News

• 3 December 2010
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Resignation of Bishop of Pyay and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on 3 December, 2010 accepted Bishop Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe's resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Pyay (Myanmar), in accordance with cano ...
• 3 December 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - One and a half million people affected and over 167 deaths due to the rains; the Church calls for solidarity Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The National Secretariat for Social Pastoral Care (SNPS/Caritas Colombia) has appealed for solidarity with the thousands of families affected by heavy rains in Colombia, now estimated to be more ...
• 3 December 2010
  AMERICA - Bishops of four Latin American countries against the violence and corruption that shakes the region Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of four Latin American countries have expressed their deep concern over the spread of violence and contempt for human life which has ravaged the region and called on authorities to a ...
• 2 December 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The first non-Chinese Superior General for the Congregation of the “Disciples of the Lord” Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - Father Xie Qi Long, current provincial superior of the province of Malaysia, was elected Superior General of the “Disciples of the Lord”, the Chinese national religious Congregation founded ...
• 2 December 2010
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Situation tense after the postponement of the announcement of the results of the presidential ballot Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “The Côte d'Ivoire is waiting with bated breath for the declaration of the result of the ballot from the presidential elections,” revealed a Fides source from the Church on the Côte d'Ivoi ...
• 2 December 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Working together against the rain-induced adversity affecting the Country: the Church's appeal to the authorities Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Roberto Luckert of Coro expressed his concern about the situation that the state of Falcon has experienced for several days, due to heavy rains: “It is still raining. This morning ...
• 2 December 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - SIGNIS established in Brazil: “To promote a culture of peace via the media” Curitiba (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Association for Communication (SIGNIS Brazil), was established as a civil organization to bring together Catholic communicators from the largest South American countries. Present f ...
• 2 December 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Two soldiers arrested for the murder of the parish priest of Kanyabayonga Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The suspected killers of Fr Bakulene Christian, parish priest of Kanyabayonga, have been arrested in the territory of Lubero (North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), killed on 8 No ...
• 1 December 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Sharing the Divine Word who became flesh”: Meeting of the Coordinators for Social Communication of the Asia-Pacific SVD Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - “Returning to the origin of Social Communication, sharing the Divine Word who became flesh” was the theme of the Meeting of the Coordinators for Social Communication of the Society of the Di ...
• 1 December 2010
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - “Visas” for missionaries and religious freedom: the expectations of the local Church Astana (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Kazakhstan, a small minority, expects that the visit of Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone “will achieve some progress” on two key issues: “The issue of visas granted to forei ...
• 1 December 2010
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Rebels flee Birao; uncertainty about the humanitarian situation Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - “Communications with the area of Birao are very difficult because the mobile and fixed telephone network is blown, but from the scant information we have received the city has been evacuated by ...
• 1 December 2010
  VATICAN - The Pope commended the Church in China to the prayers of Catholics around the world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Following today's General Audience, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI issued the following appeal for the Church in China: “I commend to your prayers and to those of Catholics throughout ...
• 1 December 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi's husband tells Fides: “We are ready to come to Italy” Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - “We are sad and worried. We miss Asia so much. My children are crying and look for her every day. Today we leading a threatened life: we are being targeted by extremist groups, and we fear for ...
• 1 December 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Pope's solidarity with the Church in Rio for the recent violence Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - On the morning of Sunday, 28 November, Archbishop Orani João Tempesta of Rio received a fax from the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri, which conveyed the solidarity of Pop ...
• 1 December 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionary projects in Timor and Haiti, the progress of the Continental Mission in Brazil discussed at COMINA meeting Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The National Missionary Council (COMINA) met at the headquarters of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Brasilia, to discuss plans and actions, including missionary work initiated this ye ...