places of worship and sym ...
• 28 January 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - “Guardian angels” for lepers in China: Catholic faithful and religious work together in 20 public facilities Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – According to the latest statistics of the Catholic Church on the mainland, reported by the Faith Institute for Cultural Studies (FICS), as of December 8, 2009 about 80 nuns are hard at work in ...
• 28 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - A letter from missionary Fr. Anistus: “tears of helplessness before devastation of apocalyptic proportions” Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "Dear Doctor Alvelo, Thank you for writing me an email, but especially for helping me dry the tears of helplessness before devastation of apocalyptic proportions. Your presence, along wit ...
• 28 January 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Airing of Good News Radio, 6th Catholic radio in South Sudan, sponsored by Diocese of Rumbek Rumbek (Agenzia Fides) – "The Good News Radio will call us with its voice to come to the wisdom of letting what happens each day deliver a significant and constructive impact on our lives and on our world." This is how ...
• 28 January 2010
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - PMS contribution to the growth and maturing of faith in Zambia Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The National Council for the Pontifical Mission Societies in Zambia took place from 20-23 January 2010 in Lusaka. According to a notice sent to Agenzia Fides from Fr. Bernard Makadani Zulu, Nati ...
• 28 January 2010
  ASIA/KOREA - Bishop of Chunchon resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 28 January 2010, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Chunchon (Korea) presented by Bishop John Chang Yik, in conformi ...
• 28 January 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishop of Tzaneen resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on January 28, 2010, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Tzaneen (South Africa), presented by Bishop Hugh Patrick Slatter ...
• 28 January 2010
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Two Auxiliary Bishops for Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on January 28, 2010, appointed two Auxiliary Bishops for the Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania): Fr. Eusebius Alfred Nzigilwa, of the clergy of Dar-es-S ...
• 27 January 2010
  ASIA/THAILAND - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on November 27, 2009, appointed Fr. Peter Vachasil Kritcharoen as National Director of the Pontifical Mi ...
• 27 January 2010
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangeliation of Peoples, on November 13, 2009, confirmed the appointment of Fr. Protais Nkurikiye as National Director of the Pont ...
• 27 January 2010
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - COMECE prepares Memorandum on religious persecution and makes appeal to EU institutions to safeguard religious freedom Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - The COMECE (Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community) Secretariat welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament of a Resolution condemning recent attacks on Christian ...
• 27 January 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Salesians increase in South Asia and Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The statistical data of the Salesian Congregation updated to 31 December 2009 shows that the number of Salesians in the world (including Bishops and Novices) is at 15,952. According to ANS, from ...
• 27 January 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - New session of missionary workshops promoted by PMS of Czestochowa Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – Saturday, January 23 marked the beginning of a new round of "Missionary Workshops" for the children and young people of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa. The workshops are given by priests, ...
• 27 January 2010
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Promote peace and development, facing the challenge of the Tamil: Rajapaksa's homework Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - “We hope that the elected president will work to promote peace and development in the nation: these are priority concerns." This is what Bishop Vianney Fernando, President of the Bishops' Conf ...