News

• 16 February 2009
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - AVSI inaugurates “Senior Holy Family” Secondary School at Mayenkineh Educational Center: a concrete initiative to change the future of 1,200 youth Freetown (Agenzia Fides) – On February 17, 2009, the NGO AVSI will join efforts with their local partner the “Family Home Movement,” to inaugurate the new secondary school “Senior Holy Family” at the Mayenkineh ...
• 14 February 2009
  Instrumentum mensis Januarii pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI pro evangelizatione in terris missionum At the General Weekly Audiences during the month of January, Benedict XVI continued his cycle of catechesis on St Paul, in this Year of St Paul, except for the Audience on 21 January, when he dwelt on the theme of the an ...
• 13 February 2009
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Archbishop of Medan resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 12 February 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Medan (Indonesia) presented by Archbishop Alfred Gonti Piu ...
• 13 February 2009
  AFRICA/GHANA - Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 12 February 2009, appointed Bishop Philip Naameh, until now Bishop of Damongo, as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale (Ghana). (SL) (Agenzia Fides 13/2/2 ...
• 13 February 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations: “The Church is profoundly and irrevocably committed to reject all anti-Semitism and to continue to build good and lasting relations between our two communities.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The two-thousand-year history of the relationship between Judaism and the Church has passed through many different phases, some of them painful to recall. Now that we are able to meet in ...
• 13 February 2009
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA : Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - Miracles and faith in Him Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Mark's Gospel, proclaimed in our churches in this Season, leads us to contemplate the marvellous work of Jesus the Redeemer who heals all sorts of illnesses, frees those possessed by ...
• 13 February 2009
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Southern African Bishops declare February 15 “Zimbabwe Sunday,” in solidarity with the suffering Harare (Agenzia Fides) – The Southern African Conference of Catholic Bishops (SACBC) has declared February 15 “Zimbabwe Sunday,” a special day for prayer and support for the population of the country, which is suff ...
• 13 February 2009
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - “A Catholic education system is definitely a priority,” Bishop Padilla tells Fides, announcing the upcoming entrance of the first Mongolian seminarian Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) – Among the priorities for the Church in Mongolia is “the creation of a global Catholic education system.” This is what Agenzia Fides has learned in an interview with Bishop Wenceslao Pa ...
• 13 February 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Second National Encounter of “Education for Citizenship” Objectors: thousands of families stand firm in defense of their rights and their children's education Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Representatives from 60 platform groups of parents objecting to the course “Education for Citizenship” (EpC) will meet on February 28 in Pozuelo de Alarcon (Madrid), in the Second National ...
• 13 February 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Argentina facing one of its worst droughts in the last 50 years, with substantial losses in crops and livestock Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – Argentina, one of the largest producers of grain and meat, is now suffering one of the worst droughts in the last 50 years, with substantial losses in crops and livestocj, and with few po ...
• 13 February 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexico celebrates World Day of the Holy Childhood Association and Missionary Youth on February 15 Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – Like every year, hundreds of children and youth will join in celebrating the World Day of the Holy Childhood Association and Missionary Youth (DOMINF), which in Mexico is on February 15 (t ...
• 13 February 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church prepares for the Indian Missionary Congress New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Preparations continue for the first Indian Missionary Congress, set to take place in Bombay, October 14-18, 2009. The preparations are already underway: all the dioceses are working to prepa ...
• 13 February 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Catholics in Taiwan celebrate World Day of the Sick Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – For some time now, Catholics in Taiwan have been working to provide pastoral assistance to the most vulnerable in society, especially the sick. According to the Catholic Church Directory Taiwa ...
• 13 February 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Meditation efforts begin between the President and former mayor of the capital, with participation from the Christian Churches Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - “The negotiations seem a bit tough at the moment, as the two sides remain firm in their positions,” Agenzia Fides was told by sources at Radio Don Bosco in Antananarivo, the capital of ...
• 12 February 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - State of emergency declared for the severe drought affecting the larger part of the country, Catholics offering their own contribution in the aid effort Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Due to the lack of precipitation in the last few months in the majority of the northern part of the continent, where the majority of the winter grain is produced, a state of emergency has been ...