News

• 21 January 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Two youth events for 2010: the Mission and Latin American Congress Vinto (Agenzia Fides) – The youth of the Bolivian Youth Vocation Ministry gathered in Vinto last week, for the first national meeting of 2010. The young people came with great enthusiasm and great desire to strengthen ...
• 21 January 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - A year of initiatives from Italian Jesuits, in honor of Matteo Ricci Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Conferences, concerts, pilgrimages, and school camps, guided tours, openings of monuments and historical buildings usually closed to the public... On the occasion of the fourth centenary of the dea ...
• 20 January 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “The accounts of the fighting's origin are mistaken,” Archbishop of Jos tells Fides Jos (Agenzia Fides) - "The accounts that have been published so far on the origin of the fighting are mistaken. In particular, it is not true that a church was attacked and burned, " Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of J ...
• 20 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Doctors say there is little hope for seriously wounded children Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Eugenio Ajroldi of Robbiate, in charge of the Communications Office of the Order of Malta, has told Agenzia Fides of the sad situation of children in Haiti who were injured by the earth ...
• 20 January 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - January 21-22: Prayer Vigil and March for Life Washington (Agenzia Fides) – This year marks the 37th anniversary of the January 22, 1973 Roe v. Wade, the US Supreme Court decision that ruled abortion to be a right guaranteed by the Constitution. As in past years, ...
• 20 January 2010
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - 8 arrested for church attacks; Christians say government is trying to regain credibility Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) – The debate and the results on the case regarding the name "Allah" continue to hold the stage in Malaysia. Today, the police arrested eight young people, between ages 21 and 25, suspected ...
• 20 January 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “We denounce all perpetrators of this shameful conspiracy,” say Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ibadan Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ibadan completely denounce the recent incidents in Jos in a statement sent to Fides, published at the close of their meeting held January 18-19, 201 ...
• 20 January 2010
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Message from Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace: "Look with hope to the New Man, to the future, because you young people are the hope for a future of justice and peace!" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Authentic peace is not only the fruit of our own efforts. It is a gift of God, fruit of faith in God. Thus, the unique importance of the International Day of Intercession for Peace to co ...
• 20 January 2010
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Year for Priests, Diocese of Auki celebrates Jubilee Auki (Agenzia Fides) – It has been 25 years since the Diocese of Auki, in February 1984, was erected. Since then, the Catholic community grew in numbers, making strides in faith formation, in vocations, and in the matu ...
• 20 January 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics participate in Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, recalling Haitian earthquake victims Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The Chinese Catholic world, in communion with the Universal Church and Pope Benedict XVI, is participating in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity recalling Haitian earthquake victims. Accor ...
• 19 January 2010
  VATICAN - International Center for Missionary Animation reopens: Cardinal Dias dedicates CIAM to Blessed Fr. Paolo Manna Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 16, 2010, the birthday of Blessed Fr. Paolo Manna (1872-1952), a PIME missionary and founder of the Pontifical Missionary Union, the International Center for Missionary Animation ...
• 19 January 2010
  EUROPE - Pontifical Mission Societies in Europe working to respond to Haitian emergency Rome (Agenzia Fides) – As soon as they heard of the violent earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Europe have been working to respond to the relief effort in favor of thi ...
• 19 January 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Franciscans in China: 1200-1977, 1,162 Friars Minor lived in China Roma (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical University Antonianum on January 15 held a study day on the Church in China in the 700th anniversary of Friar Giovanni da Montecorvino's ordination as Bishop of Beijing and Patriarch ...
• 19 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - A call to cancel Haiti's foreign debt Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – One of the measures to be taken urgently, to alleviate the appalling suffering of the Haitian people is the abolition of a large part of the 641 million dollars of foreign debt owed by ...
• 19 January 2010
  VATICAN - The Assembly of Societies for Aid to Eastern Churches (ROACO) begins, focusing on support for clergy in Eastern Europe and Middle East Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In this Year for Priests, the 82nd Assembly of Societies for Aid to Eastern Churches (ROACO), taking place January 19-20 at the Vatican, will be mainly dedicated to the issued of support ...