News

• 13 October 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Fr. Sinnott is in urgent need of medicine. We ask for prayers for his safety,” Bishop of Pagadian tells Agenzia Fides Pagadian (Agenzia Fides) - “Fr. Sinnott is a man of peace. We ask that his abductors may release him soon and treat him with compassion, given his precarious health conditions,” Bishop Emmanuel Cabajar of Pagadian to ...
• 13 October 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “We hope Fr. Sinnott may be released within a week, as he may not survive in extreme conditions,” Vicar General of Pagadian tells Agenzia Fides Pagadian (Agenzia Fides) – In commenting on concern for the health conditions of Fr. Michael Sinnott, Missionary of Saint Columban abducted in Pagadian, Monsignor Gilbert Hingone, Vicar General of the Diocese of Pagadi ...
• 13 October 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “The Taiwan Story: The Second Wave of Evangelization” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (formerly known as 'Propaganda Fide') and the Evangelization of Taiwan,” “Historical, Political, and Missionary Context of the Second Perio ...
• 13 October 2009
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Message from the Bishop of Melo for World Mission Sunday: “The Church exists to evangelize. Announcing the Good News of Jesus is the mission of every Christian.” Melo (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church, the community that all of us form as baptized, exists to evangelize. Announcing the Good News of Jesus is the mission of every Christian.” This is what Bishop Heriberto Bodeant of ...
• 13 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Presentation of working document and logo for First Missionary Congress in Diocese of Moron, May 21-23, 2010 Moron (Agenzia Fides) - “Missionary Disciples: You are the light of the world and the salt of the eath.” This will be the theme of the First Missionary Congress of the Diocese of Moron (suffragan of Buenos Aires), wh ...
• 13 October 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - “The wounds of hatred are still fresh and in order to heal the Church has to affirm that reconciliation is an essential instrument to accomplish justice and peace”: Archbishop of Kisumu's Synod address Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Due to post 2007 election violence our church witnessed the death of over 1300 Kenyas and the internal displacement of over 350,000 Kenyans. The wounds of hatred are still fresh and in order to ...
• 13 October 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of Prime Minister from among list of protagonists of the political crisis, but incumbent appeals to Constitutional Court to block decision Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – The new Prime Minister “of consensus” of Madagascar, Eugene Mangalaza, was appointed in a decree signed by the President of the High Authority of Transition, Andry Rajoelina. Mangala ...
• 13 October 2009
  Instrumentum mensis Septembris pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum The Holy Father Benedict XVI in the month of September continued to reside in his Summer Residence in Castel Gandolfo, from where, on Sunday 6th he made a pastoral visit to Viterbo and Bagnoregio. On Saturday the 12th , ...
• 12 October 2009
  VATICAN - Among the five new saints canonized by Benedict XVI is Father Damien: “His missionary activity, which gave him so much joy, reaches its summit in charity.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, October 11, the Holy Father Benedict XVI celebrated a Mass in Saint Peter's Square, where he canonized 5 new saints. In the homily, making reference to Jesus' dialogue with the ...
• 12 October 2009
  VATICAN - Pope prays Rosary “with Africa and for Africa” with Italian and African university students: “The new evangelization in Africa is also counting on your generous efforts.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the II Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, on the afternoon of Saturday, October 12, a Marian Vigil “with Africa and for Africa” was held in the Pa ...
• 12 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Preparations underway for Advent Mission in Diocese of Cordoba: “reach out to everyone, especially those farthest away, preaching the Kingdom of God” Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, October 10, at the Saint Teresa of Jesus School in Cordoba (Argentina), delegates from parishes, movements, associations, and communities gathered together to work on preparations ...
• 12 October 2009
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Archbishop of San Jose asks married couples to remain strong in the face of legal bills that seek to eliminate God from public sphere: “We are all convinced of the need to evangelize” San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - “Faith is transmitted like a lantern that is passed from one hand to the next, and marriage is the foundation of the family...” This is what Archbishop Hugo Barrantes Urena of San Jose, Pre ...
• 12 October 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Relic of new Saint Damien de Veuster on pilgrimage in America Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On October 11, in Saint Peter's Basilica, Pope Benedict XVI canonized 5 new saints. One of these saints is the Belgian-born missionary Father Damien De Veuster, the “Apostle of the Lepe ...
• 12 October 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Special section opened on Comboni Missionaries website: “Preparing for the 10th General Chapter 2010” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – As of October 10, the Comboni Missionary Sisters have opened a new section on their official website entitled “Preparing for the 10th General Chapter 2010.” The date chosen is no coincidence, ...
• 12 October 2009
  VATICAN - “In this time of grace the whole of the Christian community is called to rediscover the beauty of the priestly vocation and thus to pray for priests.” Letter to the sick, suffering, and health care workers Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the Year for Priests, which His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI declared beginning with the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, this past June 19, 2009, the Pontifical C ...