News

• 15 September 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The opposition tries to incite the province, “running the risk of igniting ethnic and tribal rivalries,” local sources tell Fides Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – The tri-party coalition that is opposed to the leader of the High Authority of Transition in Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, has announce a new “informational campaign” in the various re ...
• 15 September 2009
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Law on stoning for adultery approved: Church and human rights organizations show concern Banda Aceh (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Indonesia is showing great concern after the approval of a new law in the Province of Aceh, in the northern part of the island of Sumatra, which calls for the authorization of ...
• 15 September 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic schools working to fight pornography and pedophilia Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The fight against sexual abuse of minors, pornography, and pedophilia is still far from being over in the Philippines. After an increase in public and international awareness, the House of Repr ...
• 15 September 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Archbishop Marchetto: “Where the stranger becomes a guest and is welcomed, the possibility of seeing others as enemies disappears.” Recoaro Terme (Agenzia Fides) - “The causes that often force migrants to leave their own countries, in search of better opportunities elsewhere, are poverty, the impossibility of finding an adequate and dignified emplo ...
• 14 September 2009
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus: “Jesus did not come to teach us a philosophy, but to show us a way, indeed, "the" way that leads to life. This way is love, which is the expression of true faith.” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – The two “crucial questions” posed by the Word of God in the 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time, September 13, were the focus of the address given by the Holy Father Benedict XVI prior to ...
• 14 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI presides Episcopal Ordination of 5 Prelates: “we pray that you become faithful, prudent and good servants and so you can one day hear from the Lord of history: Good and faithful servant, share in the joy of your master” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, September 12, the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided the Mass in the Vatican Basilica in which he ordained 5 Prelates: Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, appointed Apostolic ...
• 14 September 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Let us offer them hope”: Pastoral Letter from Bishop John Tong asking faithful to generously support Caritas, following the Pope's indications in Deus Caritas Est Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “Let us offer them hope” was the title of the Pastoral Letter of Bishop John Tong of the Diocese of Hong Kong, issued on the Solemnity of the Assumption (August 15), asking for generous su ...
• 14 September 2009
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - III National Missionary Congress leads to commitment “to strengthen sense of belonging to the Church of Christ, as disciple and missionary, to assume the commitment to evangelization where it is most needed” San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - “To strengthen sense of belonging to the Church of Christ, as disciple and missionary, to assume the commitment to evangelization where it is most needed.” This general objective characteri ...
• 14 September 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - Family Day: Archbishop of Lima exhorts engaged couples to be concerned “with that which unites” and tells parents to be “primary educators” of their children with their example Lima (Agenzia Fides) – “A society that openly kills the unborn is a sick society.” This is what the Archbishop of Lima, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, said in a radio show “Faith Dialogue” on Saturday, September ...
• 14 September 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Crisis in Madagascar worsens following the canceled meeting for the application of the Maputo Accords Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - “In the last two days, new developments seem to have complicated the political crisis in Madagascar,” sources from Don Bosco Radio, the main Catholic radio station in Madagascar, told A ...
• 14 September 2009
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Calm returns to Kampala following attacks in recent days that led to at least 21 dead Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – At least 21 people have been killed in the fighting that has taken place in recent days in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. This is what rescue workers have reported, as it seems that peace has ...
• 14 September 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bible Apostolate as an effective instrument in the mission Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Promoting Bible Apostolate in parishes, forming teachers, organizing seminars and retreats in the area for all the faithful: this is the proposal that arose from the 18th Plenary Assembly of the ...
• 14 September 2009
  ASIA/VIETNAM - 2010 will be a Jubilee Year for the Church in Vietnam, with culminating event of National Congress in Hue Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) – 2010 will be a Jubilee Year for the Church in Vietnam, as is read in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides from the Bishops' Conference. The Church in Vietnam will celebrate the 50th anniversary of ...
• 14 September 2009
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - “New Year, New Life!” campaign from Ethiopian government to encourage citizens to be tested for HIV Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) – The Ethiopian government, as a pretext for encouraging citizens to have themselves tested for HIV, is using modern technologies and the celebration of the New Year in the country. “New Y ...
• 14 September 2009
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - At least 673 cases of acute diarrhea and/or cholera in 11 of the 34 provinces in the nation Kabul (Agenzia Fides) – In the last two months, in Afghanistan, 28 people have died from cholera and Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD). According to information from the Ministry of Public Health, at least 673 cases of AWD a ...