News

• 26 March 2010
  VATICAN - Conclusions from the Meeting of the Commission on the Catholic Church in China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office has released a statement saying that March 22 to 24, for the third time, the Commission that Pope Benedict XVI established in 2007 to study the issues of greates ...
• 26 March 2010
  VATICAN - Pope's Message for the 84th World Mission Sunday: the missionary mandate received by all the baptized and the entire Church, “cannot be fulfilled in a credible manner without a profound personal, communal, and pastoral conversion” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “It is only from this encounter with the Love of God that transforms our existence, that we can live in communion with Him and among ourselves and offer our brethren a credible testimony, ...
• 26 March 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Priest killed in Colombia Antioquia (Agenzia Fides) – The body of Fr. Román de Jesús Zapata, was found March 24 in the rectory of the parish's jurisdiction of Currulao, in Turbo, about 500 km from the capital city of Bogota, where he was past ...
• 26 March 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionary Campaign starts in Brazil, to “help Christians look beyond their own borders” Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – On March 22, at the headquarters of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Brasilia, the Coordination Commission of the Missionary Campaign, which in fact has begun preparations to spread ...
• 26 March 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The diocese, religious institutes, and Catholic lay associations work together to promote mission formation of youth for Cambodia and Africa Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Cambodia and Africa are becoming the goals for evangelization formation for young Catholics in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong diocese, religious missionary institutions active in Hong Kong, and th ...
• 26 March 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Aborigines at the Canonization of Sr. Mary MacKillop Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Aboriginal culture and traditions will "color" the canonization of Sister Mary Mackillop, scheduled to take place October 17, 2010 at St. Peter's Basilica. As Fides learns from local Church sou ...
• 26 March 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - 100 billion barrels of oil still untapped in Africa, but will future oil revenues be used to improve the living conditions of local people? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Over 100 billion barrels of oil. This is the amount of oil reserves in Africa according to the 4th Congress of the African Petroleum Producers Association (APPA), which opened March 24 in Ki ...
• 26 March 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Anti-pornagraphy law worries non-Muslim faithful Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – "If it continues like this, will even the naked body of Christ on the cross be considered pornography?" This is what Catholics in Indonesia are asking after the Constitutional Court declared t ...
• 26 March 2010
  AFRICA/NIGER - New health centers help fight malnutrition of 200,000 children Niamey (Agenzia Fides) – Most government health centers in Niger are not ready to meet the needs of the number of malnourished children calculated by the Ministry of Health. An estimated at least 200,000 children need ...
• 26 March 2010
  AFRICA - Polluted water: silent killer that claims the lives of 1.8 children under 5 every year Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – Every 20 seconds a child dies of an illness related to water pollution, every year about 1.8 million of them under age five. These alarming figures emerge from the last report of the Unit ...
• 25 March 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Thousands of child and adolescent workers receive aid from Salesian and Jesuit initiatives Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The phenomenon of child labor in Ecuador has the face of a million working children, 18% of the economically active population. In a country where 54% of the population is in the grip of poverty ...
• 25 March 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Salesian Brother killed in Bogota On March 20, the Salesian Brother Luis Enrique Pineda, from the “Saint Peter Claver” Province of Colombia-Bogotá (COB), was killed in the city of Bogotà, at 8:00 in the evening. On his way to visit relatives, Brot ...
• 25 March 2010
  VATICAN - Pope blesses an pilgrimage image of Our Lady, a gift to the people of Chile, destined to visit earthquake-stricken communities first Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of the General Audience on Wednesday, March 24, Pope Benedict XVI blessed a statue of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, patroness of Chile, which will be offered as a gift to the Chilean ...
• 25 March 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Spiritual retreat for sisters of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit Counselor in the Diocese of Han Dan Han Dan (Agenzia Fides) – "Knowing oneself, giving oneself" was the theme of the annual retreat attended by 17 religious sisters of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit Counselor of the Diocese of Han Dan, which was hel ...
• 25 March 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Seminar on human trafficking brings together authorities from various countries Sao Paolo (Agenzia Fides) – There is a Regional Seminar on trafficking in persons and sexual exploitation taking place today, March 25th, in São Paulo (SP), with the participation of authorities from six nations. The ...