News

• 29 December 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - No priests killed during clashes at Christmas in Nigeria Jos (Agenzia Fides) - “No priest in Jos or Maiduguri was killed during the Christmas attacks” in Nigeria, revealed Archbishop Ignatius A. Kaigama of Jos to Fides, regarding reports in the media which announced that a ...
• 29 December 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Children with disabilities at the centre of 53rd Campaign by Star Singers (Sternsinger) who have chosen Cambodia as the symbolic country Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - For the 53rd time, around the time of 6 January, the “Star Singers” (Sternsinger) of the German Mission of Childhood, will be on the streets of Germany with their Christmas carols. “Childre ...
• 29 December 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Large statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus unveiled in front of the Cathedral of Lan Zhou Lan Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - An impressive two and a half metre high statue, made with the best quality marble, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was inaugurated recently. It is located in the plaza of the Cathedral ...
• 29 December 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Bulletin for the Study of Catholicism” launched by the Chinese University Catholic Studies Centre Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The “Bulletin for the Study of Catholicism” has been created by the Chinese University Catholic Studies Centre. According to reports from the Kong Ko Bao (the Chinese version of the dioc ...
• 29 December 2010
  Holy Father's Missionary Intention for January 2011: “That Christians may achieve full unity, witnessing to all the universal fatherhood of God”. Commentary. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI has repeatedly announced that one of the main aims of his Pontificate is to work for ecumenism, to continue to make progress towards achieving the unity that Christ desire ...
• 29 December 2010
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Situation still blocked, meanwhile Gbagbo plays the media card Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met yesterday, 28 December, for three hours with the outgoing President of Côte d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, to renew their ...
• 29 December 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - “The level of development of a community is measured by the ability to take care of the weak” declare the Bishops of Chile Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Chile (CEC) published a statement entitled: “Cry for innocent lives” in which everyone is invited to protect unborn human life, offering useful in ...
• 29 December 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Acquittal of missionary Father Bartolini and director of Radio East welcomed with joy Yurimaguas (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Bishops' Conference announced that the Amazonian High Court acquitted Father Mario Bartolini, Italian Passionist priest and pastor in the town of Barranquita. Along with him, jou ...
• 28 December 2010
  VATICAN - The announcement of Christmas a “cause for hope for all those whose dignity is offended and violated, because He who was born in Bethlehem came to liberate man from the root of all forms of slavery” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The announcement of Christmas is also a light for peoples, for the collective journey of humanity.... To believe in God who wanted to share our story is a constant encouragement to engag ...
• 28 December 2010
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus: “Our world continues to be marked by violence, especially against the disciples of Christ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday, 26 December, Feast of the Holy Family, the Holy Father appeared at the window of his study to pray the Angelus with the faithful gathered in St Peter's Square. “Jesus was born in ...
• 28 December 2010
  VATICAN - Appointment of the Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 23 December, 2010, appointed as Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Father Savio Hon Tai-Fai, SDB, Professor of Theology at the ...
• 28 December 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - The Diocese of Xi Chang celebrates one hundred years of evangelization with three ordinations Xi Chang (Agenzia Fides) - More than 500 faithful of the diocese of Xi Chang, in the province of Si Chuan, participated in the solemn Eucharistic Concelebration during which they thanked the Lord for a hundred years of e ...
• 28 December 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the Archbishop of Pretoria and Military Ordinary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on 23 December, 2010, appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pretoria and Military Ordinary of South Africa, Bishop William Slattery, OFM, until now Bishop of ...
• 28 December 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the Bishop of Kimberley Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on 23 December, 2010, appointed as Bishop of Kimberley (South Africa), Mons. Abel Gabuza, Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Pretoria. Mons. Abel Ga ...
• 28 December 2010
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Resignation of Bishop of Manga and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on 28 December, 2010, accepted the resignation from the pastoral care ministry of the Diocese of Manga (Burkina Faso), presented by Bishop Wenceslas Comparoré, ...