News

• 20 March 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - “The situation is calm. We are waiting to see how many ambassadors attend the ceremony for the presentation of the President ad interim,” Fides sources say Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - “We have returned to normal life. The situation is calm and there are no demonstrations in favor or against the new government,” Fides was told by a source from Radio Don Bosco, the lar ...
• 20 March 2009
  ASIA - 40 years of Radio Veritas, the voice of the Gospel in Asia Manila (Agenzia Fides) – For the past 40 years Radio Veritas has been the 'voice of the Gospel' in Asia: it is the only short wave radio on the continent and in the world which offers a unique contribution towards evan ...
• 20 March 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Young religious evangelise in North East India Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) – It all began with a call from the Archdiocese of Guwahati for 'mission to the people' in tribal villages anxious to hear the good news of Christ. More than 250 young men and women religious ...
• 18 March 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Cameroon (1) - Arrival in Yaounde: “The saving message of the Gospel needs to be proclaimed loud and clear, so that the light of Christ can shine into the darkness of people’s lives.” Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - “I come among you as a pastor, I come to confirm my brothers and sisters in the faith. This was the role that Christ entrusted to Peter at the Last Supper, and it is the role of Peter’s succ ...
• 18 March 2009
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA: Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - “Being open to God's loving mercy ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Lent is an exceptional time of mercy. The Word of God and the prayers in daily Mass stress the primacy of love over sin: God saves through his loving mercy, manifested in the Son of God, Ou ...
• 18 March 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Presentation of “Madrid Manifesto,” an unprecedented participation among the elite of biomedical research in Spain taking a stand against abortion reform Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – It all began as the “Manifesto of the 300,” however the name was soon changed to the “Madrid Manifesto” after gaining the support of over one thousand signatures from university profess ...
• 18 March 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops' Conference denounces with profound grief the murder of two religious, an act that “goes against all the desires for reconciliation and peace that the Church has been preaching” Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – In a statement of profound grief, the Bishops' Conference of Colombia denounced the murder of two members of the Redemptorist Order: Gabriel Fernando Montoya Tamayo (40 years) y Jesús Ariel J ...
• 18 March 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishop of Oran denounces serious health crisis in the wake of the landslide, dengue epidemic is feared Oran (Agenzia Fides) – The Oran Bishop's Office has issued a statement on the “grave health situation” being experienced recently and urges all the faithful, “as the diocesan Church,” to “work and fight toget ...
• 18 March 2009
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - In the Year of Saint Paul, a new parish in Moaaga dedicated to the Apostle is “overflowing with missionary zeal” Moaaga (Agenzia Fides) – Saint Paul's Parish in Moaaga is the most recent addition to the Archdiocese of Koupela (Burkina Faso). It was erected by Archbishop Seraphin Francois Rouamba of Koupela, in a decree dated July ...
• 18 March 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Novena in Saint Joseph's Parish in Lu Chou to prepare for 122th anniversary Taipei (Agenzia Fides) – Since March 10, the parish dedicated to Saint Joseph, in Lu Chou, Archdiocese of Taipei, has been praying a novena in preparation for the feast of its patron, Saint Joseph, recalling the 122 ye ...
• 18 March 2009
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The long road to authentic abolition of all discrimination against women Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - “A legislation that calls for the prohibition of dicriminations against women according to article 1 of the Convention, and appropriately sanctioning the violations of article 2b of the same d ...
• 17 March 2009
  VATICAN - Statement from the Holy See Press Office: new Chinese-language section on www.vatican.va Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – A statement from the Holy See Press Office says that “for the occasion of the Solemnity of St. Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary and Patron of the Universal Church, the official websit ...
• 17 March 2009
  VATICAN - Pope tells participants of the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Clergy: “The centrality of Christ brings with it the correct appreciation of the ministerial priesthood, without which neither the Eucharist nor, consequently, the mission and the Church herself would exist.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the eve of his first apostolic trip to Africa, the Holy Father Benedict XVI held an audience with participants of the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Clergy on March 16. T ...
• 17 March 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Bishops' Conference launches pro-life campaign: “our society is adopting a severe perversion of the truth about abortion” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – The Spanish Bishops' Conference has launched a pro-life campaign entitled: “Protect my life!”. The initiative coincides with the celebrations for the Day for Life, which will be celebrated ...
• 17 March 2009
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - “Africans in Europe”: Congress on Pastoral Care for African Immigrants in Europe Modling (Agenzia Fides) – On March 8-11, the city of Modling (Vienna), hosted the yearly encounter entitled “Pastoral Care for Immigrants in the Urban Metropolises of Europe,” which this year was subtitled: “Afri ...