News

• 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 ...
• 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, ...