News

• 6 May 2009
  VATICAN - Heroic testimony of catechists from the Church in Mozambique martyred in the civil war Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In his recent talk during the Congress organized by the Saint Joseph's International Missionary College (see Fides 29 and 30/04/2009), Father Osorio Citora Afonso, IMC, from the Church in ...
• 6 May 2009
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Fundamental criteria from the Bishops for responsible citizenship this election year Florida (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Paraguay have issued an important document at the close of their Plenary Assembly celebrated last week, offering fundamental criteria for the faithful to use evangelical discern ...
• 6 May 2009
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - CELAM Meeting May 12-16, to evaluate Continental Mission Managua (Agenzia Fides) – On May 12-16, Managua's Interdiocesan Seminary of Our Lady of Fatima will host the 32nd Meeting of the Latin American Bishops' Conference (CELAM). News of the event was released in a briefing ...
• 6 May 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - “La Barca” Youth Catholic Association launches programs on “Gozo Radio,” evangelizing with music and promoting international events Lima (Agenzia Fides) – “La Barca” Youth Catholic Association was founded in 2002 in Peru, with the goal of evangelizing through the mass media, with particular focus on music, organizing events, concerts, social ga ...
• 6 May 2009
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA: Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - The Word of God: a bath which purifies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Jesus said to her: “'Have I not told you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?' (Jn 11, 40). Jesus' words to Martha, the sister of Lazarus, who had been dead for four days, c ...
• 6 May 2009
  ASIA/LAOS - New Center for the Deaf in Luang Prabang Luang Prabang (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church continues to offer a significant contribution to the good of society in Laos, especially for the poor and marginalized. One example of this is the Luang Prabang Educa ...
• 6 May 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Faithful rejoice at the laying of the cornerstone of the new St. Michael's Parish in Cao Jia Du, Diocese of Shanghai Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Joseph Xing Wen Zhi, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Shanghai, blessed the first stone of the new church of St. Michael's Parish in Cao Jia Du, in the Diocese of Shanghai, on April ...
• 6 May 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Let us help those who are tricked into being brought to our city to be exploited...”: Letter from the Archbishop of Cape Town against human trafficking Cape Town (Agenzia Fides) - “As the local Church of Cape Town we have a duty to take action.” This was the exhortation made by Archbishop Lawrence Henry of Cape Town (South Africa) to faithful, in asking them to awak ...
• 6 May 2009
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian families from Karachi “locked in their own homes” for fear of the Taliban; death penalty for crime of “blasphemy” Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – There is a fear that Taliban violence will increase, as a result of weakness being shown on the part of the government, police, and civil institutions. The Christian families of the city of Ka ...
• 5 May 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences: “Human rights, therefore, are ultimately rooted in a participation of God, who has created each human person with intelligence and freedom. If this solid ethical and political basis is ignored, human rights remain fragile since they are deprived of their sound foundation.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The natural law is The natural law is a universal guide recognizable to everyone, on the basis of which all people can reciprocally understand and love each other. Human rights, therefor ...
• 5 May 2009
  VATICAN - “Letter from Catechists to Catechists” in the Pauline Year, on the 30th anniversary of Saint Joseph's International Missionary College: “we feel called, right where we live, to be first and foremost the voice and the living presence of Christ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The “Letter from Catechists to Catechists,” which hopes to “confirm us in our vocation” and “give thanks to God” for the gift of believers who respond to the call to become ev ...
• 5 May 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - May 5, National Day Against Pedophilia: results of a “Centro Elis” campaign Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Nearly 24% of elementary and middle school students in Rome have seen pornographic material on the computer in their home. This is one of the facts released by an awareness campaign on informatio ...
• 5 May 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - International Sacred Music Festival for the Year of St. Paul on May 6; Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's Oratorio “Paulus” to be performed Czestochowa Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – As part of the 19th International Sacred Music Festival “Gaude Mater,” taking place in Czestochowa May 1-6 in honor of the Year of St. Paul and the 200th anniversary of the birth of Fe ...
• 5 May 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - III National Encounter for the Holy Childhood Association. Pope asks children to “now begin assuming their responsibility in spreading the light of the Gospel everywhere” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – This past weekend, May 2-3, 5,000 children participated in the III National Encounter of the Holy Childhood Association that was celebrated in Casa de Campo (in Madrid). This is what a statemen ...
• 5 May 2009
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops' Conference asks government to clarify facts regarding the origin of a document that seeks to discredit the Church by portraying Bishops as corrupt and ambitious Managua (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, the Nicaraguan Bishops' Conference (CEN) asked the government, led by Daniel Ortega, to “clarify facts regarding the origin” of the document “The Relationship between the Chur ...