News

• 13 January 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Family and migration”: Seminar sponsored by the Bishops' Commission on the Family Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Reflect on the relationship between the family institution and the immigration phenomenon, its sociological implications, the prospects and pastoral needs of the Church: this was the central the ...
• 13 January 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - The price of food remains too high, in spite of government aid; 10 million Kenyans at risk for hunger Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The food emergency continues in Kenya, where one third of the population, 10 million people, is at risk for going hungry. Among these, 1.5 million are children and 2.5 million are people suffe ...
• 13 January 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Inflation, loss of employment, government spending-cuts: the financial crisis is taking its toll on Nigeria Lagos (Agenzia Fides) – The global financial crisis and the drop in the cost of fuel are seriously threatening the economy in Nigeria. According to economic experts, interviewed by the loval press, the depreciation of ...
• 12 January 2009
  VATICAN - At the Angelus, the Pope recalls that Baptism is a “gift, joy, but also responsibility,” as parents and godparents “must bring up their children according to the Gospel,” and asks for prayers for the 6th World Meeting of Families Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – After having administered the Sacrament of Baptism to several children in the Sistine Chapel, the Holy Father Benedict XVI went to the window of his study on January 11, to recite the Ang ...
• 12 January 2009
  VATICAN - On the Feast of the Lord's Baptism, Benedict XVI baptizes 13 newborns: “when...we baptize children, bringing them into God's light and his teachings, we are not doing violence to them; rather we are giving them the wealth of divine life in which true freedom is rooted, which is that of being children of God.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “And if Christmas and Epiphany serve above all to make us capable of seeing, to opening our eyes and hearts to the mystery of a God who comes to be with us, the feast of the baptism of Je ...
• 12 January 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - In a remote village of the Mongolian steppe, over 500 faithful were moved during the celebration of their first Christmas in a simple little chapel Ordos (Agenzia Fides) – Setting their eyes for the first time on the Nativity Scene, with the Baby Jesus at the center, the Christmas tree decorated with a Christian message, the faithful of the community of Dong Sheng ...
• 12 January 2009
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Bishop of Kundiawa resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on January 12, 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Kundiawa (Papua New Guinea) presented by Bishop Henk Te Maarssen, ...
• 12 January 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - “Christimes,” a new periodical for the Catholic Church in India Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - “Christimes” is the new Catholic newspaper being published in Bangalore, in the state of Karnataka (southwest India), in an effort to offer good news, to announce the Gospel, and to give a ...
• 12 January 2009
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Drafting of a new anti-conversion law presented in Parliament; the Catholic Church responds Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka is closely following the legal process of the new anti-conversion law that has been presented in recent days to the country's Parliament. It is a strong measu ...
• 12 January 2009
  VATICAN - The Holy Father tells the Neocatechumenal Way in the Diocese of Rome: “Your apostolic activities, already highly praiseworthy in themselves, will be even more effective in the degree to which you constantly strive to cultivate that desire for unity which Jesus communicated to the Twelve at the Last Supper.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “How can we not bless the Lord for the spiritual fruits which, through the methodology of evangelization that you apply, have been harvested in these years? The Pope, Bishop of Rome, than ...
• 12 January 2009
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Sunday, January 18, national collection in all parishes for earthquake victims San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Costa Rica is organizing a national collection that will take place this Sunday, January 18, in all the parishes of the country, to benefit the victims of the earthquak ...
• 12 January 2009
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Bishops invite the people to participate in upcoming general elections as an opportunity to foster hope and strengthen democracy Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - “As Bishops, we wish to make our voice heard, on the eve of the elections for new national and local leaders, in this time in which as Panamanians, we our experiencing great opportunities ...
• 12 January 2009
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Human rights activist Jestina Mukoko denounces abuses and violence suffered in captivity. Cardinal Maradiaga, President of Caritas Internationalis, launched an appeal for her release Harare (Agenzia Fides) – Human rights activist Jestina Mukoko denounces the abuse and violence she suffered at the hands of Zimbabwean secret service agents. Jestina Mukoko was held in solitary confinement for 19 days ...
• 12 January 2009
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - New religious family in Gitega dedicated to the sanctification of the People of God and to bearing witness to the irreplaceable role of the priesthood in ecclesial life Gitega (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Gitega has recently approved the new religious family of the Congregation of Mary, Queen of the Holy Priesthood. The Congregation was founded by diocesan priest Father Avit V ...
• 12 January 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Zuma should be prosecuted,” says Supreme Court of Appeals; African National Congress leader is also a presidential candidate in this year's election Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – The Supreme Court of Appeals in South Africa has overturned a lower court's decision to throw out the case of corruption against Jacob Zuma, leader of the African National Congress, thus ...