News

• 1 July 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Heavy rains augment precarious conditions in Brazil Branquinha (Agenzia Fides) – In June, heavy rain falls in the Brazilian states of Alagoas and Pernambuco, have caused 40 deaths and 600 missing persons. The situation became dramatic when rising water levels in the two ...
• 1 July 2010
  AFRICA/GHANA - SECAM to hold 15th Plenary Assembly in late July Accra (Agenzia Fides) – The 15th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar ( SECAM) will take place in Accra, Ghana from July 26 to August 2, 2010, according to a statement s ...
• 1 July 2010
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Don Bosco Radio: 14 years at the service of the truth and the youth Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - “We are one of the most popularly heard radio stations in the capital, as our listeners consider us a reliable news source,” says Fr. Luca Treglia, Director of Don Bosco Radio in Antana ...
• 1 July 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops offer Mass and list of priorities for President Aquino Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Carry out the long-awaited land reform; reject the document on sexual and reproductive health; eradicate nepotism and corruption from government; ensure food security in the country...These are ...
• 30 June 2010
  VATICAN - Note from the Press Office regarding the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The following is the entire text of the statement published by the Holy See Press Office on June 28, 2010. Faced with news reports which, for some time now, have been circulating with ...
• 30 June 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop Onaiyekan following release of Fr. Ukpong: we will not pay a ransom Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - "The Reverend Professor Justin Ukpong, and his driver were released Sunday, June 27, without payment of any ransom, thanks to the work of police at the place where the two were held by their kidna ...
• 30 June 2010
  VATICAN - “The universal Church faces the challenge of the new evangelization” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “There are regions in the world that still wait for a first evangelization; others that received it but need more profound work; others still in which the Gospel put down roots a long tim ...
• 30 June 2010
  VATICAN - God frees his faithful servants from every evil and frees the Church from negative powers Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “God is close to his faithful servants and frees them from all evil, and frees the Church from negative powers.” This was the theme of the biblical texts proclaimed on the Solemnity of ...
• 30 June 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocese thanks families of priests and religious for supporting vocations Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocesan Vocations Commission, with a solemn Mass presided by Bishop John Tong of the Diocese of Hong Kong, thanked the families of priests, men and women religious, and seminarians for ...
• 30 June 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - New Bishop for Diocese of Sanyuan in Shaanxi Yuanmenxiang (Agenzia Fides) – Thursday, June 24, in the Cathedral Church of the Sacred Heart in Yuanmenxiang, there was an episcopal ordination held for Bishop Joseph Han Yingjin of the diocesan clergy, 51 years of ag ...
• 30 June 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Islamic extremists' campaign against Christians; for the Church “the only way is dialogue” Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – Indonesian Islamic extremist groups have launched a campaign “against the Christianization of Indonesia” and "the adoption of Sharia in the country.” In the past several days, Bekasi, a ...
• 30 June 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Congolese Bishops: “Let us restore the shattered dream of independence” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – "Our beloved country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, is celebrating the golden jubilee of its independence. The Congolese people are called to use all their energies to reconstruct its ide ...
• 30 June 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Awaiting election results, religious leaders unite to preach peace Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – June 27 presidential elections were held in calm and with a high turnout in the Republic of Guinea, the first truly free elections in the country since its independence in 1958. The interim re ...
• 30 June 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Church responds to violence on public transport: “need for real operational plans, timely concrete actions” San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – Violence carried out by the feared "maras" (youth gangs) of Central America continues to claim lives in the capital of El Salvador, San Salvador. On the afternoon of Sunday, June 20, 17 p ...
• 30 June 2010
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Haiti among group of Ibero-American cooperation countries Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – Representatives from 22 countries attended the Tuesday, June 29th celebration of "Ibero-American Cooperation Day" held every year, this time celebrated in the Dominican Republic, to prom ...