News

• 19 January 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Main challenges of the new Bolivian Government, according to Bishops La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – At the request of the newspaper "La Prensa", the press office of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference has prepared a brief summary of the main challenges, which according to the Bolivian Catholic C ...
• 19 January 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Vaccine against dengue and malaria by transforming strain of vaccine for yellow fever El Carmen (Agenzia Fides) - The medical-scientific project on the transformation of the strain of the vaccine '17D ' against the yellow fever into antibodies for the vaccine against dengue and malaria was presented at th ...
• 18 January 2010
  VATICAN - Pope at Angelus: “Our proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus will be much more credible and effective the more that we are united in his love.” New appeal for Haiti. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Day of the Migrant and Refugee, religious dialogue with the Jews, and Christian unity were the three main themes addressed by the Holy Father Benedict XVI in his discourse at the Ange ...
• 18 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Christian Brothers: no one hurt, novitiate takes in sisters left homeless Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - “In Haiti, we have 15 Brothers on the “Ile de la Tortua,” in Port de Paix and Port-au-Prince. There have been no deaths or injuries, nor damage done to our houses. There was only sl ...
• 18 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Clerics of St. Viator: 3 missing members in Grand Goave found alive, although wounded Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The Attorney General of the Clerics of Saint Viator, contacted by Agenzia Fides, reported that, according to information received from their community in Haiti, the Villa Manrese (home ...
• 18 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Monfortians: 10 seminarians dead, confirmed death of missing priest Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – From the updates sent in by Fr. Maurice regarding the situation of the Monfortians in Haiti, it seems that 10 students have lost their lives, all of whom had participated in the CIFOR ( ...
• 18 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Spiritans all saved, except one seminarian Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - “It has been confirmed that all Spiritans (CSSp), except one seminarian Stephane Douge, have survived the earthquake in Haiti,” Agenzia Fides has been told by Fr. John McFadden CSSp, ...
• 18 January 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Over 5 million HK$ collected in 2009 in the Catholic Church Lenten Campaign for charitable organizations Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church Lenten Campaign of the Diocese of Hong Kong in 2009 was able to gather over 5,570,000 HK$ (equivalent to approximately 500,000 euros), allocated to the operations grouped ...
• 18 January 2010
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Fear returns to Kabul, but “Church continues in her social commitments,” Superior of the Missio sui iuris tells Fides Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "We heard explosions and gunfire this morning. The conflict was intense. Until not long ago, in Kabul the atmosphere seemed more relaxed and these incidents have now brought fear. The city is not ...
• 18 January 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI visits Jewish Community of Rome: “when we succeed in uniting our hearts and our hands in response to the Lord’s call, his light comes closer and shines on all the peoples of the world.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Christians and Jews share to a great extent a common spiritual patrimony, they pray to the same Lord, they have the same roots, and yet they often remain unknown to each other. It is our ...
• 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 ...