News

• 10 April 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Elections need to stabilize peace and encourage development, says Caritas Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas says elections in Sudan need to stabilize peace and encourage development. Further violence would set back the peace process, threaten relief operations and put millions of people at ...
• 10 April 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Thousands of faithful throughout the country celebrating Feast of Divine Mercy Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – Organized by the Apostles of Divine Mercy on Sunday, April 11, the second Sunday of Easter, Argentina will host the 15th National “Caravan” of Divine Mercy. Thousands of faithful take ...
• 10 April 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Missiology Course: Missionary Disciples in the Spirit of Aparecida Lima (Agenzia Fides) – From April 28 to July 14, Lima will host the 2010 Missiology Course, organized every year by the National Missionary Center (CENAMIS) of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference, designed for priests, se ...
• 10 April 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Plenary Assembly of Bishops on “The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Mexican Bishops' Conference (CEM) will meet April 12 to 16 in Cuautitlan Izcalli for its Plenary Assembly, the first of two that take place every year. In light of the statutes and the ...
• 10 April 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - A lay missionary and a volunteer from Pope John XXIII Community missing since April 6 in Merida Merida (Agenzia Fides) - Simone Montesso, age 23, from Bolzano, a volunteer from the Pope John XXIII Community founded by Fr. Oreste Benzi, along with Massimo Barbiero, age 37, of Padua, a lay missionary associated with ...
• 9 April 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Easter attack in Mbandaka: Archbishop gives Fides his testimony Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – "The rebels came while the parishes of the Archdiocese were celebrating Easter Mass. It was a sudden attack, which took everyone by surprise," says Archbishop Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba of Mban ...
• 9 April 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Sunday: new parish in Bigene with Italian missionary priest; Missionaries of Charity sisters open first house in Portuguese-speaking Africa Bigene (Agenzia Fides) – This Sunday, April 11, the Second Sunday of Easter, the Catholic Mission of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Bigene, Diocese of Bissau, will become a parish. The solemn act will be presided by Bish ...
• 9 April 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Pastoral Letter from the Bishop of Hong Kong: “Learn From the Apostles” Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Over 3,000 adults baptized at the Easter Vigil 2010 are the result of the evangelizing efforts of priests, foreign missionaries, deacons, religious, over 1,000 Sunday School teachers, 580 vo ...
• 9 April 2010
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Jesuits working in the country through variety of people and situations Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) – Despite the high illiteracy rate and widespread poverty, natural disasters, and a weak government, Bangladesh is a promising country, with 2 million women of the lowest classes who, through thei ...
• 9 April 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Celebrations for 50th anniversary of Brasilia and its Archdiocese; 300,000 expected for National Eucharistic Congress Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - On April 21, the country's capital, Brasilia, celebrates its 50th anniversary. The same day, the Archdiocese of Brasilia is also celebrating its golden jubilee. Thus, the celebration "Brasilia ...
• 9 April 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - World Cup: Bishops announce Mass to be witness to ending the scourge of human trafficking Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - A Few weeks before the 2010 Football World Cup, the Catholic Bishops and Priests of Southern Africa will celebrate a special Holy Mass as “a counter-witness to the scourge of human traffi ...
• 9 April 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Italian Missionary Press Federation protests decree abolishing reduced postal rates for non-profit organizations Milan (Agenzia Fides) - The Italian Missionary Press Federation (also known as FESMI), which brings together some forty Italian newspapers for a total of about 500,000 issues per month, has made a statement expressing it ...
• 9 April 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Tragedy amidst tragedy: poorest slums buried under landslides and waste Rio di Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) – The endless rain that has been falling on Rio de Janeiro for several days has caused great human and material losses. A note sent to Fides by Caritas Brazil informs that according to th ...
• 9 April 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Assembly of Bolivian Bishops focus on permanent mission and priestly formation Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – Next week, the Bishops of Bolivia will meet for their Ordinary Meeting in Cochabamba. The agenda includes the permanent mission, priestly and religious formation, as well as the political, ...
• 8 April 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - A crown and a giant star for Monsignor Pilz, Director of the HCA in Germany and “Die Sternsinger” now leaving after 10 years Aachen (Agenzia Fides) – With the delivery of a crown and a big star, symbols of the traditional solidarity campaign of the "Star Singers" (Die Sternsinger), and with amidst music, the Board of Directors and staff of t ...