News

• 1 October 2009
  VATICAN - Preparing for the Synod on Africa: “It is our responsibility to offer a concrete resolution, not only in words, to reconcile a continent that is truly ravaged by civil war and fratricide,” Superior General of the Society of African Missions tells Fides Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “It is precisely due to its abundant resources that the African nations attract so many foreign interests and cause wars and fratricide among the African people. Thus, the theme of the up ...
• 1 October 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Seek the Face of God”: Pastoral Letter to the Youth on the occasion of the canonization of Trappist monk Maria Rafael Arnaiz Baron Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “Seek the Face of God” is the title of the Pastoral Letter that seven Spanish Bishops have written to the youth “in age and in spirit,” in light of the canonization of Trappist monk Maria ...
• 1 October 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - “We come to the Synod accompanied by the prayers and interest of millions of our fellow Christians,” write the Bishops of the AMECEA Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – How has Africa evolved since 1994, the year of the First Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa, looking back now from 2009, on the eve of the II Synod on the continent? This is t ...
• 1 October 2009
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Young man from Community of Sant'Egidio killed by a gang, for his work with the youth San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – William Quijano, age 21, of the Community of Sant'Egidio in San Salvador, was killed on his way home after suffering various bullet wounds on the evening of September 28. According to a s ...
• 1 October 2009
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life: “We ask the Lord of Grace for perseverance, fidelity, and sanctification in our Priestly Ministry and in the Consecrated Life.” San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – In this Year for Priests, on Thursday, October 8, the Archdiocese of San Jose will hold a Day of Prayer for members of consecrated life. A statement issued by the Commission for Vocational Mi ...
• 30 September 2009
  VATICAN - Video Message of the Holy Father to the International Retreat for Priests: “The priest, man of the divine Word and of sacred things, must be today, more than ever, a man of joy and hope.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The priest, man of the divine Word and of sacred things, must be today, more than ever, a man of joy and hope. To men who can no longer conceive that God is pure Love, he will always aff ...
• 30 September 2009
  VATICAN - Theme for 44th World Communications Day 2010: “The priest and pastoral ministry in a digital world: new media at the service of the Word.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the liturgical feast of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Rafael, the theme chosen by the Holy Father Benedict XVI for the 44th World Communications Day 2010, was released: “The p ...
• 30 September 2009
  VATICAN - Cardinal Arinze, one of the three President-Delegates of the Second Synod on Africa: “showing Christ's face through concrete works of solidarity is already in itself a great contribution to evangelization” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – From October 4-25, the Vatican will be hosting the Second Special Synod on Africa of the Synod of Bishops. Cardinal Francis Arinze, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship ...
• 30 September 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - 4,000 children join in praying Mission Rosary in front of the Eucharist, to celebrate Holy Childhood Day and Year for Priests Washington, DC (Agenzia Fides) – Over 4,000 school children are expected to gather in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., for a Worldwide Children’s Eucharistic Holy ...
• 30 September 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - International Congress: “Bioethics in the Culture of Life” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - “Bioethics in the Culture of Life” will be the theme of the International Convention scheduled for October 5-8 at the Saint Augustine College in Lima. Organized by the Augustinian Province “N ...
• 30 September 2009
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Archbishop of San Juan intervenes in case of mass lay-offs of state workers: many families will lose “security, peace, tranquility, and hope” San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - “A scene of profound desolation and uncertainty for thousands of Puerto Rican families,” is what Archbishop Roberto Gonzalez of San Juan (Puerto Rico) has announced in a Pastoral Note sent ...
• 30 September 2009
  AFRICA/BOTSWANA - “We use our right to vote in order to choose a government which will facilitate the coming of the kingdom of God on earth here and now,” say Bishops of Botswana, as they await Presidential elections next month Gaborone (Agenzia Fides) - “It is our duty as responsible citizens to exercise our right to choose the leaders and government that will respect human dignity and create better life for all,” the Bishops of Botswana a ...
• 30 September 2009
  MISSIONARY INTENTION - Holy Father's Missionary Intention for October 2009: “That the entire People of God, to whom Christ entrusted the mandate to go and preach the Gospel to every creature, may eagerly assume their own missionary responsibility and consider it the highest service they can offer humanity.” Commentary. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Jesus Christ was sent by the Father for the salvation of mankind. “Because God did not send His Son into the world to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him� ...
• 30 September 2009
  ASIA/JAPAN - Bishop Joseph Fukahori: a life spent for the Gospel in Japan Takamatsu (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Antonello Iapicca, of the clergy of the Diocese of Takamatsu, sent the following memories of Bishop Joseph Fukahori, Emeritus Bishop of the Diocese, to Agenzia Fides. “He left this wo ...
• 29 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the Czech Republic (8) - Feast of St. Wenceslaus, “who had the courage to prefer the kingdom of heaven to the enticement of worldly power. His gaze never moved away from Jesus Christ, who suffered for us, leaving us an example that we should follow in his steps.” Prague (Agenzia Fides) – On the morning of Monday, September 28, the Holy Father Benedict XVI traveled to the Church of St. Wenceslaus in Stara Boleslav. After a moment of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, he visite ...