News

• 16 February 2009
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - The road to peace continues, even in the most isolated areas of Central Africa: missionary testimony Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - “A small seed of peace, and so much hope.” This is how Fr. Aurelio Gazzera, Carmelite missionary and pastor of the parish of Bozoum (Central African Republic), defined the encounter with a de ...
• 16 February 2009
  AMERICA/CUBA - The Church considers February 14 assassination of Spanish priest “a strange and unusual incident” Havana (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Havana has released a statement expressing its condolences to the family members and friends and brother priests of Spanish religious Fr. Eduardo de la Fuente Serrano, who wa ...
• 16 February 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - At the close of their Plenary Assembly, Bishops reaffirm their commitment to fight for peace, against poverty, injustice, and violence Bogotá (Agenzia Fides) - “As Bishops, following this Assembly, we feel prepared to begin work plans, programs and activities that truly allow us to be light to the world and credible testimonies in the work of forming ...
• 16 February 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - At the close of the Latin American Meeting on Pastoral Ministry for Indigenous Peoples: call to defend life and rights of peoples, frequently threatened Lima (Agenzia Fides) - “We express our solidarity with the Bishops' statement and that of the pastoral ministers to the indigenous peoples in Peru, on 'The Value and Development of the Amazon Peoples,' and we denounce ...
• 16 February 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - “The people are tired of the war and restless for the presence of the foreign troops; they are not looking forward to a prolongation of their stay,” Congolese Bishops say Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo have expressed their concern for the foreign military operations in the eastern part of the nation in a message sent to Agenzia Fides, publishe ...
• 16 February 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - An initiative for the Year of Saint Paul: his conversion and missionary travels illustrated in paintings by 30 students (including non-Catholics) Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – An art exhibit entitled: “The missionary travels of Saint Paul depicted by a child paintbrush,” located in the parish hall of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in the Diocese of Hong Kong ...
• 16 February 2009
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - AVSI inaugurates “Senior Holy Family” Secondary School at Mayenkineh Educational Center: a concrete initiative to change the future of 1,200 youth Freetown (Agenzia Fides) – On February 17, 2009, the NGO AVSI will join efforts with their local partner the “Family Home Movement,” to inaugurate the new secondary school “Senior Holy Family” at the Mayenkineh ...
• 14 February 2009
  Instrumentum mensis Januarii pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI pro evangelizatione in terris missionum At the General Weekly Audiences during the month of January, Benedict XVI continued his cycle of catechesis on St Paul, in this Year of St Paul, except for the Audience on 21 January, when he dwelt on the theme of the an ...
• 13 February 2009
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Archbishop of Medan resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 12 February 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Medan (Indonesia) presented by Archbishop Alfred Gonti Piu ...
• 13 February 2009
  AFRICA/GHANA - Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 12 February 2009, appointed Bishop Philip Naameh, until now Bishop of Damongo, as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale (Ghana). (SL) (Agenzia Fides 13/2/2 ...
• 13 February 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations: “The Church is profoundly and irrevocably committed to reject all anti-Semitism and to continue to build good and lasting relations between our two communities.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The two-thousand-year history of the relationship between Judaism and the Church has passed through many different phases, some of them painful to recall. Now that we are able to meet in ...
• 13 February 2009
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA : Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - Miracles and faith in Him Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Mark's Gospel, proclaimed in our churches in this Season, leads us to contemplate the marvellous work of Jesus the Redeemer who heals all sorts of illnesses, frees those possessed by ...
• 13 February 2009
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Southern African Bishops declare February 15 “Zimbabwe Sunday,” in solidarity with the suffering Harare (Agenzia Fides) – The Southern African Conference of Catholic Bishops (SACBC) has declared February 15 “Zimbabwe Sunday,” a special day for prayer and support for the population of the country, which is suff ...
• 13 February 2009
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - “A Catholic education system is definitely a priority,” Bishop Padilla tells Fides, announcing the upcoming entrance of the first Mongolian seminarian Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) – Among the priorities for the Church in Mongolia is “the creation of a global Catholic education system.” This is what Agenzia Fides has learned in an interview with Bishop Wenceslao Pa ...
• 13 February 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Second National Encounter of “Education for Citizenship” Objectors: thousands of families stand firm in defense of their rights and their children's education Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Representatives from 60 platform groups of parents objecting to the course “Education for Citizenship” (EpC) will meet on February 28 in Pozuelo de Alarcon (Madrid), in the Second National ...