News

• 14 May 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Expectations for Bolivian President's visit to Pope this May 17 La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Benedict XVI will receive in an audience at the Vatican, the President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, on Monday, May 17, according to information released by the Bishops' Conference of Bolivia. ...
• 14 May 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Reconciling profession and faith: Kenya Movement of Catholic Professionals launched in Eldoret Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The Kenya Movement for Catholic Professionals has been launched in Eldoret in the Rift Valley Province. Eldoret, located in western Kenya, is an important business, industrial, and agricultura ...
• 14 May 2010
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Rajoelina: “Presidential elections are on November 26...I'm not running” Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "I have decided not to run in the upcoming elections, solely in the interest of the Malagasy people." Thus, the President of the High Authority of Transition (HAT) of Madagascar, Andry Rajo ...
• 12 May 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops reject proposed Constitution: “To vote for the constitution is to vote for all of it, including its good and its bad provisions. It is impossible to separate them.” Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – “We therefore repeat our advice to the people of Kenya to reject this proposed Constitution of Kenya,” affirmed the Bishops of Kenya in their press statement issued today, May 11. The bish ...
• 12 May 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Archbishop Casmoussa calls for a UN investigation on anti-Christian violence Munich (Agenzia Fides) – "An international inquiry should be done by the United Nations, to investigate and understand who is behind the continuing violence and attacks on the Christian community in Iraq.” This is wh ...
• 12 May 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Canossians celebrate 150th anniversary of mission in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – A solemn Mass at the Cathedral of Hong Kong Immaculate Conception opened the May 11 celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the mission of the Canossian Sisters in Hong Kong. According to ...
• 12 May 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Australian PMS show increase in donations to projects worldwide, despite financial crisis Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Despite Australian households being buffeted by the global financial crisis of late 2008, Catholic Mission’s donors defied all expectations with their generosity to our appeals in 2009, increas ...
• 12 May 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Love for neighbor should inspire Christian working in politics Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Politics is the privileged field for the exercise of the apostolate and of charity," said Bishop Louis Mbwol, Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in the closing speech of ...
• 12 May 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Benigno Aquino and his men are “fresh air” for the country Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "The test of the first automated elections in Philippine history has been passed, despite some minor difficulties. This is a very positive, giving the possibility of obtaining significant partial ...
• 11 May 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Ordination of a priest of the Society of the Divine Word of Paiwan ethnicity, a great joy for Taiwan's indigenous Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – Over 2,500 faithful attended the ordination of a missionary priest of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), Fr. John LIN Ruo Wang, of Paiwan ethnicity (an indigenous people of Taiwan), with gr ...
• 11 May 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Correction regarding resignation of Bishop of Ondo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Please be informed of the error in the May 6, 2010 publication of the resignation of Bishop Francis Florunsho Clement Alonge from the pastoral government of Ondo (Nigeria) and the appointme ...
• 11 May 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Taking the message of Christ forward: Bishops meeting in Sydney address the missions Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Nearly 100 bishops gathered in Sydney for the four-yearly assembly of the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania (FCBCO), have been told about the importance of taking the messag ...
• 11 May 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Fr. Edson Assunção Santos Ribeiro, National Secretary of the Holy Childhood Association, dies in accident Niteroi (Agenzia Fides) – On May 3, Father Edson Santos Assunção Ribeiro, Brazilian National Secretary of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood (Holy Childhood Association), died in a car crash. The accident ...
• 11 May 2010
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Archbishop of Gulu tells Fides how Archdiocese uses solar energy to provide Internet to its villages Gulu (Agenzia Fides) – “We want to promote the use of new technologies to help development in our diocese,” Fides was told by Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu (North Uganda), who has promoted the Gulu-based Ca ...
• 11 May 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops of Bolivia call for respect for life, in social conflict as well La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – The climate of violence in the area of Caranavi, Bolivia, has caused two deaths and many wounded. For this reason, the Bishops have issued a statement calling for respect for life and dialogue ...