News

• 17 November 2009
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Archbishop of Douala resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 16 November 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Douala (Cameroon) presented by Bishop Christian Wiyghan Tum ...
• 17 November 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - At the close of celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the evangelization, Bishop of Kaohsiung calls everyone to “open wide the missionary doors” Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) - "After 150 years of effort, we have had a crop equal to 1.3 percent, and looking ahead there is the flood of 23 million compatriots to satiate Christ's hunger .... So we must be 'firm in one s ...
• 17 November 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Letter of Cardinal Bertone to Chinese Priests Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Letter that His Eminence Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State, has sent to all priests of the Catholic Church in the People's Republic of China, is situated within the contex ...
• 17 November 2009
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - “We have made substantial progress towards democracy, but more must be done," say Mozambican Bishops Maputo (Agenzia Fides) – In reply to the message that the Synod Fathers addressed to Africa, the primary need is to make recourse to the Sacrament of Reconciliation. This is what the Bishops of Mozambique said in their ...
• 17 November 2009
  ASIA/NEPAL - Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Nepal tells Fides: “The people are tired of the politicians.” Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – "The situation could take a turn for the worse, given the nature of our political leaders. The population is tired of politicians who seem interested only in power, and ignore the real needs ...
• 17 November 2009
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Church renews apologies to people who suffered in institutional care Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - After the words of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who has apologized for the suffering of children in institutional care in the 20th century. These are children who, by a colonial ideology that despi ...
• 17 November 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bolivia on permanent mission prepares for December 6 elections; Cardinal Terrazas: “May our conscience be what moves us, not fear.” La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Santa Cruz, Cardinal Julio Terrazas has asked that the vote of all Bolivians in the upcoming election not be the result of fear, but an act according to their conscience: "We mu ...
• 17 November 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 3,000 catechists to attend close of Catechetical Year in Archdiocese of Maringa Maringa (Agenzia Fides) - November 22 will be the official closing of the Catechetical Year of the Archdiocese of Maringá (PR), at the Sports Center of Tancredo Neves, in Sarandi. Sunday afternoon, the Archbishop Anuar ...
• 16 November 2009
  VATICAN - Letter from Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone to priests in China for Year for Priests: “despite the persisting difficulties, the information that has come from different parts of China points also to signs of hope.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – An “invitation to hope” is what opens the Letter that Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State, has addressed to all priests of the Catholic Church in the People's Republic of Ch ...
• 16 November 2009
  VATICAN - Pope tells Bishops of “South 1” Region of Brazil: “speak to the heart of your people, awaken consciences, unite wills in a joint effort against the growing wave of violence and contempt for the human being” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Your people harbor in their hearts great religious sentiments and noble traditions, rooted in Christianity, which are expressed in heartfelt and genuine religious and civil manifestation ...
• 16 November 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Africa needs water, not GMOs,” Cardinal Napier, Archbishop of Durban, tells Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "From the first information that I have read this morning on the FAO Summit, I have the impression that this organization does not know what the real problems of nutrition in Africa are. Africans d ...
• 16 November 2009
  VATICAN - Holy Father Benedict XVI's Letter to the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples on their Plenary Assembly Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI has sent Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, the following message on the occasion of the Plenary Assembly of t ...
• 16 November 2009
  EUROPE/GERMANY - For dignity and justice for all people on the margins of society: Caritas Germany's plan to help children who collect garbage in Brazil Friburg (Agenzia Fides) – On the evening of Saturday, November 14, in 54 cities throughout Germany, a sea of candles were lit for the initiative entitled “A Million Stars.” Caritas Germany, accepting the invitation ...
• 16 November 2009
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Clergy celebrates 75th anniversary and Saint Coeur de Marie Major Seminary in Anyama celebrates 50th anniversary Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, November 15, 2009, the National Day for Peace, in the presence of Cardinal Bernard Agre, and the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Ambrose Madtha, the Church of Ivory Coast has solemnly ...
• 16 November 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Intense celebration of the Year for Priests in mainland China Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – This evening, November 16, marks the beginning of the training course for priests organized for the Year for Priests by Faith Center in the city of Shi Jia Zhuang, He Bei Province in mainland ...