Rome (Agenzia Fides) According to information from Agenzia Fides, the various Chines Catholic communities are intensely living this missionary month of October, which also coincides with the month of the Rosary and with the month of the harvest, in communion

World Missions Sunday has an important significance for the Catholic community in India, especially this year, as we will also be celebrating the end of the Indian Missionary Congress, taking place October 14-18 in Bombay." This is what Agenzia Fides

The civil-military committee working on the case of the abduction of Fr. Sinnott is working well, thanks to the work of intelligence sources, as well. We are hopeful. There have been positive developments on the case, little steps forward, however

Abba" (Father) is the favorite word the faithful of Taiwan use - especially the children - in referring to their beloved Fr. Angelo Giovanni Pastro, an Italian Camillian Missionary, who died on September 16, at 95 years of age. One

Beirut (Agenzia Fides) There has been a wealth of activities in this Month of the Missions and for World Mission Sunday (WMS) in the Catholic community in Lebanon, thanks to the efforts of the Pontifical Mission Societies.In this missionary month,

Han Dan (Agenzia Fides) For the youth leaders of the evangelization groups in the Diocese of Han Dan, in the Province of He Bei, the long vacation for the national holiday was transformed into an occasion for spiritual enrichment, with

The recent kidnapping of Fr. Sinnott has placed us in a situation of increased tension. The people are afraid as the kidnappings now occur on all levels, although foreigners are the favored target," Fr. Sebastiano D'Ambra, of the Pontifical Institute

Fr. Sinnott is a man of peace. We ask that his abductors may release him soon and treat him with compassion, given his precarious health conditions," Bishop Emmanuel Cabajar of Pagadian told Agenzia Fides in a recent conversation, shortly after

Pagadian (Agenzia Fides) In commenting on concern for the health conditions of Fr. Michael Sinnott, Missionary of Saint Columban abducted in Pagadian, Monsignor Gilbert Hingone, Vicar General of the Diocese of Pagadian, told Agenzia Fides: "We are very concerned for

The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (formerly known as 'Propaganda Fide') and the Evangelization of Taiwan," "Historical, Political, and Missionary Context of the Second Period of the Catholic Evangelization in Taiwan," "Doing Mission in Taiwan: The Experience of the