News

• 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 ...
• 26 October 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - University of the Holy Cross signs accord with National Chengchi University of Taiwan, for student/teacher exchange program Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical University of the Holy Cross has signed an accord with the National Chengchi University of Taiwan, one of the most prestigious research institutes in the country, in order to promo ...
• 26 October 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Turning over a new page in Taiwan's evangelization” and the invitation of the Secretary General of the Taiwan Regional Bishops' Conference Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - “Turning over a new page in Taiwan's evangelization” is the title of the address given by Fr. Chen Ke, Secretary General of the Taiwan Regional Bishops' Conference, at the seminar held for Wo ...
• 26 October 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “The way of life, our way”: campaign for the abolition of the death penalty Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Korea has once again launched the campaign for the abolition of the death penalty in the country, through an awareness campaign entitled: “The way of life, our way,” organized ...
• 26 October 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Mall to replace leprosy clinic: a Catholic institution on its way to closure Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Karnataka, an important state in southern India, whose capital is Bangalore, is very concerned. As Agenzia Fides learns from local Church sources, the old leprosy clin ...
• 26 October 2009
  AFRICA - African mineral resources worth 46.2 billion dollars; with 12% of this, Africa could finance infrastructures on par with Europe Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The earth is a precious gift from God to humanity. The Synod Fathers give thanks to God for the abundant natural resources of Africa. However, they affirm that the people of Africa, instead of b ...
• 24 October 2009
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Sunday, October 25, in Caracas, “7th Youth Missionary March” sponsored by the Consolata Missionaries Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “We are in the missionary month of October, and after having celebrated World Missions Sunday with the theme 'Spreading the Word of God,' we renew our invitation to the local Churches to embra ...
• 24 October 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Catholic schools cannot be obliged to teach abortion.” Address from Secretary General of Colombian Bishops' Conference Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - “Catholic schools cannot be obliged to teach or give lessons on abortion.” This is what was affirmed by the Secretary General of the Colombian Bishops' Conference (CEC), Bishop Juan Vicente C ...
• 24 October 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - Caritas of Piura and Tumbes promotes a food security plan for over 3,000 people Piura (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Piura and President of Caritas Piura and Tumbes, Archbishop Jose Antonio Eguren Anselmi, recently presented the “Integral Plan for developing food security in 19 farming area ...
• 24 October 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - World Mission Sunday, 18 catechumens receive Sacraments of Christian Initiation in parish of Nan She, Diocese of Tai Yuan Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) – 18 adult catechumens of the parish of Nan She, in the Diocese of Tai Yuan, Province of Shan Xi, received the Sacraments of Christian Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist) on World ...