News

• 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 ...
• 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 ...