News

• 10 February 2010
  VATICAN - Catholic Church's work in health care worldwide Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest "Statistical Yearbook of the Church" published, the health and social care institutions in the world managed by the Church include: 5,378 hospitals with the majority ...
• 10 February 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Put out into the deep, participate in evangelization!”: Pastoral Letter 2010 from the Regional Bishops' Conference of Taiwan Taiwan (Agenzia Fides) – Maintaining the spirit of the celebration of 150 years of evangelization in Taiwan, the Year for Priests, and commitment to environmental protection and the integrity of creation are the three ...
• 10 February 2010
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Youth in line, knocking on the monastery doors: testimony from Fr. Luigi De Giambattista, of the Congregation of Servants of Charity Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Youth in line, knocking on the monastery doors, for a radical choice of consecration. This is Vietnam 2010." This is what is read in a note from Father Luigi De Giambattista of the Congregation of ...
• 10 February 2010
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - Poverty is a scandal: Caritas Europe launches “Zero Poverty” Campaign Brussels (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas Europe has just launched, in Brussels, at the European Parliament, the Campaign "Zero Poverty" for the 2010 European Year for Combatting Poverty and Social Exclusion. In the 21st cent ...
• 10 February 2010
  AMERICA - Missionary Union of the Sick, a service and a goal since 1928: suffering for the Missions Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – For many years, the Sunday of Pentecost, was celebrated in several countries as the "Day of the Sick Mission," organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies. In 1985, the Spanish Church e ...
• 10 February 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Katanga: Caritas assisting over 170 female ex-soldiers in program for reintegration into society Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Over 170 female ex-soldiers are benefiting from a program of reintegration into civil society run by Caritas-Développement Congo in Kalemie, in the Province of Katanga (southeastern Democrat ...
• 10 February 2010
  ASIA - “Living the Eucharist in Asia is a spiritual and pastoral challenge, for the faith, reconciliation, and dialogue,” Archbishop Orlando Quevedo, Secretary General of the FABC, tells Fides Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – The Final Document of the 9th Plenary Assembly of the FABC (Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences), held in August 2009 on the theme “Living the Eucharist in Asia” has just recently bee ...
• 10 February 2010
  VATICAN - Schedule for Benedict XVI's Apostolic Journey to Malta, for the 1950th anniversary of the shipwreck of St. Paul Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office has released the program for the Apostolic Journey to be made by the Holy Father Benedict XVI to Malta, April 17-18, on the occasion of the 1950th anniversary of ...
• 10 February 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Head of State ad interim Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “The circumstances in which I find myself assuming office today as acting president of our country are uncommon. More than ever therefore, I urge all Nigerians as a people who have faith in God ...
• 10 February 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Conclusion of Pilgrimage of Trust sponsored by Taize Community in Asia Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Over 3,500 young people, for the most part from Asia, were in Manila between 3 and 7 February to take part in the Pilgrimage of Trust sponsored by the Taize Community in Asia. Although most were ...
• 10 February 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops seek pastoral dialogue with gangs to stop violence in the country Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – With the support of the national government, the Catholic bishops of Colombia have established bridges of communication with so-called emerging gangs that are present in different regions of Co ...
• 10 February 2010
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - New President of Costa Rica, a committed Catholic, among many other women with important roles in Latin America San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – "Laura Chinchilla Miranda has not only become the first woman to be elected President of Costa Rica, but is also a committed Catholic. The figure of Chinchilla joins other women in America, s ...
• 9 February 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Day for Consecrated Life offers renewed encouragement in promoting vocations Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Those who chose the consecrated life should be a bridge of communion “with intelligence, wisdom, and discretion,” and everyone should work to promote vocations, “not only to the priest ...
• 9 February 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - World Day of the Sick: experience of sickness and suffering can become a school of hope La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - On February 11, the Catholic Church celebrates the World Day of the Sick. This celebration is a special moment in Bolivia, which invites all men of good will to turn our attention and prayer towa ...
• 9 February 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - 3-year campaign for the fight against mother-child AIDS transmission Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Kenya has just recently launched a 3-year campaign for the fight against mother-child AIDS transmission. The “Campaign to End Child HIV/AIDS” aims at increasing coverage rates in the preve ...