News

• 17 November 2009
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Church renews apologies to people who suffered in institutional care Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - After the words of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who has apologized for the suffering of children in institutional care in the 20th century. These are children who, by a colonial ideology that despi ...
• 17 November 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bolivia on permanent mission prepares for December 6 elections; Cardinal Terrazas: “May our conscience be what moves us, not fear.” La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Santa Cruz, Cardinal Julio Terrazas has asked that the vote of all Bolivians in the upcoming election not be the result of fear, but an act according to their conscience: "We mu ...
• 17 November 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 3,000 catechists to attend close of Catechetical Year in Archdiocese of Maringa Maringa (Agenzia Fides) - November 22 will be the official closing of the Catechetical Year of the Archdiocese of Maringá (PR), at the Sports Center of Tancredo Neves, in Sarandi. Sunday afternoon, the Archbishop Anuar ...
• 16 November 2009
  VATICAN - Letter from Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone to priests in China for Year for Priests: “despite the persisting difficulties, the information that has come from different parts of China points also to signs of hope.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – An “invitation to hope” is what opens the Letter that Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State, has addressed to all priests of the Catholic Church in the People's Republic of Ch ...
• 16 November 2009
  VATICAN - Pope tells Bishops of “South 1” Region of Brazil: “speak to the heart of your people, awaken consciences, unite wills in a joint effort against the growing wave of violence and contempt for the human being” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Your people harbor in their hearts great religious sentiments and noble traditions, rooted in Christianity, which are expressed in heartfelt and genuine religious and civil manifestation ...
• 16 November 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Africa needs water, not GMOs,” Cardinal Napier, Archbishop of Durban, tells Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "From the first information that I have read this morning on the FAO Summit, I have the impression that this organization does not know what the real problems of nutrition in Africa are. Africans d ...
• 16 November 2009
  VATICAN - Holy Father Benedict XVI's Letter to the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples on their Plenary Assembly Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI has sent Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, the following message on the occasion of the Plenary Assembly of t ...
• 16 November 2009
  EUROPE/GERMANY - For dignity and justice for all people on the margins of society: Caritas Germany's plan to help children who collect garbage in Brazil Friburg (Agenzia Fides) – On the evening of Saturday, November 14, in 54 cities throughout Germany, a sea of candles were lit for the initiative entitled “A Million Stars.” Caritas Germany, accepting the invitation ...
• 16 November 2009
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Clergy celebrates 75th anniversary and Saint Coeur de Marie Major Seminary in Anyama celebrates 50th anniversary Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, November 15, 2009, the National Day for Peace, in the presence of Cardinal Bernard Agre, and the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Ambrose Madtha, the Church of Ivory Coast has solemnly ...
• 16 November 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Intense celebration of the Year for Priests in mainland China Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – This evening, November 16, marks the beginning of the training course for priests organized for the Year for Priests by Faith Center in the city of Shi Jia Zhuang, He Bei Province in mainland ...
• 16 November 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Religious in Korea, “the yeast of society”: assembly for male and female religious institutes Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Religious men and women in Korea are called to be salt, light, and leaven in society and in this spirit live their mission. This is a summary presented to Fides, of the conclusions of the two sp ...
• 16 November 2009
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Family, work and new forms of social culture among issues addressed by Bishops of Uruguay in their 2nd Annual Plenary Assembly Florida (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Uruguay have issued a press release at the end of the Second Annual Plenary Assembly, celebrated from November 4 to 11. Two events that have marked this year: the visit of Vice- ...
• 16 November 2009
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops of Chile examine “the challenge of putting the whole Church in a permanent state of mission.” Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – November 16-20, the town of Punta de Tralca will host the 98th Plenary Assembly of the Chilean Bishops' Conference. One of the themes will be: "the situation on the eve of national p ...
• 16 November 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - Celebration of 160th anniversary of Chinese community in Peru Lima (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, November 15, Cardinal Juan L. Cipriani Thorne, Archbishop of Lima, presided at the Basilica Cathedral of Lima, a Mass to commemorate 160 years of the Chinese community in Peru. The Mas ...
• 14 November 2009
  VATICAN - "With the proclamation of the Gospel, the Church opens her heart to God and neighbor, and awakens consciences. With the strength of her message, she defends authentic human rights and is committed to justice” - Pope's exhortation to Pontifical Council Cor Unum Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Church, in her proclamation of salvation, can not be separated "from the concrete conditions of people's lives, [of those] to whom she is sent. Her efforts on improving are part of her ...