News

• 2 June 2009
  VATICAN - Final Document from the European Meeting on Pastoral Care of Tourism Today: “pastoral care of tourism can only be a missionary pastoral care.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “As effective and active members of the Church, Christians live also in the “world of tourism” with the obvious awareness of their faith, according to each one’s competences and dif ...
• 2 June 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Austrian Mariannhill Missionary killed Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Ernst Plöchl, a 78 year-old Austrian missionary from the Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries was killed in the South African Cape Province. Fr. Ploechl, who was a missionary i ...
• 2 June 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells group of new Ambassadors: “in the midst of a worldwide social and economic crisis, people must regain an awareness of the need to struggle ... in order to establish true peace, with the aim of constructing a more just and prosperous world.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI received 8 new Ambassadors to the Holy See from Mongolia, Benin, New Zealand, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Namibia, and Norway, in an audience on May 29. With ...
• 1 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - The genocide in Darfur: peace begins with the child. Testimony of Sr. Maria Goretti Puthen, missionary in the El Daein Refugee Camp Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Wednesday, June 3, at 6pm, in the headquarters of “Italia Solidale” in Rome, Sr. Maria Goretti Puthen, Salesian missionary, will offer her first-hand account of the reality of the war in Darf ...
• 1 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - General Chapter of the Dehonians, confirmation of General Superior Fr. Jose Ornela Carvalho, pilgrimage to the sites of Saint Paul Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The 22nd General Chapter of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians), being held in this Year of St. Paul, from May 18 to June 11, bears the title of: “The love of Christ impels us” (2 Cor ...
• 1 June 2009
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Over 700,000 people affected by floods, 40,000 homeless; Caritas appeal Windhoek (Agenzia Fides) – Over 700,000 people have been affected by heavy flooding in Namibia. Of these, 40,000 are homeless and in need of urgent assistance. The water levels of the Zambesi River have reached over 8 ...
• 1 June 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Multicultural families in Korea, part of the People of God Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Multicultural and multiethnic families are becoming more common in Korea and thus, the Church is working to respond to their needs. The Commission for Family Pastoral Care, of the Korean Bishops ...
• 1 June 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - 50 years of missions in Taiwan for Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Taipei (Agenzia Fides) – The Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (or Immaculati Cordis Mariae), ICM celebrated their 50th anniversary of their presence on the island of Taiwan with a Mass presided by Arc ...
• 1 June 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Closure of the Year of Missionary Formation; various HCA Congresses planned for May and June in the country Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) – This past May 28 saw the conclusion of the Year of Missionary Formaiton on a national level at the Center for Missionary Formation in Warsaw. Information on the event was sent to Agenzia Fides ...
• 1 June 2009
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Archbishop of Quito receives a group of foreign doctors who will assist in providing the resources lacking in the country Quito (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, May 30, the Archbishop of Quito and Primate of Ecuador, Archbishop Raul Vela Chiriboga, received a group of foreign doctors, members of a foundation called “Charity Anywhere and H ...
• 1 June 2009
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - A message for Mother's Day from the Archbishop of Santo Domingo, reiterating his complete rejection of any attempts to impose a culture of abortion and other forms of death on the country Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Nicholas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), sent out a message for Mother's Day, which was read at the Masses celebrated in the 250 pari ...
• 1 June 2009
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Protecting Creation and the economy in the Pentecost Letter from the Cardinal of Ho Chi Minh Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) – Respecting the world around us, promoting an economic system that places man in the center and offers benefits to all mankind: these were the main themes in the Pastoral Letter issued ...
• 1 June 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Idah Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on June 1, 2009, appointed Bishop Anthony Ademu Adaji of the Missionary Society of Saint Paul of Nigeria, as Bishop of Idah (Nigeria. Until now, he has served ...
• 1 June 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Unprecedented humanitarian situation” in the Niger Delta; Nigerian Bishops call for an immediate ceasefire Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - “As the Chief Shepherds of the people of God in Nigeria, we are particularly pained by the suffering, displacements and deaths of innocent citizens in the Niger Delta Region which have resulted ...
• 1 June 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI holds a dialogue with children from the Holy Childhood Association gathered in Rome for a pilgrimage for the Year of St. Paul: “sharing, knowing Jesus, prayer, mutual listening, and solidarity are missionary tasks, because they help the Gospel become a reality in our world.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the Year of St. Paul, the International Secretariat of the Pontifical Holy Childhood Association (POSI) and the National Secretariat of Italy of the HCA (POIM) have org ...