News

• 13 April 2010
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - The missionary calling for the laity of Singapore Singapore (Agenzia Fides) – Train new lay faithful for local missionary work and evangelization ad gentes...It is with this spirit that the Church in Singapore has launched a new training program for lay faithful, to m ...
• 13 April 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Sudanese elections extended two days Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The Electoral Commission of Sudan has decided to extend the presidential, parliamentary, and local elections another two days (the polls were to be closed today, April 13; see Fides 12/4/2010 ...
• 12 April 2010
  VATICAN - “This is the mission of the Church perennially assisted by the Paraclete: to bring to all the glad tidings, the joyous reality of the merciful Love of God.” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – “This is the mission of the Church perennially assisted by the Paraclete: to bring to all the glad tidings, the joyous reality of the merciful Love of God, 'so that,' as St. John say ...
• 12 April 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - “Fruits of faith and evangelization” harvested at Easter: new statistics on catechumens who have received the Sacraments of Christian Initiation Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Fides continues to receive statistics on the number of catechumens that entered the Church during the solemn Easter Vigil celebrated by Ecclesial Base Communities in mainland China, receiving ...
• 12 April 2010
  ASIA/THAILAND - “A hidden agenda meant to spread chaos in the country...” warns Archbishop of Bangkok Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – Peace, negotiations, prayer for the good of the country are the "keywords" to resolving the current crisis in Thailand. This is what Fides learned in an interview with Archbishop Francis Xavie ...
• 12 April 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Elections taking place amidst calm, however delays and misunderstandings prolong voting Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – An extension seems likely for the election-day voting that started Sunday, April 11 and should finish April 13 (see Fides 8/4/2010). Voters are called upon to elect the President, the Nationa ...
• 12 April 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Controversy and concern follow Easter attack in Mbandaka Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Easter attack on the town of Mbandaka (see Fides 9/4/2010), capital of the Equator Province in the northwest Democratic Republic of Congo, is having a major impact on the country and has ...
• 12 April 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - 7th Holy Childhood Encounter in Santa Cruz, on the permanent mission Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, April 17, Holy Childhood and Missionary Youth Encounter will be held by the Archdiocese of Santa Cruz, in the parish of "Sagrada Familia." The activity will focus on the theme ...
• 12 April 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - On 25th anniversary, El Alto acknowledges social contribution of Catholic Church El Alto (Agenzia Fides) – In the Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene, in the Parish of “Jesús Obrero,” the City Council of the city of El Alto, led by its President, Cristina Martin, met to award 12 institutions under th ...
• 12 April 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Las Reducciones del Paraguay” - an exhibit on the untold history of Latin America Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – Today, Bogota (Colombia) will open the exhibition "Las reducciones of Paraguay." The exhibition focuses on the creation and development of communities, called "reducciones" (“reductions”) b ...
• 10 April 2010
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 12 March 2010 confirmed the appointment of Fr. Winfried Deing of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immacul ...
• 10 April 2010
  AFRICA/INDIAN OCEAN - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 19 March 2010 confirmed the appointment of Msgr. Jean-Maurice Labour of the diocesan clergy of Port L ...
• 10 April 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Jesuits leading reconstruction effort in Haiti visit Washington, DC Washington (Agenzia Fides) – According to a statement sent to Fides by the Jesuit Refugee Services (JRS) in the USA, two leading Haitian Jesuits will be hosted next week by their confrères in Washington, D.C. Fr. Kawa ...
• 10 April 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - We should all learn to “be generous with God,” not only the young people Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – In an open letter published on the occasion of World Youth Day (WYD), normally celebrated on Palm Sunday this year at the diocesan level, the youth ministry group of the Commission for Evangel ...
• 10 April 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - Prayer vigil for beatification of John Paul II, promoted by the Pontifical Mission Societies Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa has organized a prayer vigil and a Marian Appeal for the beatification of Servant of God John Paul II on the occasion of th ...