News

• 11 May 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Our Church, founded by missionaries, is sending its missionaries around the world," Nigerian National Ex-Director of the PMS Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – "We must have patience in awaiting the harvest of good fruits that are being sown in Nigeria," Msgr. Hypolite Adigwe, National Ex-Director of Pontifical Mission Societies of Nigeria, told Fides ...
• 11 May 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Corruption and poverty, challenges for the new president Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Filipino election results - which will be formalized tomorrow, May 12th - give a clear advantage to candidate Benigno Aquino Jr., with over 40% of the votes already counted. Aquino recently co ...
• 11 May 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Mourning in Goa for priest who died saving three young people Goa (Agenzia Fides) – There is grief and mourning in the Catholic community of Goa for the death of a priest, Fr. Thomas Fernandes Remedios, age 37, Associate Pastor of the Church of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph in the vill ...
• 10 May 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Amidst pre-election violence killing 6, local sources say youth are the future for nation's leadership Davao (Agenzia Fides) – Amid the difficulties, violence (6 dead now), and purchasing of votes, "in this Filipino election hope emerges: the involvement of young people between 20 and 30 years who have offered their vol ...
• 10 May 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Hawaii celebrates feast of St. Damien of Molokai for first time since canonization Honolulu (Agenzia Fides) – Today, the state of Hawaii will be celebrating the feast of their first saint, St. Damien of Molokai, for the first time since his canonization in Rome on October 11, 2009. The state of Hawai ...
• 10 May 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Our Lady's Visit to Families” in Month of Mary promotes faith and helps fallen away come back to Church Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – To help families get into the habit of venerating the image of Our Lady and praying before her image at home, the Legion of Mary in Hong Kong has launched a campaign entitled "Our Lady's Vis ...
• 10 May 2010
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - World Cup in South Africa: “We still have opportunity to save someone from being trafficked,” religious sister from Zambia says Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - “The thought of the World Cup in Africa arouses great excitement and pride in most Africans. But there is also great anxiety because this big event brings with it the terrible possibility of i ...
• 10 May 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Archbishop Wilson of Adelaide re-elected President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The bishops of Australia have re-elected Archbishop Philip Wilson, Archbishop of Adelaide, as the President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC). Archbishop Wilson has been the Pr ...
• 10 May 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Church calls on state to defend right to life San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of El Salvador is concerned that the authorities may ratify the "Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Wome ...
• 10 May 2010
  AFRICA - Every year, Africa loses 200-400 billion dollars in capital flight Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) – The African continent loses between US$200 billion and US$400 billion annually in capital flight by firms (mainly foreign). This fact has emerged from the 20th World Economic Forum on Af ...
• 10 May 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Year for Priests coming to a close in Lahore: hopes of the local Church Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Gratitude to missionaries who planted the Gospel in Punjab; looking towards a hopeful future for Pakistani priests, called to be witnesses in the midst of the challenges of terrorism, fundament ...
• 10 May 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - New worldwide campaign: “1 billionhungry” for hunger awareness Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Tuesday, May 11, at the FAO Headquarters in Rome, a new campaign against hunger will be launched with the intent to create a global movement that strives to ensure that everyone has access to ade ...
• 10 May 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Missionaries of Kerala working in Peru present image of Saint Martin de Porres to Cathedral of New Delhi New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Last week, an image of St. Martin de Porres was presented to the community and placed at the main entrance of the Sacred Heart Cathedral in the Indian city of New Delhi, on the occasion of 4 ...
• 8 May 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Priest wounded May 4 in Manizales passes away Manizales (Agenzia Fides) – Father Carlos Gonzalez, 47, who was seriously wounded on the evening of May 4 by two young men who wanted to steal his car in Manizales (about 200 km from Bogotá), died the morning of Monda ...
• 8 May 2010
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on January 26, 2010 confirmed Fr. Leo Maasburg, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Vienna, as National ...