News

• 5 June 2009
  EUROPE/FRANCE - “The Suitcase with a String”: in Tolon, Fernand, a university student from Benin, helps Rom of Europe Tolon (Agenzia Fides) - “Here in France, I work with the Rom (gypsies). I know it seems a bit ironic to think of an African student from Benin going to Europe to help Europeans who live in situations of discrimination. ...
• 5 June 2009
  VATICAN - President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace in America, Thailand, and Malaya; Path to Peace Award bestowed posthumously on Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho, killed last year Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, on June 6 will travel to New York where, as Emeritus President, to participate in the meet ...
• 5 June 2009
  VATICAN - “Values and Rules for a New Model of Development”: International Conference organized by the “Centesimus Annus - Pro Pontifice Foundation” on June 12, in Rome Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Values and Rules for a New Model of Development” is the title for the International Conference being organized by the “Centesimus Annus - Pro Pontifice Foundation,” scheduled to ta ...
• 5 June 2009
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians in Pakistan pray for peace; pilgrimage to European shrines Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Praying for peace in Pakistan: this is one of the main tasks being carried out by the Christian community in the country, which is experiencing a moment of great tensions, as a result of the ...
• 5 June 2009
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - “He was planning a coups” says an official statement released on the death of presidential candidate for June 28 elections, killed this morning by soldiers Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – Baciro Dabou, a candidate running for President in the elections scheduled for June 28 in Guinea Bissau, was killed this morning by a group of soldiers who entered his home. A statement from th ...
• 4 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Guglielmo Massaja. Cappuchin Missionary and Apostolic Vicar in Ethiopia”: June 9-10, a Convention for the 200th Birthday Rome (Agenzia Fides) – June 9-10, Rome will host a Convention on “Guglielmo Massaja. Cappuchin Missionary and Apostolic Vicar in Ethiopia.” Promoted by the National Committee for the Bicentenary Celebration of the ...
• 4 June 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Fighting continues in the Niger Delta in spite of ceasefire and appeal to guerrillas to put down their arms Lagos (Agenzia Fides) – Fighting continues in the Niger Delta (southern Nigeria) between the Joint Task Force of the Nigerian Armed Forces and rebels of the MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta). Th ...
• 4 June 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - From the Year of Saint Paul to the Year of the Priest: the St. Paul Youth League from the Parish of Wu Chang in He Bei celebrates its 8th anniversary Wu Chang (Agenzia Fides) – With a Pauline missionary spirit, the “St. Paul Youth League” of the Diocese of Wu Han in the Province of He Bei is celebrated its 8th anniversary of foundation, along with hundreds of fa ...
• 4 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - “The Suitcase Tied with a String,” Palermo: situation of locals not far from that of immigrants, in that they often find themselves in similar conditions Palermo (Agenzia Fides) – The front desk at the Astalli Center in Palermo is one of the few places that offers help to immigrants. “Their problems often involve trying to rent a house,” says one of the Center's emp ...
• 4 June 2009
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Vocational Month 2009: “Jesus calls you to be a disciple in community”; “Today, in Latin America, the Church reminds us that this call is especially urgent for our time.” Salto (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Uruguay is celebrating a Vocational Month 2009 this June, with the theme: “Jesus calls you to be a disciple in community.” On the occasion, Auxiliary Bishop Heriberto A. Bodeant ...
• 4 June 2009
  VATICAN - President of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care at the 62nd World Health Assembly: “We cannot permit these defenseless children, their parents, and other adults of the poorest communities of the world to become more and more vulnerable because of the global economic crisis.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In his first official speech at the 62nd World Health Assembly that recently ended in Geneva, Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, President of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care, of ...
• 4 June 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - 11th Continental Encounter of the RIIAL: “The Church has the challenging task of entering in the world of technology, to work fearlessly in making the world a better place.” Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – With the participation of representatives from 20 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, the RIIAL (Information Network of the Church in Latin America) is celebrating its 11th Continenta ...
• 4 June 2009
  AFRICA/PACIFIC ISLANDS - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on March 5, 2009, confirmed the appointment of Fr. Roger McCarrick, of the Society of Mary, as National Di ...
• 4 June 2009
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on April 25, 2009, confirmed the appointment of Fr. Felix Tellechea, of the Missionaries of Africa, as Nat ...
• 4 June 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE : Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Let us return to announcing Grace, stronger than any human weakness! Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - «Peter, the first of the apostles, received the keys of the kingdom of heaven. With these keys he binds and looses the sins of all the saints, united inseparably to the body of Christ, and ...