News

• 12 July 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Heart of St. Camillus travels from Rome to Ireland Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Order of Ministers of the Sick (Camillians) have begun celebrating the 400th anniversary of the death of San Camillo (1614 - 2014). Among other activities is also provided for the public expo ...
• 12 July 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Guayaquil celebrates first Day of the Society of Saint Peter the Apostle, for native vocations Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) – While the Archdiocese of Guayaquil has already celebrated the Day of the Pontifical Society of St. Peter the Apostle for native vocations on June 29, in the Parish of Stella Maris in Guasmo ...
• 10 July 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - “After 6 months, many of the people who were living in tents still have nothing...many see no way out,” Apostolic Nuncio in Haiti tells Fides Six months after the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12, 2010, affecting much of the capital, Port-au-Prince, Fides has asked Apostolic Nuncio in Haiti, Archbishop Bishop Bernard Auza, a few questions on the ...
• 10 July 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Two million people living on the street, 600,000 homeless Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - In Haiti, 6 months after the earthquake, there are still about 2 million people living on the streets. Approximately 1,300 emergency tents have become their permanent home. 600,000 are ho ...
• 10 July 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Initiative to help build Mary MacKillop College in southern Sudan Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Ben Hur: The Stadium Spectacular, a massive production of the classical story, will be playing in Sydney this October, with a fundraiser to be held each of the two nights of the show for the co ...
• 10 July 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Religious vows ceremonies in several Chinese orders Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – In recent days, religious from several congregations on the Chinese mainland took temporary or perpetual vows, according to information gathered by Fides. Two religious of the Congregation of ...
• 10 July 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - As population grows, Church faces more challenges Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – The final results of General Census of Population and Housing of Guinea Bissau, submitted July 9, opens a new page for a new distribution of religious assistance to Catholic communities in the ...
• 10 July 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Pilgrimage tour of Founder's relic helping Comboni Missionaries' prepare for 19th General Chapter Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Comboni Missionaries (Pious Mothers of Nigrizia) are preparing for their General Chapter XIX which will open at their Mother House in Verona, on September 1, 2010 and will end October 5. Insp ...
• 8 July 2010
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Episcopal ordination of Bishop Raymond Ahoua, FDP for Grand Bassam Grand Bassam (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, July 4, the Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Ambrose Madtha ordained the new Bishop of the Diocese of Grand Bassam, Bishop Raymond Ahoua, of the Congregation of the Sons of Providen ...
• 8 July 2010
  AMERICA - “Life, Bread, Peace, Freedom,” at the light of the Aparecida Document: continental meeting of Catholic Action Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – Today, July 8, marks the opening of the Sixth American Continental Meeting of Catholic Action at the headquarters of the Mexican Bishops' Conference, Casa Lago, Mexico City. The theme of t ...
• 8 July 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “Keep calm and be willing to dialogue” says Archbishop of Durango following elections Durango (Agenzia Fides) – After the elections that were held in different states of Mexico, the Church of Durango, in the person of Archbishop Héctor González Martínez, urged all politicians to accept the results an ...
• 8 July 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo of the Diocese of Zhengding released Zhengding (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, July 7, Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo, the legitimate non-official Bishop of the Diocese of Zhengding in the Province of He Bei in mainland China, was released. Age 75, Bishop Julius J ...
• 8 July 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Multimedia for following the 89th Assembly of Bishops in Colombia Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The Colombian Bishops' Conference has dedicated part of its website to the unfolding of the LXXXIX Plenary Assembly of Bishops, which is being held in Bogota (July 5-9). As the country is celeb ...
• 8 July 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Priest threatened to death, Bishop warns: “Central India is in the hands of Hindu extremists” Indore (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Anand Muttungal, a priest of the Diocese of Bhopal and spokesman for the Catholic Church in the state of Madhya Pradesh has received a death threat from Hindu extremists. “The situation i ...
• 8 July 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Two activists killed: new government faces question of extrajudicial executions Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The first real problems for the new president Benigno Aquino, who took office a few days ago, were immediate: the execution of two activists and defenders of human rights has shaken public opin ...