News

• 28 October 2009
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Polls open in Mozambique: situation is calm, incumbent President and party declare victory, uncertainty as to voting participation Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - “The Mozambicans are coming to the polls calmly. The electoral campaign has been fairly tranquil, although there have been a few low-key incidents,” Agenzia Fides has been told by local Churc ...
• 27 October 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on July 30, 2009, confirmed the appointment of Fr. Eugenio Scarpellini as National Director of the Pontifi ...
• 27 October 2009
  AMERICA/CHILE - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on July 30, 2009, confirmed the appointment of Fr. Jorge Vega Velasco, SVD, as National Director of the Po ...
• 27 October 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Basque dioceses celebrate 50 years on the missions in Africa Vitoria (Agenzia Fides) – On October 31, in the Diocesan Seminary of Vitoria, there will be a gathering to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Basque dioceses' work on the missions in Africa. The festivities will beg ...
• 27 October 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - 16th Encounter for National Youth Ministry Leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean, to become “disciples and missionaries, evangelizers of the youth” Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - “Walking with Jesus, accompanying our people” is the theme of the 16th Encounter for National Youth Ministry Leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean, taking place October 25-30 in Vi ...
• 27 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Missionary Disciples, here and beyond our borders”: preparation for the III National Encounter of Missionary Groups 2010 Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Sergio Fenoy of San Miguel, in a message sent to priests, community superiors of consecrated life, directors of educational institutions, and members of Church movements and associ ...
• 27 October 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Salesian Sister Monica Liu is new President of the Association of Major Women Superiors in Hong Kong; Bishop John Tong invites religious to participate in Year for Priestly Vocations Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Sr. Monica Liu, of the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians, Provincial Superior of the Salesian Sisters, has been elected the new President of the Association of Major Women Superiors in H ...
• 27 October 2009
  ASIA/VIETNAM - “Great Assembly of the People of God in the Holy Year 2010”: Bishops' announcement for the Jubilee Year for the Church in Vietnam Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) – A “great assembly of the people of God,” organized “according to the model of the Synod of Bishops” will be a central event of the Holy Year 2010, in which the Church in Vietnam, as the ...
• 27 October 2009
  AFRICA - Arms Trade Treaty talks to resume in early November, mentioned in Propositions of Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In early November, the United Nations Disarmament Commission will examine the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The Treaty was also mentioned in the Final List of Propositions of the Special Assembly for ...
• 27 October 2009
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Mozambique to vote tomorrow: incumbent President is the favorite Maputo (Agenzia Fides) – Over 10 million Mozambican voters (of a population of a little over 22 million) will hit the polls tomorrow, October 28, for presidential elections, nationals and provincials. It is the fourt ...
• 27 October 2009
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - For the first time, refugee children vaccinated against measles in Waziristan zone Dera Ismail Khan (Agenzia Fides) – Thousands of refugee children in southern Waziristan have been vaccinated for the first time against measles. There are nearly 180,000 children among the IDP (internally displaced peo ...
• 26 October 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI concludes Synod for Africa: “Courage! Get on your feet, continent of Africa...As she offers the bread of the Word and the Eucharist, the Church dedicates herself also to work, with every means available, so that no African will be without daily bread” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Get up, Church in Africa, family of God...Take the journey of a new evangelization with the courage that comes from the Holy Spirit...Courage! Get on your feet, continent of Africa. Welc ...
• 26 October 2009
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus recalls the dynamism of the local African Churches: “We are grateful to God for the missionary élan that has found fertile ground in numerous dioceses and that is expressed in the sending of missionaries to other African countries and different continents.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – During the three weeks of the II Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops. “the Synod Fathers, who have come from every country in Africa, have presented the rich reality of ...
• 26 October 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Parish Pastor of Saint Patrick's Church in Chatham, New Jersey killed Chatham (Agenzia Fides) – The lifeless body of Fr. Ed Hinds, Pastor of Saint Patrick's Church in New Jersey, nearly 10 miles from Newark, was found the morning of Saturday, October 24, in the kitchen of the Rectory adj ...
• 26 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Bring love and peace where there is rancor, hate, and envy,” Archbishop of Buenos Aires says during Archdiocesan Day for Children Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “For the celebration to be complete and for all, we should make others participate in our joy. We should bring peace and love where there is rancor, hate, and envy.” These were the word ...