News

• 15 December 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Another priest murdered in Brazil: Fr. Alvino Broering Itajai (Agenzia Fides) - Brazilian priest Father Alvino Broering, 46, was stabbed at dawn on December 14th in the southern state of Santa Catarina (Brazil) by a man who then stole his car, according to information from t ...
• 15 December 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Two Consolata Missionaries from Colombia die in a car accident, after years of missionary work in the Brazilian Amazon Boa Vista (Agenzia Fides) – Two religious from the institution of the Consolata Missionaries, both natives of Colombia, Sister Ana Elind Gonzalez Lara, 44, and Sister Amelia Gil Diaz, 66, died the morning of December 1 ...
• 15 December 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Formation of laity in parishes, in response to Year for Priestly Vocations Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "The formation of the laity in parishes, to respond to the Year of Priestly Vocations" has been proposed by Msgr. Dominic Chang, Vicar of the Diocese of Hong Kong, to parishes. According to re ...
• 15 December 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Further attacks on Monastery in Bukavu, where a sister was killed on December 7; today, Peace March and Masses in parishes Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Bukavu, capital of South Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, is once more suffering violence. According to a statement received by Fides, on the night of Sunday, Dec ...
• 15 December 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - “Mr. President...guarantee security for the Church and inhabitants of Bukavu,” clergy and religious from the Archdiocese of Bukavu tell President Kabila Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - "We appeal to you to ask you to ensure our safety and that of the people we minister to" is how the priests and religious men and women of the Archdiocese of Bukavu have addressed the President o ...
• 15 December 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Archbishop of Pretoria and Military Ordinary for South Africa resigns Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on December 15, 2009, accepted the resignation of the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Pretoria (South Africa) and Military Ordinary for South Africa, ...
• 15 December 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishop of Kimberley resigns Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on December 15, 2009, accepted the resignation of the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Kimberley (South Africa), presented by Bishop Erwin Hecht, OMI, in ...
• 15 December 2009
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Bishop of Bougainville resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on December 15, 2009, accepted the resignation of the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea), presented by Bishop Henk Kronenber ...
• 15 December 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “I shall seek your face, Lord”: first part of Compendium for lay missionary formation published La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretariat for Pastoral Ministry of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference has issued the first publication of the Compendium for ongoing formation of the laity. “I shall seek your face, Lord - ...
• 15 December 2009
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Caritas brings hope back to Gaza Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - In the Gaza Strip, a territory marked by poverty, marginalization, and neglect, Caritas Jerusalem is offering assistance, a source of new hope for the people. In January 2009, when the Israe ...
• 15 December 2009
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Evangelizing the mountain peoples: a new challenge for the Bishop of Hpa-An Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – The biggest challenge for the people of God in the new Diocese of Hpa-An, created in January 2009 from the territory of the Archdiocese of Yangon, is to "bring closeness, pastoral care, and spe ...
• 15 December 2009
  EUROPE/DENMARK - “Vulnerable communities across the world need a fair, ambitious and binding climate agreement”: Catholic development agencies warn of developed nations' attempts to sidestep Kyoto Protocol Copenhagen (Agenzia Fides) - The UN climate talks were recently brought to a halt as a result of a standoff between African nations and rich countries, who are trying to wriggle out of their responsibilities. CIDSE and C ...
• 14 December 2009
  VATICAN - At Angelus, Pope mentions missionaries killed in Africa: “they were faithful witnesses of the Gospel, which they knew how to proclaim, even at the risk of their own lives.” Invites all to “try to live every day what the crèche represents” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “This week I received sad news from certain countries in Africa about the murder of four missionaries: the priests, Father Daniel Cizimya, Father Louis Blondel and Father Gerry Roche, and ...
• 14 December 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Blessing of first stone of the Pan-African Institute for the Social Doctrine of the Church: a laboratory for the culture of peace and promotion of the common good, without any kind of discrimination Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, blessed the foundation stone of the Pan-African Institute for Social Doctrine of the Church ...
• 14 December 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Union of Superior Generals of Female Congregations of He Bei highlights commitment to formation, evangelization, testimony, spirituality, and service Shi Jia Zhuan (Agenzia Fides) – Formation, evangelization, witness, spirituality, and service will be the key commitments of the next three years for the Union of Superiors General of Female Congregations in He Bei. Th ...