News

• 16 February 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - Consecrated Life: gift for Europe today Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – "Religious Life in Europe: History of Hope, Hope for History" was the theme of the 14th General Assembly of the Union of European Conferences of Major Superiors (UCESM) that has held from ...
• 16 February 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Coadjutor of Ondo appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on February 15, 2010, appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Ondo (Nigeria), Fr. Jude Arogundade, of the clergy of Ondo, currently carrying out his ...
• 16 February 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics moved by Pope's greetings for New Year's; commemoration of deceased missionaries among initiatives Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Masses of Thanksgiving, prayers for the world and the country, the commemoration of deceased priests and missionaries, the pastoral visit of the bishops and priests to the Ecclesial Base Commu ...
• 16 February 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Bosco Kids are “Social Reformers”: thousands of children renew their commitment Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The Third All Karnataka State-Level Convention of the Salesians-run ‘Bosco Kids’ was held at St. Charles High School auditorium at Lingarajpuram. More than a thousand ‘Bosco Kids’ and ...
• 16 February 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “So That in Christ, Our Peace, Mexico May Have a Decent Life”: Bishops' document against violence Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Mexican Bishops' Conference (CEM) published a pastoral exhortation on February 15, entitled: "So That in Christ, Our Peace, Mexico May Have a Decent Life," as a "contribution from the ...
• 16 February 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Regional Forum: “National Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Colombia” Monteria (Agenzia Fides) – Today, February 16, in the city of Monteria, in northern Colombia, the Regional Forum "National Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Colombia" is being held. This event was convened by t ...
• 16 February 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nigerian priests attend Year for Priests meeting: from “mea culpa” to “Deo Gratias” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Missionary Union of Priests and Religious in Nigeria, held a special meeting to mark the Year for Priests at John Paul II Pastoral Centre, Ado Ekiti, February 10 – 12, 2010. A ...
• 16 February 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Over 1 million rand for Haiti collected by Church in South Africa Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – The Project Caritas Haiti collection has raised over a million rand (95,000 Euros) thanks to the generosity of Southern African communities and individual donators. The money collected wi ...
• 16 February 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Sinister child trafficking behind the sad case of Shazia Lahore (Fides Service) – There is a sinister twist of sale, trafficking, and slavery of children surrounding the case of Shazia, the Catholic girl who was raped and killed by a Muslim lawyer in Lahore, where she served ...
• 16 February 2010
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Popular Mission and preaching the Gospel in “Wutung” Vanimo (Agenzia Fides) – The "fire mission" in Wutung, seaside town of Papua New Guinea, in the province of Sandaun, on the border with Indonesian Papua, is being consumed. Wutung is the name of the village which took ...
• 16 February 2010
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - To avoid another epidemic: vaccination campaign against measles for 20 million children Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) – In Bangladesh, thousands of health workers and volunteers have been sent across the country to immunize 20 million children against measles. The campaign was launched with the vaccination of 2.5 ...
• 15 February 2010
  VATICAN - “Where the poor are consoled and admitted to the banquet of life, there God's justice is manifested.” Pope at Angelus offers Lunar New Year's greetings for China and Vietnam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Where the poor are consoled and admitted to the banquet of life, there God's justice is manifested. This is the task that the Lord's disciples are called to undertake even now in the pres ...
• 15 February 2010
  VATICAN - Pope at Caritas Shelter: “The witness of charity belongs to the mission of the Church together with the proclamation of the Gospel.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Know that the Church loves you deeply and will not abandon you, because it recognizes in the countenance of each of you that of Christ.” This is what the Holy Father Benedict XVI said ...
• 15 February 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Jesus' parables still speak today, theme of spiritual retreat for Taipei priests Taipei (Agenzia Fides) – "The parables of Jesus" was the theme of the annual spiritual retreat for priests of the Archdiocese of Taipei held at the end of January. According to information received by Fides, in five da ...
• 15 February 2010
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Cholera epidemic seriously threatening the country; 45 dead in February alone Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) – No case of cholera had been reported in Papua New Guinea (PNG) for 50 years. However, as of today, 45 people have died from the disease and since its first recorded case in August 2009, o ...