News

• 8 June 2010
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Archbishop Ulloa: “We cannot abandon the Christian meaning of Sunday, paganizing it or underestimating its importance.” Panama (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Panama, Archbishop José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta has rejected the government's intention to no longer consider Sunday as a day of required rest, supposedly to help entrepreneur ...
• 8 June 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Catholic Church pleased with Funes' “important steps towards democracy” San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in El Salvador has acknowledged that President Mauricio Funes has made "significant steps" in democracy during his first year in office. Without going into political d ...
• 8 June 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Filipino immigrants in Taipei hold traditional “Feast of the Cross” Taipei (Agenzia Fides) – The celebration of the Feast of the Cross - “Santacruzan” or “Flores De Mayo” - held by Filipino immigrants is a support to the faith. The procession with the Cross is a courageous witn ...
• 8 June 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Growing US list of Guinea Bissau citizens suspected of cocaine trafficking Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – The USA is finalizing a list of 120 names of Guinean nationals suspected of being involved in drug trafficking. The list includes the names of politicians, parliamentarians, businessmen, and mi ...
• 8 June 2010
  AFRICA/NIGER - Every child has a right to food and medical attention Niamey (Agenzia Fides) – A lack of transport, rural lifestyles, and pressure on women to prepare fields for harvest mean severely malnourished children are being taken out of therapeutic feeding programs before their t ...
• 7 June 2010
  VATICAN - Pope's appeal for “an urgent and concerted international effort to resolve the ongoing tensions in the Middle East, especially in the Holy Land, before such conflicts lead to greater bloodshed” Nicosia (Agenzia Fides) - “I reiterate my personal appeal for an urgent and concerted international effort to resolve the ongoing tensions in the Middle East, especially in the Holy Land, before such conflicts lead to ...
• 7 June 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - On Corpus Christi, 206 catechumens baptized in Tian Jin and new church in Fu Shun consecrated Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The Cathedral of the Diocese of Tian Jin celebrated with great joy and intense participation the Baptism, Confirmation, and First Communion of 206 catechumens on June 5, Vespers of the Solemni ...
• 7 June 2010
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - The priest, the man of a complete gift of self Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - “A priest must make use of all his time, and all his talents to serve the people of God,” says Archbishop Nicholas Chia of Singapore, in a message that was sent to Fides, on the occasion o ...
• 7 June 2010
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Superior General of the Josephite Brothers of Rwanda tells Fides: "New technologies are an integral part of the education provided in our schools" Kigali (Agenzia Fides) – "The Rwanda is undergoing a phase of development, including technologically, which is very important. We want to continue making our contribution to this development with our educational activi ...
• 7 June 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Aquino should abolish “pork barrel” in fight against corruption Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Two important issues are on the table for new President Benigno Aquino and, according to Fides sources in the Catholic Church in the Philippines, they will be certain to be included the new gui ...
• 7 June 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - 50 years of DRC: Bishops organize conference “to understand the past and the present, in order to plan for the future” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – A celebration with 3 perspectives: retrospective, introspective, and prospective. This is what the Congolese Bishops' Conference (CENC) is planning for the 50th anniversary of independence be ...
• 7 June 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Church speaks out: Gold workers given low pay and no insurance Madre de Dios (Agenzia Fides) – The Human Rights Office of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado in Peru has reported on the continuing complaints reaching them from the workers of the lowest classes. They have b ...
• 5 June 2010
  VATICAN - “The Church’s communion in the apostolic faith is both a gift and a summons to mission” Paphos (Agenzia Fides) - “Following in the footsteps of our common fathers in the faith, Saints Paul and Barnabas, I have come among you as a pilgrim and the servant of the servants of God...I also look forward to gree ...
• 5 June 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Priests from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan to attend closing of Year for Priests in Rome Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – While a small group of priests from the Diocese of Hong Kong who have made a Year for Priests pilgrimage in Europe, visiting the sites associated with St. John Vianney, returnes (see Fides 0 ...
• 5 June 2010
  OCEANIA/PACIFIC ISLANDS - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 27 November 2009 appointed as National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies in the Pacific Island ...