News

• 6 September 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “Discover the guiding hand of God in history” Morelia (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Morelia, Archbishop Alberto Suarez Inda, has proposed a reflection on the situation of today's Mexico on the occasion of the celebration of the Bicentennial of Independence. ...
• 6 September 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Politics as a service to our neighbor and for the common good”: national meeting promoted by the Bishops' Conference Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The Social Pastoral Commission of the Argentinean Episcopal Conference has organized a national meeting to celebrate the country's Bicentennial Anniversary. This meeting, which bears the ...
• 6 September 2010
  AFRICA/BOTSWANA - Providing ARVs to refugees Gaborone (Agenzia Fides) - Botswana was the first country in southern Africa to roll out an antiretroviral (ARV) treatment programme, which now has almost universal coverage, but is among the last to include its relative ...
• 4 September 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Terrorism will not stop humanitarian aid distribution Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Terrorism will not stop humanitarian aid distribution. "Our work at Caritas goes on. We are concerned and we proceed with caution. In certain areas, including in the North, our volunteers are v ...
• 4 September 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Missionaries and concerns for Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa Cape Town (Agenzia Fides) – "The Zimbabwean refugees with whom I have spoken are very concerned about the regularization measure decided on by the South African government, as the situation in their country has not cha ...
• 4 September 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Discrimination in aid: incidents and testimonies Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – There have been a long list of cases reported to Fides on discrimination against Christians, religious minorities, Dalits, the poorest of the poor in humanitarian aid distribution. "The gene ...
• 4 September 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Retreat for priests in the Diocese of Feng Xiang: striving for personal holiness in order to help others strive for holiness Feng Xiang (Agenzia Fides) – “The goal of the retreat for 2010 was for us priests to strive for personal holiness in order to help others strive for holiness. The priesthood has supernatural characteristics. When the ...
• 4 September 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells the youth: “In our age of globalization, be witnesses of Christian hope all over the world.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Christ is not a treasure meant for us alone; he is the most precious treasure we have, one that is meant to be shared with others. In our age of globalization, be witnesses of Christian ...
• 4 September 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - “Chile, a Place for Everyone”: Migrant Sunday in Chile Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – Sunday, September 5 is the day Chile celebrates Migrant Sunday. The Day's events program includes a Mass at 12:30pm celebrated by the Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago, Bishop Cristián Contreras, ...
• 4 September 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - September 8: the Americas unite in Rosary to Our Lady of Guadalupe, for Mexico's Bicentennial Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – Millions of faithful around the American continent will be spiritually united on Wednesday, September 8, at 8pm, to participate in the recitation of the Rosary to Our Lady of Guadalupe, wh ...
• 4 September 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Sisters of Charity in Australia launch website Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The Sisters of Charity in Australia have just launched a site with information on their mission at present, in the past, and what it may look like for the future, with an archive, photo gallery, ...
• 3 September 2010
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Calm follows 2-day clashes in Maputo; Archbishop Chimoio encourages faithful to pray for the nation Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is slowly returning to calm, although there is less traffic on the streets of the capital because of the transport strike," Fides has been told by a local Church source in Maputo, ...
• 3 September 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop's death mourned Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – This past August 28, Archbishop John Yang Shudao, Archbishop Emeritus of Fuzhou, passed away in his hometown of Toubao, in the County of Lianjiang, at the age of 91. Archbishop Yang was a ...
• 3 September 2010
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - IV Missionary Congress “To Know Christ: A Gift; To Preach Him: Our Mission” Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – The IV Missionary Congress will take place on October 2 and 3 at the House of Nazareth in Montevideo, Uruguay. The event is organized by the National Missionary Center. The objective of th ...
• 3 September 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 30 Years of SVD Missionaries in the Amazon Santarem (Agenzia Fides) – On January 26, 1980, the first priests from the Society of the Divine Word arrived in Santarem-Pará: Francisco Kom, José Gross, and Patricio Brennan. Thus, the Missionary Society of the Div ...