News

• 8 June 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Church movements confront various forms of service for ecclesial communion and call for collaborators in parishes and Diocese Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – How can the lay faithful serve the Church? This is the question that led 6 large movements in the Church, working in the Diocese of Hong Kong, to come together and enter into discussion. Acc ...
• 8 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Life on the planet is in danger, and those who suffer the consequences are always the poorer nations: a campaign to establish an international criminal court for crimes against the environment Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The life of the planet is in danger and thus, we should make an effort to recover the needed balance for our life.” These were the words of Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and ...
• 8 June 2009
  EUROPE/MOLDAVIA - “The Suitcase with a String”: “Can we blame a person for working under the table as a care-giver? Or the young women used for sexual exploitation? They are all victims. They are all people with no other choice.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “I have worked as director of the General Prosecutor's office in fighting human trafficking, child prostitution, which involve small groups of 2-3 people, sometimes even relatives. In 2001, the I ...
• 8 June 2009
  VATICAN - Pope at the Angelus: “The 'name' of the Most Holy Trinity is in a certain way impressed upon everything that exists, because everything that exists, down to the least particle, is a being in relation, and thus this God-relation shines forth, ultimately creative Love shines forth.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Today we contemplate the Most Holy Trinity as it was made know to us by Jesus. He revealed to us that God is love 'not in the unity of a single person, but in the Trinity of a single sub ...
• 8 June 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Archdiocese of Czestochowa's Missionary Congress dedicated to John Paul II on the 30th anniversary of his visit to Poland Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – In honor of the 30th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's first apostolic journey to Poland (June 2-10, 1979), the Pontifical Mission Societies of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa organized a ...
• 6 June 2009
  Cardinal Guglielmo Massaja “a true Apostle of Christ and a true Scientist” 200th anniversary of his birth (1809-2009) Guglielmo Massaja: 200th anniversary of his birth - celebrations and studies Vowed to the missions Ethiopia: religious and political events Six years of travels amidst bouts of malaria and ambushes Report ...
• 6 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - “The Suitcase with a String”: Who is an immigrant today? Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Who is an immigrant today? A person who must remain in the shadows – or better yet, turn themselves into a shadow - in order to continue working and sending money to their family. No matter wha ...
• 5 June 2009
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - The urgent need to fully apply the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; World Appeal to a New Mobilization for Childhood Geneva (Agenzia Fides) – On the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the International Catholic Child Bureau (ICCB or BICE) has launched a world appeal, from the UN headquarters in Geneva, ...
• 5 June 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Religious from various congregations from the province of He Bei and Shan Dong take vows at the end of the Month of Mary Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “With the Lord's help, which we receive in intense daily prayer, we ardently defend our vocations and respond with our entire life.” These were the words of Bishop Fang Xing Yao of the Dioce ...
• 5 June 2009
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Coups attempt in Guinea Bissau: Overview Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – On June 28, Guinea Bissau is scheduled to hold presidential elections, as a result of the death of President Joao Bernardo “Nino” Vieira, who was killed on March 2 by a group of soldiers th ...
• 5 June 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Message from the Bishops for World Environment Day Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - “The economic growth caused by the destruction of nature is senseless.” This is what the Bishops of Korea say in their Message for World Environment Day, which is celebrated today, June 5. The ...
• 5 June 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops' Conference initiates restructuring, towards a renewed pastoral activity of collaboration La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – The Bolivian Bishops' Conference (CEB) has begun the process of restructuring, a process that has been in the workings for three years and is now taking effect, a report from Fr. Eugenio Scarpe ...
• 5 June 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - IV Congress for the Laity on “Challenges and hopes for the families of Mexico City,” as a follow-up to the World Meeting of Families Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - This June 6-7, the Department for the Laity of the Archdiocese of Mexico City will host the IV Congress for the Laity. The theme of the Congress this year will be: “Challenges and hopes fo ...
• 5 June 2009
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Final Message from the IV Encounter of the “Plan Andino Hispano de Migraciones”: “Migration, is not simply another problem; it is a reason for hope and an opportunity to build a better world together, with greater brotherhood and solidarity.” Quito (Agenzia Fides) - “The reality of immigration is full of both opportunities and uncertainties, and dangers, for the people who set off on their journey. In Latin America and the Caribbean this sign of the times, ...
• 5 June 2009
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Apostolic Nuncio to celebrate feast of Saint Anthony in Cairo parish Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – On June 13, Feast of the Saint Anthony of Padua, Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, Apostolic Nuncio in Egypt, will celebrate a Mass in Saint Anthony of Padua Parish in Cairo. Saint Anthony of Pad ...