News

• 15 March 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - 7 catechumens examined at Saint Paul Parish in Hsinchuang: “the Christian faith is not a philosophy, but rather a real personal encounter with Christ” Hsinchuang (Agenzia Fides) – "Lent is a privileged moment of grace that one must live by praying, fasting, and being more generous in their own offerings." With these words, Fr. Paolo Costa, FSCB (Priestly Fraternity o ...
• 15 March 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Uribe coalition ahead in elections; Bishops of Caqueta call for no negotiation of consent and clean voting Caqueta (Agenzia Fides) – Elections were held yesterday, Sunday, March 14, in Colombia. While the count of the votes is still taking place, the national press has reported the results in advance: the U Party has obtain ...
• 15 March 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - 5,392 dengue victims in Cali, health emergency Cali (Agenzia Fides) – In the year 2010, there have been 7 deaths (up to March 11) caused by dengue fever, 5 of them in Cali. Outbreak in the region has reached a total of 5,392. The information was confirmed by the Na ...
• 15 March 2010
  ASIA/LEBANON - Day of Solidarity with Iraqi Christians in Beirut Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – A Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon on the hill of Harissa, near the Lebanese capital Beirut, closed the day of prayer and reflection entitled "The Cross in Iraq bleeds, when will the r ...
• 15 March 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - “Cardinal Malula's thought is relevant today and urges us to act,” affirms Archbishop of Kinshasa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Celebrations are in full swing in Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of the Congo, in honor of Cardinal Joseph Malula (1917-1989), considered the "father and founder of the Church of Ki ...
• 15 March 2010
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Marlene's Story: a 13-year-old girl spends 540 days as a slave of LRA guerrillas Bangassou (Agenzia Fides) – We often speak of children and child soldiers, abducted and enslaved by Ugandan rebels LRA (Lord's Resistance Army), a military group that is raging on the northeastern part of the Democrati ...
• 13 March 2010
  VATICAN - Archbishop Tomasi: “nearly 70 percent of the world’s 6.8 billion people live in countries with high restrictions on religion, the brunt of which often falls on religious minorities” Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - “In a number of countries freedom of religion is not yet fully guaranteed. Recent surveys indicate that nearly 70 percent of the world’s 6.8 billion people live in countries with high restric ...
• 13 March 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocese preparing for 25th World Youth Day Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Youth Ministry Commission of the Diocese of Hong Kong has been preparing the youth of Hong Kong for the XXV World Youth Day (WYD), which is celebrated this year, at a diocesan level, on ...
• 13 March 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop of Jose tells Fides: “It is time that political leaders do their part and address the root causes of violence,” Archbishop of Jos tells Fides Jos (Agenzia Fides) – "The politicians must take the bull by the horns and address the root causes of these cyclical episodes of violence. I will not tire of repeating: the real causes of violence are not religious, bu ...
• 13 March 2010
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Bishop of Kerema resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on March 12, 2010 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Kerema (Papua New Guinea), presented by Archbishop Paul John Marx, M ...
• 13 March 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - First Missionary Congress in the Diocese of Toluca, a new impulse for the Permanent Mission in individual communities Toluca (Agenzia Fides) – From March 4 – 7, the Diocese of Toluca (Mexico) celebrated its first Diocesan Missionary Congress, during which the community had the opportunity to reflect on what constitutes the mission o ...
• 13 March 2010
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - First Catholic secondary school opened in Cambodia Takeo (Agenzia Fides) – The new St. Paul Higher Learning Institute was recently inaugurated in Takeo, 70 km south of Phnom Penh, to train young people in agricultural sciences and informatics. This is the first institu ...
• 13 March 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops' Message for elections April 4: “May this upcoming democratic event lead to better days of unity and fraternal harmony." La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – "We, the Catholic Bishops of the Church in Bolivia, want to convey our words of hope and guidance to all Bolivians involved in the upcoming election process, so that this upcoming democratic ev ...
• 13 March 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Lujan launches bicentennial celebration, Church appeal for reconciliation Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The Permanent Committee of the Argentinean Bishops' Conference (CEA) announced that there will be a march on May 8, in the Belgrano Square of Lujan, in honor of the bicentennial celebrati ...
• 12 March 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Meeting for National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in North America and South America Orlando (Agenzia Fides) - National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in North America and South America will gather in Orlando, Florida, beginning March 15 and running until March 21, for a weeklong meeting f ...