News

• 10 February 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - In great humility, Bishop of Hwalien receives new priest of Pai Wan ethnic origin Hwalien (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocese of Hwalien, located on the island of Taiwan, kicked off 2009 with what will remain an historical event for the local Church, as the welcome a new priest, Fr. Xie Hui Neng, who is o ...
• 9 February 2009
  VATICAN - Pope at the Angelus says: “man's truest and deepest illness is the absence of God, who is the fount of truth and love. And only reconciliation with God can give us true healing, true life” - Appeal for Madagascar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, February 8, in his brief address prior to the recitation of the Angelus, the Holy Father Benedict XVI reflected on the Gospel proclaimed in the liturgy of the day (cfr Mk 1:29- ...
• 9 February 2009
  AFRICA/BOTSWANA - Bishop of Gaborone resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 5 February 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Gaborone (Botswana) presented by Bishop Boniface Tshosa Setlale ...
• 9 February 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Enugu resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 9 February 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Gaborone (Botswana) presented by Bishop Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji, ...
• 9 February 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Diocese of Han Dan shows itself to be active and well-received within society Han Dan (Agenzia Fides) – The faithful of the Diocese of Han Dan celebrated Chinese New Year as an opportunity to relaunch the evangelization of the Pauline Year. Two parishes, that of Gua Jing and the that of Wang Bai ...
• 9 February 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - “The bloodshed has incited the population,” Fides sources say Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - “Our reports show that over 40 persons have died and over 200 are wounded,” Agenzia Fides learned from sources at Radio Don Bosco in Anatananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, where on S ...
• 9 February 2009
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - What's not making headlines: 900 people massacred in one month in Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – This is what is not making headlines this week: the figure of how many people have been killed in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo from Christmas up until today: over 900. However th ...
• 9 February 2009
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Missionaries of Saint Paul: a strength for evangelization Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – The evangelization of Myanmar continues forward with the example of Saint Paul, especially through the Congregation of the “Brothers and Sisters Missionaries of Saint Paul,” an institute of ...
• 9 February 2009
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - “Youth Without Borders” missionaries celebrate 30 years of life and service Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The group “Jovenes sin Fronteras” (Youth Without Borders) of Ecuador celebrated its 30th anniversary of missionary service in the country on February 4, according to a report sent to Agenzia ...
• 9 February 2009
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - National Pastoral Assembly analyzes country's problems: “only a commitment on everyone's part will pave the way for valid and equal responses” Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of the Honduras and various different pastoral associations in the eight dioceses met January 25-29 2009 in the National Assembly of the Catholic Pastoral Ministry, at the “L ...
• 9 February 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI's Message for the 17th World Day of the Sick: “our attention turns particularly to children, the most fragile and defenseless of all, especially sick and suffering children...A silent cry of pain is heard from all these children; it is a cry that reaches our conscience as persons and believers.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Within the mark of the Year of St. Paul, the Message of the Holy Father Benedict XVI for the 17th World Day of the Sick, February 11, 2009 (celebrated on a diocesan level), invites the fa ...
• 9 February 2009
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “Dawn of the era of ACEAO,” the only coordination structure of the western African Bishops' Conferences - Address of Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, accompanied by Archbishop Robert Sarah, Secretary of the same Dicastery, traveled to Abidjan (Ivory Coast) wh ...
• 6 February 2009
  VATICAN - John Paul II and the “Theology of Communication” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - During the launch of a new book from Vatican publisher Libreria Editrice Vaticana (LEV), entitled “John Paul II: Development of a Theology of Communication,” retired papal theologian Georges Ma ...
• 6 February 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops' Conference presents a 5-year plan for overcoming famine Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of Kenya has launched a strategic 5-year plan for overcoming the famine that is now affecting 10 million people in the country, due to the drought and the rise in food ...
• 6 February 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Children being baptized “Pio” in honor of the Friar of Petrelcina Miao (Agenzia Fides) – Thanks to the “Padre Pio Missionary in the World” project, in a remote area in northeastern India, devotion to Padre Pio has begun to spread. So much so, says Salesian Bishop George Pallippar ...