News

• 12 May 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Australian PMS show increase in donations to projects worldwide, despite financial crisis Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Despite Australian households being buffeted by the global financial crisis of late 2008, Catholic Mission’s donors defied all expectations with their generosity to our appeals in 2009, increas ...
• 12 May 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Love for neighbor should inspire Christian working in politics Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Politics is the privileged field for the exercise of the apostolate and of charity," said Bishop Louis Mbwol, Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in the closing speech of ...
• 12 May 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Benigno Aquino and his men are “fresh air” for the country Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "The test of the first automated elections in Philippine history has been passed, despite some minor difficulties. This is a very positive, giving the possibility of obtaining significant partial ...
• 11 May 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Ordination of a priest of the Society of the Divine Word of Paiwan ethnicity, a great joy for Taiwan's indigenous Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – Over 2,500 faithful attended the ordination of a missionary priest of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), Fr. John LIN Ruo Wang, of Paiwan ethnicity (an indigenous people of Taiwan), with gr ...
• 11 May 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Correction regarding resignation of Bishop of Ondo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Please be informed of the error in the May 6, 2010 publication of the resignation of Bishop Francis Florunsho Clement Alonge from the pastoral government of Ondo (Nigeria) and the appointme ...
• 11 May 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Taking the message of Christ forward: Bishops meeting in Sydney address the missions Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Nearly 100 bishops gathered in Sydney for the four-yearly assembly of the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania (FCBCO), have been told about the importance of taking the messag ...
• 11 May 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Fr. Edson Assunção Santos Ribeiro, National Secretary of the Holy Childhood Association, dies in accident Niteroi (Agenzia Fides) – On May 3, Father Edson Santos Assunção Ribeiro, Brazilian National Secretary of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood (Holy Childhood Association), died in a car crash. The accident ...
• 11 May 2010
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Archbishop of Gulu tells Fides how Archdiocese uses solar energy to provide Internet to its villages Gulu (Agenzia Fides) – “We want to promote the use of new technologies to help development in our diocese,” Fides was told by Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu (North Uganda), who has promoted the Gulu-based Ca ...
• 11 May 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops of Bolivia call for respect for life, in social conflict as well La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – The climate of violence in the area of Caranavi, Bolivia, has caused two deaths and many wounded. For this reason, the Bishops have issued a statement calling for respect for life and dialogue ...
• 11 May 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Our Church, founded by missionaries, is sending its missionaries around the world," Nigerian National Ex-Director of the PMS Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – "We must have patience in awaiting the harvest of good fruits that are being sown in Nigeria," Msgr. Hypolite Adigwe, National Ex-Director of Pontifical Mission Societies of Nigeria, told Fides ...
• 11 May 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Corruption and poverty, challenges for the new president Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Filipino election results - which will be formalized tomorrow, May 12th - give a clear advantage to candidate Benigno Aquino Jr., with over 40% of the votes already counted. Aquino recently co ...
• 11 May 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Mourning in Goa for priest who died saving three young people Goa (Agenzia Fides) – There is grief and mourning in the Catholic community of Goa for the death of a priest, Fr. Thomas Fernandes Remedios, age 37, Associate Pastor of the Church of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph in the vill ...
• 10 May 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Amidst pre-election violence killing 6, local sources say youth are the future for nation's leadership Davao (Agenzia Fides) – Amid the difficulties, violence (6 dead now), and purchasing of votes, "in this Filipino election hope emerges: the involvement of young people between 20 and 30 years who have offered their vol ...
• 10 May 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Hawaii celebrates feast of St. Damien of Molokai for first time since canonization Honolulu (Agenzia Fides) – Today, the state of Hawaii will be celebrating the feast of their first saint, St. Damien of Molokai, for the first time since his canonization in Rome on October 11, 2009. The state of Hawai ...
• 10 May 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Our Lady's Visit to Families” in Month of Mary promotes faith and helps fallen away come back to Church Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – To help families get into the habit of venerating the image of Our Lady and praying before her image at home, the Legion of Mary in Hong Kong has launched a campaign entitled "Our Lady's Vis ...