News

• 10 May 2010
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - World Cup in South Africa: “We still have opportunity to save someone from being trafficked,” religious sister from Zambia says Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - “The thought of the World Cup in Africa arouses great excitement and pride in most Africans. But there is also great anxiety because this big event brings with it the terrible possibility of i ...
• 10 May 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Archbishop Wilson of Adelaide re-elected President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The bishops of Australia have re-elected Archbishop Philip Wilson, Archbishop of Adelaide, as the President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC). Archbishop Wilson has been the Pr ...
• 10 May 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Church calls on state to defend right to life San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of El Salvador is concerned that the authorities may ratify the "Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Wome ...
• 10 May 2010
  AFRICA - Every year, Africa loses 200-400 billion dollars in capital flight Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) – The African continent loses between US$200 billion and US$400 billion annually in capital flight by firms (mainly foreign). This fact has emerged from the 20th World Economic Forum on Af ...
• 10 May 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Year for Priests coming to a close in Lahore: hopes of the local Church Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Gratitude to missionaries who planted the Gospel in Punjab; looking towards a hopeful future for Pakistani priests, called to be witnesses in the midst of the challenges of terrorism, fundament ...
• 10 May 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - New worldwide campaign: “1 billionhungry” for hunger awareness Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Tuesday, May 11, at the FAO Headquarters in Rome, a new campaign against hunger will be launched with the intent to create a global movement that strives to ensure that everyone has access to ade ...
• 10 May 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Missionaries of Kerala working in Peru present image of Saint Martin de Porres to Cathedral of New Delhi New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Last week, an image of St. Martin de Porres was presented to the community and placed at the main entrance of the Sacred Heart Cathedral in the Indian city of New Delhi, on the occasion of 4 ...
• 8 May 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Priest wounded May 4 in Manizales passes away Manizales (Agenzia Fides) – Father Carlos Gonzalez, 47, who was seriously wounded on the evening of May 4 by two young men who wanted to steal his car in Manizales (about 200 km from Bogotá), died the morning of Monda ...
• 8 May 2010
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on January 26, 2010 confirmed Fr. Leo Maasburg, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Vienna, as National ...
• 8 May 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops leading Continental Mission conclude meeting on positive note Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The Lima meeting of the bishops responsible for promoting the Continental Mission and the renewal of parishes in the Episcopal Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean, convened by the Depa ...
• 8 May 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Cardinal Paul Shan highlights invaluable contribution of his brother Jesuit, Fr. Matteo Ricci, to communion and dialogue between Chinese and Western culture Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – "Matteo Ricci and the communion and dialogue between Chinese and Western culture" was the theme of the talk given by Cardinal Paul Shan, Emeritus of the Diocese of Kao Hiung, during the Intern ...
• 8 May 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Catholic Church in Bolivia working for fair trade La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – May 8 marks the International Day of the Fair Trade and in Bolivia the anniversary was celebrated with a week of events and initiatives, promoted both by government officials and authorities of ...
• 7 May 2010
  EUROPE/FRANCE - "Catholic doctors are able to represent the authentic image of how to offer care and hope”: 23rd World Congress of the International Federation of Associations of Catholic Doctors Lourdes (Agenzia Fides) - The town of Lourdes is hosting the 23rd World Congress and General Assembly of the International Federation of Associations of Catholic Doctors (FIAMC or Fédération Internationale des Associa ...
• 7 May 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - “The capture of the leader of the group which attacked us offers hope for peace, but it is necessary to solve the political, economic and social problems which are the cause of tension” Fides learns from the Catholic Archbishop of Mbandaka Mbandaka (Agenzia Fides)- “I sincerely hope the capture of the leader of the group which attacked the city of Mbandaka will bring peace to our province, but I cannot fail to recall that the existing grave political, ec ...
• 7 May 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Fr. Davide Sciocco, Director of Radio Sol Mansi, elected regional superior of PIME in Guinea Bissau Bissau (Agenzia Fides)- Fr. Davide Sciocco, aged 45, is the new regional superior of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) in Guinea-Bissau. He takes the place of Fr. Marco Pifferi, who served in this posi ...