News

• 20 April 2010
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand organizes first March for Life, in protest against RU 486 Christchurch (Agenzia Fides) – New Zealand has stood up in defense of life. As reported by local sources, in recent days the city of Christchurch - the third largest city in the country, with 360,000 inhabitants – he ...
• 20 April 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Episcopal ordination of new Bishop Jorge Vega of Illapel, former PMS National Director Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – Saturday, April 17, in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago, the episcopal ordination of Bishop Jorge Vega was celebrated, presided by the Archbishop of Santiago, Cardinal Francisco Javier ...
• 20 April 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - World People's Conference gathers over 18,000 in Cochabamba: “The Church shares in the responsibility for creation and feels the need to carry this out in the public sphere.” Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – Today marks the opening of the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, in Bolivia, and already as of last Saturday, the number of people registered had ...
• 20 April 2010
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Doubts and denials over alleged military coup in Madagascar Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "It's an episode that remains unclear and there is no doubt that twenty people were arrested and charged with planning a coup," Fides was told by a journalist at Don Bosco Radio from Antana ...
• 20 April 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - One year after the launch of the Permanent Mission: “We cannot let our guard down, lest this momentum die out.” Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - One year after launching the Permanent Mission, the experience can be described as positive. Now, all the ecclesiastical jurisdictions have launched the Permanent Mission in their local churc ...
• 20 April 2010
  ASIA/THAILAND - A delicate balance in a divided society Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "The balance is very precarious and unstable. The country is divided; society is polarized into the factions of "the red" (anti-government) and "the yellow" (government). The army itself suffers ...
• 17 April 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Over 67,000 people assisted by SNPS/Caritas in Colombia, in 2009 Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – Fides has been sent the full report of the year 2009 from the National Secretariat of Pastoral Social Ministry (SNPS/Caritas Colombia), which offers a detailed report on the various activities ...
• 17 April 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Ecuadorian Bishops express need for “living in constant conversion along with priests” Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of Ecuador concluded its semi-annual plenary assembly yesterday, Friday, April 16. The Bishops have issued a note to the press which said they had completed the work of d ...
• 17 April 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Victory for the Sudanese ruling party in elections Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – Victory has been declared in the north of Sudan, by the National Congress Party (NCP), the ruling party, in presidential, parliamentary, and local Sudanese elections, which ended April 15 (se ...
• 17 April 2010
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Likely April 24th meeting in South Africa for High Transitional Authority President Andry Rajoelina and former President Marc Ravalomanana Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is still one of confusion and further developments are expected in the coming days," says an editor of Radio Don Bosco, the largest Catholic radio station in Madagascar. As F ...
• 17 April 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Vandals destroy image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the church of Vila Operaria Teresina, Piaui (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of March, there was an incident of vandalism in the Redemptorist Church of St. Joseph the Worker in Teresina, Brazil. The caretaker informed the pastor that someone broke in ...
• 17 April 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Keeping the missionary flame alight”: Salesian and FMA meet on missions Porto Alegre (Agenzia Fides) - “Keeping the missionary flame alight” was the theme of the meeting of the teams of the Salesians of the “Saint Pius X” Province and that of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians ...
• 16 April 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Study Center on Catholicism of the Chinese University of Hong Kong organizes course series on Christian Unity Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The spirituality of unity of the Focolare Movement, Orthodox sacred music, Taize and unity, the unity of Christians, and the study of Christianity in China today are the four themes of a ser ...
• 16 April 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Catholic doctors call for qualified professionals in developing countries and criticize birth control policy Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Catholic obstetricians of the NGO MaterCare International (MCI) have called for greater emphasis on prenatal care and more qualified medical assistance to developing countries, instead of incre ...
• 16 April 2010
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - North African Bishops hold meeting April 20-24 in Rabat Rabat (Agenzia Fides) – April 20 to 24, Rabat (Morocco) will host the meeting of CERN (the Episcopal Conférence Régionale de l'Afrique du Nord), the North African Regional Bishops' Conference. The meeting, said a s ...