News

• 22 October 2010
  ASIA/TURKEY - The memory of Bishop Padovese at "Glimpses of the Christians of the Middle East" Rome (Agenzia Fides) – "A kind and generous man, born in Milan, but with a great Turkish affection." This is how Bishop Luigi Padovese was described by Archbishop Fahrat, Nuncio emeritus in Turkey, speaking of the Bish ...
• 22 October 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Bishop John Tong delivers the Gospel "so the faithful can assume their missionary commitment" Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop John Tong presented the Gospel to the delegates of the parishes of Hong Kong "so the faithful can assume their missionary commitment" in bearing witness to Jesus and to proclaiming the ...
• 22 October 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - “Reconciliation and Dialogue”: appeal from Ecuadorian Bishops Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Ecuador are gathered for their CXXVII biannual Plenary Assembly at the Bethania Social Training Center, to examine and approve the Global Pastoral Plan for the Church in Ecuador, ...
• 22 October 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - After the earthquake and hunger, cholera strikes Haiti Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – A news bulletin of a local radio station, which sent a copy of it to Fides, says Haitian health officials have reported at least 80 victims in the diarrhea epidemic in the northeast, cl ...
• 22 October 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - One out of every 10 Australians living below the poverty line: a challenge met by all Catholic organizations Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - More than one billion of the world's population live in desperate circumstances struggling to feed themselves and their families. But poverty and hardship are also part of Australia and today, de ...
• 21 October 2010
  Pontifical Mission Societies support younger Churches, formation of seminarians and priests, poor children, and missionary activities for entire People of God Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Collections taken up for World Mission Sunday, gifts from individual benefactors, and contributions that come in thanks to various missionary projects, are all sent first to the respectiv ...
• 21 October 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Women used as targets in DRC's 20 year-long war Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - “Congolese women are tired of conferences on the violence they suffer and they want to get to the root causes of these acts,” says Sister Teresina Caffi, of the Missionaries of Mary, Xaverian ...
• 21 October 2010
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Family and marriage, focus of CEAST Second Plenary Assembly Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – "Marriage and the Family" is the theme of the Second Plenary Assembly of CEAST (Conferência Episcopal de Angola and São Tomé), which opened October 20 in Luanda. During the week of the Asse ...
• 21 October 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Children’s health endangered by visceral leishmaniasis epidemic Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – A failed harvest and the effects of prolonged flooding may be fueling an outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis, also known as Kala-azar, in parts of Southern Sudan, say health officials. Some 6,3 ...
• 21 October 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Typhus, cholera, malaria, hemorrhagic fever, eye infections, and skin diseases...we are in urgent need of medicine to face the epidemics”: appeal from Fr. Waseem Ibang (Agenzia Fides) – In Pakistan, the situation remains critical. The biggest problems are health concerns. There are many people suffering from intestinal infections, typhoid, cholera, malaria, hemorrhagic fever, e ...
• 21 October 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - New life for the Shrine of the “Red Sand Saint,” venerated by Christians and non alike Madurai (Agenzia Fides) – In honor of St. John de Britto, the Jesuit Province of Madurai, India, has prepared a great initiative called the Shrine Britto Dream Project, i.e. a large shrine in honor of the saint, as the ...
• 21 October 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholic mainland gearing up for World Mission Sunday Bao Ding (Agenzia Fides) – In preparation for World Mission Sunday, Sunday, October 24, the Catholic community on mainland China is organizing a myriad of events. According to a statement sent to Fides from “Faith,� ...
• 21 October 2010
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Message from Bishop of Setubal for World Mission Sunday: Catholics should not think Christianity is irrelevant for society Setubal (Agenzia Fides) – "Catholics should make a greater effort in the proclamation of Christianity," writes the Bishop of Setubal, Portugal, Bishop Gilberto Delio Goncalves Canavarro dos Reis, in his message for Wor ...
• 21 October 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "The only solution is dialogue," says new Archbishop of Quito, on disputes between government and opposition Quito (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, OFM, who on Friday, October 22, will be installed as Archbishop of Quito and become Primate of the Catholic Church in Ecuador, urged the government and ...
• 21 October 2010
  VATICAN - Diocesan phase of cause for beatification of Cardinal Nguyên Van Thuân opens tomorrow in Rome Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Friday, October 22 at 12 noon, in the Hall of Conciliation of the Lateran Palace, Cardinal Vicar Agostino Vallini will open the diocesan session of the cause for beatification of Vietn ...