News

• 28 April 2009
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Church in Ecuador officially launches the National Mission: “The Church is in need of a good house-cleaning.” Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Ecuador officially began the National Mission with a Mass concelebrated in the Basilica “del Voto Nacional,” on April 23, during the celebration of the Plenary Assembl ...
• 28 April 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Priest receives death threats for speaking out against the “de facto decriminalization” of drugs and authorities' indifference towards youth Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Jose Maria Di Paola, better known as “Fr. Pepe,” has received death threats following the recent publication of a document in which local priests denounced the “de facto decrimi ...
• 28 April 2009
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Church's solidarity with Christians under attack from the Taliban Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Emmanuel Yousaf Mani, Director of the National Justice and Peace Commission of the Pakistani Bishops' Conference, has expressed the Church's closeness, solidarity, and desire to offer conc ...
• 28 April 2009
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Another “tsunami” for Tamil civilians suffering from the war Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - “The Tamil civilians affected by the violent conflict underway are experiencing a second tsunami”: this is the advisory being sent out by Fr. Ajith Perera, a priest from Trincolmalee who ha ...
• 27 April 2009
  VATICAN - At the Regina Caeli, Pope expresses his hope that the pilgrimage of those who have come to Rome for the canonizations “can help each one [of you] to 'run' with more joy and energy toward the final 'goal,' toward 'the prize of God's upward calling, in Christ Jesus.'” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, April 26, at the close of the Mass celebrated in Saint Peter's Square for the proclamation of the 5 new saints, the Holy Father Benedict XVI opened his address prior to the rec ...
• 27 April 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Pilgrimage of the relics of Saint John Bosco begins in the 130 countries where Salesians are present Turin (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the celebration by the Salesian Family in Piedmont and the Val d’Aosta of the 150 anniversary of the founding of the Salesian Congregation (see Fides 8/7/2008; 2/2/2009), fr ...
• 27 April 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “In the 2009 election, the real victory belongs to all the South Africans...We call on the new government to show an even greater commitment to service towards the marginalized,” Bishops of South Africa write, following elections Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – Jacob Zuma, leader of the African National Congress (ANC), is the new President of South Africa. Zuma won the elections on April 22 (see Fides 22/4/2009). The ANC obtained 65.9% of the vo ...
• 27 April 2009
  VATICAN - Seven Cardinals as Special Envoys of the Holy Father for the concluding acts of the Year of Saint Paul in Pauline sites Vatican City(Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the close of the Year dedicated to the Apostle Saint Paul, which will take place simultaneously on June 29, 2009 in various “Pauline sites,” the Holy Father Benedict ...
• 27 April 2009
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Exhibition on Saint Paul inaugurated for the Year of Saint Paul, on the 4th anniversary of the election of Benedict XVI Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – On the 4th anniversary of the election of Pope Benedict XVI, the Apostolic Nunciature in Uganda, in addition to the reception for ecclesiastical and civil authorities, has erected an exhibitio ...
• 27 April 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI encourages faithful to follow example of the new saints “so that our lives may be hymns of praise to God, following the footsteps of Jesus, whom we adore with faith in the mystery of the Eucharist and serve with generosity in our neighbor.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The light radiating from the countenance of the Risen Christ shines on us today, especially in the evangelical lives of the five blesseds, who in this celebration are inscribed in the li ...
• 27 April 2009
  VATICAN - Holy Father Benedict XVI reminds Catholic religion teachers of their role in “giving soul to the school and assuring the Christian faith of a full citizenship in areas of education and culture.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “May your teaching be similar to that of Saint Paul, capable of showing your students that dimension of freedom and full appreciation of man redeemed by Christ, as is present in God's pla ...
• 27 April 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Alert for swine flu: Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera has called for a Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe, asking that she free the city and the country from danger Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Secretariat of Health has issued a public alert on the outbreak of the swine flu, which has led the Mexican Bishops' Conference (CEM) to issue a statement to the faithful and the popul ...
• 27 April 2009
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Pilgrimage for young people, calling for an end to violence and kidnapping in the country Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) – The city of El Paraiso welcomed over 5,000 youth on April 26, who had left Tegucigalpa last Friday, passing through Danli and then on to El Paraiso, in a pilgrimage calling for an end to ...
• 27 April 2009
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops concerned for the polarization of positions and decision-making that goes against the spirit and letter of the Constitution Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “Venezuela has a future! And we should all contribute in building it. This is why all of us should recognize the existence of those who are not with us, those who think differently.” This is ...
• 27 April 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Strengthening the commitment of the Korean Mission Societies in the Year of St. Paul, for new vocations Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The Year of Saint Paul will leave important heirloom for the missionary spirit of the Church in Korea, in helping to encourage new missionary vocations: the Korean Mission Societies have recentl ...