News

• 4 June 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - Kenya admits crimes committed by police, denounced in a UN report Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The Government acknowledges there have been cases of unlawful killings within the police force, in respect of which investigations into 53 cases have been completed and 81 police officers pro ...
• 4 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Fr. Jose Rodriguez Carballo reelected Minister General of the Friars Minor Assisi (Agenzia Fides) – This morning, June 4, the assembly of the 152 representatives of the Order of Friars Minor gathered in Saint Mary of the Angels of Assisi, for the General Chapter, confirmed Fr. Jose Rodriguez ...
• 4 June 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI and the teachings of the monk Rabanus Maurus, who demonstrated “with the example of his life that one can be at the same time available for others without neglecting because of this an adequate time of reflection, study and meditation.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The monk Rabanus Maurus “knew how to stay in contact with the great culture of the ancient scholars and the Christian fathers during the centuries of the High Middle Ages...Maurus was e ...
• 3 June 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Art as an instrument of dialogue between Christians and Muslims in building peace Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) – Islamic-Christian dialogue can make great progress through art: this is what is taking place in the southern Philippines, on the island of Mindanao, in the Sulu Islands, thanks to a new init ...
• 3 June 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Insecurity on the rise in South and North Kivu, where civilians are subject to violence from rebels and soldiers Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – While the Congolese Army claims to have killed 11 guerrillas in a recent attack on North Kivu, local sources have informed Agenzia Fides that the situation remains one of great insecurity, in ...
• 3 June 2009
  AFRICA/TOGO - National Plan for Social Communications for the Church in Togo approved: using the media for evangelization should be a priority Lome (Agenzia Fides) - “Communications should be an essential dimension in all the activity of the Church and evangelication through the media should be a priority for the Church, Family of God, in Togo,” affirmed Ar ...
• 3 June 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - National Encounter for Pastoral Care of Tourists, on “the role of tourism in relation to human rights” Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) – The city of Villa Carlos Paz (Cordoba) will be hosting the National Encounter for Pastoral Care of Tourists on June 10,11, and 12. The event is being sponsored by the Argentinean Bishops' Comm ...
• 3 June 2009
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Presentation of books containing conclusive and normative texts from the Venezuelan Plenary Council Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The headquarters of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference hosted the presentation of two books that contain the conclusive and normative texts from the Venezuelan Plenary Council. Venezuelan Cath ...
• 3 June 2009
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Meeting of the Episcopal Conferences of U.S.A., Mexico, Central America and Caribbean on migration: with this phenomenon, “inhabitants of different continents are moving, and along with them, mission must move.” Tecún-Umán (Agenzia Fides) – From June 2-4, the city of Tecún-Umán is hosting the II Migration Meeting attended by Bishops from the US, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. The Encounter began on June 2, wit ...
• 3 June 2009
  VATICAN - Year of the Priest offers priests a special opportunity for conversion, “ Christ’s manner of life may be the manner of life made ever more manifest in each one of us.” Letter from Archbishop Mauro Piacenza, Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Dear Priests! In only about two weeks’ time, on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Friday 19th June, we will experience an intense moment of faith, closely united with the Holy F ...
• 3 June 2009
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA: Mgr Luciano Alimandi - The vitality of the Church is a fruit of the Spirit Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “ When Pentecost day came round, they had all met together, when suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and ...
• 3 June 2009
  AFRICA/CHAD - Erection of the Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo and appointment of first Apostolic Vicar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on June 3, 2009, raised the Apostolic Prefecture of Mongo (Chad) to the rank of Apostolic Vicariate, with the same name and territory. The Holy Father has ap ...
• 3 June 2009
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Conflict concludes, but future remains uncertain for 300,000 Tamil refugees Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – As peace comes to Sri Lanka, the most serious question remains that of survival, providing for the Tamil refugees who have been the primary victims in the recent months of war. There are over ...
• 3 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - “A suitcase tied with string”: how to respond nowadays without falling prey to demagoguery or neo-paternalism that breeds a dependency culture Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “A suitcase tied with string” (Italian: “La valigia con lo spago”) is a four-part series on immigration that will be aired on the RAI (Italian Public Television) starting June 22, not just ...
• 3 June 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - “In Him we live and move and have our being,” theme for the Annual Priest's Retreat in the Archdiocese of Beijing in preparation for the Year of the Priest Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Some forty priests from the Archdiocese of Beijing participated in the 4-day retreat that was held May 19-22, promoted by the Archdiocese, for the opening of the Year of the Priest declared by ...