News

• 9 January 2010
  AFRICA/CHAD - “Religions should work for peace and reconciliation,” Bishops of Chad say N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) – An invitation to all religious leaders to engage in the search for peace and national reconciliation has been made by the Bishops of Chad. "Through the Synod of Bishops for Africa, we became ...
• 9 January 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - On the outskirts of Sao Paolo, amidst unemployment and insecurity, the Missionaries of the Immaculate are at work São Paulo (Agenzia Fides) – Unemployment, insecurity, lack of health care, illiteracy...all of these things are are present in many of the “favelas” of São Paulo, Brazil. Sister Annamaria Fornasiero, Missionary o ...
• 9 January 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Care centers for street children, a home for disabled children, a farming colony:initiatives of the Opera Don Guanella Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – There are many centers in Congo being run and activities being organized by religious Opera Don Guanella, to meet some of the emergency needs facing the country. Among these are the Limete Wo ...
• 8 January 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - “Star Singers” of the Holy Childhood Association of Czestochowa conclude Christmas activities in an encounter with the Archbishop Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – A delegation of children from the Archdiocese of Czestochowa who are part of the “Star Singers” of the Holy Childhood Association met with Archbishop Stanislaw Nowak of Czestochowa, in ...
• 8 January 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The role of the priest for a more efficient evangelization: formation encounter for diocesan priests Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Reflecting together on the priesthood in terms of theological, spiritual and psychological viewpoints, to promote a more reasoned and in key pastoral evangelization: this was the main reason f ...
• 8 January 2010
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “They are trying to turn Christian feast days into days of mourning” denounces Coptic Catholic Bishop of Luxor Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "This attack on the day of Orthodox Christmas did not happen by chance: there is a clear plan to transform the Christian holidays into days of suffering," Fides was told by Archbishop Youhannes Za ...
• 8 January 2010
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Solidarity and hope for the Holy Land: European and American Bishops' visit Rome (Agenzia Fides) - From January 10 - 14, a delegation of twenty people including bishops and representatives of bishops' conferences and ecclesial bodies in Europe and North America, will visit the Christian people a ...
• 8 January 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Nearly 400 children and youth at National HCA Congress Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – From January 7 to 10, the Prelature of Aiquile will be hosting the first National Congress of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood Association (HCA), with the main objective of asse ...
• 8 January 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro and Caritas launch a campaign to help homeless from torrential rains Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - The year 2009 ended with a heavy rain, which hit many regions of Brazil. In Rio de Janeiro, many people have died and thousands of families have been left homeless. The solidarity of the ...
• 8 January 2010
  EUROPE/ENGLAND - New Salesian Primary School in Bootle, open to international relations Liverpool (Agenzia Fides) - The new Bootle school, “All Saints RC Primary”, based in the Salesian parish of St. James was officially opened recently. The school offers a state of the art educational and community fac ...
• 8 January 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Peace at risk in South Sudan say 10 NGOs working in the country Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – Peace is at risk in southern Sudan. This it was has been revealed by a report submitted by 10 NGOs, including some Catholic ones, working in the region. According to the report, entitled "Res ...
• 7 January 2010
  VATICAN - Pope at Angelus on the Epiphany, greets “affectionately all the little missionaries present in the five continents” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the feast of the Epiphany, on January 6, the Holy Father Benedict XVI recalled the day for the Holy Childhood Association at the Angelus, expressing his greeting and encouragement to a ...
• 7 January 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Heavy snows hasn't kept Catholics from flocking to churches for Epiphany Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Despite its being a working day in China and even with the obstacles created by heavy snowfall in recent days, it was with great devotion that Chinese Catholics celebrated the Solemnity of the ...
• 7 January 2010
  ASIA/THAILAND - “Houses of Hope” at Our Lady of Mercy Mission offers aid to orphan and needy children and their families Nonthaburi (Agenzia Fides) – The activities of the Saint Martin Center at the mission of Our Lady of Mercy, in Nonthaburi (Thailand) continue. Fides learns of their situation from two PIME (Pontifical Institute for For ...
• 7 January 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Over 30,000 people in urgent need of aid due to flooding in the country Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – According to the Kenyan Red Cross Society (KRCS), some 30,000 people are in urgent need of shelter, water, food and healthcare after heavy rainfall caused massive flooding, forcing thousands t ...