News

• 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 ...
• 3 June 2009
  VATICAN - WYD Cross travels to L'Aquila, where it has “brought courage and hope in the future, to face the time of reconstruction without fear” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The pilgrimage of the World Youth Day (WYD) Cross took place from Saturday, May 30, to Tuesday, June 2 in Abruzzo, in the areas struck by the earthquake on April 6. 17 youth “missionari ...
• 2 June 2009
  ASIA/NEPAL - Hindu extremist groups say Christians should leave Nepal, but society shows its unity and solidarity with Catholics Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – The message has become loud and clear. Following the bombing of the Kathmandu Cathedral (see Fides 25/05/2009), the extremist Hindu Nepal Defense Army (NDA), which has been carrying out acts ...
• 2 June 2009
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Congress for the New Evangelization, one year after the Pope's visit for WYD Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Sydney is preparing to celebrate the Diocesan Congress of the New Evangelization (SCENE) in July 2009. The event will mark the first anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI's visit ...
• 2 June 2009
  AFRICA/MALAWI - “With the immense number voters, the people have called for an increase in democracy and respect from their representatives,” missionary says Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – Just 10 days after the re-election of President Bingu wa Mutharika (see Fides 22/5/2009), Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, a Monfort Missionary who has lived in Malawi for years, sent a note to Fides o ...
• 2 June 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Final Message for the Encounter of the Border Dioceses: a message of hope for societies of greater justice and solidarity Posadas (Agenzia Fides) - “400 years after the first Jesuit arrived, united in the heart of a missionary region that we have once more observed as a common heritage of all our peoples, we wish to echo these painful sit ...
• 2 June 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - V Eucharistic Symposium for the close of the Year of St. Paul, on his Eucharistic message Lima (Agenzia Fides) – For the fifth consecutive year, the Parish of Saint Joseph the Worker of Barranco, in the Archdiocese of Lima, will sponsor a Eucharistic Symposium with the proposal of helping the faithful to de ...
• 2 June 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Spain renews Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus after 90 years, on June 21 Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Next Sunday, June 21, 2009, a ceremony will be held at Cerro de los Angeles, in Getafe (Madrid), for the renewal of Spain's Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 90 years after it was firs ...
• 2 June 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Vocational Prayer Encounter widely attended; Year for Priestly Vocations to be inaugurated by Bishop Tong on July 1 Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Year for Priestly Vocations in Hong Kong will coincide this year with the Year of the Priest declared by the Pope. According to a report from the Kong Ko Bao (the Chinese version of the ...
• 2 June 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Czestochowa launches Year of the Priest website dedicated to priestly and religious vocations Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – The Pastoral Office for Vocations of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa and the Major Seminary of the same Archdiocese have started a website dedicated specifically to priestly and religious v ...