News

• 18 November 2009
  OCEANIA/VANUATU - Bishop of Port-Vila appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on November 18, 2009, appointed Fr. Jean (John) Bosco Baremes, SM, formerly Councilor of the Marist Fathers' Oceania Province, as Bishop of Port-Vila (Vanuat ...
• 18 November 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - “The Good News travels without a passport” - The missionary path towards Holy Childhood Day, January 6, 2010 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The Good News travels without a passport” is the slogan that accompanies the preparation for the Holy Childhood Day, January 6, 2010, promoted by the National Directorate of the Pontifical Mis ...
• 18 November 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Resurgence of xenophobic violence feared; spokesman from Bishops' Conference tells Fides: “We are in contact with the Internal Affairs Minister and we continue to observe how the situation evolves.” Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - “We are in contact with the Internal Affairs Minister and we continue to observe how the situation evolves, to see what exactly is taking place. When we have a clear picture of what is ha ...
• 18 November 2009
  AFRICA - Western Africa likely to be an area of confrontation between Colombian and Nigerian drug traffickers: UN expert warns Rome (Agenzia Fides) – A Boeing flight hired by South American traffickers crashed on takeoff in northern Mali. Alexandre Schmidt, an official of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has commented on th ...
• 18 November 2009
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Spiritans celebrate their General Chapter in Africa, for the first time Rome (Agenzia Fides) – For the first time in the history of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, founded in 1703, a General Chapter be held in Africa. The Superior General of the Spiritans, with the consent of its boar ...
• 18 November 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - "A new era of evangelization begins, we put out into the deep, we become the hands and feet of Christ," says Bishop of Tai Chung at the close of 150th anniversary of evangelization in Taiwan Tai Chung (Agenzia Fides) - “In the year of grace” in which we recall the 150th anniversary of the evangelization of the island of Taiwan, “how can we forget and not thank foreign missionaries, especially the first ...
• 18 November 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionary School meeting on “The Mission Ad Gentes” ends Umuarama (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocese of Umuarama-Parana, Brazil sent Fides news on the conclusion of their seminar training mission that had as its central theme the "Mission Ad Gentes." The parish of St. Joseph the ...
• 18 November 2009
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - 10 days after Hurricane Ida, Bishops of El Salvador call for international solidarity: “we should continue helping our brothers and sisters, especially the most poor and vulnerable.” San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of El Salvador have issued a statement entitled "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted," to offer information on the tragic situation the country is experie ...
• 18 November 2009
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Alberto Methol Ferre, South American Catholic intellectual, dies in Montevideo Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – Alberto Methol Ferre, South American Catholic intellectual, has passed away in Montevideo. He was 80 years old, born March 31, 1929. He started his studies in Montevideo, then studied law a ...
• 17 November 2009
  VATICAN - Holy Father tells FAO Summit: “Hunger is the most cruel and concrete sign of poverty. Opulence and waste are no longer acceptable when the tragedy of hunger is assuming ever greater proportions.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Hunger is the most cruel and concrete sign of poverty. Opulence and waste are no longer acceptable when the tragedy of hunger is assuming ever greater proportions.” This is what the Holy Fathe ...
• 17 November 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - November 21-22, US parishes hold campaign for victims of economic crisis Washington, DC (Agnezia Fides) – According to a recent press release from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), this weekend (November 21-22), n ...
• 17 November 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishop of Queenstown resigns Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 16 November 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Queenstown (South Africa) presented by Bishop Herbert Nikolaus ...
• 17 November 2009
  ASIA/JAPAN - Bishop of Sapporo resigns Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 16 November 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Sapporo (Japan) presented by Bishop Peter Toshio Jinushi, in co ...
• 17 November 2009
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Archbishop of Douala resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 16 November 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Douala (Cameroon) presented by Bishop Christian Wiyghan Tum ...
• 17 November 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - At the close of celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the evangelization, Bishop of Kaohsiung calls everyone to “open wide the missionary doors” Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) - "After 150 years of effort, we have had a crop equal to 1.3 percent, and looking ahead there is the flood of 23 million compatriots to satiate Christ's hunger .... So we must be 'firm in one s ...