News

• 7 January 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - National Shrine of Aparecida works to bring aid to flood victims in São Paulo São Paulo (Agenzia Fides) - The National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, in São Paulo, has begun a solidarity campaign for the victims of recent floods in São Luiz do Paraitinga (SP). Three shipments of food supplies ...
• 5 January 2010
  AFRICA - 50 years since the “Year of Africa,” the continent is increasingly urbanized Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In 1960, the "Year of Africa," when most African states became independent, there was only one city in sub-Saharan Africa with a population of more than 1 million inhabitants (Johannesburg, South ...
• 5 January 2010
  AFRICA - A brief analysis of the urbanization of Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In 1950, only 14.5% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa lived in the city. In 1980, this percentage increased to 28% and in 1990 to 34%. It is expected that by 2020, 50% of the population in ...
• 5 January 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Following the Maguindanao massacre, “culture of peace is urgently needed” Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) – The Maguindano massacre has highlighted very clearly that on the island of Mindanao, the priority is "to build a culture of peace, in contrast with the culture of violence" as was state ...
• 5 January 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 28th Missiology Course organized by the PMS, in concordance with Aparecida Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The John Paul II Center for Missiology for the Southern Cone Region, which depends on the Pontifical Mission Societies in Argentina, has organized the 28th Missiology Course to be held from ...
• 5 January 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Dengue cases in Mexico nearly doubled in 2009 Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - According to health authorities in Mexico, the country closed the year with an increase of 50% more cases of dengue fever than those recorded in 2008. Among the causes of the increase includ ...
• 5 January 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - International Catholic Fair 2010 in Medellin: “Authentic charity is a mission!” Medellin (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Medellín is preparing a special event: the International Catholic Fair to be held February 18 and 21, 2010, in the first week of Lent, at the Botanical Gardens. The priests ...
• 5 January 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Laity taking on roles in apostolate, inspired by Saint Ignatius Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – A special program of study and training to lay people dedicated to making them protagonists of the apostolate: this is the initiative launched in 2010 by the Jesuits in Australia, aimed at stre ...
• 4 January 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - National Migration Week: “Renewing Hope, Seeking Justice” Washington, DC (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in the United States will celebrate National Migration Week, January 3-9, 2010. The observance began over 25 years ago by the bishops, as a moment for Catholics to t ...
• 4 January 2010
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Coadjutor Bishop of Quy Nhon appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on December 31, 2009, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Quy Nhon (Vietnam), Fr. Matthieu Nguyen Van Khoi, parish priest of the Cathedral of Quy Nhon ...
• 4 January 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “Kids find new ways” - 52nd Sternsinger Campaign focuses on Senegal Aachen (Agenzia Fides) – For the 52nd time, in the days before and after the Epiphany, the "Star Singers" (Sternsinger) of the German Holy Childhood Association have taken to the streets of Germany with their carols. " ...
• 4 January 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - "We have 2,000 refugees to help," said the Bishop of Isiro-Niangara Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Thank God, Christmas 2009 was not marked by bloodshed as was that of 2008, but our main concern remains the nearly 2,000 displaced persons of Tapili, who fled the attacks of the guerrillas in ...
• 4 January 2010
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - 2010 sees new parishes for Diocese of Ndalatando, says Bishop Canda Ndalatando (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishop of the Diocese of Ndalatando, Province of Kwanza North, Bishop Almeida Canda, said that the year 2010 will see the building of new parishes in different municipalities of the pro ...
• 4 January 2010
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Presidential elections on January 26, a crucial moment for reconciliation Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – In the next presidential elections set for January 26, 2010, Sri Lanka will choose its new president, two years before current President Mahina Rajapaksa's term was originally scheduled to end ...
• 4 January 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - National Institute for Pastoral Training in Caracas reopens, amidst Continental Mission Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, January 9, 2010, the "Hermano Lanz"Auditorium of the UCAB (Universidad Católica Andrés Bello) in Caracas, will host the act of the reactivation of the National Institute for Pa ...