News

• 19 February 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - “The State of Food and Agriculture 2010” yearly report from the FAO launches alert on aid needed in Haiti Rome (Agenzia Fides) – During the Rome presentation of the Annual Report of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Director General, Jacques Diouf sounded the alarm on the worrying situation in Haiti, sayi ...
• 19 February 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - A month after the earthquake: Italian families offer long-distance adoption to 4,000 children Rome (Agenzia Fides) – A month after the earthquake, 4,130 children in Haiti have been adopted at a distance by Italian families. This month, in fact, the Italian NGO active on the island experienced a real boom in mem ...
• 18 February 2010
  VATICAN - “Migration is an invitation to imagine a different future, which aims at the development of humankind in its totality.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Migration is a sign of the times, deeply affecting our societies. Its range and size have increased dramatically and will continue to do so in the foreseeable future. Its interconnection ...
• 18 February 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Rector of Saint Paul Theological Interdiocesan Seminary in Khartoum appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on January 4, 2010, appointed Fr. Michael Adgum Didi, of the archdiocesan clergy of Khartoum, Rector of S ...
• 18 February 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Cathedral of Tai Yuan: analyze evangelization work of 2009 to improve in 2010 Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) – Nothing is more important, urgent, and wonderful than evangelization: this statement of of Pope Benedict XVI was the standard used by the Catholic community of the Cathedral of the Diocese of ...
• 18 February 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Promoting an economy at the service of life: the objective of the Brotherhood Campaign Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The Brotherhood Campaign that the National Council of Christian Churches of Brazil (CONIC) began on Ash Wednesday, February 17, aims at helping society in general to build an economy that is ...
• 18 February 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “The slavery of money and injustice have their origins in the heart of man.” Papal Message read at opening of Brotherhood Campaign Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the National Council of Christian Churches of Brazil (CONIC), Pastor Carlos Möller, presided over the ecumenical celebration held for the opening of Ecumenical Brotherhood C ...
• 18 February 2010
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - An hour less on the Internet and an hour more in prayer: a Lenten proposal from Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras), asked the many “Internet-dependent” to consider the proposal for an "Internet fast" this Lent, to devote this ...
• 18 February 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Archbishop of Mombasa says Lent is a perfect time to rediscover God's love for each one of us Mombasa (Agenzia Fides) – Lent “helps us to prepare ourselves for the suffering, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ,” writes Archbishop Boniface Lele of Mombasa (Kenya), in his Lenten Message, a copy o ...
• 18 February 2010
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - “A disembodied Christianity has no right to citizenship in Central Africa," Bishops say, calling faithful to coherence in preparation for elections Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – The political crisis that threatened the conduct of forthcoming elections in the Central African Republic seems to have been overcome. Sunday, February 14th, Central African rebel movements and ...
• 17 February 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - "Everyone must respect the Constitution": Bishop of Bandung tells Fides about ruling supporting construction of a church Bandung (Agenzia Fides) – "We accept with serenity the verdict of the Court, in favor of the construction of the Church of Saint Mary, in the Diocese of Bandung, without claiming victory. We are now awaiting the motion ...
• 17 February 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Testimony of Bishop Raymund Wang Chonglin: untiring in the work of evangelization, never discouraged by difficulties Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On this past February 2, Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, Archbishop Raymond Wang Chonglin, retired bishop of the Diocese of Chaohsien (Zhaoxian), Hebei Province (Mainland China) died follo ...
• 17 February 2010
  VATICAN - Vocations Day: “in order to foster vocations to the ministerial priesthood and the consecrated life...we cannot do without the example of those who have already said “yes” to God” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “In order to foster vocations to the ministerial priesthood and the consecrated life, and to be more effective in promoting the discernment of vocations, we cannot do without the example ...
• 17 February 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres celebrate 50 years of mission on the island Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – The Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres (SPC) have completed 50 years of mission in the island of Taiwan. During the solemn jubilee celebration presided over by Archbishop Peter Liu of Kaohsiung, ...
• 17 February 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - 18 years since massacre of Christians in Kinshasa, seeking democracy Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Democratic Republic of Congo recalls the massacre of February 16, 1992 that took place in Kinshasa, capital of what was then Zaire. That day, 18 years ago, the Catholic and the Protestant ...