News

• 30 June 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - New Bishop for Diocese of Sanyuan in Shaanxi Yuanmenxiang (Agenzia Fides) – Thursday, June 24, in the Cathedral Church of the Sacred Heart in Yuanmenxiang, there was an episcopal ordination held for Bishop Joseph Han Yingjin of the diocesan clergy, 51 years of ag ...
• 30 June 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Islamic extremists' campaign against Christians; for the Church “the only way is dialogue” Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – Indonesian Islamic extremist groups have launched a campaign “against the Christianization of Indonesia” and "the adoption of Sharia in the country.” In the past several days, Bekasi, a ...
• 30 June 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Congolese Bishops: “Let us restore the shattered dream of independence” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – "Our beloved country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, is celebrating the golden jubilee of its independence. The Congolese people are called to use all their energies to reconstruct its ide ...
• 30 June 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Awaiting election results, religious leaders unite to preach peace Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – June 27 presidential elections were held in calm and with a high turnout in the Republic of Guinea, the first truly free elections in the country since its independence in 1958. The interim re ...
• 30 June 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Church responds to violence on public transport: “need for real operational plans, timely concrete actions” San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – Violence carried out by the feared "maras" (youth gangs) of Central America continues to claim lives in the capital of El Salvador, San Salvador. On the afternoon of Sunday, June 20, 17 p ...
• 30 June 2010
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Haiti among group of Ibero-American cooperation countries Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – Representatives from 22 countries attended the Tuesday, June 29th celebration of "Ibero-American Cooperation Day" held every year, this time celebrated in the Dominican Republic, to prom ...
• 28 June 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The youth, morals, and “the altar of new mass media” Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "For young Indonesians, the new technologies and new media are like 'new altars,' places to spend all their passion and their life. The Church's mission today cannot ignore this phenomenon.” T ...
• 28 June 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Archbishop of Jakarta resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI, on June 28, 2010, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Jakarta (Indonesia), presented by Cardinal Jiulius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, SJ, i ...
• 28 June 2010
  MISSIONARY INTENTION - Pope's Missionary Intention for July 2010: “That Christians may strive to offer everywhere, but especially in great urban centers, an effective contribution to the promotion of education, justice, solidarity and peace.” Commentary. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The contemporary world lives in constant mutation. The economic phenomena, industrialization, the technological revolution, have produced significant changes in social structures, both on ...
• 28 June 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Closing of the Month of the Sacred Heart, Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul Rome (Agenzia Fides) – According to information received by Fides, the Chinese Catholic world is celebrating the end of the Month of the Sacred Heart with great emphasis on its spiritual meaning, enthusiastically promo ...
• 28 June 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “A strategy for promoting media for indigenous peoples” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Third National Congress of Indigenous Communication, which seeks to structure a bill to recognize the right to information and communication of indigenous peoples, will be held June 29 ...
• 28 June 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Making room for dialogue means increasing options for the poor,” Final Declaration from Social Week in Mar del Plata Mar del Plata (Agenzia Fides) – "For us, as disciples and missionaries of Jesus Christ, the great cause of social justice and social inclusion is fundamental mission, the central axis of the Pastoral Ministry." These w ...
• 28 June 2010
  ASIA/VIETNAM - A step forward in relations with Holy See: the fruit of 20 years' labor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The significant breakthrough in relations between the Holy See and Vietnam is "the fruit of twenty years of work, begun in 1990 by Cardinal Roger Etchegaray," says a source of Fides, comm ...
• 26 June 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI desires “for the Holy Land, Iraq and the Middle East the gift of a stable peace and solid coexistence” born from respect for rights and overcoming discrimination Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “We all desire for the Holy Land, Iraq and the Middle East the gift of a stable peace and solid coexistence. These are born from respect of human rights, of families, communities and peop ...
• 25 June 2010
  ASIA/NEPAL - “Today in Nepal there is a Kyros for evangelisation”: a Maoist among the converts Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – “ For mission in Nepal the time is ripe. There is a real Kyros for evangelisation. We ask religious congregations all over the world to send missionaries to Nepal”, Fides was told by Fr. ...