News

• 30 October 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishop of Kohima resigns Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on October 30, 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Kohima (India) presented by Bishop Jose Mukala, in conformity w ...
• 30 October 2009
  VATICAN - The Pope encourages those working in communications and pastoral guidance in the Church to “to take up the challenges that these new technologies pose to evangelization.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Modern culture arises, even before the contents, from the very fact that new ways of communication exist with new languages, new techniques, new psychological behavior. All this constitu ...
• 30 October 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells new Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran: “The Holy See trusts that the Iranian authorities will be able to reinforce and guarantee to Christians the liberty to profess their faith and to ensure for the Catholic community the essential conditions for its existence.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “By your presence in international entities and bilateral relations with numerous countries, the Holy See wishes to defend and promote human dignity. It also wishes to be at the service o ...
• 30 October 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - The “great venture” of Fr. Matteo Ricci: display opened at the Vatican, to be presented at Shanghai Expo 2010 Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Matteo Ricci, the missionary par excellence, will be presented at the Shanghai Expo 2010. This is what Bishop Claudio Giuliodori of Macerata said in a press conference for the presentation of ...
• 30 October 2009
  AFRICA/GHANA - “Pontifical Mission Societies, Means of Evangelization”: Encounter of National Directors of the PMS of English Speaking Africa Accra (Agenzia Fides) - The PMS National Directors of English Speaking Africa had their regional meeting in Accra (Ghana) from 19-27 October 2009. The theme of the meeting was: “Pontifical Mission Societies, Means of E ...
• 30 October 2009
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Controversy over the name “Allah”: 15,000 Bibles confiscated Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) – Over 15,000 Bibles have been confiscated by the Malaysian police and will not reach churches nor homes of the faithful. This is what Fides has learned from Church sources in Malaysia, whe ...
• 30 October 2009
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “Family, be missionary disciples!” Family Week and National Family Hug Day Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “Family, be missionary disciples” is the theme chosen for National Family Hug Day, which will take place on November 8 in Venezuela, as the conclusion to Family Week. The initiative is organ ...
• 30 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Marriage only exists between a man and a woman.” Declaration from the Institute for Marriage and the Family at the Catholic University of Argentina Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “Marriage is founded on a free, permanent, and exclusive bond between a man and a woman, for mutual support, towards the procreation and education of their children. In this sense, it rep ...
• 29 October 2009
  MISSIONARY INTENTION - The Holy Father's Missionary Intention for November 2009: “That believers in the different religions, through the testimony of their lives and fraternal dialogue, may clearly demonstrate that the name of God is a bearer of peace.” Commentary. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Peace is one of the values most needed by our world. Violent conflicts have taken place in the last century more than in any other previous historical era. Death, destruction, division, h ...
• 29 October 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Rector of Regional Seminary of Taipei appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on August 6, 2009, appointed Fr. Eugene Lin Chi-Cheng, of the clergy of the Diocese of Kaohsiung, Rector ...
• 29 October 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Christian Churches working with government to fight AIDS and crime Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The Church Leaders of South Africa enthusiastically participated in a frank and open discussion with Minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi and National Commissioner of Police, Bheki Cele at ...
• 29 October 2009
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - “There is a risk for bloodshed”: Zimbabwean churches send out warning for possible failure of government of national unity Harare (Agenzia Fides) - “Bloodshed” is what is at risk in Zimbabwe, following a rupture in relations between Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe and his party, the ZANU-PF. This is what the ...
• 29 October 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Day of Fasting and Prayer for missionaries throughout the world, for the liberation of Fr. Sinnott Pagadian (Agenzia Fides) – The Missionaries of Saint Columban, the community of Fr. Michael Sinnot (kidnapped October 11 in Pagadian, South Philippines), yesterday held a Day of Fasting and Prayer to ask God to protect ...
• 29 October 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics preparing for Feast of All Souls, with special remembrance of missionaries buried in China Rome (Agenzia Fides) – As they do every year, Chinese Catholics are preparing to celebrate the November 2nd Feast of All Souls, in communion with the Universal Church. In these days, various Catholic communities are pr ...
• 29 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Days of reflection and formation for missionary groups: “Go and make them all my disciples.” Mercedes (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, November 7, in the Holy Cure of Ars Seminary in Mercedes (Buenos Aires), there will be a day for reflection and formation for missionary groups, on the theme: “Go and make them ...