News

• 17 February 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - 18 years since massacre of Christians in Kinshasa, seeking democracy Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Democratic Republic of Congo recalls the massacre of February 16, 1992 that took place in Kinshasa, capital of what was then Zaire. That day, 18 years ago, the Catholic and the Protestant ...
• 17 February 2010
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “A Church in dialogue with everyone, without compromising her own doctrine,” Bishop of Masaka tells Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) – "My first and foremost concern is to offer the Church priests and religious who are motivated and well formed to serve the faithful," Bishop John Baptist Kaggwa of Masaka told Agenzia Fides. Bish ...
• 17 February 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Church attacked by fundamentalists distributing free medical treatment for the needy Mangalore (Agenzia Fides) – Responding to evil with good...it is in this spirit that the Catholic community of the Church of the Miracles, a parish in Mangalore in the state of Karnataka (India Southwestern), has launc ...
• 17 February 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - First water treatment plant installed for IDP camp in the capital Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Work continues in Haiti, where people are trying to return to normal life, although more and more of them have left the capital to rebuild their future, moving towards the north and sou ...
• 17 February 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - From Argentina to South Africa: evangelization is the daily priority for the Apostolic Vicar of Ingwavuma Ingwavuma (Agenzia Fides) – He is a young bishop of the Consolata Missionaries. Bishop Gerardo José Luis Ponce de Leon, age 48, was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in November 2008 as the Apostolic Vicar of Ingwavuma, ...
• 17 February 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Consolata Missionaries celebrate first anniversary of arrival in Mexico Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Consolata Missionaries have been in Mexico for a year now. Precisely in the same week as the feast of Blessed Joseph Allamano, founder of the Consolata Missionaries, who died February 16, 192 ...
• 16 February 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - Consecrated Life: gift for Europe today Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – "Religious Life in Europe: History of Hope, Hope for History" was the theme of the 14th General Assembly of the Union of European Conferences of Major Superiors (UCESM) that has held from ...
• 16 February 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Coadjutor of Ondo appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on February 15, 2010, appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Ondo (Nigeria), Fr. Jude Arogundade, of the clergy of Ondo, currently carrying out his ...
• 16 February 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics moved by Pope's greetings for New Year's; commemoration of deceased missionaries among initiatives Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Masses of Thanksgiving, prayers for the world and the country, the commemoration of deceased priests and missionaries, the pastoral visit of the bishops and priests to the Ecclesial Base Commu ...
• 16 February 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Bosco Kids are “Social Reformers”: thousands of children renew their commitment Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The Third All Karnataka State-Level Convention of the Salesians-run ‘Bosco Kids’ was held at St. Charles High School auditorium at Lingarajpuram. More than a thousand ‘Bosco Kids’ and ...
• 16 February 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “So That in Christ, Our Peace, Mexico May Have a Decent Life”: Bishops' document against violence Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Mexican Bishops' Conference (CEM) published a pastoral exhortation on February 15, entitled: "So That in Christ, Our Peace, Mexico May Have a Decent Life," as a "contribution from the ...
• 16 February 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Regional Forum: “National Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Colombia” Monteria (Agenzia Fides) – Today, February 16, in the city of Monteria, in northern Colombia, the Regional Forum "National Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Colombia" is being held. This event was convened by t ...
• 16 February 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nigerian priests attend Year for Priests meeting: from “mea culpa” to “Deo Gratias” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Missionary Union of Priests and Religious in Nigeria, held a special meeting to mark the Year for Priests at John Paul II Pastoral Centre, Ado Ekiti, February 10 – 12, 2010. A ...
• 16 February 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Over 1 million rand for Haiti collected by Church in South Africa Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – The Project Caritas Haiti collection has raised over a million rand (95,000 Euros) thanks to the generosity of Southern African communities and individual donators. The money collected wi ...
• 16 February 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Sinister child trafficking behind the sad case of Shazia Lahore (Fides Service) – There is a sinister twist of sale, trafficking, and slavery of children surrounding the case of Shazia, the Catholic girl who was raped and killed by a Muslim lawyer in Lahore, where she served ...