News

• 15 May 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Day for Journalists: the Church on an on-going mission, journalists in on-going communication La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – The Committee on Missions of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference (CEB) sent a note to Fides on the "Journalist's Day" that was celebrated last May 10, in the context of World Communications Day. B ...
• 14 May 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic church damaged in attack by Hindu fundamentalists in Karnataka Karwar (Agenzia Fides) - In the Catholic community of Karwar in Karnataka, there is anger, fear, but also the firm conviction that "the answer is that of forgiveness and prayer." This is what Fides has been told by Monsi ...
• 14 May 2010
  VATICAN - May 17-21: Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – With a welcome greeting and a summary report from Archbishop Piergiuseppe Vacchelli, Secretary Adjunct of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and President of the Pontifica ...
• 14 May 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Diocesan Bishop of Xiamen in China ordained Xiamen (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, May 8, the Feast of Our Lady of China in the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary in Xiamen hosted the episcopal ordination of Bishop Joseph Cai Bingrui of the diocesan clergy, 44 year ...
• 14 May 2010
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Archbishop of Ha Noi resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on May 13, 2010, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Hanoi (Vietnam), presented by Archbishop Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet, in ...
• 14 May 2010
  ASIA VIETNAM - Bishop of Vinh resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on May 13, 2010, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Vinh (Vietnam), presented by Archbishop Paul-Marie Cao Dinh Thuyen, MSC ...
• 14 May 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI: “I have come to Fatima to pray, in union with Mary and so many pilgrims, for our human family, afflicted as it is by various ills and sufferings...in order to entrust to Mary’s maternal protection priests, consecrated men and women, missionaries...” Fatima (Agenzia Fides) - “I have come to Fatima, because today the pilgrim Church, willed by her Son as the instrument of evangelization and the sacrament of salvation, converges upon this place. I have come to Fatima ...
• 14 May 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “The people of Brazil have always had great devotion to the Eucharist,” says Cardinal Hummes at opening of 16th National Eucharistic Congress Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The National Eucharistic Congress, which opened yesterday, May 13, is part of the celebrations for the anniversary of the Archdiocese and for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the ...
• 14 May 2010
  OCEANIA - Bishops: challenges for Church in Oceania are building communion, sharing resources, responding to secularism Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - “We face many challenges in our dioceses and countries including political and economic tensions in some places and the spread of a secularist mentality that seeks to exclude Christianity. Yet, ...
• 14 May 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Expectations for Bolivian President's visit to Pope this May 17 La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Benedict XVI will receive in an audience at the Vatican, the President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, on Monday, May 17, according to information released by the Bishops' Conference of Bolivia. ...
• 14 May 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Reconciling profession and faith: Kenya Movement of Catholic Professionals launched in Eldoret Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The Kenya Movement for Catholic Professionals has been launched in Eldoret in the Rift Valley Province. Eldoret, located in western Kenya, is an important business, industrial, and agricultura ...
• 14 May 2010
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Rajoelina: “Presidential elections are on November 26...I'm not running” Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "I have decided not to run in the upcoming elections, solely in the interest of the Malagasy people." Thus, the President of the High Authority of Transition (HAT) of Madagascar, Andry Rajo ...
• 12 May 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops reject proposed Constitution: “To vote for the constitution is to vote for all of it, including its good and its bad provisions. It is impossible to separate them.” Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – “We therefore repeat our advice to the people of Kenya to reject this proposed Constitution of Kenya,” affirmed the Bishops of Kenya in their press statement issued today, May 11. The bish ...
• 12 May 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Archbishop Casmoussa calls for a UN investigation on anti-Christian violence Munich (Agenzia Fides) – "An international inquiry should be done by the United Nations, to investigate and understand who is behind the continuing violence and attacks on the Christian community in Iraq.” This is wh ...
• 12 May 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Canossians celebrate 150th anniversary of mission in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – A solemn Mass at the Cathedral of Hong Kong Immaculate Conception opened the May 11 celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the mission of the Canossian Sisters in Hong Kong. According to ...