News

• 3 February 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops meet to discuss Permanent Mission to be launched on April 26 Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – The Permanent Committee (CEP) of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference (CEB) will meet on February 4 and 5 in the city of Cochabamba to address several internal issues of the Church, as well as ...
• 3 February 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Catholic Fair in Colombia, with the theme “The Rebirth of Hope,” to promote fasting for the poorest of the poor Medellin (Agenzia Fides) – February 27 – March 1, Medellin will be hosting the International Catholic Fair 2009, which seeks to promote various forms of fasting and abstinence among Catholics to help those most in ne ...
• 3 February 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Over 3,000 faithful from Blessed Trinity Parish, in the Diocese of Zhan Jiang, participated in the traditional Eucharistic Procession for Chinese New Year Zhan Jiang (Agenzia Fides) – There were over 3,000 faithful from Blessed Trinity Parish in the Diocese of Zhan Jing (in the Province of Guang Dong) who participated in the Eucharistic Procession organized for celebrati ...
• 3 February 2009
  ASIA - Christian youth in Asia to celebrate “Asian Youth Day” in the Philippines, November 2009; themes are the Word of God and the Eucharist Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Many still remember the World Youth Day celebrated in Manila in 1995 and it is with this same spirit that the Philippines is preparing to host, November 20-27, 2009, the 5th Asian Youth Day, wh ...
• 3 February 2009
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - UN employee kidnapped; tensions rise in North Pakistan Quetta (Agenzia Fides) – Tension is high in the area of Quetta, North Pakistan, on the border with Afghanistan. The police have issued an alert in efforts to track down the guerrillas who kidnapped American citizen Joh ...
• 3 February 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Mayor of Antananarivo relaunches protest, calling for the President's dismissal and announcing the establishment of a transitional government Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – Andry Rajoelina, the mayor of Antananarivo (capital of Madagascar) and main political opponent of President Marc Ravalomanana declared that he has presented a petition for the President's ...
• 3 February 2009
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Militias in the northeast resist peace, in order to maintain illegal revenue Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – While the UN Security Council has asked that the Ivory Coast set a date for presidential elections, an armed conflict has broken out in Man, in the northeastern part of the nation, showing the ...
• 2 February 2009
  VATICAN - The Holy Father tells members of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches: “The world needs a visible sign of the mystery of unity that binds the three divine Persons and, that two thousand years ago, with the Incarnation of the Son of God, was revealed to us.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the close of the Meeting held by the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Holy Father Benedict XV ...
• 2 February 2009
  VATICAN - Pope at the Angelus reminds faithful that “euthanasia is a false solution to the drama of suffering...The true answer cannot be putting someone to death, however “kindly,” but to bear witness to the love that helps us to face pain and agony in a human way.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, February 1, before reciting the Angelus with faithful gathered in Saint Peter's Square, the Holy Father Benedict XVI recalled that in the Sunday celebrations of this liturgical ...
• 2 February 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Organizing the goods”: the Daughters of Saint Paul restructure their presence in the world Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Restructuring” is today a common process occurring in many religious congregations and is a sign of a lucid analysis of their own situation, from a spiritual and apostolic viewpoint, and of th ...
• 2 February 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Salesians inaugurate 150th anniversary on the feast of Saint John Bosco; Europe is the new frontier for “relaunching the Salesian charism” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The members of the “Society of Saint Francis de Sales,” known as the Salesians, have begun their 150th anniversary celebrations of foundation, on the liturgical feast of their Founder, Saint ...
• 2 February 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Pastoral Letter from the Regional Bishops' Conference of Taiwan for the 150th anniversary of evangelization: imitating Saint Paul, on a mission of evangelization in every area Tai Nan (Agenzia Fides) – Authentic improvement in Christian formation, creative evangelization, a thorough work in neighborhoods, reaching out to the mainland, praying with devotion...these are the 5 main guidelines f ...
• 2 February 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - “The mayor's call on ministers to defect does not seem to have been followed: the majority of the offices are still open,” local sources of Fides reveal Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - “The appeal made by the Mayor of Antananarivo, Andry Rajoelina, to public workers not to go to work has not been followed by the grand majority of the population,” say Agenzia Fides sou ...
• 2 February 2009
  VATICAN - February 2, World Day of Consecrated Life: a treasure for the ecclesial community, in the variety of charisms and institutions Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation “Vita Consecrata,” published on March 25, 1996, gathering together the fruits of the Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops celebrated in ...
• 2 February 2009
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Bishop of Colon-Kuna Yala asks that every effort be made to fight the onslaught of violence in the region Colon-Kuna Yala (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in the Diocese of Colon-Kuna Yala has shown its concern for the increased violence in the area, with constant homicides carried out by gangs and delinquents. This is why it ...