News

• 26 February 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Preparing for the vote: Filipino Bishop tells Fides “no selling votes, faithful must have a Gospel perspective” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Every Christian must say no, with courage and foresight, to false illusions and selling of votes and approach every situation, whether it be political or social, from the Gospel perspe ...
• 26 February 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Formation, spirituality, and missionary animation: themes of the meeting for Regional Coordinators of the Youth Missionary Organization Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – "Assessing the work that has taken place over the course of these four years as the Youth Missionary Organization of the country and the work materials, selecting the songs for the compilatio ...
• 25 February 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishops of India say they are offended, but do not desire a law against blasphemy Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) – "We are deeply offended by the blasphemous image of Christ used on school books and on posters. We feel sad and indignant for this act of sacrilege. We support the legal actions taken by the ...
• 25 February 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI: respect in Iraq for right to freedom of worship, protection of Christians and their churches Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – As the killing of Christians continues to take place in Mossul, Iraq, a letter sent on January 2, 2010 from Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone to Prime Minister Nouri Kamil Moha ...
• 25 February 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - HCA focuses on Senegal for Lent, holds National Prayer Week New York (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Childhood Association (HCA) in the United States is spotlighting the country of Senegal in its “It’s Our World” newsletter for Lent, emphasizing how the Church in that African ...
• 25 February 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church and youth, an emerging force in the country: Bishops examine Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) – 47% of India's population consists of young people under age 20 and the percentage will rise to 22% in 2015. This makes for about 500 million young people who are seeking meaning in their liv ...
• 25 February 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians condemn Taliban attacks on Sikh Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Christians in Pakistan express their full solidarity with the Sikh community of believers and strongly condemns the attacks of the Taliban, confirming the urgent need to defend the rights of re ...
• 25 February 2010
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - First Salesian foundation in the country, in Auckland suburb Auckland (Agenzia Fides) - Since 7 February the Salesians of Don Bosco have been present in a new country: New Zealand. The house in Auckland belongs to the “Mary Help of Christians” Salesian Province of Australia (A ...
• 25 February 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Re-building bridges of unity: Guanellians hold celebration at “Vatluru Tower”: a great event of reconciliation for Catholics and non Rome (Agenzia Fides) – It is a sort of bell tower, with stairs that allow people to go up and stop at various points along the way to pray in front of statues of saints: this is Vatluru (India). "There is no feast of a ...
• 25 February 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Nuncio Montemayor to visit Guinea Bissau March 6-12 Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor, Papal Representative in Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, Mauritania and Senegal (where he resides), is scheduled to visit Guinea-Bissau March 6 to 12. During the v ...
• 25 February 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “The Doha Agreement is an important yet incomplete step towards peace,” the Bishop of El Obeid tells Fides Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – "It is an important yet incomplete step towards peace. It is still too soon to claim that peace has returned to Darfur," Bishop Macram Max Gassis of El Obeid told Fides in commenting on the f ...
• 25 February 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops of Kenya in Lenten Message: rediscover the community spirit to address food shortage Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Food shortage and recalling the idea of “Harambee” (Swahili for “together”), community effort in resolving problems are the focus of the reflection issued in this first week of Lent by ...
• 25 February 2010
  AMERICA - Debate over homosexual unions and their adoption of children reignited Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The debate over so-called "marriage" between homosexuals is has re-emerged recently in several Latin American countries. Bishop Emeritus of Chimbote, His Excellency Luis Bambaren, also former pre ...
• 25 February 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Mary is the great missionary and the missionaries' teacher” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – For the whole Church, "Mary is the great missionary who continues the mission of the Son and is the missionaries' teacher,” which is why on February 23 the Parish of St. Mary of Bethany ...
• 25 February 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Brazilian Bishops launch blog Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Since February 23, the blog of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB) has been up and running on the Internet. Encouraged by Pope Benedict XVI in his Message for the 44th World Communicatio ...