News

• 27 March 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Christian Churches increase pressure to abolish new Constitutional clause setting the beginning of life at birth Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The Catholic Church strongly feels the fight against abortion is the fight for the family,” said Cardinal John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi, in an ecumenical encounter that took place on Mar ...
• 27 March 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Rector of Saint Joseph Pontifical Seminary in Verapoly appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on June 26, 2009, appointed as Rector of the Pontifical Seminary of Saint Joseph in the Archdiocese of V ...
• 27 March 2010
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Bishop of Grand-Bassam resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on March 27, 2010, accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the Diocese of Grand-Bassam (Ivory Coast) presented by Bishop Paul Dacoury-Tabley ...
• 27 March 2010
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - “Mkombozi Bank,” first Catholic commercial bank in the country, founded with local funds Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - “The church believes that if it has to serve the people well, these kind of projects are inevitable,” said Cardinal Polycarp Pengo, Archbishop of Dar es Salaam, in the opening ceremony ...
• 27 March 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - 47% of churches damaged in earthquake, one million faithful without a place of worship; report on Church structures one month after the earthquake Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – 47% percent of Chile's Catholic churches were damaged by the earthquake and tsunami of February 27: this is affirmed in a Report on the damage to religious buildings published by the ...
• 27 March 2010
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Vietnamese technicians and experts help people of Chad to improve food safety Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) – Thanks to an agreement recently signed by the South-South Cooperation, a group of Vietnamese experts will help Chad to implement a series of activities aimed at improving food security in the Af ...
• 27 March 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Brazil, country with greatest social injustice in Latin America Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – According to a study published by UN-Habitat, the UN agency for human settlements, Brazil is the country with the greatest inequality levels in Latin America: while 10 percent of the richest ...
• 27 March 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO - Laboratory in Cité Guanella, along with the primary school, will be important reference point for many local villages Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Work has begun on the construction of an analysis laboratory at the “Cité Guanella” of Plateaux de Batek. The Guanellian agricultural community, which is about 120 km from Kinshasa welco ...
• 26 March 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Catholic Church launches website for World Cup: utmost attention to prostitution of minors Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The goal of this site is not only to provide information to fans, but especially not to miss the opportunity to speak of the Church in South Africa and the extraordinary work she does here ...
• 26 March 2010
  VATICAN - Conclusions from the Meeting of the Commission on the Catholic Church in China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office has released a statement saying that March 22 to 24, for the third time, the Commission that Pope Benedict XVI established in 2007 to study the issues of greates ...
• 26 March 2010
  VATICAN - Pope's Message for the 84th World Mission Sunday: the missionary mandate received by all the baptized and the entire Church, “cannot be fulfilled in a credible manner without a profound personal, communal, and pastoral conversion” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “It is only from this encounter with the Love of God that transforms our existence, that we can live in communion with Him and among ourselves and offer our brethren a credible testimony, ...
• 26 March 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Priest killed in Colombia Antioquia (Agenzia Fides) – The body of Fr. Román de Jesús Zapata, was found March 24 in the rectory of the parish's jurisdiction of Currulao, in Turbo, about 500 km from the capital city of Bogota, where he was past ...
• 26 March 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionary Campaign starts in Brazil, to “help Christians look beyond their own borders” Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – On March 22, at the headquarters of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Brasilia, the Coordination Commission of the Missionary Campaign, which in fact has begun preparations to spread ...
• 26 March 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The diocese, religious institutes, and Catholic lay associations work together to promote mission formation of youth for Cambodia and Africa Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Cambodia and Africa are becoming the goals for evangelization formation for young Catholics in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong diocese, religious missionary institutions active in Hong Kong, and th ...
• 26 March 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Aborigines at the Canonization of Sr. Mary MacKillop Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Aboriginal culture and traditions will "color" the canonization of Sister Mary Mackillop, scheduled to take place October 17, 2010 at St. Peter's Basilica. As Fides learns from local Church sou ...