News

• 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 ...
• 4 January 2010
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - The Church in Oceania and the “Reverse Mission” Auckland (Agenzia Fides) - “The faith of Catholics in Oceania is being attacked by consumerism, materialism, and hedonism: that is why today we are seeing a 'reverse mission'. We are the land evangelized by the faithfu ...
• 4 January 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Children from Germany's Holy Childhood Association “Sternsinger” participate in New Year's Mass with Benedict XVI Aachen (Agenzia Fides) – A delegation of 22 children from the Archdiocese of Cologne, who are part of the "Singers of the Star" of the German Holy Childhood Association, attended New Year's Mass with the Holy Father Be ...
• 3 January 2010
  VATICAN - “Humankind must not resign itself to the negative power of selfishness and violence; it must not become accustomed to conflicts which cause victims and put the future of peoples at risk” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Humankind must not resign itself to the negative power of selfishness and violence; it must not become accustomed to conflicts which cause victims and put the future of peoples at risk. ...
• 3 January 2010
  VATICAN - “Humankind must not resign itself to the negative power of selfishness and violence; it must not become accustomed to conflicts which cause victims and put the future of peoples at risk” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Humankind must not resign itself to the negative power of selfishness and violence; it must not become accustomed to conflicts which cause victims and put the future of peoples at risk. ...