News

• 19 June 2009
  VATICAN - In the footsteps of Matteo Ricci, “a Jesuit in the Kingdom of the Dragon” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The reflections of Archbishop Celli, quotes from the Pope's message by Bishop Giuliodori, the dreams of Fr. Lombardi, the work of the Chinese Ambassador in the footsteps of Matteo Ricci w ...
• 19 June 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Bishops' Declaration on the Abortion Bill: “We are speaking out in favor of a society that has the right to just laws that do not mistake injustices for rights.” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – The Permanent Commission of the Spanish Bishops' Conference (CEE) celebrated its CCXIII Meeting in Madrid, on June 16-17, dedicating a large part of the sessions to analyzing the Abortion Bill ...
• 19 June 2009
  AFRICA - On the occasion of the Year for Priests, 16 new priests from 3 continents for the Missionaries of Africa and another 24 in formation Rome (Agenzia Fides) – At the opening of the Year for Priests, 16 young men will receive priestly ordination as members of the Society of Missionaries of Africa, also known as the “White Fathers.” According to a st ...
• 19 June 2009
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Awareness campaign of the Pontifical Mission Societies, for the safeguarding of Creation and climate changes Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Protecting the planet and safeguarding Creation as a gift from God, offering an effective contribution to a problem to the climate emergency: this is the main objective of a new campaign of the ...
• 19 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - MISSION AND IMMIGRATION - “The Suitcase with a String”: young women living as slaves, to pay their debt with those who brought them to Italy; if the people are frustrated and deprived of their dignity, it's easier for them to fall into crime Naples (Agenzia Fides) – In Naples (Italy), at the church home to the Catholic African immigrants, the parish priest highlights that one of the major problems for Africans is the new context in which they find themselv ...
• 19 June 2009
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Letter for Priests at the inauguration of the Year for Priests: “May we conform ourselves more each day to the image of Jesus, the Good Shepherd.” Quito (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Nestor Herrera Heredia of Machala, President of the Commission for Ministers and Consecrated Life for the Ecuadorian Bishops' Conference, sent a letter to all the priests in the country f ...
• 19 June 2009
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Auxiliary Bishop of Loikaw appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benediect XVI, on June 19, 2009 appointed Fr. Stephen Tjephe of the clergy of the Diocese of Loikaw, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Loikaw (Myanmar), pastor of the ...
• 19 June 2009
  ASIA/THAILAND - Bishop of Nakhon Sawan appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on June 19, 2009, appointed Fr. Joseph Pibul Visitnondachai of the clergy of Bangkok, Thailand, secretary general for social pastoral ministries of the Catho ...
• 19 June 2009
  AMERICA/ST. PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON - Apostolic Vicar of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on June 19, 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Apostolic Vicariate of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Département d’Outre-M ...
• 19 June 2009
  VATICAN - Holy Father Benedict XVI's Letter to Priests proclaiming the Year for Priests Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI has issued a Letter to all priests, for the opening of the Year for Priests, on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (June 19, 2009), proclaimed by him ...
• 18 June 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Pastoral Letter for the Year for Priests from 87-year-old Bishop Li Jing Feng of Feng Xiang, one of the invitees of Pope Benedict XVI for the 2005 Synod Feng Xiang (Agenzia Fides) - “Always keep this in mind: The Church is not a secular organization; priests are not mere lay functionaries!” These words are found in the Pastoral Letter for the Year for Priests, signed ...
• 18 June 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - The Creator 's Love is inscribed in the human person's DNA Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "God is wholly and only love, the purest, infinite and eternal love. He does not live in splendid solitude but rather is an inexhaustible source of life that is ceaselessly given and commun ...
• 18 June 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Living the Word of God in Nigeria - In the Footsteps of St. Paul”: Final Document from the Plenary Assembly of the National Missionary Council of Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Be inspired by the zeal of St. Paul in preaching the Divine Word: this was the appeal launched at the close of the Plenary Assembly of the National Missionary Council of Nigeria, which took plac ...
• 18 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Today, missionary weekend begins in Lampedusa, promoted by the Youth Missionary Movement, on the relationship of Jesus and the Christian community with “the foreigner” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Today, June 18, marks the beginning of the missionary weekend on the island of Lampedusa, to help young people live not as fearful wayfarers, but with the enthusiasm that characterizes someone co ...
• 18 June 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI's catechesis: “Indeed, Cyril and Methodius are a classic example of what is today referred to with the term 'inculturation': Each people should make the revealed message penetrate into their own culture, and express the salvific truth with their own language.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI dedicated his catechesis at the Wednesday General Audience on June 17, held in St. Peter's Square, to Saints Cyril and Methodius, “brothers of the same pare ...