News

• 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 ...
• 18 June 2009
  Dossier: The Year of Priesthood - “Faithful to Christ, faithful to the priesthood” Introduction Benedict XVI addresses priests Cardinal Hummes's Letter for the Year of the Priesthood Saint Jean Marie Vianney: biographical notes Indulgences granted on the occasion of the Year of the Priest ...
• 17 June 2009
  VATICAN - Ave Maria : Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - The Eucharist can never be just a liturgical action Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - It would be splendid if our “I” were immersed in God and speeding towards Him, as its sole Beginning, the Source of Life, spontaneously, without resistance, in an impetus of eternal com ...
• 17 June 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Year of the Priest: Testimony of Fr. Jin Feng Zhi, who now walks with a cane after 20 years of tireless work visiting the nearly 200 towns of his parish jurisdiction Xian Xian (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the Year of the Priest, Agenzia Fides would like to offer several impressive testimonies of humble Chinese priests who have dedicated and continue dedicating their life to ...
• 17 June 2009
  VATICAN - Statement from the Holy See Press Office on the ordinations announced by the Fraternity of Saint Pius X Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office released the following statement today: "In response to the frequent questions that have been raised over recent days concerning the priestly ordinations by the ...
• 17 June 2009
  EUROPE - MISSION AND IMMIGRATION - “The Suitcase with a String”: “I didn't think they were taking us...to sell us. I decided to fight against trafficking. Now I am director of an organization. The number of victims has increased from 25 to 225 in the last three years.” Transnistria (Agenzia Fides) – Oxana Alistratova is the President of the NGO “Interaction” in Transnistria. Her decision to combat trafficking in human persons came from the dramatic experience she herself lived th ...
• 17 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Religious against trafficking in human persons: a new form of missionary activity; initiatives for the World Cup in South Africa and World Ski Championships in Canada Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Working against trafficking in human persons is a new form of missionary activity that is now seeing more and more participation from among female religious congregations. This is what has been s ...
• 17 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - “New Disciples of Emmaus Being Christians in the University”: 1,500 European university students to meet in Rome and visit the Pope Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Study is a “Providential opportunity to advance on the path of faith”: these were the words of the Holy Father Benedict XVI in one of the many encounters he has held with university students, ...
• 17 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - 10,590 Capuchins in 104 nations; largest number of novices in Asia and Oceania Rome (Agenzia Fides) – According to statistics updated on December 31, 2008, there are a total of 10,590 Capuchins worldwide, 96 fewer than in 2007. Here are some details: Number of Postulants: 558, Novices: 363, Tempo ...
• 16 June 2009
  AFRICA/GABON - The geopolitical consequences of the death of Bongo, whose funeral is celebrated today Libreville (Agenzia Fides) – While funeral services are held today, June 16, for the President of Gabon, Omar Bongo, who officially passed away on June 8 in Barcelona, several analysts are wondering what geopolitical c ...