News

• 18 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Spiritans all saved, except one seminarian Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - “It has been confirmed that all Spiritans (CSSp), except one seminarian Stephane Douge, have survived the earthquake in Haiti,” Agenzia Fides has been told by Fr. John McFadden CSSp, ...
• 18 January 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Over 5 million HK$ collected in 2009 in the Catholic Church Lenten Campaign for charitable organizations Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church Lenten Campaign of the Diocese of Hong Kong in 2009 was able to gather over 5,570,000 HK$ (equivalent to approximately 500,000 euros), allocated to the operations grouped ...
• 18 January 2010
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Fear returns to Kabul, but “Church continues in her social commitments,” Superior of the Missio sui iuris tells Fides Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "We heard explosions and gunfire this morning. The conflict was intense. Until not long ago, in Kabul the atmosphere seemed more relaxed and these incidents have now brought fear. The city is not ...
• 18 January 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI visits Jewish Community of Rome: “when we succeed in uniting our hearts and our hands in response to the Lord’s call, his light comes closer and shines on all the peoples of the world.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Christians and Jews share to a great extent a common spiritual patrimony, they pray to the same Lord, they have the same roots, and yet they often remain unknown to each other. It is our ...
• 18 January 2010
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, “a great opportunity” Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which is celebrated January 18 to 25, is "a great opportunity for Christians to overcome their divisions. Unity begins through a seeking of the authentic ...
• 18 January 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops of Brazil on National Human Rights Program Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Brazil have rejected the legalization of abortion, civil unions between homosexuals, and the right to adoptions by these unions, three of the proposals contained in the Plan of H ...
• 18 January 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - V National Contest on Communication: “Protecting nature, a commitment to life” Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Association for Communication, SIGNIS ECUADOR, is organizing the Fifth National Communication Competition entitled "Carlos Crespi," which aims at recognizing and encouraging journalis ...
• 18 January 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Over 300,000 students at risk for losing their place in state high schools; Archdiocese of Nairobi reopens parochial school Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The new year began in Kenya with bad news for 300,000 students that might not have access to secondary schools supported by the Government. The measure comes after the scandal of the millions of ...
• 18 January 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Common criteria, valid and effective, for volunteering in Africa: Conference in Kenya Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The Department for Youth Ministry of the Salesian Order, along with their Department for the Missions, the International Voluntary Service for Development (VIS), and the Don Bosco Network (DBN ...
• 16 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Monfortians: 9 seminarians dead, one priest missing Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a time for tears; there is desolation everywhere, and the Montfortians have not been spared," writes Fr. Maurice, SMM, from Haiti, where the Montfort Missionaries (Company of Mary) ...
• 16 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Daughters of Wisdom: 3 sisters dead, another three still under the rubble Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Three Sisters from the Congregation of Daughters of Wisdom, of the Monfortian Family, died in their assisted living home in Carrefour, which was leveled by the earthquake: Sr. Marie-Flo ...
• 16 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Redemptorists: Church of San Gerardo reduced to rubble, students sleeping in the yard Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Father Joseph P. Dorcey, C.Ss.R., Secretary General of the Congregation of the Redemptorists, has sent Fides a report on the situation of the members present in the country affected by ...
• 16 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Dominicans: all priests survived, one Sister wounded Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Agenzia Fides has contacted the Secretary General of the Curia of the Dominican Fathers, who reported a recent communication with Father Manuel Rivero, OP (Vicar of Haiti) on the situat ...
• 16 January 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Solidarity with Haitian victims, from Latin American Bishops' Conference Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conferences of Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Chile have announced the creation of a national collection to aid the rescue of the Haitian population which currently lacks ...
• 16 January 2010
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Updated List of 11 Churches Attacked Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) – The number of churches attacked in Malaysia between January 8-16, 2010 is now at 11, although there is also a Sikh temple and a mosque. This is an updated list, according to information g ...