News

• 2 September 2009
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Several activities of the Catholic Church in Egypt: youth gathering, women's retreat Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – This August, the Catholic Church in Egypt did not go on vacations, but instead offered its faithful several activities oriented towards spirituality and reflection. In mid-August, there was a l ...
• 2 September 2009
  AFRICA/GABON - This evening, presidential election results expected Libreville (Agenzia Fides) – This evening, September 2, the results of the presidential election that began on August 30 in Gabon (see Fides 31/08/2009), are expected to appear. The capital, Libreville, is awaiting the ...
• 2 September 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Dominican Missionary Center in Taiwan celebrates 10th anniversary Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – A puppet show on stories from the Bible was the main attraction at the celebrations held for the 10th anniversary of the foundation of the Dominican Missionary Center. With the collaboration o ...
• 2 September 2009
  VATICAN - “Ephphata! The Deaf Person in the Life of the Church”: Program for the 24th International Conference of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On November 19-21, the Vatican will host the 24th International Conference of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care, which this year will be dedicated to “The Deaf Person in t ...
• 2 September 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - National Secretariat for Pastoral and Social Ministry organizes “Colombia-Ecuador Seminar” and a Congress on social integration Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - “To generate a high-profile debate in order to confront, from a binational perspective, the political and humanitarian situations and the institutional and social responses to these factors...� ...
• 2 September 2009
  AMERICA/CHILE - In preparation for Presidential and Parliamentary elections, Bishop ask that “the political vocation be held in high consideration” to reestablish credibility in citizens Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – In light of the upcoming Presidential and Parliamentary elections scheduled for late this year, the Permanent Committee of the Chilean Bishops' Conference (CEC), through its Presiden ...
• 2 September 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Putting God and the Mission First”: 17th General Chapter of the Combonian Missionaries Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Combonian Missionaries' 17th General Chapter will officially begin with a solemn Eucharistic Celebration this coming Sunday, September 6. Already, since August 31, the 72 chapter members and ...
• 2 September 2009
  VATICAN - Ave Maria: Mgr Luciano Alimandi - Jesus takes nothing and gives all Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "‘'Listen to me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that goes into someone from outside can make that person unclean; it is the things that come out of someone that make that person unc ...
• 2 September 2009
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on June 26, 2009, appointed Fr. Michel Coppin, SDS, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
• 2 September 2009
  EUROPE/GERMANY - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Germany/Monaco confirmed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on May 5, 2009, confirmed the appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies i ...
• 1 September 2009
  ASIA/ISRAEL - New health center opened in Aboud Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – A new Caritas health center in the Jerusalem area has been opened in Aboud. In the past 19 years, thanks to the high quality service offered by various health sectors and laboratory services ...
• 1 September 2009
  MISSIONARY INTENTION - Holy Father's Missionary Prayer Intention for September 2009: “That Christians in Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar, who often meet with great difficulties, may not be discouraged from announcing the Gospel to their brothers, trusting in the strength of the Holy Spirit.” Commentary. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Over the course of the Church's 20 centuries of history, it has been calculated that an estimated 43 million Christians have died as martyrs. Half of them have died in the past century, p ...
• 1 September 2009
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Work begins on Saint Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, supported by John Paul II, near the Basilica of “Notre Dame de la Paix” Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) – The Apostolic Nuncio in Ivory Coast, Archbishop Ambrose Madtha, Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, Ms. Therese Marie-Therese Houphouet-Boigny (widow of the first President of Ivory Coa ...
• 1 September 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Priests of South Africa issue a report on their status and prepare to collaborate during the World Cup 2010 Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – The serious acts of violence committed against Catholic priests have been denounced by representatives of the priests in the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (South Africa, B ...
• 1 September 2009
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Petition to abolish the “Law on Blasphemy” Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Christians in Pakistan are working against the controversial law on blasphemy. The Justice and Commission of the Pakistani Bishops' Conference, has called for the signing of a petition to be ...