News

• 7 June 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - On Corpus Christi, 206 catechumens baptized in Tian Jin and new church in Fu Shun consecrated Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The Cathedral of the Diocese of Tian Jin celebrated with great joy and intense participation the Baptism, Confirmation, and First Communion of 206 catechumens on June 5, Vespers of the Solemni ...
• 7 June 2010
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - The priest, the man of a complete gift of self Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - “A priest must make use of all his time, and all his talents to serve the people of God,” says Archbishop Nicholas Chia of Singapore, in a message that was sent to Fides, on the occasion o ...
• 7 June 2010
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Superior General of the Josephite Brothers of Rwanda tells Fides: "New technologies are an integral part of the education provided in our schools" Kigali (Agenzia Fides) – "The Rwanda is undergoing a phase of development, including technologically, which is very important. We want to continue making our contribution to this development with our educational activi ...
• 7 June 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Aquino should abolish “pork barrel” in fight against corruption Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Two important issues are on the table for new President Benigno Aquino and, according to Fides sources in the Catholic Church in the Philippines, they will be certain to be included the new gui ...
• 7 June 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - 50 years of DRC: Bishops organize conference “to understand the past and the present, in order to plan for the future” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – A celebration with 3 perspectives: retrospective, introspective, and prospective. This is what the Congolese Bishops' Conference (CENC) is planning for the 50th anniversary of independence be ...
• 7 June 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Church speaks out: Gold workers given low pay and no insurance Madre de Dios (Agenzia Fides) – The Human Rights Office of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado in Peru has reported on the continuing complaints reaching them from the workers of the lowest classes. They have b ...
• 5 June 2010
  VATICAN - “The Church’s communion in the apostolic faith is both a gift and a summons to mission” Paphos (Agenzia Fides) - “Following in the footsteps of our common fathers in the faith, Saints Paul and Barnabas, I have come among you as a pilgrim and the servant of the servants of God...I also look forward to gree ...
• 5 June 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Priests from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan to attend closing of Year for Priests in Rome Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – While a small group of priests from the Diocese of Hong Kong who have made a Year for Priests pilgrimage in Europe, visiting the sites associated with St. John Vianney, returnes (see Fides 0 ...
• 5 June 2010
  OCEANIA/PACIFIC ISLANDS - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 27 November 2009 appointed as National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies in the Pacific Island ...
• 5 June 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Over 3,000 children attend National HCA Meeting despite rain San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – Saturday, May 29, at the auditorium of the Don Bosco Citadel in Soyapango, San Salvador hosted the IX National Meeting of the Pontifical Missionary Society of the Holy Childhood Associati ...
• 5 June 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Lay missionary in prison ministry dies in the waters of Rio Negro Rio Negro (Agenzia Fides) – A prison ministry worker and lay missionary, Pedro Fukuyei Yamaguchi Ferreira of the Diocese of San Gabriel da Cachoeira, in the Amazon (Brazil), was found dead after he was reported missing ...
• 5 June 2010
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The mission starts with the youth Goroka (Agenzia Fides) – "Papua New Guinea is a country with great variety: over 6 million people, 800 languages, dialects, cultures, and ethnicities. The mission takes into account this diversity, recognizing that the ...
• 5 June 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Thousands of women trafficked, deprived of dignity and rights Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Each year, thousands of women from countries in Asia, Eastern Europe and South America are trafficked to Australia. For the privilege of migrating here, living in this country 'servicing' 6 or ...
• 5 June 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - In eastern Congo, gold likely to be a curse for local population says exclusive report sent to Fides Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The recent news that in Nigeria some 200 people have died in recent months due to mining a gold mine, is in addition to a series of complaints about environmental damage and human costs cause ...
• 5 June 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Meetings with indigenous communities, to avoid repeating Bagua clashes Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Miguel Cabrejos of Trujillo, has welcomed the attempt proposed by the Peruvian government to resolve the problems that exist in the A ...