News

• 8 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses first group of Brazilian Bishops on Ad Limina visit: “When our contemporaries come to us, they want to see something that they do not see elsewhere, namely, joy and the hope that springs from the fact that we are with the Risen Lord.” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - “As Successor of Peter and universal Pastor, I can assure you that my heart feels day by day your apostolic concerns and efforts, not ceasing to recall before God the challenges you fa ...
• 8 September 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Rector of Saint Peter Apostle Pontifical Interdiocesan Seminary in the Archdiocese of Bangalore appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on April 3, 2009, appointed Fr. Thomas Joseph Kochupurayil, of the Diocese of Ootacamund (India), Rector ...
• 8 September 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Rector of Saint Francis Xavier Regional Interdiocesan Seminary in the Archdiocese of Agra appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on March 6, 2009, appointed Fr. Sebastian Arockiam, of the Diocesan Clergy of Varanasi (India), Rector o ...
• 8 September 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Religious from various diocesan congregations in China making vows around the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Gui Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – In honor of the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, September 8, various feminine Congregations of the Chinese dioceses have celebrated profession of vows. According to informat ...
• 7 September 2009
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Salesians on the mission among youth immigrants Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) – Mission and immigration came together in Vietnam in recent days, on the celebration of the 150th of the founding of the Salesian Congregation. On September 2, the order celebrated the ...
• 7 September 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Priest who defended human rights killed Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The political crimes and executions, along with the plight suffered by human rights activists, which have been characterizing the Philippines have now affected a Catholic priest. Fr. Cecilio Lu ...
• 7 September 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - Archbishop of Lima at International Congress “Charity, Reconciliation, and Human Dignity”: “To contribute to a better world, we need to do perform good actions here and now.” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - “To contribute to a better world, we need to do perform good actions here and now, beginning with myself and with enthusiasm.” This is what Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, Archbishop of Lima, said ...
• 7 September 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Cardinal Bergoglio on the anniversary of the International Convention on the Rights of Immigrant Workers: “It's worth fighting for an end to slavery.” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “It's worth fighting for an end to slavery” and “crying out so that this infernal system of exclusion and marginalization may experience a change of heart.” This is what Cardinal Jo ...
• 7 September 2009
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Three days of fasting and prayer for peace in Sudan's Western Equatoria State Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - “People are sad, people are angry; there is a lot of fear and nobody wants to go home. We have to put courage in people. We have to turn to God, to love him and to discover ourselves in the l ...
• 7 September 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - Formation seminar for laity on: “You are the salt of the earth...You are the light of the world,” which we will be at the heart of the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishop for Africa Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The verse from St. Matthew's Gospel, “You are the salt of the earth...You are the light of the world,” which was chosen as the theme of the II Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for ...
• 7 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Bagnoregio (4) - “In this Year for Priests, I would like to invite priests especially to listen to this great doctor of the Church and to reflect more profoundly on his teaching of wisdom rooted in Christ.” Bagnoregio (Agenzia Fides) – Departing from the Shrine to the Madonna della Quercia, the Holy Father traveled in helicopter to Bagnoregio, where, in the Cathedral of San Nicola, he venerated the relics of the “Sacred ...
• 7 September 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Institute for Family Policies finds a child is aborted every 25 seconds in the European Union Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – In Europe, in 2007, over 1,200,000 abortions were registered, which is equal to one abortion every 25 seconds. In the past 10 years, over 13 million children have been “eliminated” by this ...
• 7 September 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Faithful of Shang Hai travel to the Shrine of Our Lady of She Shan to celebrate the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, praying to her for “new and holy priests,” as requested by the Bishop in Year for Priests message Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides) – Over 300 faithful from the Diocese of Shang Hai gathered in the Shrine of Our Lady of She Shan on Saturday, September 5, to celebrate a few days ahead of time, the feast of the Nativity of t ...
• 7 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Viterbo (3) - “You, as contemplative nuns, have a mission to be torches in the Church who, in the silence of your monasteries, burn in prayer and love for God.” Viterbo (Agenzia Fides) – On the afternoon of Sunday, September 6, the Holy Father Benedict XVI met with cloistered nuns from the diocese's 12 monasteries, who gathered in the Shrine of the “Madonna della Quercia,” ...
• 7 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Viterbo (2): “Viterbo has been justly named 'City of Popes,' and for you this constitutes a further stimulus to live and witness to the Christian faith;” greeting to participants in the International Congress “Men and Religions” Viterbo (Agenzia Fides) – At the close of the Mass celebrated on the esplanade of Valle Faul in Viterbo, on Sunday, September 6, the Holy Father gave a brief address prior to the recitation of the Angelus, recalling th ...