News

• 30 January 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Archdiocese of Kisangani organizes a conference for religious leaders on the presence of LRA rebels in Uganda Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Marcel Utembi Tapa of Kisangani has organized a conference of religious leaders to discuss the action of the Ugandan rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in eastern Democrati ...
• 30 January 2010
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Diocese of Maliana erected, first Bishop appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on January 30, 2010, erected the Diocese of Maliana (East Timor), with territory taken from the Diocese of Dili. The Holy Father has appointed as first Bisho ...
• 30 January 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - “The Role of Religions in Chinese Society Today and the Impact of Sects on Social Stability" Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The relationship between Church and State, domestic ecology, inner dialogue between cultures and tradition, development of research on the philosophy of life ... are the topics that were covered ...
• 30 January 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Church defends right to comment on national problems and calls for dialogue Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The second Vice-President of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Roberto Luckert of Coro, said that the Church has the duty "to speak to the nation," and regretted that the official ...
• 29 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Testimonies of unshakable faith from amidst the rubble Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Agenzia Fides continues receiving various personal testimonies from priests, missionaries, and relief workers working amidst the rubble in Port-au-Prince. Here we offer a selection of s ...
• 29 January 2010
  MISSIONARY INTENTION - Holy Father's Missionary Intention for February 2010: “That the Church, aware of its own missionary identity, may strive to follow Christ faithfully and to proclaim His Gospel to all peoples.” Commentary. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the prayer intention entrusted by the Pope to the apostolate of prayer for the month of February, we can note three important aspects. The first aspect refers to the missionary ident ...
• 29 January 2010
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Bishop of Melaka-Johor tells Fides: no to violence and political use of religion Johor (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is still a bit tense. Christians and members of other religions are a bit scared and hope that small incidents at mosques and Suraua (Muslim chapels) are not exploited by unscrupu ...
• 29 January 2010
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Bishop of Kibungo resigns Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on January 29, 2010, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Kibungo (Rwanda), presented by Bishop Kizito Bahujimihigo, in co ...
• 29 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Dominican Sisters of the Presentation still unable to make contact with community in Haiti, 17 days after the earthquake Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The General Curia of the Congregation of Dominican Sisters of the Presentation (Hermanas de la Caridad Dominicas de la Presentacion de la Santisima Virgen) unfortunately does not have d ...
• 29 January 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Catholic NGO's report affirms gold mine in Mongbwalu should be a development opportunity for locals Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “Golden Opportunity or False Hope?” This is the title of the report presented by the CAFOD (Catholic Agency For Overseas Development, agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales), on ...
• 29 January 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Testimony of Archbishop Romero still alive 30 years after assassination San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church has urged Salvadorans to pray for promoting the beatification of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, and called in a special way to have respect for the figure of the ass ...
• 28 January 2010
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Missio echoes appeal from a Haitian youth: “Please, keep Haiti in your prayers! It is very important!” Vienna (Agenzia Fides) – Two weeks after the earthquake, dramatic images of Haiti's devastation are still seen in the stricken areas: the small rescue miracles contrast the increasing number of victims and the dramatic ...
• 28 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - PMS National Directors working to coordinate aid for Haiti; National Director of the PMS in Haiti has survived Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Timothy Lehane Barrett, SVD, Secretary General of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith, has expressed his profound gratitude to all the National Directors of the Pontifical ...
• 28 January 2010
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - “There is an effort to fan the flames of religious conflict,” says Church in Malaysia, awaiting meeting between Prime Minister and Archbishop Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) – In Malaysia, several individuals or groups of provocateurs are seeking to fan the flames of religious conflict. The technique is well known: they hit and profane places of worship and sym ...
• 28 January 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - “Guardian angels” for lepers in China: Catholic faithful and religious work together in 20 public facilities Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – According to the latest statistics of the Catholic Church on the mainland, reported by the Faith Institute for Cultural Studies (FICS), as of December 8, 2009 about 80 nuns are hard at work in ...