News

• 18 February 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “The slavery of money and injustice have their origins in the heart of man.” Papal Message read at opening of Brotherhood Campaign Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the National Council of Christian Churches of Brazil (CONIC), Pastor Carlos Möller, presided over the ecumenical celebration held for the opening of Ecumenical Brotherhood C ...
• 18 February 2010
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - An hour less on the Internet and an hour more in prayer: a Lenten proposal from Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras), asked the many “Internet-dependent” to consider the proposal for an "Internet fast" this Lent, to devote this ...
• 18 February 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Archbishop of Mombasa says Lent is a perfect time to rediscover God's love for each one of us Mombasa (Agenzia Fides) – Lent “helps us to prepare ourselves for the suffering, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ,” writes Archbishop Boniface Lele of Mombasa (Kenya), in his Lenten Message, a copy o ...
• 18 February 2010
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - “A disembodied Christianity has no right to citizenship in Central Africa," Bishops say, calling faithful to coherence in preparation for elections Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – The political crisis that threatened the conduct of forthcoming elections in the Central African Republic seems to have been overcome. Sunday, February 14th, Central African rebel movements and ...
• 17 February 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - "Everyone must respect the Constitution": Bishop of Bandung tells Fides about ruling supporting construction of a church Bandung (Agenzia Fides) – "We accept with serenity the verdict of the Court, in favor of the construction of the Church of Saint Mary, in the Diocese of Bandung, without claiming victory. We are now awaiting the motion ...
• 17 February 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Testimony of Bishop Raymund Wang Chonglin: untiring in the work of evangelization, never discouraged by difficulties Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On this past February 2, Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, Archbishop Raymond Wang Chonglin, retired bishop of the Diocese of Chaohsien (Zhaoxian), Hebei Province (Mainland China) died follo ...
• 17 February 2010
  VATICAN - Vocations Day: “in order to foster vocations to the ministerial priesthood and the consecrated life...we cannot do without the example of those who have already said “yes” to God” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “In order to foster vocations to the ministerial priesthood and the consecrated life, and to be more effective in promoting the discernment of vocations, we cannot do without the example ...
• 17 February 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres celebrate 50 years of mission on the island Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – The Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres (SPC) have completed 50 years of mission in the island of Taiwan. During the solemn jubilee celebration presided over by Archbishop Peter Liu of Kaohsiung, ...
• 17 February 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - 18 years since massacre of Christians in Kinshasa, seeking democracy Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Democratic Republic of Congo recalls the massacre of February 16, 1992 that took place in Kinshasa, capital of what was then Zaire. That day, 18 years ago, the Catholic and the Protestant ...
• 17 February 2010
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “A Church in dialogue with everyone, without compromising her own doctrine,” Bishop of Masaka tells Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) – "My first and foremost concern is to offer the Church priests and religious who are motivated and well formed to serve the faithful," Bishop John Baptist Kaggwa of Masaka told Agenzia Fides. Bish ...
• 17 February 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Church attacked by fundamentalists distributing free medical treatment for the needy Mangalore (Agenzia Fides) – Responding to evil with good...it is in this spirit that the Catholic community of the Church of the Miracles, a parish in Mangalore in the state of Karnataka (India Southwestern), has launc ...
• 17 February 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - First water treatment plant installed for IDP camp in the capital Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Work continues in Haiti, where people are trying to return to normal life, although more and more of them have left the capital to rebuild their future, moving towards the north and sou ...
• 17 February 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - From Argentina to South Africa: evangelization is the daily priority for the Apostolic Vicar of Ingwavuma Ingwavuma (Agenzia Fides) – He is a young bishop of the Consolata Missionaries. Bishop Gerardo José Luis Ponce de Leon, age 48, was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in November 2008 as the Apostolic Vicar of Ingwavuma, ...
• 17 February 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Consolata Missionaries celebrate first anniversary of arrival in Mexico Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Consolata Missionaries have been in Mexico for a year now. Precisely in the same week as the feast of Blessed Joseph Allamano, founder of the Consolata Missionaries, who died February 16, 192 ...
• 16 February 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - Consecrated Life: gift for Europe today Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – "Religious Life in Europe: History of Hope, Hope for History" was the theme of the 14th General Assembly of the Union of European Conferences of Major Superiors (UCESM) that has held from ...