News

• 19 February 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - X Anniversary of the Catechetical Center in the Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose del Amazonas San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – The Catechetical Center in the Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose del Amazonas in Iquito (Peru) is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. They have been 10 years of many fruits, in working ...
• 19 February 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Church denounces acts of violence that infringe on fundamental rights and freedoms of the people Pando (Agenzia Fides) – Apostolic Vicar Luis Casey of Pando has issued a declaration condemning the acts of violence committed in regards to the arrests made in the towns of El Porvenir and Cobija. According to the Bis ...
• 19 February 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - “National Forum of Congolese Christians” in May, to prepare for 2011 elections Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – May 4-10, 2009, Kinshasa will host the “National Forum of Congolese Christians,” to be attended by 500 people. There are expected to be five delegates from each of the dioceses of the Dem ...
• 19 February 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - FAO Report: severe food crisis in 32 countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America; worries about the droughts in China and Argentina New York (Agenzia Fides) – The problems unleashed as a result of the severe food crisis that has strick entire regions of the planet continue to be of interest to millions of people, especially in the southern hemisphe ...
• 18 February 2009
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Rector of “St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More” Interdiocesan Seminary in the Archdiocese of Harare, appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on October 10, 2008, appointed Fr. Peter Rugora of the clergy of the Diocese of Mavingo (Zimbabwe), Rect ...
• 18 February 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “On-line assistance: overcoming the financial crisis with you”; Catholics share in the concerns of young workers in the present global economic crisis Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – A special web page, a “lifeline,” a family visit...are some of the various initiatives from the Catholic community in Hong Kong, in an effort to support the young workers and all citizen ...
• 18 February 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Charity and mission: 2010 will be “Vincentian Year” in honor of the Saints of Charity Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In 2010, the Vincentian Family will celebrate the 350th anniversary of the deaths of Saint Vincent de Paul and Saint Louise de Marillac, both of which occurred within just months of each other in ...
• 18 February 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Madagascar amidst political crisis, administrative chaos and famine looming on the horizon Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - “The city is experiencing administrative chaos, however at least is no fighting,”Agenzia Fides was told by sources at Radio Don Bosco in Antananarivo, the most important Catholic radio ...
• 18 February 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Jubilee Year for 150th anniversary of the Holy Childhood Association celebrated with a Solemn Mass and meeting of the PMS National Council Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Poland has been celebrating various important missionary events in these first several weeks of 2009, as Agenzia Fides has learned from PMS National Director Monsignor Jan Piotrow ...
• 18 February 2009
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Capuchins have been working for over 3 centuries in the Ukraine, overcoming difficulties Kiev (Agenzia Fides) – In 1707, the Capuchin Franciscans opened their first convent in Leopoli, followed by the opening of another 10 houses in the Ukraine. After the foundation of the Polish Province (1754) that had 2 ...
• 18 February 2009
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Bishops call on the population to remember their responsibility in building a nation based on permanent values Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – As they do every year, the Bishops of the Dominican Republic have presented the people of their nation with a message of faith, hope, and love, in honor of National Independence Day, Feb ...
• 18 February 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Close of the second week of the Missiology Course, a time of intense missionary training Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “The second week of the Missiology Course has been a time of intence missionary training,” Agenzia Fides was told by Sr. Mariel Robledo, HJ, National Secretary of the Propagation of the ...
• 18 February 2009
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - The mysterious case of Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome, and Principe, Nigerian rebels, South African mercenaries: all united in the name of oil and geopolitics Malabo (Agenzia Fides) – The government of Equatorial Guinea has claimed that there was an attempt to attack the Presidential Palace in the capital of Malabo, which they say was carried out by Nigerian rebels of MEND ( ...
• 18 February 2009
  VATICAN - Martyrdom is a joyful testimony to the Savior Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The recent Nairobi killing of Italian missionary Father Giuseppe Bertaina, a man who dedicated his life to the despised of this earth, in a nation torn apart by wars and poverty, leads us ...
• 18 February 2009
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA: Mgr Luciano Alimandi - The saints: masterpieces of the Holy Spirit! Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Saints, holy men and women, who accompany us through the Liturgical Year as we commemorate them on their feast days, tell us clearly that the Gospel, which they proclaimed not only in w ...