News

• 11 March 2009
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Missionary Training School inaugurated as a fruit of CAM 3 Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The Missionary Training School of the Archdiocese of Quito was inaugurated on March 7, a visible fruit of all the Archdiocese lived in preparing and celebrating the Third Missionary Congress (CA ...
• 11 March 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - “Young people: I tell you...the mission is now!” is the theme of the Missionary Youth Easter Campaign, in union with the Continental Mission Lima (Agenzia Fides) – Firm in their commitment to awaken the missionary youth spirit, the Pontifical Mission Societies in Peru (PMS of Peru), in their youth section (“Jovenes Sin Fronteras”), are organizing the 28 ...
• 11 March 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Bethlehem Foreign Missions Society celebrates over 50 years in Taiwan Tai Dong (Agenzia Fides) – In 1953, upon the invitation of Bishop André-Jean Vérineux, MEP (1897-1983) of Hwalien, Fr. Giger Alfred (1919-1970), the first missionary of the Bethlehem Foreign Missions Society (SMB) fr ...
• 11 March 2009
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Urgent need for political reform to protect religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Protection and respect for the rights of religious minorities in Pakistan is still one of the aspects of social and political life that shows signs of needing legislative reform. This is what a ...
• 10 March 2009
  Dossier - BENEDICT XVI - 11th international apostolic pilgrimage 2009 CONTENTS • THE PILGRIMAGE IS ANNOUNCED. Main events on the programme. - The Second African Synod. - Meeting with Bishops of I.M.B.I.S.A. • Africa after Vatican II from Paul VI to Benedict XVI. - The Catholi ...
• 10 March 2009
  AFRICA - Three Catholic priests murdered in one week: two in South Africa and one in Burundi Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Fr Lionel Sham, Parish Priest of Mohlakeng (Johannesburg Archdiocese) was killed on Saturday 7th March 2009, after being abducted from his home in Mohlakeng. This is what Agenzia Fides lea ...
• 10 March 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops denounce the use of tax dollars to destroy human lives in embryonic stem cell research Washington (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Justin Rigali, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life Activities, has issued a statement calling President Obama's executive order on em ...
• 10 March 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Rome's Town Hall: “Rome must rediscover its most profound soul, its civil and Christian roots, if it wishes to promote a new humanism which focuses upon man, recognized in the fullness of his truth.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On the morning of Monday, March 9, the Holy Father Benedict XVI went to visit Rome's Town Hall. He was welcomed by the City's Mayor Gianni Alemanno and later entered the Mayor's Study where he we ...
• 10 March 2009
  VATICAN - The Pope's greeting to the people of Rome: “Rome is beautiful above all for the generosity and sanctity of so many of its sons and daughters, who have left eloquent signs of their passion for the beauty of God, the beauty of love that never fades or grows old.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, March 9, at the close of his visit to Rome's Town Hall, the Holy Father went out on the balcony of the Senate's Palace to greet the citizens who were gathered in the Plaza of the Town ...
• 10 March 2009
  VATICAN - Holy Father's visit to the Convent of the Oblate Sisters of Santa Francesca Romana, highlighting the need to “bring the spiritual dimension back to the heart of civil living, to give full meaning to the many activities of the human person” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – After his visit to Rome's Town Hall, a little after 12 noon, on March 9, the Holy Father Benedict XVI travelled to the nearby Convent of the Oblate Sisters of Santa Francesca Romana at Tor de'Spe ...
• 10 March 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Defense Minister resigns, while opposition leader takes refuge in the French Embassy; the country's situation is critical Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is critical, but we are still hopeful that in the end there will be a peaceful resolution,” Agenzia Fides was told by sources at Radio Don Bosco in Antananarivo, Madagaca ...
• 10 March 2009
  EUROPE - Economic crisis: increasingly alarming facts from Africa to Europe, with the poorest countries bearing the heaviest brunt; increase in infant mortality rate Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The negative facts on the progress of the world economy are as follows: the Gross Domestic Product worldwide is shrinking for the first time since the end of World War II, according to informatio ...
• 10 March 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - “It is a shame to see that here in Europe, there are people who are doing all they can to remove crosses from schools and public places, while we are struggling to promote Catholic and religious teaching in society.” A reflection from Fr. Peter Zhao, Vicar of Beijing Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “It is a shame to see that here in Europe, there are people who are doing all they can to remove crosses from schools and public places, while we are struggling to promote Catholic and religio ...
• 10 March 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Biblical Convention dedicated to Saint Paul in honor of the Jubilee Year, in Dharmapuri Dharmapuri (Agenzia Fides) – In Tamil Nadu, located in the Diocese of Dharmapuri, priests, religious, and faithful are studying and reflecting on the Letters of Saint Paul. In honor of the Year of St. Paul, in the Dioc ...
• 10 March 2009
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Archbishop of Caracas makes a Lenten appeal to reaffirm sacredness of human life and the respect due each person Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “Yes to life and no to death!” is the call launched by Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela) in his Lenten message published on March 9. Cardinal Urosa reminds the f ...