News

• 9 June 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The Suitcase with a String”: the shirt in style on sale in Europe is often made by people working in slave-like conditions in Latin America, and the business prospers... Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The immigration problem, beyond any judgment on economics and politics, is a question of respect for the dignity of the person, of the other individual that lives in our midst. As a young ...
• 9 June 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - At the Cathedral of Tian Jin: 208 baptisms on the vigil of the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China: in recent years, newly baptized shown to be younger and more learned Tian Jin (Agenzia Fides) – On the vigil of the Solemnity of the Ascension and the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China (May 24), declared by the Holy Father Benedict XVI in his Letter to Catholics in China in 20 ...
• 9 June 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Evangelization and education are the two main priorities of the five Dehonian missions in Madagascar Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – The Dehonian Missionaries reached Madagascar in 1976 (from Italy) and 1982 (from Portugal). Today, they are fully integrated into Madagascar's culture and in the local Church, which has 2 ...
• 9 June 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Venezuelan Bishops on their Ad Limina visit: “I therefore encourage you to increase initiatives that aim to make the figure and message of Jesus Christ known in all their fullness and beauty. To this end, apart from sound doctrinal formation of the People of God, it is important to encourage lives of profound faith and prayer.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The challenges you have to face in your pastoral work are increasingly numerous and difficult, and have recently been further augmented by a serious worldwide economic crisis. Nonethele ...
• 9 June 2009
  EUROPE/UNITED KINGDOM - Pontifical Mission Societies in England and Wales re-focuses missionary work with launch of “Missio” London (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in England and Wales announced today, June 9, that they will relaunch the missionary society with the name of “Missio,” according to a statement sent to ...
• 9 June 2009
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Centennial anniversary of the death of Abbot Pfanner, founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood and the Mariannhill Missionaries to be celebrated in his hometown of Langen Langen (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the centennial anniversary of the death of Abbot Franz Pfanner (1825-1909), founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood and the Mariannhill Missionaries, on June ...
• 9 June 2009
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Bishop of Aitape appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on June 9, 2009, appointed Bishop Otto Separy, as Bishop of the Diocese of Aitape (Papua New Guinea). Until now he has served as Titular Bishop of Pupiana an ...
• 8 June 2009
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Fighting continues claiming more victims, including journalists Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – There is an ever more serious and chaotic situation in Somalia, where clashes continue between troops of the national transitional government and rebels linked to the fundamentalist branch o ...
• 8 June 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Since 2007, one third of North Kivu's people have been evacuated and in neighboring South Kivu mass rapes continue. Who benefits from all this? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – News continues regarding the serious violence being carried out against the people of North and South Kivu, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. As Agenzia Fides has repor ...
• 8 June 2009
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Diocesan Youth Day, in the spirit of WYD, in the example of Saint Paul Honiara (Agenzia Fides) – The Solomon Islands recently celebrated a Diocesan Youth Day, with the theme given by Pope Benedict XVI: “We have set our hope on the living God” (1 Tim 4:10). The event was an occasion fo ...
• 8 June 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - Amazon indigenous conflict: “In the name of the God of life, love, and peace, we firmly condemn these inhumane acts occurring in our country. We cannot become accustomed to this manner of resolving problems!” Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, OFM, Archbishop of Trujillo and Defender of the People, Dr. Beatriz Merino Lucero, have issued a joint state ...
• 8 June 2009
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops' Statement on the present situation in the country: “We do not place our hope in armed violence, but in our God-given strength that urges us to fulfill our duties, to solidarity and brotherhood.” Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - “Those of us who believe in Christ and place our hope in Him cannot remain indifferent or fearful in light of the events that are afflicting our nation. Instead, we should show our will ...
• 8 June 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells professors and students of the Pontifical French Seminary: “The task of forming priests is a delicate mission. Seminary formation is demanding, as a part of the people of God will be entrusted to the pastoral care of the future priests, a people that Christ has saved and for whom He gave His own life.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI received the professors and students of the Pontifical French Seminary in Rome on June 6, as the institution, having been run for years by the Holy Ghost Fath ...
• 8 June 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Maiduguri appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on June 6, 2008, appointed Fr. Oliver Dashe Doeme, of the clergy of Shendam, Pastor of St. Michael Church in Anguldi, as Bishop of Maiduguri (Nigeria). Fr. ...
• 8 June 2009
  ASIA/NEPAL - “Christians are worried and on guard, as a result of the NDA threats, however they do not lose hope and continue trusting in Nepal's society to overcome fundamentalism,” Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Nepal tells Fides Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – They are attentive and on guard, but not paralyzed by fear. The Christians of Nepal “do not hide their concern for the recent threats and attacks suffered, however they trust in the will a ...