News

• 22 January 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Matteo Ricci Cause for Beatification re-launched Macerata (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, January 24, at 6pm, after a Mass at the Cathedral of San Giuliano of the Diocese of Macerata - Tolentino - Recanati - Cingoli - Treia, will host the first session of the Diocesan T ...
• 22 January 2010
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Reconciliation and development: challenges for the new president, Archbishop of Colombo tells Fides Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The new president, after the elections on January 26, will have two priorities: "the reconciliation of society and the economic development of the country." This is what Agenzia Fides was told b ...
• 22 January 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Holy Childhood Day: “With the children of Africa...we encounter Jesus” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "With the children of Africa ... we encounter Jesus," is the theme of the Day of the Holy Childhood Association in Spain, which is celebrated January 24 in nearly every diocese in Spain. The Nati ...
• 22 January 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Human life is sacred,” say Christian and Islamic leaders of Nigeria, condemning violence in Jos Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “Human life is sacred and belongs to God alone to give and to take away. It must therefore be respected, protected and preserved by all men and women who claim to believe in God under any name,� ...
• 22 January 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - No to religious discrimination of dalit, Bishops say New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Work and education should be a right and an opportunity for all Indian citizens, without discrimination and differences of any kind. This is what the Bishops of India are telling the governm ...
• 22 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - “God is present in Haiti with the presence and participation of so many men, women, and children.” Turin (Agenzia Fides) – Father Antonio Menegon, Camillian founder of the first Mission in Haiti which has been operating since 1995 through the community health center “Foyer Saint Camille,” sent a letter of thanks ...
• 22 January 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholic community in Hang Zhou commemorates missionary Fr. Martino Martini, recalling the 350th anniversary of the Cathedral he built Hang Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – The great contribution of Jesuit missionary Fr. Martino Martini to support Chinese rites, to follow the missionary line marked out by Fr. Matteo Ricci, for spreading knowledge of the Chinese ...
• 21 January 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “The spread of false information increases the violence,” Archbishop of Jos tells Fides Jos (Agenzia Fides) - "The spread of false information incites the people and increases the violence. There should be attention placed so as not to spread news that has not been verified,” Agenzia Fides was told by Ar ...
• 21 January 2010
  AFRICA/GHANA - Apostolic Vicariate of Donkorkrom erected, first Apostolic Vicar appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on January 19, 2010, raised the Apostolic Prefecture of Donkorkrom (Ghana) to the rank of Apostolic Vicariate with the same name and territory. The Supreme P ...
• 21 January 2010
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Apostolic Vicariate of Hosanna erected, first Apostolic Vicar appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on January 20, 2010, erected the new Apostolic Vicariate of Hosanna (Ethiopia), using territory taken from the current Apostolic Vicariate of Soddo-Hosanna. Th ...
• 21 January 2010
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Two Muslim prayer rooms attacked: police investigate Johor (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the arrest of eight young men made yesterday by the Malaysian Police, Malaysia continues to suffer small episodes of vandalism against places of worship. Today, as Fides learned from sourc ...
• 21 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Superior of Claretians in Antilles says everything may be destroyed, but our people remain! Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Father Hector Cuadrado, Superior of the Claretians in the Antilles, has traveled to Haiti make direct observation of the situation. With Fr. Alexis, he left from Santo Domingo, noting tha ...
• 21 January 2010
  VATICAN - “Lineamenta” for the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops presented Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Responding to the request made by several Bishops from the region that reaches from Egypt to Iran, the Holy Father Benedict XVI convoked the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Sy ...
• 21 January 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Promoting interreligious dialogue: the mission of the President of the Focolare Movement, in Asia Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Promote and participate actively in the creation of harmony and interreligious dialogue in the Philippines and throughout eastern Asia is one of the objectives of the mission of the Focolare comm ...
• 21 January 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Vocational formation, theme of course on “Spirituality of Pastoral Education Workers” Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The vocation, prayer for vocations, the response to the call of God, and the meaning of life are the main topics addressed by Fr. Benedict Lam Cho Ming, Rector of Holy Spirit Seminary of the D ...