News

• 19 May 2010
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - “Military reinforcements are on their way to protect the people from the LRA guerrillas,” Bishop of Bangassou tells Fides Bangassou (Agenzia Fides) - “We hope that the military mobilization in these hours will be able to restore security in the villages east of my diocese," Fides was told by Bishop Juan Jose Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bang ...
• 19 May 2010
  ASIA/THAILAND - Priest from Bangkok: “It's like a painful birth that the nation is experiencing.” Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – The nation is shocked by the violent ending that has stifled the protest of the "red shirts." After the force action from the army, which broke the barricades erected in the heart of Bangkok a ...
• 19 May 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - May 24: Day of Prayer for the Church in China celebrated in various Chinese Catholic communities throughout Italy Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The "World Day of Prayer for the Church in China" was instituted by Pope Benedict XVI in his Letter to Chinese Catholics on May 27, 2007, Solemnity of Pentecost, with these words: "Dear Pastors a ...
• 19 May 2010
  AFRICA - Church in Guinea Bissau and Togo working for hope and peace, National Directors of the PMS tell Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) – "The Church in Guinea Bissau always has been and continues to be among its people and continues to be a sign of hope. In the difficult situations that the country has experienced and continues to ...
• 19 May 2010
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - New Jesuit community, Home of New Light, formation center for all faiths Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - A new Jesuit community, Nobojoyti Niketon (Home of New Light) has been established north of Dhaka as an answer to the call from the Catholic Bishops and particularly from the archdiocese to contri ...
• 18 May 2010
  VATICAN - Cardinal Ivan Dias: “We need priests and missionaries in 3D” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The world needs priests and missionaries in 3D, people who maintain Doctrine, Discipline, Devotion." This was the appeal made by His Eminence Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for th ...
• 18 May 2010
  VATICAN - Superior General of Society of African Missions, Fr. O'Reilly, appointed Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today, the Holy Father Benedict XVI has appointed Fr. Kieran O'Reilly, SMA, until now Superior General of the Society of African Missions, as Bishop of Killaloe (Ireland). Fr. O'Reilly wa ...
• 18 May 2010
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Arizona law on immigration promotes “hate, racism, and discrimination” Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – The Pastoral Care of Migrants Committee of the Guatemalan Bishops' Conference expressed its firm rejection of the anti-immigrant law in the State of Arizona known as SB 1070 (see Fides ...
• 18 May 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Put Out Into the Deep, Start Evangelizing”: theme of seminar held by National Council of the Lay Apostolate Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – Analyze and study together the three key points presented in the 2010 Pastoral Letter of the Regional Bishops' Conference of Taiwan (on extending the spirit of the celebration of the 150th ann ...
• 18 May 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Thousands participate in “Mary - First Disciple,” third e-conference held by Australian Bishops' Conference Broken Bay (Agenzia Fides) – The Mary - First Disciple National eConference goes live today to thousands of participants across the country and the globe this morning, with talks from scripture scholars, bishops and re ...
• 18 May 2010
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Spirit of St. Francis of Assisi evangelizing East Asia Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) – The models that can inspire us are Fra Giovanni da Montecorvino, Fr. Antonio Caballero, and the other thousands of missionaries who have borne fruit with the announcement of the Gospe ...
• 18 May 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - IV Educators' Congress in Bogota Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – From May 19 to 21, Bogota will be hosting the Sixth Congress for Educators. The event will take place at the University of San Buenaventura and is convened by the Department of Education, Cultu ...
• 18 May 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Missionaries say: “Careful with decisions on Ituri, rich in gold and oil” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – On May 3, legislation leaders of the Eastern Province of Ituri (north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) told the press in Kisangani that "this May 15, the District of Ituri will become th ...
• 17 May 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - “Missionary Workshops” in preparation for VIII National Missionary Congress for Children Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, May 15, the Pontifical Mission Societies of the Archdiocese organized “Missionary Workshops” in Czestochowa, in preparation for the VIII National Missionary Congress for C ...
• 17 May 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Increase efforts to place digital world at the service of the Word”: Argentina celebrates World Communications Day Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, May 16, Solemnity of the Ascension, in many countries the Church celebrated the World Day for Social Communications. In his message this year, dedicated to the theme “The Pri ...