News

• 5 November 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Retired should be active in life and mission of the Church Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Participating actively in the life of the Church is good for the spiritual life of retired men and women and is also a way to renew the Church. This is the appeal made by Catholic volunteers ...
• 5 November 2010
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Increased alarm for child soldiers and violence suffered by young girls Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – Armed groups in Somalia have continued recruiting children to fight and engage in piracy, and girls have found themselves facing increasing risk of sexual violence. According to the Special ...
• 4 November 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Bishops meet with Prime Minister: priority given to security Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – Security, solidarity, and commitment to building a country where prosperity and peace reign are the themes being discussed in an emergency meeting taking place in Baghdad this morning, Novembe ...
• 4 November 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Political vacuum leaves room for violence towards Christians Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – "As Christians of Iraq, we have to be very careful and cautious in the coming months to see if the violence against Christians will end and how the problems of our security and the terrorism w ...
• 4 November 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Retreat for priests and ordination of two priests in Archdiocese of Beijing Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The encyclical "Deus Caritas Est" of Pope Benedict XVI was the theme of spiritual retreat for priests of the Archdiocese of Beijing, which took place October 18 to 21 at the diocesan seminary. ...
• 4 November 2010
  AMERICA/CUBA - President Raul Castro attends Catholic Seminary inauguration Havana (Agenzia Fides) – Cuban President Raul Castro attended the opening of the “Seminario de San Carlos y San Ambrosio,” the first building of the Catholic Church in more than half a century. The official ceremon ...
• 4 November 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Church denounces 31 homicides of homeless in first 10 months of 2010 Maceio (Agenzia Fides) – "As if the humiliation, discrimination, and neglect were not enough, now the homeless must also live with the fear of not seeing the sunrise because they are threatened with death." This is the ...
• 4 November 2010
  AFRICA/BENIN - Bishop of Parakou resigns Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on November 3, 2010, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Parakou (Benin) presented by Bishop Fidèle Agbatchi, in conformi ...
• 4 November 2010
  ASIA/KOREA - Archbishop of Daegu appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on November 4, 2010, appointed as Archbishop of Daegu (Korea), Archbishop Thaddeus Cho Hwan-kil, until now Auxiliary Bishop and Diocesan Administrator of the ...
• 4 November 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian politicians ask faithful to stay Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – "There are already 4 million Iraqis living abroad. They have left a country that does not guarantee prosperity, jobs, education, a country where there is no peace. Among them there are many Ch ...
• 4 November 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Good can overcome evil,” says Archbishop of Jos, site of recent fighting Jos (Agenzia Fides) - “It was incredible to witness what January 17th 2010 Jos crisis did to the inhabitants of Jos and its environs. Somehow, insanity was let loose which triggered the destruction of churches and mosq ...
• 3 November 2010
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “Thank you for the peaceful elections”: message from Archbishop of Abidjan Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – "The elections that we asked for with all our hearts have become a reality. Yes, indeed, peace is closer than ever," writes Archbishop Jean-Pierre Kutwa of Abidjan in a message posted yesterda ...
• 3 November 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - After the massacre, the "dilemma" of Iraqi Christians Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – "Iraqi Christians are now terrified and in shock. They are faced with a terrible dilemma: emigrate and save the lives of their loved ones, or stay in the country and witness to the faith, risk ...
• 3 November 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI prays for victims of the “absurd violence” occurred at Syro-Catholic Cathedral in Baghdad, “which is even more ferocious as it struck defenseless persons, gathered in the house of God.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of the Angelus recited with pilgrims gathered in Saint Peter's Square on the Solemnity of All Saints', Monday, November 1, the Holy Father Benedict pronounced the following wor ...
• 3 November 2010
  AMERICA/ANTILLE - Hurricane Tomas takes the lives of 14 on Santa Lucia, now headed for Haiti Kingston (Agenzia Fides) – The Antilles are now suffering the passage of the Atlantic hurricanes: on Saturday, October 30, the islands of Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, and the Grenadines, were affected by the c ...