News

• 30 March 2009
  VATICAN - Meeting in the Vatican on the Catholic Church in China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In a communique published today the Holy See Press Office announces that the commission established by Benedict XVI in 2007 to study questions of importance concerning the life of the Catho ...
• 30 March 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Madrid, capital of the Civil Alliance in defense of the right to life: 700 associations from across the world, representing 20 million people, take part in the March for Life Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, Madrid became the capital of the Civil Alliance in defense of the right to life. This is what the Institute for Family Policies said in commenting on the Right to Life March that was ...
• 30 March 2009
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Diocese of Loja drafts its Missionary Project 2009, for a missionary church par excellence, in “permanent missionary status” Loja (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocese of Loja, located in southern Ecuador, has drafted its “Missionary Project 2009,” under the guidance of the Diocesan Offices of the Pontifical Mission Societies led by Fr. Wilson C ...
• 30 March 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - “The Church lifts her voice once more to proclaim: You shall not kill,” says Bishop of Ayaviri on the “Day of the Unborn Child” celebrated March 29 Ayaviri (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, March 29, the Prelature of Ayaviri celebrated a special Mass for the “Day of the Unborn Child,” presided by Bishop Kay Schmalhausen of Ayaviri, in which he once more brought to ...
• 30 March 2009
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Angolan Bishops express their gratitude to the Holy Father for his recent visit and congratulate local media on their coverage of the event Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of Angola and Sao Tome and Principe (CEAST) thanks Pope Benedict XVI for his visit to Angola on March 20-23 and congratulate local media on their coverage of the event. ...
• 30 March 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Tensions continue in Madagascar as the Southern African Development Community calls the change of power “unacceptable” Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – Tensions continue in Madagascar, where today, March 30, protests were held against the “legal movement” that is calling for the resignation of ad interim President Rajoelina, who was ...
• 28 March 2009
  Dossier - The economic crisis in the United States of America Introduction The lost lesson of the Great Depression The American crisis in the real economy Real finance and economy Politics: responsibility and solutions Anti-crisis measures in Preside ...
• 27 March 2009
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 30 January, 2009, appointed Fr. Valentine Gryk of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), Natio ...
• 27 March 2009
  VATICAN - Program for the Holy Father Benedict XVI on his pilgrimage to the Holy Land Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The programme of Benedict XVI's pilgrimage to the Holy Land, due to take place from 8 to 15 May, was made public today by the Holy See Press Office. The Pope will depart from Rome's Fium ...
• 27 March 2009
  VATICAN - April 2: Papal Mass for John Paul II with the youth of Rome Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) –In the Vatican Basilica at 6 p.m. on Thursday 2 April, Benedict XVI will preside at a Mass marking the fourth anniversary of the death of Servant of God John Paul II. Young people from th ...
• 27 March 2009
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “The Pope was a missionary of the Gospel and wanted to be nothing else. This ought to be the first thing to think about.” Reflections on Benedict XVI's visit. Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - “The Pope was a missionary of the Gospel and wanted to be nothing else. This ought to be the first thing to think about,” said Fr. Filiberto Rodríguez, Superior of the Salesian Vice-Province ...
• 27 March 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - “It is when I am weak that I am strong.” Pauline spirit at the heart of the Lenten Retreat and III Seminar of the Year of St. Paul, in the Diocese of Fu Zhou Fu Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – “It is when I am weak that I am strong” was the theme for the Lenten Retreat that took place March 19-23, led by Fr. Larry Lewis, of the Maryknoll Missionaries, invited by the Diocese of F ...
• 27 March 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Commission for Youth Apostolate and missionaries call for a maximum effort in pastoral ministry with the youth Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Commission for Youth Apostolate and missionaries working in Hong Kong are calling for a greater participation among parishes in the evangelization of the youth and in youth pastoral mini ...
• 27 March 2009
  MISSIONARY INTENTION - The Pope's Missionary Intention for April 2009: “That the Christians who work in areas where the conditions of the poor, the weak and the women and children are most tragic, may be signs of hope, thanks to their courageous testimony to the Gospel of solidarity and love.” Commentary. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Church's vitality can be measured by her charity, given the saying of Saint Teresa of Jesus: “love is never idle.” Oftentimes, there often conditions of poverty and difficulties t ...
• 27 March 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Inauguration of the Shrine for Life “a place for honoring, respecting, defending, and giving thanks for life” Santiago de Queretaro (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Mario De Gasperin of Santiago Queretaro, presided a Mass on Wednesday, March 25, Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord and celebration of the “Day of the Unborn Chil ...