News

• 25 March 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Salesian Brother killed in Bogota On March 20, the Salesian Brother Luis Enrique Pineda, from the “Saint Peter Claver” Province of Colombia-Bogotá (COB), was killed in the city of Bogotà, at 8:00 in the evening. On his way to visit relatives, Brot ...
• 25 March 2010
  VATICAN - Pope blesses an pilgrimage image of Our Lady, a gift to the people of Chile, destined to visit earthquake-stricken communities first Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of the General Audience on Wednesday, March 24, Pope Benedict XVI blessed a statue of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, patroness of Chile, which will be offered as a gift to the Chilean ...
• 25 March 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Spiritual retreat for sisters of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit Counselor in the Diocese of Han Dan Han Dan (Agenzia Fides) – "Knowing oneself, giving oneself" was the theme of the annual retreat attended by 17 religious sisters of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit Counselor of the Diocese of Han Dan, which was hel ...
• 25 March 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Seminar on human trafficking brings together authorities from various countries Sao Paolo (Agenzia Fides) – There is a Regional Seminar on trafficking in persons and sexual exploitation taking place today, March 25th, in São Paulo (SP), with the participation of authorities from six nations. The ...
• 25 March 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Prisoners transcribe the Rosary and “Akathistos” hymn into Braille for blind sisters Lomas de Zamora (Agenzia Fides) – The prisoners of the Provincial Unit No. 40 of Lomas de Zamora have transcribed the work “With Mary, We Pray to Jesus,” into Braille for the blind, as an initiative of the Prison P ...
• 25 March 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Church's firm commitment to helping women not to abort Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Reach out, tending the hand that the State denies women in trouble with their pregnancy: this is the goal of the new communication campaign being launched by the Spanish bishops and presented a ...
• 25 March 2010
  ASIA/KOREA - Archbishop of Kwangju resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on March 25, 2010 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Kwangju (Korea), presented by Archbishop Andreas Choi Chang-mou, i ...
• 25 March 2010
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Auxiliary of Antananarivo appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on March 25, 2010, appointed as Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Antananarivo (Madagascar), Fr. Jean de Dieu Raoelison, Professor of Theology at the Regional ...
• 25 March 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “The Catholic Church has a vital role to play.” Interview with the President of the Ambrose Center for Religious Liberty Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Religious freedom and the public role of religion are essential to society and are a thermometer for testing the legal culture of a country. This is the opinion of Rocco Mimmo, a Sydney lawyer, ...
• 25 March 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - “JesusFest 2010,” to celebrate 25th anniversary of WYD Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) – “JesusFest,” a festival of prayer, encounter, spirituality and song to celebrate the 25th anniversary of World Youth Day, will be held tomorrow, March 26, in Mumbai, organized by the local ...
• 25 March 2010
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Over 100 Church development organizations unite in an important humanitarian alliance Geneva (Agenzia Fides) – The ACT Alliance, which unites more than 100 organizations supported by the Church for assistance in worldwide development, was formally launched on March 24 with celebrations in Geneva and aro ...
• 25 March 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop of Jos: “It was politics rather than religion that caused the fighting for years. They fought not because they wanted to be holy Catholics or Protestants but because of political power. It is time to liberate religion from the manipulative hands of people who when they fail, use religion as an excuse for their failure.” Jos (Agenzia Fides) - “Since 1994 the wind of ethnic, political, social and religious discord has blown throughout Plateau State resulting in depressing loss of lives and properties. Is God testing our faith so as to p ...
• 25 March 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Cardinal Turkson, representing the Holy Father, joins local Church in commemorating victims of the Plateau State clashes Jos (Agenzia Fides) – On March 21, a Mass was celebrated at St. Fidelis Catholic Church, at Dogon Na Hawa (about 20 miles from Jos, capital of Plateau State, central Nigeria), where Fides has learned from Archbishop Ig ...
• 24 March 2010
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “LRA should be considered a terrorist group,” Bishop of Dorma-Dungu in northeast Congo tells Fides Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – During the night between March 20 and 21, the Ugandan rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) attacked the town Bamokandi, near the town of Dungu, 780 km north-east of Kisangani, the capit ...
• 24 March 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Making God Present”: yearly gathering for volunteers in Diocese of Tai Chung Tai Chung (Agenzia Fides) – "The Catholic volunteers are working to participate more in the district where they live, to expand their services and make the Gospel spirit of charity present, thus making God present." Wi ...