News

• 3 February 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian refugees from Orissa, a “shame” to hide Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) – The tremendous suffering of the displaced Christians in Orissa, victims of anti-Christian violence which occurred in August 2008, continues. As Agenzia Fides learns from the Church in Oris ...
• 3 February 2010
  ASIA/JAPAN - “Vocational blogs” to inspire enthusiasm for the priesthood and religious life Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) – The spark of a vocation could come through the Internet. This is what has been affirmed by the new task force dedicated to the promotion of vocations, recently established by the Catholic Church ...
• 3 February 2010
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Don Orione spiritual family entrusted with care for immigrants in Changwon, their first house in Korea Changwon (Agenzia Fides) – "Today, February 2, Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple and World Day for Consecrated Life, a discreet yet important event was held in Changwon, a coastal city in South Korea: th ...
• 3 February 2010
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - AU Summit concludes, focus on crises in Somalia and Madagascar and peace-keeping in Sudan Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) – The conflict in Somalia, the peacekeeping operation in Sudan, and the political crisis in Madagascar were the main themes of the African Union Summit which ended yesterday, February 2, in ...
• 2 February 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Apostolic Nuncio accompanies Bishops of Dominican Republic to pray before tomb of Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, Archbishop Bernardito Auza, told Agenzia Fides of his meeting with the Bishops of the Dominican Republic (DR) and with the Bishops of Haiti, which took pl ...
• 2 February 2010
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Cardinal Lopez Rodriguez: The people of the Dominican Republic continue to care for the wounded of the earthquake Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – Agenzia Fides has received a letter from the Cardinal Archbishop of Santo Domingo and President of the Bishops' Conference of the Dominican Republic, Archbishop Nicolás de Jesús López ...
• 2 February 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Meeting on the Jos crisis: "a fruitful meeting which concluded that religion is not the cause of the clashes," city's Archbishop tells Fides Jos (Agenzia Fides) – "It was a positive and fruitful meeting," Archbishop Ignatius A. Kaigama of Jos told Agenzia Fides, after attending a meeting at the Presidential Residence in Abuja, with the Vice-President of Nig ...
• 2 February 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Solidarity of the Church in Isiro with LRA guerrilla war victims Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic community in Isiro, in the Equator Province in north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Sunday, January 31, held a procession and a Mass to remember and pray for the vi ...
• 2 February 2010
  ASIA - Women in Asia, amidst violence and poverty, find their strength in the Eucharist Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) – "Violence against women is widespread in South Asia. There is a great poverty among women. In South Asian societies, prejudice and discrimination against women is the dominant culture. Religion, ...
• 2 February 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - New report on protecting Aboriginal peoples Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Reduce the presence of Aborigines in Australian prisons, protecting the native language to support the development of local Aboriginal communities...these are among the proposals contained in t ...
• 1 February 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Angelus: “Charity is what distinguishes the Christian,” entrusts all sick and all who work “for a world without leprosy” to Saint Damien de Veuster Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “For now, while we are in this world, charity is what distinguishes the Christian. The Christian’s whole life is summed up by charity: what he believes and what he does. For this reason ...
• 1 February 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Situation of religious communities after the earthquake Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Haitian Conference of Religious has drafted a preliminary report, although still incomplete, on the situation of religious communities following the earthquake. A copy of the report w ...
• 1 February 2010
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "Popular Piety in the Document of Aparecida; The Continental Mission in Shrines and Sanctuaries." Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – The goal is to share, analyze, and reflect on the pastoral work done in the field of popular piety and its ability to promote the study of popular piety and shrines in the Latin American cult ...
• 1 February 2010
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Message from Bishops at close of yearly Assembly: future of Guatemalans is rooted in freedom, justice, truth, and solidarity Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – After holding their Assembly January 25 to 29 2010, the Bishops of Guatemala released a final document entitled: "Let us Live Charity in Truth," a copy of which was sent to Agenzia Fide ...
• 1 February 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on January 15, 2010, confirmed the appointment of Fr. Guillermo A. Morales Martinez as National Director ...