News

• 23 January 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Benedictine monastery in Haiti opened the door to homeless Sankt Ottilien (Agenzia Fides) – Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the Benedictine Missionaries of the Congregation of St. Ottilien (Germany) have sent the Benedictine monastery which is located at Morne S ...
• 23 January 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “What impacted me most was the zeal and the joy of the people that I met, for the faith.” Testimony from a young American on his missionary experience in Southern Sudan. Torit (Agenzia Fides) – This January 9-23, three young men from the United States of America have been visiting the Diocese of Torit (Southern Sudan) to collaborate in parish missions and the “Bread of Life” Euchar ...
• 23 January 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Letter from Bishop of Kaohsiung for the new year: a great missionary future after the 150th anniversary of evangelization Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) – A hymn of thanks to the Lord for the past year, the active commitment to evangelization as a plan of life for the new year 2010, based on the Word of God who calls all to conversion and the ...
• 23 January 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Legalizing drugs does not resolve the problems of drugs and violence Acapulco (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras), Bishop Marcelino Hernandez of Orizaba (Mexico), and Archbishop Felipe Aguirre Franco of Acapulco (Mexico), agree in i ...
• 23 January 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Solidarity with Haiti and fragile institutional status: the voice of Caritas Venezuela Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – On January 20-22, there was a meeting held for national delegates of Social Ministries with Caritas Venezuela, at the headquarters of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference in Caracas. About 60 de ...
• 23 January 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Justice, Peace, and Reconciliation” in Africa: the key role of the woman Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Women have been called to help the Church to build peace and reconciliation in families. "Your importance in the family makes you the most qualified people in the peace process and in promotin ...
• 22 January 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “Sudan can find the path to peace through a complete application of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement,” Nuncio in Sudan tells Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “2010 and 2011 are decisive years for Sudan's history. I am convinced that there is concrete hope for peace, as in recent months there have been positive developments seen in Southern Sudan and i ...
• 22 January 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Matteo Ricci Cause for Beatification re-launched Macerata (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, January 24, at 6pm, after a Mass at the Cathedral of San Giuliano of the Diocese of Macerata - Tolentino - Recanati - Cingoli - Treia, will host the first session of the Diocesan T ...
• 22 January 2010
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Reconciliation and development: challenges for the new president, Archbishop of Colombo tells Fides Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The new president, after the elections on January 26, will have two priorities: "the reconciliation of society and the economic development of the country." This is what Agenzia Fides was told b ...
• 22 January 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Holy Childhood Day: “With the children of Africa...we encounter Jesus” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "With the children of Africa ... we encounter Jesus," is the theme of the Day of the Holy Childhood Association in Spain, which is celebrated January 24 in nearly every diocese in Spain. The Nati ...
• 22 January 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Human life is sacred,” say Christian and Islamic leaders of Nigeria, condemning violence in Jos Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “Human life is sacred and belongs to God alone to give and to take away. It must therefore be respected, protected and preserved by all men and women who claim to believe in God under any name,� ...
• 22 January 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - No to religious discrimination of dalit, Bishops say New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Work and education should be a right and an opportunity for all Indian citizens, without discrimination and differences of any kind. This is what the Bishops of India are telling the governm ...
• 22 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - “God is present in Haiti with the presence and participation of so many men, women, and children.” Turin (Agenzia Fides) – Father Antonio Menegon, Camillian founder of the first Mission in Haiti which has been operating since 1995 through the community health center “Foyer Saint Camille,” sent a letter of thanks ...
• 22 January 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholic community in Hang Zhou commemorates missionary Fr. Martino Martini, recalling the 350th anniversary of the Cathedral he built Hang Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – The great contribution of Jesuit missionary Fr. Martino Martini to support Chinese rites, to follow the missionary line marked out by Fr. Matteo Ricci, for spreading knowledge of the Chinese ...
• 21 January 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “The spread of false information increases the violence,” Archbishop of Jos tells Fides Jos (Agenzia Fides) - "The spread of false information incites the people and increases the violence. There should be attention placed so as not to spread news that has not been verified,” Agenzia Fides was told by Ar ...