News

• 4 January 2010
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Coadjutor Bishop of Quy Nhon appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on December 31, 2009, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Quy Nhon (Vietnam), Fr. Matthieu Nguyen Van Khoi, parish priest of the Cathedral of Quy Nhon ...
• 4 January 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “Kids find new ways” - 52nd Sternsinger Campaign focuses on Senegal Aachen (Agenzia Fides) – For the 52nd time, in the days before and after the Epiphany, the "Star Singers" (Sternsinger) of the German Holy Childhood Association have taken to the streets of Germany with their carols. " ...
• 4 January 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - "We have 2,000 refugees to help," said the Bishop of Isiro-Niangara Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Thank God, Christmas 2009 was not marked by bloodshed as was that of 2008, but our main concern remains the nearly 2,000 displaced persons of Tapili, who fled the attacks of the guerrillas in ...
• 4 January 2010
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - 2010 sees new parishes for Diocese of Ndalatando, says Bishop Canda Ndalatando (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishop of the Diocese of Ndalatando, Province of Kwanza North, Bishop Almeida Canda, said that the year 2010 will see the building of new parishes in different municipalities of the pro ...
• 4 January 2010
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Presidential elections on January 26, a crucial moment for reconciliation Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – In the next presidential elections set for January 26, 2010, Sri Lanka will choose its new president, two years before current President Mahina Rajapaksa's term was originally scheduled to end ...
• 4 January 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - National Institute for Pastoral Training in Caracas reopens, amidst Continental Mission Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, January 9, 2010, the "Hermano Lanz"Auditorium of the UCAB (Universidad Católica Andrés Bello) in Caracas, will host the act of the reactivation of the National Institute for Pa ...
• 4 January 2010
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - The Church in Oceania and the “Reverse Mission” Auckland (Agenzia Fides) - “The faith of Catholics in Oceania is being attacked by consumerism, materialism, and hedonism: that is why today we are seeing a 'reverse mission'. We are the land evangelized by the faithfu ...
• 4 January 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Children from Germany's Holy Childhood Association “Sternsinger” participate in New Year's Mass with Benedict XVI Aachen (Agenzia Fides) – A delegation of 22 children from the Archdiocese of Cologne, who are part of the "Singers of the Star" of the German Holy Childhood Association, attended New Year's Mass with the Holy Father Be ...
• 3 January 2010
  VATICAN - “Humankind must not resign itself to the negative power of selfishness and violence; it must not become accustomed to conflicts which cause victims and put the future of peoples at risk” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Humankind must not resign itself to the negative power of selfishness and violence; it must not become accustomed to conflicts which cause victims and put the future of peoples at risk. ...
• 3 January 2010
  VATICAN - “Humankind must not resign itself to the negative power of selfishness and violence; it must not become accustomed to conflicts which cause victims and put the future of peoples at risk” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Humankind must not resign itself to the negative power of selfishness and violence; it must not become accustomed to conflicts which cause victims and put the future of peoples at risk. ...
• 29 December 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Latest issue of "My Rainbow Newspaper," a bimonthly for children, and music CD dedicated to the missions Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – The latest issue (January-February 2010) of the Polish Catholic children's bimonthly "My Rainbow Newspaper" ("Moje Tęcza Pismo"), is dedicated to the presentation of the missionary th ...
• 29 December 2009
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Coadjutor of the Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom-Penh appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, on December 24, 2009, appointed Fr. Olivier Schmitthaeusler M.E.P., Vicar General of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia, and Secretary of the Bishops' Conference of Cambodia, as Coadjuto ...
• 29 December 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Message from Bishop of Inongo: This night of misery and humiliation is illumined by a Presence Inongo (Agenzia Fides) - "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light" is the theme of the message for the Christmas and New Year 2010 that the Bishop of Inongo, Bishop Philippe Nkiere Kena, has written ta ...
• 29 December 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - In Week for Sanctification of the Family, there should be a renewed understanding of the true meaning of the Sacrament of Marriage Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the Week for the Sanctification of the Family starting from the Feast of Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, on December 27, 2009, the Most Rev. Paul Hwang Cheol-soo, Preside ...
• 29 December 2009
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Providing drinking water to children in Rwanda in the fight against world hunger Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In an effort to promote and support the welfare of the population in the districts of Gicumbi and Gatsibo, Rwanda, through integrated interventions in health, hygiene, habitat, environment, educa ...