News

• 6 November 2010
  VATICAN - “Consecrated life can never disappear or die in the Church,” Benedict XVI tells Bishops of Brazil, launching an appeal for vocational ministry Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Faced with the diminishing numbers and increasing age of the members of many religious institutes, which is evident in some parts of the world, some people are asking themselves whether ...
• 6 November 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Auxiliary Bishop of Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Benedict XVI, on November 6, 2010, appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni (Bolivia) Father Roberto Bordi, OFM, currently parish pastor at Magdalena, in t ...
• 6 November 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Modern Challenges for the Indigenous Church in Taiwan”: environment and mass media Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – As Fides learns from the Commission for the Pastoral Care of Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan, the VI Pastoral Congress of Indigenous Peoples, held October 21 to 23, had the theme "Modern Challeng ...
• 6 November 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - More difficulties arise in Haiti: 3 dead after hurricane, cholera on the rise Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Hurricane Tomas has caused at least three deaths and severe flooding in several towns in western Haiti. The number of victims could rise due to the precarious living conditions of Haiti ...
• 6 November 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Solidarity visit of African bishops to Sudan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - African bishops embarked yesterday, November 5, on a pastoral and solidarity visit to Sudan. According to a statement sent to Fides, a joint delegation of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences ...
• 6 November 2010
  AMERICA/CUBA - “Mission houses”, for years a reference point for Cuban Catholics Havana (Agenzia Fides) – For 50 years, no Catholic churches have been built in Cuba and this has prompted the faithful to gather in private homes or “mission houses”, where there are communities that celebrate the ...
• 5 November 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Cardinal Gracias asks President Obama to help protect human rights Bombay (Agenzia Fides) – Christians in India are asking U.S. President Barack Obama to stand up for issues such as human rights, peace, justice, and dialogue, says Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay and Chai ...
• 5 November 2010
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Bishops say after 2009 elections, “hopes are slowly fading away”, democracy at risk Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - “When we emerged from the 2009 elections, our hopes were high for peace, stability and development for all. Somewhat more than a year later our hopes are slowly fading away,” says a message ...
• 5 November 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians in Orissa: “Obama condemns discriminations, recalls religious freedom” Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) – Christians of Orissa are asking U.S. President Barak Obama, in India from 6 to 8 November, to condemn, in meetings with top government officials, religious intolerance, the violence of Hin ...
• 5 November 2010
  VATICAN - Pope calls for “a profound understanding of the social doctrine of the Church...strongly rooted in the affirmation of the transcendent dignity of man, in the defense of human life from its conception to its natural death and of religious liberty.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “It is necessary to prepare lay faithful capable of dedicating themselves to the common good, especially in the more complex realms such as the world of politics. It is also urgent to hav ...
• 5 November 2010
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - African and European Bishops to meet on Ad Gentes mission Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) and the Council of Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE) will be having a joint Seminar on the theme: “New situation of ...
• 5 November 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Missionary sent from Argentina to Angola Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – Wednesday, November 3, marked the celebration in the chapel of the national office of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Argentina, of a Mass with the "Missionary Sending" of Fr. D ...
• 5 November 2010
  AFRICA/GABON - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 28 August 2010 appointed as National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies in Gabon for a five-yea ...
• 5 November 2010
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops on Nov. 7 elections: “Voting is a right and a responsibility” Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Paraguay, meeting at their 189th Ordinary Plenary Assembly, have issued a statement regarding the municipal elections to be held in the country on November 7. "Voting is a righ ...
• 5 November 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christians place themselves under protection of Our Lady of Lourdes Lourdes (Agenzia Fides) – "Stay with us; pray for us. We need your moral and fraternal support," is the appeal made by the Iraqi bishops, on behalf of all Christians of Iraq, to all the faithful and to the bishops of F ...