News

• 28 June 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The youth, morals, and “the altar of new mass media” Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "For young Indonesians, the new technologies and new media are like 'new altars,' places to spend all their passion and their life. The Church's mission today cannot ignore this phenomenon.” T ...
• 28 June 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Archbishop of Jakarta resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI, on June 28, 2010, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Jakarta (Indonesia), presented by Cardinal Jiulius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, SJ, i ...
• 28 June 2010
  MISSIONARY INTENTION - Pope's Missionary Intention for July 2010: “That Christians may strive to offer everywhere, but especially in great urban centers, an effective contribution to the promotion of education, justice, solidarity and peace.” Commentary. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The contemporary world lives in constant mutation. The economic phenomena, industrialization, the technological revolution, have produced significant changes in social structures, both on ...
• 28 June 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Closing of the Month of the Sacred Heart, Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul Rome (Agenzia Fides) – According to information received by Fides, the Chinese Catholic world is celebrating the end of the Month of the Sacred Heart with great emphasis on its spiritual meaning, enthusiastically promo ...
• 28 June 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “A strategy for promoting media for indigenous peoples” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Third National Congress of Indigenous Communication, which seeks to structure a bill to recognize the right to information and communication of indigenous peoples, will be held June 29 ...
• 28 June 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Making room for dialogue means increasing options for the poor,” Final Declaration from Social Week in Mar del Plata Mar del Plata (Agenzia Fides) – "For us, as disciples and missionaries of Jesus Christ, the great cause of social justice and social inclusion is fundamental mission, the central axis of the Pastoral Ministry." These w ...
• 28 June 2010
  ASIA/VIETNAM - A step forward in relations with Holy See: the fruit of 20 years' labor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The significant breakthrough in relations between the Holy See and Vietnam is "the fruit of twenty years of work, begun in 1990 by Cardinal Roger Etchegaray," says a source of Fides, comm ...
• 26 June 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI desires “for the Holy Land, Iraq and the Middle East the gift of a stable peace and solid coexistence” born from respect for rights and overcoming discrimination Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “We all desire for the Holy Land, Iraq and the Middle East the gift of a stable peace and solid coexistence. These are born from respect of human rights, of families, communities and peop ...
• 25 June 2010
  ASIA/NEPAL - “Today in Nepal there is a Kyros for evangelisation”: a Maoist among the converts Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – “ For mission in Nepal the time is ripe. There is a real Kyros for evangelisation. We ask religious congregations all over the world to send missionaries to Nepal”, Fides was told by Fr. ...
• 25 June 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - In August, 8th National Week of Missionary Formation and Spirituality Rome (Agenzia Fides) – 30 June is the closing date for registration to take part in Italy's 8th National Week of Missionary Formation and Spirituality in Assisi, 26 - 31August. In a letter of invitation, Rev Gianni C ...
• 25 June 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Young people “missionaries” to young people: 4th National Eucharistic Meeting Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Mission by young people for young people” centred around all night Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: this 4th National Eucharistic Meeting will take place in Rome at the Circus Maximus durin ...
• 25 June 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Ordination or priests and deacons, from mission for mission Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Three priests and two deacons of the Fraternity of the Missionaries of St Charles Borromeo will be ordained on Saturday 26 June in Rome at the Papal Basilica of St Mary Major. The ordination wil ...
• 25 June 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Serious outbreak of cholera in various parts of the country Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The Kenyan Ministry of Health has announced that a serious outbreak of cholera in areas of Nairobi, the Rift Valley and the coastal is propagated by a scarcity of hygiene and sanitation and th ...
• 25 June 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Relics of Saint Therese of Lisieux in South Africa: 10 July evening prayer vigil on the eve of the World Cup Final Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides)- The relics of Saint Therese of Lisieux arrive today 25 June, at the Carmelite Convent in Benoni, Johannesburg, where they will be welcomed by the clergy of the Archdiocese of Johannesburg, ...
• 25 June 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - National meeting of vocation animators for religious life Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – From 28 June to 3 July, in Cochabamba (Bolivia), consecrated persons, men and women religious, temporary and perpetual vows, novices, chaplains, spiritual directors, active in vocation disc ...