News

• 2 February 2010
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Cardinal Lopez Rodriguez: The people of the Dominican Republic continue to care for the wounded of the earthquake Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – Agenzia Fides has received a letter from the Cardinal Archbishop of Santo Domingo and President of the Bishops' Conference of the Dominican Republic, Archbishop Nicolás de Jesús López ...
• 2 February 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Meeting on the Jos crisis: "a fruitful meeting which concluded that religion is not the cause of the clashes," city's Archbishop tells Fides Jos (Agenzia Fides) – "It was a positive and fruitful meeting," Archbishop Ignatius A. Kaigama of Jos told Agenzia Fides, after attending a meeting at the Presidential Residence in Abuja, with the Vice-President of Nig ...
• 2 February 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Solidarity of the Church in Isiro with LRA guerrilla war victims Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic community in Isiro, in the Equator Province in north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Sunday, January 31, held a procession and a Mass to remember and pray for the vi ...
• 2 February 2010
  ASIA - Women in Asia, amidst violence and poverty, find their strength in the Eucharist Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) – "Violence against women is widespread in South Asia. There is a great poverty among women. In South Asian societies, prejudice and discrimination against women is the dominant culture. Religion, ...
• 2 February 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - New report on protecting Aboriginal peoples Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Reduce the presence of Aborigines in Australian prisons, protecting the native language to support the development of local Aboriginal communities...these are among the proposals contained in t ...
• 1 February 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Angelus: “Charity is what distinguishes the Christian,” entrusts all sick and all who work “for a world without leprosy” to Saint Damien de Veuster Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “For now, while we are in this world, charity is what distinguishes the Christian. The Christian’s whole life is summed up by charity: what he believes and what he does. For this reason ...
• 1 February 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Situation of religious communities after the earthquake Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Haitian Conference of Religious has drafted a preliminary report, although still incomplete, on the situation of religious communities following the earthquake. A copy of the report w ...
• 1 February 2010
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "Popular Piety in the Document of Aparecida; The Continental Mission in Shrines and Sanctuaries." Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – The goal is to share, analyze, and reflect on the pastoral work done in the field of popular piety and its ability to promote the study of popular piety and shrines in the Latin American cult ...
• 1 February 2010
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Message from Bishops at close of yearly Assembly: future of Guatemalans is rooted in freedom, justice, truth, and solidarity Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – After holding their Assembly January 25 to 29 2010, the Bishops of Guatemala released a final document entitled: "Let us Live Charity in Truth," a copy of which was sent to Agenzia Fide ...
• 1 February 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on January 15, 2010, confirmed the appointment of Fr. Guillermo A. Morales Martinez as National Director ...
• 1 February 2010
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Bringing the Kingdom of God to the heart of Asia: "The new restrictions do not affect the small Kyrgyz Church," Apostolic Administrator tells Fides Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) – The new restrictions on religious freedom applied in recent days by the Government of Kyrgyzstan "do not affect the small Catholic Church in the country, which continues her path, in pastoral ...
• 30 January 2010
  VATICAN - World Leprosy Day: develop and strengthen strategies to fight against leprosy, helping those affected to emerge from exclusion and obtain treatment Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – An appeal has been made to the international community and authorities of every nation, from the President of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers, Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, ...
• 30 January 2010
  VATICAN - Church's missionary commitment to leprosy patients worldwide Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The 57th World Leprosy Day which is celebrated Sunday, January 31, draws attention to this disease, which is now treatable, and calls for us to solidarity with our brothers and sisters wh ...
• 30 January 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - National Assembly of the POM-CEMINA: daily work in building a Church of disciples and missionaries of Jesus Quito (Agenzia Fides) – All the Diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), as well as communities, religious institutions with a missionary presence in Ecuador, and members of CEMIN (National Mission ...
• 30 January 2010
  ASIA/VIETNAM - There is no explanation from the government, but we believe in the Truth, says Vietnam Redemptorist Provincial Superior Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) – Religious and laity are missing or arrested. It is a congregation of faithful that is disoriented and grieving. The Redemptorists are accused of being “instigators of riots.” The Church in V ...