News

• 10 March 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - “A New Journey with a New Spirit”: Consolata Missionaries highlight support for evangelization Muranga (Agenzia Fides) – Over 100 delegates of the lay movement of the Consolata Missionaries recently met for a three-day meeting at Sagana Retreat Center in Muranga (Kenya), with the aim of strengthening the movemen ...
• 10 March 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Acts of violence in recent days are setback to polio vaccinations for children Dakar (Agenzia Fides) – The vaccination campaign against polio, which had been planned in the city of Jos, involved in serious incidents of violence, has been postponed to March 13, due to conflict and a strike of heal ...
• 9 March 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - 30th Anniversary of Archbishop Romero's Assassination: Day of Prayer and Fasting for Missionary Martyrs on March 24 Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On March 24, 1980, Archbishop Oscar A. Romero of San Salvador was assassinated. Since 1993, this date was chosen by the Youth Missionary Movement of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Italy to b ...
• 9 March 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Bishop Tong presides Rite of Election: nearly 3,000 catechumens to receive Sacraments of Christian Initiation on Easter Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Participation in community life and strengthening the faith are the two recommendations that Bishop John Tong, Bishop of Hong Kong, made to the catechumens during the Rite of Election, held ...
• 9 March 2010
  AMERICA/CUBA - “La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre”: a national devotion Santiago de Cuba (Agenzia Fides) – The short film “La Caridad que nos une,” which was recently debuted, illustrates the popular devotion Cubans have to Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre ("La Virgen de la Caridad del ...
• 9 March 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Year for Priests vocation boom, WYD is contributing factor Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Six ordinations this June, an increase in seminarians, and many youth showing interest in the priesthood and religious life, embarking on vocational discernment...there are some of the signs of ...
• 9 March 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Franciscans celebrate 100th anniversary of missionary Fr. Pio Sarobe's death Ocopa (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Dante Villanueva, OFM, resides in Ocopa, in the heart of the Peruvian Andes, that is the place where the missionary Fr. Pio Sarobi arrived just 21 years ago. This year marks the centennial o ...
• 9 March 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - “Giving your life for your flock”: the situation of priests in Orissa today New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – "The priests of Orissa (eastern India), particularly in the Kandhamal District, share the fate of their flock and have demonstrated deep love and dedication to the faithful entrusted to them ...
• 9 March 2010
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Native peoples of Borneo, fervent Christians living in peace with Islam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – "The native people of Borneo are devout Christians, who live in harmony with Muslims. The religious harmony in Borneo should be a model for the entire nation." This is what Fides learned ...
• 8 March 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - On International Women's Day, remembering the women who contributed to the nation's independence Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – "Freedom to Live with Dignity" is the slogan of the 2010 International Women's Day being celebrated today, Monday, March 8. In Colombia, the theme takes on special meaning as this year the nati ...
• 8 March 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI visits Parish of San Giovanni della Croce: “make yourselves missionaries of Christ for the brothers and sisters where you live, work, study or only pass your free time.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Dear Christian families, dear young people, who live in this area and who attend this parish, let yourselves be more and more drawn by the desire to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ. ...
• 8 March 2010
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on February 15, 2010, confirmed the appointment of Fr. Eduardo Daniel, of the Portuguese Missions Societ ...
• 8 March 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The priest's duty in caring for the weakest in society Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – "Regardless of his social context or formation, it is obligatory for priests to care for the most vulnerable members of society, taking care of their problems." These were the words of Fathe ...
• 8 March 2010
  VATICAN - Holy Land appeal: “I urge everyone to reinforce the solidarity that has been shown so far” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On behalf of the Holy Father, who has entrusted to the Congregation for the Eastern Churches the task of keeping alive interest in that blessed Land, “ I urge everyone to reinforce the ...
• 8 March 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Further investigations into anti-Christian attacks on Gojra and Korian, “a good sign in the fight against impunity” Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Government of the Punjab region (eastern Pakistan) has ordered a further investigations into the anti-Christian attacks in Gojra and Korian, which occurred in the summer of 2009 and cause ...