News

• 11 September 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - 23rd International AIFO Convention: “Becoming Persons. The path of the downtrodden towards universal citizenship” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Assisi will be hosting the International AIFO (Associazione Italiana Amici di Raoul Follereau) Convention, October 16-18. It is one of the most important events organized by the Association in pr ...
• 10 September 2009
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Dietary supplements used to fight child anemia and rickets Talas (Agenzia Fides) – In the Province of Talas (northwestern Kyrgyzstan), a three-month plan is underway for the distribution of dietary supplements in order to reduce the number of children with anemia and rickets. ...
• 10 September 2009
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Important member of Lord's Resistance Army captured in Central Africa Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – An important commander of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has been captured by the Ugandan Army in southern Central African Republic. Mickman Opuk was the security guard for Joseph Kony, leade ...
• 10 September 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - After the formation decided by Rajoelina alone, opposition declares 'war': “It is a power struggle that loses sight of the common good,” local Church sources tell Fides Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - “We are awaiting developments on the situation and to see if, when, and how the announced demonstrations of Rajoelina's opponents turn out,” Agenzia Fides was told by sources at Radio D ...
• 10 September 2009
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - “We are hoping for a bright future for the youth and for evangelization,” Bishop of Mymesingh tells Agenzia Fides, following arrival of Salesians in the diocese Mymesingh (Agenzia Fides) - “We are all very delighted with the arrival of the Salesian missionaries in our diocese. They will be a great help to us in evangelization, in youth ministry, in education, and in profession ...
• 10 September 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Preparations continue for Indian Missionary Congress with hymn and new website Bombay (Agenzia Fides) - “The Indian Missionary Congress is, on the one hand, the celebration of the 2,000th anniversary of Christianity in India, as well as call to renew our faith,” said Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Pr ...
• 10 September 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - September 12-13, “Mas por menos” National Collection “to offer the Catholic Church's grain of sand in the fight against marginalization in our country” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “More solidarity for less marginalization.” This is the theme of the 40th “Mas por menos” National Collection that will take place in Argentina this weekend (September 12-13), being ...
• 10 September 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Rector of Interdiocesan Propaedeutic Seminary “Kristu Jyoti Gurukul” in Diocese of Simla and Chandigarh appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on May 8, 2009, appointed Fr. Thomas Kolenchery of the Diocese of Jullundur (India), as Rector of the In ...
• 10 September 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - The State is not the owner of life Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Italian parliament has just resumed its activity with the debate on what is termed “the biological will”, but which we prefer to call “testament of life”. The debate has reactiv ...
• 10 September 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Symposium on Missiology: “That which we have heard and seen we now know” Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – From September 17-19, the house of the Crusade Missionaries in Cochabamba will host the II Bolivian Symposium of Missiology on: “That which we have heard and seen we now know.” The even ...
• 10 September 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishop of Puerto Iguazu visits tornado disaster area to express Church's solidarity with victims Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – After a tornado tore through the City of San Pedro on the night of September 7-8, Bishop Marcelo Raul Martorell of Puerto Iguazu went to visit the towns of Santa Rosa, Pozo Azul, and Tobu ...
• 10 September 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - National Council of Lay Apostolate invites everyone to participate in the closing celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the island's evangelization: “bring a friend, even a non-Christian friend, because we want everyone to meet the Lord” Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - “Bring your friends to Lin Kou Stadium for the closing ceremony of the 150th Anniversary of the Evangelization of Taiwan, on November 21, Vigil of Christ the King!” This is the appeal launch ...
• 10 September 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - September 13, XX Marian Day for the Family at Torreciudad Shrine Huesca (Agenzia Fides) – This coming Sunday, September 13, the Marian Shrine of Torreciudad (Huesca), will host the XX Marian Day for the Family, which this year will be presided by Archbishop Francisco Gil Hellin of B ...
• 10 September 2009
  VATICAN - Saint Peter Damian “made of monastic life an eloquent testimony of the primacy of God and a call to all to walk toward holiness, free from any compromise with evil.” Holy Father's catechesis from the General Audience Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “St. Peter Damian, monk, lover of solitude and, at the same time, intrepid man of the Church, personally involved in the work of reform undertaken by the popes of the time,” was the the ...
• 9 September 2009
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Church denounces violation of children's rights, especially among indigenous and migrants San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – On the celebration of the Day of the Child, taking place today, September 9, the President of the Costa Rican Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Hugo Barrantes, lamented the situation of poverty ...