News

• 31 October 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Photo of Fr. Sinnott discovered. “We hope he is alive; please have mercy on him,” Superior of Columban Missionaries says Pagadian (Agenzia Fides) – A photo of Fr. Michael Sinnott, Missionary of Saint Columban kidnapped on October 11 in Pagadian, has been shown on the news in the Philippines. “We hope it is real. If so, it would confirm ...
• 31 October 2009
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The life of the Church: celebrations for St. Daniel Comboni and preparations for visit from Prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The Combonian Missionaries recently celebrated the feast of St. Daniel Comboni in Sacred Heart Cathedral in downtown Cairo. According to information sent to Fides, the Mass was presided by Bisho ...
• 31 October 2009
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Catholic Church helps thousands of refugees returning from Tanzania; some have lived in refugee camps since 1972 Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church in Burundi is working intensely, along with national and local authorities and international organizations, to meet the needs of the Burundi refugees returning from Tanzania,” ...
• 31 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - National Directors of PMS of “Cono Sur” meet Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The annual meeting for National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies of the 5 countries that make up the “Cono Sur” (Southern Cone) of South America is being held at the PMS ...
• 31 October 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - New Center for Health Pastoral Care run by Camillians in Bangalore Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – The Camillian Order in India has recently opened a Center for Health Pastoral Care in Bangalore. The event was celebrated along with the close of the Jubilee Year for the 25th anniversary of ...
• 31 October 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - Mission in the Province of Castilla, following in the footsteps of St. Antonio M. Claret Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - “In following in the footsteps of St. Antonio Claret, you will surely encounter many difficulties and problems, but these are the sure steps in following the Lord.” These were the words of ...
• 31 October 2009
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Ethics knows neither social state nor age limit: Conference on medical and research ethics Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - A symposium on ethics was recently held in Vienna, organized by the Austrian Order of Doctors and the European Forum “Alpbach,” which addressed various themes. During the encounter, it was se ...
• 30 October 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishop of Kohima resigns Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on October 30, 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Kohima (India) presented by Bishop Jose Mukala, in conformity w ...
• 30 October 2009
  VATICAN - The Pope encourages those working in communications and pastoral guidance in the Church to “to take up the challenges that these new technologies pose to evangelization.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Modern culture arises, even before the contents, from the very fact that new ways of communication exist with new languages, new techniques, new psychological behavior. All this constitu ...
• 30 October 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells new Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran: “The Holy See trusts that the Iranian authorities will be able to reinforce and guarantee to Christians the liberty to profess their faith and to ensure for the Catholic community the essential conditions for its existence.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “By your presence in international entities and bilateral relations with numerous countries, the Holy See wishes to defend and promote human dignity. It also wishes to be at the service o ...
• 30 October 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - The “great venture” of Fr. Matteo Ricci: display opened at the Vatican, to be presented at Shanghai Expo 2010 Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Matteo Ricci, the missionary par excellence, will be presented at the Shanghai Expo 2010. This is what Bishop Claudio Giuliodori of Macerata said in a press conference for the presentation of ...
• 30 October 2009
  AFRICA/GHANA - “Pontifical Mission Societies, Means of Evangelization”: Encounter of National Directors of the PMS of English Speaking Africa Accra (Agenzia Fides) - The PMS National Directors of English Speaking Africa had their regional meeting in Accra (Ghana) from 19-27 October 2009. The theme of the meeting was: “Pontifical Mission Societies, Means of E ...
• 30 October 2009
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Controversy over the name “Allah”: 15,000 Bibles confiscated Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) – Over 15,000 Bibles have been confiscated by the Malaysian police and will not reach churches nor homes of the faithful. This is what Fides has learned from Church sources in Malaysia, whe ...
• 30 October 2009
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “Family, be missionary disciples!” Family Week and National Family Hug Day Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “Family, be missionary disciples” is the theme chosen for National Family Hug Day, which will take place on November 8 in Venezuela, as the conclusion to Family Week. The initiative is organ ...
• 30 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Marriage only exists between a man and a woman.” Declaration from the Institute for Marriage and the Family at the Catholic University of Argentina Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “Marriage is founded on a free, permanent, and exclusive bond between a man and a woman, for mutual support, towards the procreation and education of their children. In this sense, it rep ...