News

• 24 April 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Welcoming Day for newly baptized opens Diocesan Year for the Laity Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – "The Church is my home" was the theme of the “Welcoming Day” for reception of the newly baptized, organized by the Catholic Laity of the Diocese of Hong Kong, which is preparing for the ...
• 24 April 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - 30 Bishops come together from all over Bolivia to celebrate first anniversary of Ongoing Mission and National Missionary Day for Children and Young People Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday 18 April the faithful of the Salesian parish of “Mary Help of Christians” in Cochabamba welcomed 30 Bishops from dioceses around the country and Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandov ...
• 24 April 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Pastoral Land Commission holds 3rd National Congress Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of Brazil has announced that the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT), on May 17 to 24, will hold its 3rd National Congress, at the Marist School in San Jose, Montes Claros ...
• 24 April 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishop Felipe Arizmendi: “recognize the rights of 12 million indigenous peoples in Mexico” San Cristobal de Las Casas (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of San Cristobal de Las Casas attended the Forum on "The San Andrés Accords,” promoted by COCOPA (Concord and Pacification Commission), h ...
• 24 April 2010
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - New baptisms and new “Benedict XVI” Pastoral Center mark 130th anniversary of small Catholic community Ta Om (Agenzia Fides) – "Ta Om is the symbol of the Resurrection..amidst the painful experience of the people of this village during the war and persecution. The Lord was present. Now God gives his grace, the joy of ba ...
• 24 April 2010
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Migrants suffer “intolerable exploitation” affirm Bishops of North Africa Rabat (Agenzia Fides) – The meeting of the CERN (the Episcopal Conférence Régionale de l'Afrique du Nord), which was held in Rabat (Morocco) April 20 to 24 (see Fides 04/16/2010) has brought about a fruitful exchange ...
• 23 April 2010
  ASIA/THAILAND - The Church remains outside politics and prays for peace Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "Society is divided and the level of conflict is unfortunately very high. Even the Catholic community reflects these divisions. However, the Church remains out of the political struggle and pray ...
• 23 April 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US Bishops launch new website to promote vocations Washington (Agenzia Fides) – The U.S. Bishops’ Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations is initiating a new website on April 25. According to a recent press release on the website sent to Fides by Father ...
• 23 April 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Religious leaders join government in rejecting hypothesis of Human Rights Charter Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Religious leaders from the Catholic Church together with Anglicans, Muslims, Hindus and those from the Jewish faith have welcomed the Federal Government's decision to reject a proposal for a na ...
• 23 April 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - After 4 years, the Diocese of Chia Yi is preparing for an ordination to the priesthood on the World Day of Prayer for Vocations Chia Yi (Agenzia Fides) – After four years, the Diocese of Chia Yi, on the island of Taiwan, is finally preparing to welcome a new priest. The diocese has enthusiastically announced the event to all, calling for everyo ...
• 23 April 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Message to the People of God from Bishops of Bolivia Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – The reading of the Message to the People of God ended the LXXXIX Assembly of Bishops in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba. The biblical quotation from John 6:20, "It is I, fear not," is the t ...
• 23 April 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - June 13 declared “World Cup Sunday” by South African Bishops Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of South Africa have declared Sunday, June 13, “World Cup Sunday.” This date has been chosen, as it coincides with the beginning of the World Cup and the conclusion of th ...
• 23 April 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Crises in 3 areas of Congo linked by common thread of control for nation's resources Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Democratic Republic of Congo, which in June will celebrate 50 years of independence, is increasingly the focus of strategic moves of major world powers and neighboring countries intereste ...
• 23 April 2010
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - World Week for Peace in the Holy Land Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – Pray for a just peace, working to provide education and awareness in the territory; call political leaders on to a real commitment to peace in the Middle East...These are the objectives of t ...
• 22 April 2010
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - "The Church is working with the population to build a better country," Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith, new President of the Bishops' Conference, tells Fides Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, is now the new President of the Sri Lankan Bishops' Conference. He was elected yesterday by the Assembly of Bishops on the island. After his ...