News

• 3 December 2009
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Bishop of Obala resigns, sucessor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on December 3, 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Obala (Cameroon) presented by Bishop Jérôme-Owono Mimboe, in con ...
• 3 December 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Church's hope at predicted release of two hostages by Christmas Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia (CEC), Bishop Juan Vicente Cordoba Villota, Auxiliary of Bucamaranga, said he was confident in the announced release of two members ...
• 3 December 2009
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - “Unfortunately, some people still think that violence is the only option. But violence does not lead to anything, and we must always emphasize this point,” says Cardinal Oscar Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "Over his head hangs a death sentence. The drug traffickers in Central America, the international mafia that operates the largest illegal business in the world, have decided that Cardinal Os ...
• 3 December 2009
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - Catholics in Copenhagen call for accord on climate changes that protects the poor Brussels (Agenzia Fides) – After 12 months of campaigning for "climate justice," Catholic Church leaders, advocates, development agencies, and support groups of Caritas Internationalis and CIDSE (International Cooperat ...
• 3 December 2009
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - The African Union and infiltration of Islamic fundamentalism in Somalia Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The attack occurred today, December 3, in Mogadishu that has killed 20 people, including 4 Ministers of Somalia's transitional government (in addition to those of Health, Education, and the ...
• 2 December 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Pontifical Mission Societies in Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis use Advent/Christmas campaigns to promote mission ad gentes and reflect on immigration St.Paul/Minneapolis (Agenzia Fides) – As the Society for the Propagation of the Faith (now more commonly referred to as the Center for Mission) in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis approaches its 75th year ...
• 2 December 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Missionaries with our Diocesan Church - you are too!” - Letter from the Archbishop of Pamplona-Tudela for the Feast of Saint Francis Xavier Pamplona (Agenzia Fides) - "The missionary is someone who has given up everything for Christ, and not for a Christ who is idealized or distant, but for a Christ-God who has come to him and left a deep impression on him. ...
• 2 December 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - City of Ramallo celebrates Feast of Saint Francis Xavier Ramallo (Agenzia Fides) – An entire city, with over 12,000 inhabitants, is getting ready to celebrate the Feast of St. Francis Xavier: the City of Ramallah, in the Province of Buenos Aires. The program of festivities d ...
• 2 December 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Relics of Don Bosco travel to Porto Alegre: a long pilgrimage inspiring festivities and devotion everywhere Porto Alegre (Agenzia Fides) - The world pilgrimage that in the next six years will have crossed five continents, arrived on November 30 in Porto Alegre. The urn containing the mortal remains of St. John Bosco, the Itali ...
• 2 December 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic pilgrims to the island of Shang Chuan show their great devotion to Saint Francis Xavier, Patron of the Missions Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The small island of Shang Chuan, in the Province of Guang Dong, on the coast of southern China, where St. Francis Xavier died on December 3, 1552, is a favorite destination for pilgrimage amon ...
• 2 December 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - Climate changes: Wangari Muta Maathai is a prophetic voice from Africa capable of inspiring the world, says missionary in Kenya Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – On the eve of the Summit on Climate Change scheduled to take place in Copenhagen (December 7-18), Agenzia Fides wishes to re-publish an article originally written for the magazine “The Harp� ...
• 2 December 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - "We waited for a clarification of the UN; since it does not arrive we explain our position," say Xaverian Missionaries of the Democratic Republic of Congo Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - The Xaverian Missionaries operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have expressed dismay for the journalistic indiscretions in regards to the confidential report prepared by a team of ex ...
• 2 December 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians accused of “illegal conversions” for political motives Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – Accusing Christians in India of carrying out a campaign of illegal or fraudulent conversions is a tactic being used by Hindu fundamentalist movements for mere political reasons, says an ecum ...
• 2 December 2009
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Online Advent Calendar from Redemptorists Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Mark the liturgical season of Advent, with stories from the missions, testimony of evangelical life, messages and ideas of Christian life, prayer and brief spiritual reflection: this is the objec ...
• 2 December 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Every month in Talavadi: "Festival of Life" - a day of games, prayer, and sharing for disabled children sponsored by Opera Don Guanella Talavadi (Agenzia Fides) – Among the traditional events in India is the "Festival of Life" promoted by “Guanelliani” (Servants of Charity, Opera Don Guanella), which is held in Talavadi, Diocese of Ooty, in the nor ...