News

• 16 June 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - In preparation for the inauguration of the Year of the Priest: spiritual retreat for priests in the Province of Shan Dong; a section on the Faith website dedicated to stories and testimonies Ji Nan (Agenzia Fides) – Preparations for the Year of the Priest for the Catholic Church on the Chinese mainland have been intensifying with the approaching date of its inauguration (June 19), in communion with the Hol ...
• 16 June 2009
  EUROPE/GERMANY - MISSION AND IMMIGRATION - “The Suitcase with a String”: “To the young women of Nigeria, I say: do not come. There is nothing here! They're only interested in selling your body.” Dusseldorf (Agenzia Fides) – Prostitution and exploitation: immigration is not only a dramatic reality, but it has also brought to the surface an evil that is now enveloping the entire globe. There are so many terribl ...
• 16 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Like Christ, faithful to the mission”: a campaign from the Pontifical Mission Societies for the World Day for the Sanctification of Priests Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On the celebration of the World Day for the Sanctification of Priests, on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, on June 19, which this year marks the opening of the Year of the Priest decla ...
• 15 June 2009
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pontifical Mission Societies assist displaced persons in Swat Valley Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Mission Societies Office in Pakistan has launched and awareness building and aid campaign to assist displaced families in the region of Swat Valley. The PMS are collecting funds ...
• 15 June 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Congolese Army continues their attack on LRA: over 100 hostages in captivity since early June released Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Congolese Army has freed over 100 people who had been taken hostage by Ugandan rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) on June 2, from the village of Dakwa, 200 kilometers from the bor ...
• 15 June 2009
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Twenty people in custody for cocaine trafficking, including high-ranking officials of the past regime Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – Is there a real desire to fight drug trafficking or is this a way to eliminate political adversaries and satisfy the international community at the same time? This is the question begin posed ...
• 15 June 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Following the assassination of a catechist working in Social Ministry, the Church asks that civilians not be caught up in the conflict Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The National Secretariat for Social Ministry in Colombia issued a statement in response to the murder of Jorge Humberto Echeverri Garro, a 40-year-old professor and catechist, making an appeal ...
• 15 June 2009
  AMERICA/PANAMA - “The Eucharist: Source and Summit of Our Mission,” theme of the 39th Eucharistic Congress, during which the Archdiocese will launch its Great Mission Panama City (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Panama will officially launch its Great Mission, this Sunday, June 21, at 9am, in the Roberto Mano Arena of Piedra Duran, on the occasion of its 39th Eucharistic Congres ...
• 15 June 2009
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Rector of Saint Charles Lwanga Interdiocesan Seminary of the Archdiocese of Windhoek appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on January 1, 2009, appointed Fr. Benny Karuvelil of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate as Rector of the Sa ...
• 15 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Two and a half million people are victims of human trafficking: religious take action against trafficking, which now involves all countries Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Nearly two and a half million people are the victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation, 500,000 of which are in Europe and between 29,000 and 38,000 in Italy. As a result of these alarming f ...
• 15 June 2009
  EUROPE - MISSION AND IMMIGRATION - “The Suitcase with the String”: stories of Chinese immigrants to Europe: “To survive, you either have to be strong or commit illegal actions.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Two testimonies from Chinese immigrants - the first from Naples, known for its factories, and the second from London, where the Chinese community is an age-old historical reality of integration � ...
• 15 June 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation: “the financial crisis shows in a clear way how the economic and financial paradigms that have been dominant in recent years must be rethought” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The financial crisis that has struck the industrialized nations, the emergent nations and those that are developing, shows in a clear way how the economic and financial paradigms that ha ...
• 15 June 2009
  VATICAN - Pope at the Angelus mentions: “'Corpus Domini' is a manifestation of God, an attestation that God is love” and “the hundreds of millions of persons who suffer from hunger...is an absolutely unacceptable reality that is hard to control” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the Sunday on which several countries celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi (or 'Corpus Domini), “ the feast of the Eucharist, in which the sacrament of the Lord's Body is carried so ...
• 13 June 2009
  Instrumentum mensis Maii pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum The principal event in the month of May was the Holy Father's pilgrimage to the Holy Land 8- 15, during which Benedict XVI visited Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Territories. We mention among his many engagements, a ...
• 12 June 2009
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Presidential elections in Indonesia: religious minorities call for guarantees and rights Yakarta (Agenzia Fides) – Religious minority groups in Indonesia are calling for guarantee of security, respect for basic rights, and civil liberties during the electoral campaign leading up to elections scheduled for ...