News

• 6 November 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US children: the poorest of the developed world New York (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly half of all U.S. children (49.2%) will be on food stamps at some point during childhood. This is what was found by a nationally representative survey of 4,800 American households, publis ...
• 6 November 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - BJP accuses Church of alleged “illegal mass conversions”: Christians tell Fides their response New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The Baratiya Janata Party (BJP), the Hindu nationalist party currently the opposition party in the Indian federal government but that does govern several Indian states, continues to spread r ...
• 6 November 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - “Priesthood and Holy Orders” is the theme of the spiritual retreat for the Year for Priests in the Diocese of Tian Jin, held in the new Diocesan Pastoral Center Tian Jin (Agenzia Fides) - “It was like re-living the moment of my ordination. Now I am ready for the new mission, with the strength I have gotten from this spiritual 'recharge'.” This was one of the commentaries mad ...
• 6 November 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishops embrace campaign led by doctors and obstetricians against abortion Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – With affirming its no to abortion, a practice now conducted legally and illegally in Korea, the Korean Bishops' Conference Commission for Bioethics has expressed its public support for the anti- ...
• 6 November 2009
  EUROPE - “The challenge of climate change is an issue of justice...climate change can cause untold suffering and hardship, can hamper integral human development and can harm creation.” A letter to Churches in Europe. St. Gallen (Agenzia Fides) – In light of the United Nations' Conference on Climate Change, which will be held in Copenhagen, December 7-18, 2009, the European Conference of Churches (CEC) and the Council of European Bi ...
• 6 November 2009
  EUROPE/GERMANY - New initiative from the Holy Childhood Association in Germany, for the feast of Saint Martin, to support a center for handicapped youth in South Africa Aachen (Agenzia Fides) – For the feast of Saint Martin of Tours, celebrated on November 11 and very popular in Germany, the Holy Childhood Association in Germany (known as “Die Sternsinger”) is offering a new initi ...
• 6 November 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - A Permanent Coordination Table for National Associations promoted by CNOS - National Center for Salesian Societies Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The national associations promoted by the CNOS (National Center for Salesian Societies) has established a Permanent Coordination Table for create a tighter bond among the various organizations of ...
• 5 November 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Missionary activity of European Church in Latin America Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – This past October 27-28, the annual encounter of the European Bishops' Organizations for Latin America was held in Madrid. This encounter, that boasts of a 10-year tradition, is attended by rep ...
• 5 November 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Youth of Madrid celebrate “Missionary Youth” for feast of Our Lady of the Almudena Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the feast of Our Lady of the Almudena, Patroness of Madrid, to whom the Cathedral “Santa Maria, la Real de la Almudena” is dedicated, the youth of Madrid from “Juventud ...
• 5 November 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - New 2010 Calendar from Faith Press dedicated to the Year for Priests and “Our Popes” Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – The new Catholic calendars for 2010 from Faith, the large communications association in He Bei, have now been published. According to a statement sent from Faith to Agenzia Fides, two t ...
• 5 November 2009
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “The aid offered to the returned refugees has only been a drop of water in the ocean,” says Bishop of Uije, launching an appeal to the public Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Emilio Sumbelelo of Uije has launched an appeal to send emergency aid for Angolans forced to return to their native country, from the Democratic Republic of Congo (see Fides 4/11/2009). ...
• 5 November 2009
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Inmates in Australia and other prisons worldwide participate in e-conference on the Gospel of Luke Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – The Gospel of Luke has entered into the gray walls of the Long Bay Jail in Sydney and in many other detainment centers in Europe and America. It is one of the most inspiring fruits of the e-con ...
• 5 November 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Letter to the Bishops for the “Day for the Sick” in Argentina, November 8 Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – For the Day for the Sick, celebrated in Argentina this coming Sunday, November 8, the Argentinean Bishops' Conference – through the Health Pastoral Care Commission – has sent a letter ...
• 5 November 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Thousands of youth at the National Shrine in Aparecida, for National Youth Day Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) – A vigil of prayer and reflection served as the preparation for the celebration of National Youth Day, which was held last Sunday in the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida. Those presen ...
• 5 November 2009
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Peace appeal and economic themes in the European tour of the interreligious delegation of Sri Lanka Brussels (Agenzia Fides) – The religious leaders of Sri Lanka are working for reconciliation and development in the country, taking a public stance and witnessing to unity in the name of the common good of the country. ...