News

• 8 October 2009
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The question of the Tamil refugees influences ethnic reconciliation Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - “Resolving the question of the Tamil refugees, which has remained unresolved since the end the war, is an important and fundamental step for ethnic reconciliation in Sri Lanka.” This is what ...
• 8 October 2009
  ASIA/JAPAN - New Catholic Encyclopedia published in Japanese Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) – With great joy and pride, the Church in Japan has recently presented and distributed the New Catholic Encyclopedia in Japanese: four volumes of nearly 1,500 pages each, nearly 30 years in the w ...
• 8 October 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Parish dedicated to Saint Therese in the Diocese of Hang Zhou launches Month for the Missions; the special connection between Chinese Catholics and the Patroness of the Missions Hang Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – The Parish of St. Therese of the Child Jesus in the Diocese of Hang Zhou was opened in the Month for the Missions with a celebration of the feast of its Patroness, also Patroness of the Miss ...
• 7 October 2009
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Scalabrini-Fest of Fruits at the Centre of Spirituality in Stuttgart Stuttgart (Agenzia Fides) - Reactions of refusal against those who are foreigners, immigrants or refugees are increasing in Europe and the world, reaching the point of serious violations of human rights. "The encounter w ...
• 7 October 2009
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - “Father Damien,” missionary pioneer in working for the promotion of those suffering leprosy, to be canonized Sunday, October 11 Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Missionary Father Damien de Veuster (1840-1889), of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts (Picpus), proclaimed Blessed by John Paul II in Brussels (Beligum) on June 4, 1995, will be canonized by ...
• 7 October 2009
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - Father Damien de Veuster: A Biographical Sketch Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Joseph (later Fr. Damien) de Veuster was born January 3, 1840 in Tremelo, Diocese of Malines (Belgium). Brought up in the Christian faith by his parents, he went to elementary school in Wechter a ...
• 7 October 2009
  VATICAN - Pope tells Patriarch of the Orthodox Church in Ethiopia after his Synod address: “Let us pray, then, that our Churches may draw closer in the unity which is the Holy Spirit’s gift, and bear common witness to the hope brought by the Gospel.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Your Holiness has recalled that the proclamation of the Gospel cannot be separated from the commitment to build a society which conforms to God’s will, respects the blessings of his cr ...
• 7 October 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Among the initiatives for the missionary month, in light of the Missionary Month, a seminar and prayer encounter “for the five continents” Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – All the Catholic communities of Taiwan are working “to walk in His Light,” following the guidelines given by the Holy Father Benedict XVI in the Message for World Missions Day 2009, entitl ...
• 7 October 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Create mission awareness and spread the Good News, the Church presents the Indian Missionary Congress Bombay (Agenzia Fides) – It is an historical event for the Catholic community in India that will be presented tomorrow, October 8, by Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay: the Indian Missionary Congress, which ...
• 7 October 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - “The Indian Missionary Congress: the hope that a new missionary era may open in the country,” India's Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies tells Agenzia Fides. Bombay (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of India have been busy in recent months with the preparation of the Indian Missionary Congress, which will take place in Bombay, October 14-18. Fr. Igna ...
• 7 October 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Diocese of Oruro launches Permanent Mission on first Sunday of October Oruro (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, October 4, the Diocese of Oruro (Bolivia) officially launched its Permanent Mission. During the act, Bishop Cristobal Bialasik expressed the hope that this initiative may favor “the ...
• 6 October 2009
  VATICAN - Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson's Report Before the Discussion: “it is time to 'shift gears' and to have the truth about Africa told with love, fostering the development of the continent which would lead to the well-being of the whole world” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Relator-General for the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana), presented his Report Before the ...
• 6 October 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Message from Combonian Chapter Delegates to the Bishops meeting in the Synod for Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “As Combonian Missionaries, born in Africa and for Africa, what matters most is the future of this continent and, above all, of its Church that – no matter the work of so many missionaries from ...
• 6 October 2009
  VATICAN - “In the light of God, to confess necessarily becomes proclaiming God, to evangelize and thus renew the world.” Pope's reflection at the First General Congregation of the Synod Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the First General Congregation of the II Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, on October 5, the Holy Father Benedict XVI gave a meditation on the Third Hour, “Nunc sa ...
• 6 October 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - “The Church does not have the 'magic solutions' to Africa's problems, but accompanies Africans,” says President of the Bishops' Commission for Social Communications in Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “The black continent is once again the focus of the Church's concern. It is a clear and strong sign that presents the need for a serious reflection. Fifteen years after the first continental ...