News

• 27 May 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Taiwan Catholic Regional Seminary celebrates 15th anniversary of foundation Taipei (Agenzia Fides) – Gratitude and continual vocational promotion are the two main challenges observed by the Taiwan Catholic Regional Seminary, in their celebration of their 15th anniversary of foundation on May 1 ...
• 27 May 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Conclusion of the Pauline Year: using the theater to evangelize Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) – Evangelize using the most ancient form of mass communications, which carries a great symbolic character: use the theater. This was the idea that inspired the Daughters of Saint Paul in India, w ...
• 26 May 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - NGOs make appeal for immigrant workers Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – NGOs of Korea, Christian and non alike, have denounced the conditions of the immigrant workers in South Korea, who are discriminated against, exploited, and forced to work in terrible conditions ...
• 26 May 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appeal from humanitarian organizations for Niger Delta refugees Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Over 3,000 people have been deprived of aid in the Niger Delta (Nigeria), on account of the military attack on MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta) militants. This is what has ...
• 26 May 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The ministry of the laity at the focus of Bishop Tong's address to newly baptized meeting for the first time after their baptism Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Better understanding the triple ministry – of prophet, priest, and king – entrusted to the laity, experiencing the communion and solidarity of the Christian community...these were some o ...
• 26 May 2009
  ASIA/NEPAL - Believers from all different religions unite against violence, after Cathedral bombing; May 31, religious freedom demonstration Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, and believers of other religions all gathered to condemn the terrible act of violence against the Catholic Church in Nepal: the community has been the ...
• 26 May 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - Conclusion of the Great Mission in preparation for the 400th anniversary of the Archdiocese of Ayacucho; Cardinal Cipriani appointed Special Papal Envoy Ayacucho (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Benedict XVI appointed Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, Archbishop of Lima and Primate of Peru, as his Special Envoy to Ayacucho, with the occasion of the IV Centenary of the Arc ...
• 26 May 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - National Pilgrimage for the Family to the Aparecida Shrine: “We ask the Blessed Virgin to extend her mantel over the families of Brazil, which are increasingly in need of her protection.” Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) – Nearly 30,000 people participated in a Mass celebrated this past Sunday, May 24, in the Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida (Brazil), for the National Pilgrimage for the Family (see Fides 20/4/2 ...
• 26 May 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - “We should reach the point in which the death penalty is abolished throughout the entire world, because it is a sign of incivility, as one crime cannot be punished with another crime.” Cardinal Martino addresses the International Congress of Ministers of Justice Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “We should make the United States and China abolish the death penalty. These two giants have a great international role.” These were the words of Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, President of ...
• 26 May 2009
  AFRICA - The scramble for land in Africa, a report highlighting the possibilities and risks Rome (Agenzia Fides) – A new “scramble for Africa” is underway, no longer in the colonial style of troops and colonies, but with financial investors interested in acquiring the best lands for producing food product ...
• 26 May 2009
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishop of Idiofa appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on May 26, 2009, appointed Fr. Jose Moko Ekanga, Sulpician, Rector of the University Seminary “Jean XXIII” in Kinshasa, as Bishop of Idiofa (Dominican Re ...
• 26 May 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Urbaniana Study Day: Communication experiences in a cross-cultural missionary setting Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Cross-Cultural Communication, Communicational Paths and Strategies in Times of Crisis,” was the title of the study day organized by the Pontifical University Urbaniana, at the close of the Mas ...
• 26 May 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Annual Report from “Aid to the Church in Need”: over 5,000 projects funded in 137 countries Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The 2008 Annual Report shows that – in spite of the economic crisis and thanks to our benefactors – we have once again been able to maintain our funding for the Church in need.” With these ...
• 26 May 2009
  VATICAN - Holy Father Benedict XVI's Letter to the Church in China in Compendium format, to facilitate understanding and respond to most common question on the life of the Church in China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the second anniversary of the “Letter to the Bishops, priests, consecrated persons and lay faithful of the Catholic Church in the People's Republic of China” of the Holy Father Ben ...
• 26 May 2009
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Archbishop of Bangui resigns Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on May 26, 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Bangui (Republic of Central Africa) presented by Archbishop Pauli ...