News

• 9 February 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Popular consultation and dialogue in Mindanao: an effective contribution to building peace Davao (Agenzia Fides) - “Peace in Mindanao starts from the ground up: we need to communicate with the people, inform them, make them participate in the content of the peace accord,” Agenzia Fides was told by Jesuit F ...
• 9 February 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Crowning of Mary as “Queen of the Missions” at yearly PMS Diocesan Directors' Assembly Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – On February 23, the Parish of St. Mary of Bethany in Buenos Aires will host the solemn coronation of Mary as “Queen of the Missions,” coinciding with the celebration of the opening Ma ...
• 9 February 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Missionary Challenge of the Secular Institutes in Latin America and the Caribbean Lima (Agenzia Fides) – From February 3 to 7, the Peruvian capital city hosted the 10th Latin American and Caribbean Congress of Secular Institutes, on "The Missionary Challenge of the Secular Institutes in Latin Americ ...
• 9 February 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - “The people of Haiti also need songs, music, and celebration in order to face the struggles of everyday life.” From the Consultor General of the Camillian Order Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - “This is my first experience of international aid abroad,” says Br. Luca Perletti, Consultor General of the Camillian Order and professional male-nurse who has been working in Haiti f ...
• 9 February 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Post-tsunami Aceh offers hope to Haiti Medan (Agenzia Fides) – God can turn an evil into good. From a tragedy can come hope and new life. This is the message that the Province of Banda Aceh (North Sumatra Island), destroyed by the tsunami in 2004, offers to ...
• 9 February 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - President of Chad visits Sudan, marks turning point in relations between countries Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – A turning point has come in relations between Chad and Sudan. The Chadian President Idriss Déby arrived yesterday, Feb. 8, in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, for his first visit to Sudan aft ...
• 9 February 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Senate votes to transfer presidential powers to Vice-President Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – The Nigerian Senate voted today, February 9, in favor of a motion to declare Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan president ad interim. The motion, voted by a majority of Senators, contends that the ...
• 8 February 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics appreciated and recognized by society and the media Beiijing (Agenzia Fides) – A Catholic has been chosen by major Chinese national media and by the votes cast on-line, to be among the list of “Top 10 People of 2009,” and a Catholic university student, who died savi ...
• 8 February 2010
  VATICAN - “The Church in the Service of Love for the Suffering” - Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers and XVIII World Day of the Sick Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Celebration activities for the XXV Anniversary of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers and XVIII World Day of the Sick, which will close on February 11, will begin tomorrow, Feb ...
• 8 February 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Give Life, Sowing Hope”: 15th Diocesan Day for Health Pastoral Care Fuenlabrada (Agenzia Fides) – The 15th Diocesan Day for Health Pastoral Care, organized by the Diocesan Delegation of Health Pastoral Care, will be celebrated Saturday, February 20th, at the Hospital of Fuenlabrada. Du ...
• 8 February 2010
  ASIA/THAILAND - Home for disabled children run by Camillians organizes yearly Day for Children Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – Every second Saturday in January, Thailand celebrates the "Day for Children". This year, the day was January 9, and the St. Camillus Foundation of Thailand and the Lat Krabang Home for Disable ...
• 8 February 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - “The situations of violence are extremely serious and threaten the collapse of society,” Archbishop of San Salvador affirms San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in El Salvador has today proposed to seek help from other nations, especially the United States and Brazil, to combat violence in the country, which she sees as “ver ...
• 8 February 2010
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Laura Chinchilla: first woman elected President of Costa Rica San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – In Costa Rica, for the first time a woman was elected to lead the country. Laura Chinchilla Miranda, topping the polls, managed to climb the last step. In fact, from 2006 to 2008 she had been ...
• 8 February 2010
  EUROPE/IRELAND - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on January 1, 2010, appointed Fr. Gary Howley of Saint Patrick's Missionary Society, National Director o ...
• 8 February 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Local Catholic Church running international program for AIDS patients Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - “This event honors the commitment and success of the Catholic Church in caring for the world’s largest population of people with HIV,” said CRS (Catholic Relief Services) South Africa ...