News

• 20 September 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI beatifies Cardinal Newman: “The definite service to which Blessed John Henry was called involved applying his keen intellect and his prolific pen to many of the most pressing 'subjects of the day.'” Birmingham (Agenzia Fides) - “It is right and fitting that we should recognize today the holiness of a confessor, a son of this nation who, while not called to shed his blood for the Lord, nevertheless bore eloquent wi ...
• 20 September 2010
  VATICAN - Mass in Thanksgiving for the beatification of Cardinal Newman in the Propaganda Fide Chapel, where he was ordained a Catholic priest Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – It was in thanksgiving to God for the beatification of a former pupil of Propaganda Fide and the successful outcome of the apostolic visit of Pope Benedict XVI in the UK that Cardinal Iva ...
• 20 September 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Trafficking of women and children refugees denounced by NGOs Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – It is a growing phenomenon, observed by local NGOs: among the flood refugees there are a rising number of cases of abductions and disappearances of women and children who are victims of huma ...
• 20 September 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionary solidarity project: Brazil sends missionaries to Haiti Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – "Solidarity Between the Church in Brazil and the Church in Haiti" is the name of the missionary project (see Fides 04/03/2010) that has been undertaken by the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (C ...
• 18 September 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians in Orissa only receive “ceremonies” and little aid Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) – The visit of H.T. Sangliana, Vice-President of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), to the Orissa and Kadhamal district was mere “ceremony,” said Archbishop Raphael Cheenath, ...
• 18 September 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Using solidarity to fight radicalism; UN makes appeal Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – In order to face all the problems associated with the vast relief operation taking place amidst the floods in Pakistan - the fatigue in aid, corruption, discrimination, opportunism of Islami ...
• 18 September 2010
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Apostolic Vicar of Awassa tells Fides: “Our concern is to promote integral human development, based on Gospel values.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – An Apostolic Vicariate with an area approximately one third the size of Italy is Awassa, Ethiopia. Fides has asked its Apostolic Vicar, Bishop Giovanni Migliorati, in Rome for the Seminar of newl ...
• 18 September 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Second national meeting of PMS Volunteers in Taiwan Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) – The second national meeting of the Volunteers of the Pontifical Mission Societies was held September 11 and 12 in the city of Kaohsiung, in the south of Taiwan. Over 110 participants from al ...
• 18 September 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the United Kingdom: “cooperation and dialogue between religions calls for mutual respect, the freedom to practice one’s religion and to engage in acts of public worship, and the freedom to follow one’s conscience” London (Agenzia Fides) – “Ever since the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Church has placed special emphasis on the importance of dialogue and cooperation with the followers of other religions.” These were the ...
• 18 September 2010
  VATICAN - Feedback from the Seminar for newly appointed bishops from mission territories: “It helped me see and live the Catholicity of the Church.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – "It has been a wonderful initiative, very rich opportunity for sharing experiences and learning," Fides was told by Bishop Mario Flanders, SDB, Apostolic Vicar of El Petén, Guatemala, in ...
• 18 September 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishop of Zamora is “working for unity in the community” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In a pause in the proceedings of the Seminar organized by the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples for Bishops ordained in the last two years, which is taking place in Rome (see Fides 0 ...
• 17 September 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian pastor wounded “for preaching salvation in Christ” Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - It is an attack on the religious freedom that the state should be protecting: this is what sources of Fides commented on the recent attack in Pakistan suffered by Pastor Emmanuel Beshir, of the " ...
• 17 September 2010
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - National interreligious committee: an important step towards harmony Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - "It is an important step towards establishing interfaith harmony in Malaysia. It is a committee that will serve to meet, discuss, and address - government and religious communities – all ...
• 17 September 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the United Kingdom: “Let it not obscure the Christian foundation that underpins its freedoms...”; “the evangelization of culture is all the more important in our times” Edinburgh (Agenzia Fides) – Encouraging the United Kingdom, in its effort to become a modern and multicultural society, to “always maintain its respect for those traditional values and cultural expressions that more ...
• 17 September 2010
  VATICAN - Pope defines Cardinal Newman as “a figure of a doctor of the Church for us and for all, and a bridge between Anglicans and Catholics” Edinburgh (Agenzia Fides) – During his flight to the United Kingdom, for his 17th Apostolic Journey for the Beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman, Pope Benedict XVI met with journalists aboard the papal aircraft. ...