News

• 8 April 2011
  VATICAN - Pope to Bishops from the Syro-Malabar Church in India: “I encourage you to do everything you can to promote communion amongst yourselves and with all Catholic Bishops around the world” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Each Bishop, for his part, is called to be a minister of unity in his particular church and within the universal Church. This responsibility is of special importance in a country like ...
• 8 April 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG Catholic Mongols on pilgrimage to Hong Kong in the footsteps of St John Bosco Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Eight Catholic Mongols, led by Salesian Father Liang Gan Chao, went on pilgrimage to Hong Kong and Macao in the footsteps of St John Bosco. Since the end of March the relics of Don Bosco hav ...
• 8 April 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Consecration of Bishop of Jiangmen Jiangmen (Agenzia Fides) – The Episcopal Ordination of Paolo Liang Jiansen was held on Wednesday, 30 March in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Mary in Jiangmen, Guangdong province. Bishop Jiansen is 46 years old an ...
• 8 April 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The challenges to the Church in South Sudan in preparing to become independent Juba (Agenzia Fides) - On 9 July, South Sudan becomes an independent state, following the national referendum on independence, which was held in early January. South Sudan is already faced with a massive number of return ...
• 8 April 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Catholic Church supports law to discourage abortion Chicago (Agenzia Fides) – The leaders of the Catholic Church in Illinois organised a meeting with a group of experts throughout the American State for approval of a law that would require doctors to refer women who are ...
• 8 April 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Seriously wounded priest during a parish break-in is still under observation Novo Hamburgo (Agenzia Fides) – Fr Inácio José Schuster, 41 years, was released from the intensive care unit of Regina Hospital yesterday morning, 7 April. The health department reported that he may only receive visi ...
• 8 April 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Church provides 150 temporary shelters for the homeless in Manati area Manatì (Agenzia Fides) – Today, 8 April, 150 families in the town of Manati will be given shelters constructed by their community, donated by some international foundations through the management of the Secretariat of ...
• 8 April 2011
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of Bishop of Bamenda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Fr Agapitus Enuyehnyoh Nfon of the clergy of Kumbo, as Auxiliary Bishop of Bamenda (area 10,000, population 1,261,000, Catholics 303,729, priests 92, ...
• 7 April 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Five million inhabitants of Abidjan, devastated by the fighting at risk of food shortages Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “At the moment the situation is relatively calm. The fighting ceased last night,” Jean Djoman tells Fides, Director of Development and Human Promotion for Caritas Côte d'Ivoire, in Abidjan, ...
• 7 April 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - The words of the Pope resonate, appeal for peace in war-torn Cote d'Ivoire Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “The appeal by Pope Benedict XVI has found great resonance in Côte d'Ivoire and was broadcast several times by the Catholic radio station,” Fr Celestine Ikomba, Scalabrinian, chaplain for t ...
• 7 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi has chickenpox; she is weak but still fasting Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Asia Bibi, the Christian woman from Pakistan condemned to death for blasphemy and currently in jail, recently contracted chickenpox with spots all over her body and it is not known who gave her ...
• 7 April 2011
  VATICAN - New website for International Secretaries of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The new website for the International Secretaries of the Pontifical Mission Societies is now live, showing the history, goals, organisation and spirituality of the four Societies (Propaga ...
• 7 April 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Appointment of National Director for Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Card. Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 4 March 2011, appointed as National Director for the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States f ...
• 7 April 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Greater attention to choice and formation of permanent deacons Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – To reinforce the formation of permanent deacons, the Diocese of Hong Kong will make participation in new courses in biblical and liturgical ministry a part of the journey of formation for ca ...
• 7 April 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “With Jesus in our hearts, Africa is our mission”: meeting of diocesan delegates from CAM Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – Last weekend at the national Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) headquarters of Argentina, the National Meeting of the Society of Childhood and Adolescent Missionaries (CAM) took place. P ...