News

• 15 July 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - CISA Catholic news agency makes an appeal for support Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Information Service for Africa (CISA) has launched a campaign to raise 13,000 dollars. “Make a donation to support our news service from Africa and for Africa,” says a message ...
• 15 July 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Bishops make commitment to promote process of decentralization of the State, invoking principles of subsidiarity and solidarity Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The National Bishops' Conference of Congo (CENCO) and the Minister of Decentralization and Regional Planning signed a memorandum yesterday, July 14, 2009, in agreement on a national awareness ...
• 15 July 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Italian Salesians launch sports program in response to educational emergency Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Salesians in Italy continue to sponsor sports programs and thus have launched a new national association entitled “CNOS Sport.” On July 13, the Superiors of the 6 Italian Provinces signed ...
• 15 July 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Summer pastoral activities underway in various Catholic communities Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – As is the case every year, the various Catholic communities on mainland China are now carrying out their Summer pastoral activities for Catholic and non-Catholic youth, offering Christian, hum ...
• 15 July 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - MISSION AND EMIGRATION - “La valigia con lo spago”: Lucrezia crossed the desert with her children, which the “coyote” that led them said: “The children slow you down. Leave them behind!,” but she did not leave them and she died in their arms Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The wall between Mexico and the United States has claimed 10,000 lives as of today. Marco, a 5-year-old, was hidden in the back of a truck, on a desert road, along with his father. He felt great ...
• 15 July 2009
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Church denounces drug trafficking in the country, asking that “evangelical principles be placed above any activity that, as profitable as it may seem, denigrates the human being and is a grave offense to God” San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Costa Rica is showing concern for the alarming reality of drug trafficking and consumption and the Bishops of the country have issued a statement expressing this concern. In th ...
• 15 July 2009
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops warn of the danger of the gender equality Bill that attacks marriage and the family Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “The future of our society depends on the respect and protection that is awarded to marriage and the family, institutions which are considered fundamental for all peoples,” the Bishops of Ve ...
• 15 July 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Apostolic Vicar of Camiri resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on July 15, 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Apostolic Vicariate of Camiri (Bolivia) presented by Bishop Leonardo Mario Be ...
• 15 July 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - The Gospel makes its way among the Garo peoples, thanks to the charisma of Padre Pio of Pietrelcina Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Garo indigenous peoples of northeast India are evermore receptive to the message of the Gospel and are converting to Christianity. This is, at least in part, thanks to the charisma o ...
• 15 July 2009
  VATICAN - Speech of the Permanent Observer to the Holy See to the UN Economic and Social Council: place the promotion of life at the heart of the decisions regarding health assistance Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - “Failure to place the promotion of life at the center of health care decisions results in a society in which an individual’s absolute right to basic health care and life would be limited by t ...
• 14 July 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - One of the leaders of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta freed within hours of an unprecedented attack in Lagos Lagos (Agenzia Fides) – An unprecedented attack and the release from prison of a leader of the guerrillas have marked the last two days of difficult negotiations between the Nigerian government and rebels of the Moveme ...
• 14 July 2009
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - “Old and new” missionaries for evangelizing the country and the ad gentes mission Dacca (Agenzia Fides) – The missionaries have given and continue to give a determining contribution to the evangelization of the country, for human promotion and for the social development of the Bengal people. On the ...
• 14 July 2009
  ASIA/TURKEY - Positive prospects on the horizon for ecumenical and interreligious dialogue in Turkey after the Year of St. Paul Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – After the Year of St. Paul, which has been “a year of grace,” new, encouraging prospects seem to appear on the horizon, in terms of ecumenical and interreligious dialogue in Turkey. This ...
• 14 July 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - L'Aquila inauguration of a new children's clinic sponsored by Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, Colliers International, and Happy Family Onlus Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday, July 15, 2009, at 4pm, inauguration activities will begin for the new children's clinic in Abruzzo, near the “Verde Acqua” Sports Complex in L'Aquila. The new clinic, inaugurat ...
• 14 July 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - President of the Bishops' Conference requests that the draft bill on religious freedom be addressed “in a climate of dialogue, respect for people and institutions, and seeking above all the good of the country” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - “I am making a call to serenity and to sanity, so that this Parliament may address the most urgent matters that now concern Peruvian society. An example of this are the events that have been occu ...