News

• 29 May 2009
  AMERICA/CUBA - Work continues for the Preparatory Commission for the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of “La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre” Pinar del Rio (Agenzia Fides) – This past May 25-26, the Preparatory Commission met in El Cobre, at the feet of the Virgin Mary, to work on planning for the second year of the three-year term of preparation for the 400 ...
• 29 May 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - UN report accuses police of serious human rights violations Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Heated debate has been sparked in Kenya following a report in which UN Special Representative for Human Rights, Philip Alston, accused the Kenyan police of serious violations. The report affi ...
• 29 May 2009
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Chaldean Community in Egypt celebrates 25th anniversary of their Pastor Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Our Lady of Fatima's Cathedral in Heliopolis (Cairo) celebrated the Jubilee (25th anniversary) of its Pastor, Bishop Joseph Saraf, the Chaldean Bishop in Egypt. His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI se ...
• 29 May 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Church in Nigeria collects offerings for the victims of violence in the Niger Delta: “It is not time to apportion blames, but to assist our brothers and sisters in need.” Lagos (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Nigeria has decided to send all the money collected from the Masses on Sunday, May 24 to help victims of the fighting taking place in the Delta region (see Fides 26/5/2009 ...
• 29 May 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells the Italian Bishops' Conference: the urgent task of education “must be rooted in the Word of God and requires spiritual discernment, cultural and social programs, and gratuitous and united witness.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “At a time in which relativistic and nihilistic concepts of life exercise a powerful enticement, a time in which the very legitimacy of education is placed in doubt, the principal contrib ...
• 29 May 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - May 30: 5,000 Roman children will become “Missionaries like Paul”: European Child Missionaries' Pilgrimage for the Year of St. Paul Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The entire day of May 30 will be dedicated to Saint Paul and the Mission, which will be carried out by nearly 5,000 children from all over Italy, as well as other European countries: Croatia, Cze ...
• 28 May 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops' Message for July 5th elections: “The welfare and progress of the citizens of the State of Mexico depends on the correct election of the future authorities.” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of the State of Mexico have issued a Message in regards to the elections due to take place on July 5, 2009, in which there will be elections for the City Mayors and Local Repre ...
• 28 May 2009
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Cardinal Pell calls for less sentiment and more “tough love” for Aboriginal Australians Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – The Aboriginal population has no need for sentiment, but for “tough love,” that helps them on the path to economic development, cultural promotion, and social renewal, says Cardinal George ...
• 28 May 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Violence continues against civilians in eastern Congo; testimony from a priest and the UN’s alert Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – There is no peace for the people of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as they are forced to suffer the retaliation attacks conducted by two foreign guerrilla groups, the Lord’s Resi ...
• 28 May 2009
  ASIA/JAPAN - Caritas working to respond to the unemployment crisis in the nation Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) – It is a phenomenon that is becoming increasingly more troubling for politics and society: unemployment. And in Japan, it is widespread, especially as a result of the economic crisis. In just a f ...
• 28 May 2009
  VATICAN - Holy Father opens Congress for the Diocese of Rome: “First and foremost, there is a need to renew our efforts to offer a formation that is more attentive and conformed to the perspectives of the Church, on the part of priests, religious, and laity.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the afternoon of May 26, the Holy Father Benedict XVI traveled to the Basilica of Saint John Lateran to inaugurate the annual Congress for the Diocese of Rome. This year’s theme is: ...
• 28 May 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Various dioceses on the mainland have welcomed new priests in the month of May Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Several dioceses on the mainland have welcomed new priests during this Month of Mary, especially on the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China (May 24) and on the feast of Saint Matthias ...
• 28 May 2009
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - 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 December 12, 2008, confirmed the re-appointment of Fr. Jawad Alamat, of the clergy of the Diocese of Tu ...
• 28 May 2009
  VATICAN - Year of the Priest “must be a year that is both positive and forward looking in which the Church says to her priests above all, but also to all the Faithful and to wider society by means of the mass media, that she is proud of her priests, loves them, honors them, admires them.” Letter from Cardinal Hummes. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Year for Priests, announced by our beloved Pope Benedict XVI to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the death of the saintly Curé of Ars, St. John Mary Vianney, is drawing near. It w ...
• 28 May 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE : Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Faith is the real emergency Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Every so often, at almost strangely 'regular' intervals, new books appear, some “against the tide” some “scandalistic”. The second type of book, just think, written, published and ...