News

• 14 May 2009
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Missionaries of Charity working to provide humanitarian aid to Swat refugees “in need of immediate assistance” Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – In the spirit of Mother Teresa, placing themselves at the service of “the poorest of the poor,” the Missionaries of Charity in Pakistan have responded to the humanitarian crisis of the r ...
• 14 May 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - North Kivu: Jesuit Relief Services launch alert for refugees and express concern for further military operations in South Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Over the last three weeks, in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), have stepped up reprisals against the civilian popula ...
• 14 May 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - New Bishop's priority: Year of Priestly Vocations in Hong Kong to coincide with the Year of the Priest declared by the Pope Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – From July 2009 to December 2010, the Diocese of Hong Kong will celebration the Year of Priestly Vocations, uniting itself to the intentions of the Holy Father Benedict XVI, who has declared ...
• 14 May 2009
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - CELAM Assembly continues with presentations from the seven departments of the Council on activities in the past two years Managua (Agenzia Fides) – The 22nd Ordinary Assembly of the Latin American Bishops' Council (CELAM), which is being celebrated for the first time in Nicaragua (in Managua), continues underway. The main theme is the sta ...
• 14 May 2009
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Cases of HIV in Nicaragua reaches 4,102, the majority between 15-49 years of age Managua (Agenzia Fides) – Following the recent discovery of 226 new cases of HIV in Nicaragua, the number of carriers of the virus has reached 4,102, according to a report from the local Ministry of Health. Of these 69 ...
• 14 May 2009
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Bishop of Kurunegala resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 14 May 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Kurunegala (Sri Lanka), presented by Bishop Anthony Leopold Raymond ...
• 14 May 2009
  ASIA/THAILAND - Archbishop of Bangkok resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 14 May 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Bangkok (Thailand) presented by Cardinal Michael Michai Kitbunch ...
• 14 May 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE : Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - The necessary and sufficient reason for the Pope's visit to the Holy Land Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Over the past few months no few experts and commentators expressed doubts about the Holy Father's Apostolic Visit to the Holy Land. Some even suggested, better not go: such a complicated si ...
• 14 May 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the Holy Land (18) - Mass in Manger's Square: “Bethlehem calls us to be: witnesses of the triumph of God’s love over the hatred, selfishness, fear and resentment...” Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) – Having concluded the welcoming ceremony in the Palestinian Territories, the Holy Father Benedict XVI celebrated Mass in Manger's Square, in front of the Basilica of the Nativity. “I thank ...
• 14 May 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the Holy Land (17) - Welcoming Ceremony in the Palestinian Territories: “I earnestly beg the Almighty for peace, a just and lasting peace, in the Palestinian Territories and throughout the region.” Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) – On the morning of May 13, the Holy Father Benedict XVI traveled to the Presidential Palace of the Palestinian Authority in Bethlehem, crossing the border between Israel and the Autonomous Pa ...
• 13 May 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Messages and acknowledgment for the 25th anniversary of “Sisilah” Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) – 25 years of dialogue towards peace and reconciliation, sowing hope, respect, and harmony amidst a society marked by violence, attacks, and hate...this is the world of the Christian-Islamic d ...
• 13 May 2009
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA : Mgr Luciano Alimandi - The embrace of the Mother Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Remain in me, as I in you. As a branch cannot bear fruit all by itself, unless it remains part of the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches ...
• 13 May 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - “The violence in North Kivu has never ceased,” says UN Special Representative for Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – There is no peace for North Kivu, the region to the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where various armed groups are working, some of them from foreign countries. “The violence has ...
• 13 May 2009
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Conference held at the Urbaniana on the African religion of the Dinka in South Sudan Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Becoming familiar with other religions, especially those of Africa, is of fundamental importance for understanding the context and listeners in announcing the Gospel, so that it may become “inc ...
• 13 May 2009
  VATICAN - General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies continues: training future evangelizers and encouraging child missionaries to evangelize their peers and families Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The sessions of the General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies continued on May 12, with a talk by Monsignor Jan Dumon, Secretary General of the Pontifical Society of Saint Peter the Ap ...