News

• 18 April 2009
  Instrumentum mensis Martii pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum On 9 March, the Holy Father Benedict XVI paid a visit to the Mayor of Rome and then stopped at the nearby Convent of the Oblate Sisters of Saint Francesca Romana, who were celebrating the 4th centenary of the Saint's can ...
• 17 April 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Jubilee Year declared for 300th anniversary of the Old Guadalupe Basilica Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, Archbishop of Mexico City, has declared a Jubilee Year from May 1, 2009 to May 1, 2010, for the 300th anniversary of the Old Basilica of Guadalupe. This w ...
• 17 April 2009
  AMERICA/CHILE - Fruits of the Ad limina visit, the Continental Mission, and pastoral work in protecting the environment, on the agenda for the Plenary Assembly April 20-24 Villarrica (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of Chile will be celebrating its 97th Plenary Assembly this April 20-24 in the “San Fidel” Major Seminary in the Diocese of Villarrica. On Sunday, April 19, at ...
• 17 April 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Sunday, April 26, launching of Continental Mission, coinciding with the 87th Ordinary Assembly of Bishops Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – This coming week, the Bishops of Bolivia will begin their 87th Orinary Assembly in the city of Cochabamba, one year after the previous Assembly, as the Bishops were on their Ad limina visit ...
• 17 April 2009
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Raoul Follereau Foundation rejoices at the canonization of Belgian missionary Fr. Damien De Veuster, Apostle of the Lepers Paris (Agenzia Fides) – It was April 17, 1967 (a Monday, 42 years ago), when Raoul Follereau, better known as the “Vagabond of Charity,” entered the Bronze Doors of the Vatican to meet in a private audience with Po ...
• 17 April 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Ravalomanana claims: “I'm still President” and appoints a new Prime Minister Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – Marc Ravalomanana, from his location in Tripoli (Lybia), has appointed a new Prime Minister, Manandafy Rakotonirina, in charge of forming a “consensus government open to all the forces ...
• 17 April 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Don't take us back into war!” Kenyan press pleas, as politicians return to dialogue Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The various political parties have returned to dialogue, thanks to the pressures placed by UN Special Envoy for Kenya, Kofi Annan, and the diplomatic corps accredited in Nairobi,” Agenzia F ...
• 17 April 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Youth, joy of the diocese and hope of the Church”: Message from the Youth Ministry Director of the Bishops' Commission for Evangelization Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - “Youth, joy of the diocese and hope of the Church” is the title of the Message from Bishop Thomas Chung, Youth Ministry Director of the Commission for Evangelization of the Regional Bishops' ...
• 17 April 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - 2008 Report on freedom of religion in North Korea New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – 99.7% of the citizens of North Korea cannot profess or practice their faith in freedom. This is what the 2008 Report on freedom of religion in North Korea, recently published by the Commissi ...
• 17 April 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Elections to take place for 30 days New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – India has now entered the voting booths: citizens of the largest democracy are now voting for 543 members of the 15th legislature of Lokh Saba, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. The ...
• 16 April 2009
  VATICAN - Happy Birthday, Holy Father! And here's to many more! Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today, April 16, is the birthday of the Holy Father Benedict XVI, who was born in Marktl am Inn, Diocese of Passau (Germany) on April 16, 1927 (Holy Saturday) and was baptized the same da ...
• 16 April 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - Christians are called to renounce the world, even within the Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - There is a “file rouge” which connects the Holy Father's homily during the Easter Vigil and the now famous meditations for the Way of the Cross 2005, to that of the 22 February 2006 on ...
• 16 April 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the General Audience: “Let us allow ourselves to be enlightened by the Risen Lord. Let us receive Him with faith and generously adhere our lives to His Gospel, as did the privileged witnesses of His Resurrection.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “This year, Easter once more resounds ever the same and ever new, in every corner of the world with this great news: Jesus who was crucified has risen and He lives in glory because he has ...
• 16 April 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Place the Eucharist at the center of your faith life” Archbishop of Johannesburg tells the faithful Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Buti Tlhagale of Johannesburg, President of the SACBC (Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference) made a powerful appeal calling for the Eucharist to be placed at the cente ...
• 16 April 2009
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Inauguration of the first Catholic university in South Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, April 15, St. Mary’s University, the first Catholic university in South Sudan was inaugurated in the capital city of Juba. The ceremony was attended by the Security and Religious Aff ...