News

• 7 November 2009
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Bishop of Ruteng appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on November 7, 2009, appointed Fr. Hubertus Leteng of the clergy of Ruteng, Rector of the Ritapiret Major Seminary, Maumere, as Bishop of Ruteng (Indonesia). ...
• 7 November 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “The Bible in Every Home”: Daughters of Saint Paul support Bishops in campaign to spread the Word of God Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Daughters of St. Paul are offering a practical contribution to the campaign launched by the Filipino bishops called “The Bible in Every Home,” which aims at a widespread distribution of t ...
• 7 November 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - 4 parties of the Madagascar crisis sign another accord for forming a government of national unity to lead the nation to 2010 elections Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - An agreement between the 4 main political movements, to lead the Madagascar into the elections of 2010, has been reached in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Known as "additional act" agre ...
• 7 November 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Determining the origin of Congolese minerals to prevent financing war in eastern DRC discussed at conference with three missionaries: "The primary obligation is the truth about the causes of violence." Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We fear a new war, which would have repercussions throughout the Great Lakes Region and that will provoke another humanitarian catastrophe." This is the alarm raised by Fr. Luigi Lo Stocco, Xaveri ...
• 7 November 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "The mission of evangelization in the midst of conflict": Second National Meeting of Religious sponsored by the Department of Missionary Animation Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Colombia does not surrender before the violence of armed conflict that the country has been living a long time, while the Catholic Church continues to always offer a testimony of justice and peac ...
• 7 November 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Mexican bishops, worried about the threats and intimidation to the house of Migrants, immigrants that are housed and operators, appeal to the authorities of the State Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are concerned about the reports that we have received in recent days of constant threats, intimidation and aggression suffered by The Immigrant's House, the residents and staff working i ...
• 6 November 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishop of Witbank appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on November 6, 2009, appointed Fr. Giuseppe Sandri, MCCJ, Provincial Superior of the Comboni Missionaries in South Africa, Bishop of Witbank (South Africa). ...
• 6 November 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US children: the poorest of the developed world New York (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly half of all U.S. children (49.2%) will be on food stamps at some point during childhood. This is what was found by a nationally representative survey of 4,800 American households, publis ...
• 6 November 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - BJP accuses Church of alleged “illegal mass conversions”: Christians tell Fides their response New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The Baratiya Janata Party (BJP), the Hindu nationalist party currently the opposition party in the Indian federal government but that does govern several Indian states, continues to spread r ...
• 6 November 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - “Priesthood and Holy Orders” is the theme of the spiritual retreat for the Year for Priests in the Diocese of Tian Jin, held in the new Diocesan Pastoral Center Tian Jin (Agenzia Fides) - “It was like re-living the moment of my ordination. Now I am ready for the new mission, with the strength I have gotten from this spiritual 'recharge'.” This was one of the commentaries mad ...
• 6 November 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishops embrace campaign led by doctors and obstetricians against abortion Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – With affirming its no to abortion, a practice now conducted legally and illegally in Korea, the Korean Bishops' Conference Commission for Bioethics has expressed its public support for the anti- ...
• 6 November 2009
  EUROPE - “The challenge of climate change is an issue of justice...climate change can cause untold suffering and hardship, can hamper integral human development and can harm creation.” A letter to Churches in Europe. St. Gallen (Agenzia Fides) – In light of the United Nations' Conference on Climate Change, which will be held in Copenhagen, December 7-18, 2009, the European Conference of Churches (CEC) and the Council of European Bi ...
• 6 November 2009
  EUROPE/GERMANY - New initiative from the Holy Childhood Association in Germany, for the feast of Saint Martin, to support a center for handicapped youth in South Africa Aachen (Agenzia Fides) – For the feast of Saint Martin of Tours, celebrated on November 11 and very popular in Germany, the Holy Childhood Association in Germany (known as “Die Sternsinger”) is offering a new initi ...
• 6 November 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - A Permanent Coordination Table for National Associations promoted by CNOS - National Center for Salesian Societies Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The national associations promoted by the CNOS (National Center for Salesian Societies) has established a Permanent Coordination Table for create a tighter bond among the various organizations of ...
• 5 November 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Missionary activity of European Church in Latin America Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – This past October 27-28, the annual encounter of the European Bishops' Organizations for Latin America was held in Madrid. This encounter, that boasts of a 10-year tradition, is attended by rep ...