News

• 11 September 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Interfaith relations in the realization of the Church's mission, focus of the International Conference of Canonists in Czestochowa Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - “A divided Church is against the will of Jesus Christ and is anti-missionary and anti-evangelizing. We should use every means possible, such as prayer, to fulfill Jesus' will. Loving the C ...
• 11 September 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Chorus, orchestra, and ballet placed at the service of evangelization: an initiative of the community of Wei Xian, Province of He Bei Han Dan (Agenzia Fides) – The initiatives for the new evangelization promoted by the community of Wei Xian, in the Province of He Bei, show the necessary participation of the entire community in the Church's mission. I ...
• 11 September 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Marian Mission and Permanent Mission of Military Diocese begin: “With Mary, Our Mother, Missionary Disciples for Bolivia” La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday, September 9, at the Cathedral of La Paz, Bishop Gonzalo del Castillo, Military Bishop of Bolivia, presided the Mass at the beginning of the Marian Mission and the Permanent Missio ...
• 11 September 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Migrant Week 2009: “Establishing dignity in cultural diversity”: “offering a testimony of fraternal charity at the service of our brother immigrants and refugees” Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - “Establishing dignity in cultural diversity” will be the theme of Migrant Week 2009, which will be held in Colombia, September 13-20. The event is coordinated by the Section of Human Mobility ...
• 11 September 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “With Mary, missionary and pilgrims of hope”: 17th Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary in San Nicola, 75th anniversary of the Archdiocese of Rosario Rosario (Agenzia Fides) - “With Mary, missionaries and pilgrims of hope” is the theme of the 17th pilgrimage on foot between the cities of Rosario and San Nicola, which will take place Saturday, September 12 and Sund ...
• 11 September 2009
  VATICAN - Message from the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue on the conclusion of Ramadan: “Christians and Muslims: Together in overcoming poverty.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the the occasion of the end of Ramadan (‘Id al-Fitr, 1430 A.H./2009 A.D.), the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue has issued a message to Muslims, signed by the President ...
• 11 September 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - City of Salta celebrates “El Señor y la Virgen del Milagro” that preserved the city from an earthquake Salta (Agenzia Fides) – On September 8, feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the Cathedral of Salta, a novena was begun in honor of “El Señor y la Virgen del Milagro” (The Lord and the Virgen of th ...
• 11 September 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Eucharistic Congress sponsored by Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious: “Sacrifice of Enduring Love” Washington, DC (Agenzia Fides) – The Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious (CMSWR) is inviting all faithful to attend a Eucharistic Congress on September 11-12, 2009 in Washington, DC at the Basilica of the Nat ...
• 11 September 2009
  VATICAN - Presentation of Holy Father's meeting with artists from all over the world, November 21 in the Sistine Chapel, to “recover and strengthen the alliance between art and faith.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On November 21, in the Sistine Chapel, Pope Benedict XVI will meet with a group of major world artists, in an effort to give greater impetus and continuity to the dialogue between art and ...
• 11 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells sponsors of the Holy See's Pavilion at the Expo Zaragoza 2008: “When God, through creation, gave man the keys to the earth, He wanted him to use this great gift responsibly and respectfully, making it fruitful.” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - “By participating in the exposition the Holy See wished to demonstrate not only the urgent need constantly to defend the environment and the natural world, but also to discover its mor ...
• 11 September 2009
  ASIA/LAOS - New pentavalent vaccine for children in Laos Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Health Department in Laos has started a campaign for free vaccinations against meningitis and pneumonia for children over one year old, for fighting the new influenza. The new pentavalent vac ...
• 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 ...