EUROPE/SPAIN - Church's firm commitment to helping women not to abort
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Reach out, tending the hand that the State denies women in trouble with their pregnancy: this is the goal of the new communication campaign being launched by the Spanish bishops and presented a ...
25 March 2010
ASIA/KOREA - Archbishop of Kwangju resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on March 25, 2010 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Kwangju (Korea), presented by Archbishop Andreas Choi Chang-mou, i ...
25 March 2010
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Auxiliary of Antananarivo appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on March 25, 2010, appointed as Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Antananarivo (Madagascar), Fr. Jean de Dieu Raoelison, Professor of Theology at the Regional ...
ASIA/INDIA - “JesusFest 2010,” to celebrate 25th anniversary of WYD
Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) – “JesusFest,” a festival of prayer, encounter, spirituality and song to celebrate the 25th anniversary of World Youth Day, will be held tomorrow, March 26, in Mumbai, organized by the local ...
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Bishop of Gurue appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Benedict XVI, on March 24, 2010, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Gurue (Mozambique), Fr. Francisco Lerma Martínez, IMC, Provincial Superior of the Consolata Missions Institute ...
ASIA/THAILAND - Tension rises, “domino effect” on tourism feared
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – Tension is rising in Thailand where the government, fearing the outbreak of widespread violence, has made a one-week extension of the application of the Internal Security Act, which strengthen ...