News

• 18 January 2010
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, “a great opportunity” Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which is celebrated January 18 to 25, is "a great opportunity for Christians to overcome their divisions. Unity begins through a seeking of the authentic ...
• 18 January 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops of Brazil on National Human Rights Program Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Brazil have rejected the legalization of abortion, civil unions between homosexuals, and the right to adoptions by these unions, three of the proposals contained in the Plan of H ...
• 18 January 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - V National Contest on Communication: “Protecting nature, a commitment to life” Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Association for Communication, SIGNIS ECUADOR, is organizing the Fifth National Communication Competition entitled "Carlos Crespi," which aims at recognizing and encouraging journalis ...
• 18 January 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Over 300,000 students at risk for losing their place in state high schools; Archdiocese of Nairobi reopens parochial school Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The new year began in Kenya with bad news for 300,000 students that might not have access to secondary schools supported by the Government. The measure comes after the scandal of the millions of ...
• 18 January 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Common criteria, valid and effective, for volunteering in Africa: Conference in Kenya Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The Department for Youth Ministry of the Salesian Order, along with their Department for the Missions, the International Voluntary Service for Development (VIS), and the Don Bosco Network (DBN ...
• 16 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Monfortians: 9 seminarians dead, one priest missing Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a time for tears; there is desolation everywhere, and the Montfortians have not been spared," writes Fr. Maurice, SMM, from Haiti, where the Montfort Missionaries (Company of Mary) ...
• 16 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Daughters of Wisdom: 3 sisters dead, another three still under the rubble Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Three Sisters from the Congregation of Daughters of Wisdom, of the Monfortian Family, died in their assisted living home in Carrefour, which was leveled by the earthquake: Sr. Marie-Flo ...
• 16 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Redemptorists: Church of San Gerardo reduced to rubble, students sleeping in the yard Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Father Joseph P. Dorcey, C.Ss.R., Secretary General of the Congregation of the Redemptorists, has sent Fides a report on the situation of the members present in the country affected by ...
• 16 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Dominicans: all priests survived, one Sister wounded Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Agenzia Fides has contacted the Secretary General of the Curia of the Dominican Fathers, who reported a recent communication with Father Manuel Rivero, OP (Vicar of Haiti) on the situat ...
• 16 January 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Solidarity with Haitian victims, from Latin American Bishops' Conference Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conferences of Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Chile have announced the creation of a national collection to aid the rescue of the Haitian population which currently lacks ...
• 16 January 2010
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Updated List of 11 Churches Attacked Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) – The number of churches attacked in Malaysia between January 8-16, 2010 is now at 11, although there is also a Sikh temple and a mosque. This is an updated list, according to information g ...
• 16 January 2010
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Rocks thrown against a Baptist church and bottles thrown at mosque - Christians in prayer and fasting confirm non-violent stance Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - An eleventh church has been hit by vandals in Malaysia. This morning, the Grace Global Prayer Baptist Church in the city of Semabarna - the state capital of Negeri Sembilan in Peninsular Ma ...
• 16 January 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Entire Catholic world - China mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan - all working to assist Haitian earthquake victims Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Prayers and offerings are the watchwords in these hours. From the mainland to Hong Kong and Taiwan, the Chinese Catholic world is mobilizing all its forces to respond to the Pope and to help our ...
• 16 January 2010
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Bishop of Ndola resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on January 16, 2010, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Ndola (Zambia) presented by Bishop Noel Charles O’Regan, S.M. ...
• 16 January 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Construction of a mosque on parish property in northeastern Congo: “a useless provocation,” local Bishop tells Fides Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Islamic community has started work on a mosque on land belonging to the parish of “Mater Admirabilis" in downtown Dungu, in the Diocese of Doruma-Dungu, northeastern Democratic Republic ...