News

• 13 February 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Argentina facing one of its worst droughts in the last 50 years, with substantial losses in crops and livestock Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – Argentina, one of the largest producers of grain and meat, is now suffering one of the worst droughts in the last 50 years, with substantial losses in crops and livestocj, and with few po ...
• 13 February 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexico celebrates World Day of the Holy Childhood Association and Missionary Youth on February 15 Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – Like every year, hundreds of children and youth will join in celebrating the World Day of the Holy Childhood Association and Missionary Youth (DOMINF), which in Mexico is on February 15 (t ...
• 13 February 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church prepares for the Indian Missionary Congress New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Preparations continue for the first Indian Missionary Congress, set to take place in Bombay, October 14-18, 2009. The preparations are already underway: all the dioceses are working to prepa ...
• 13 February 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Catholics in Taiwan celebrate World Day of the Sick Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – For some time now, Catholics in Taiwan have been working to provide pastoral assistance to the most vulnerable in society, especially the sick. According to the Catholic Church Directory Taiwa ...
• 13 February 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Meditation efforts begin between the President and former mayor of the capital, with participation from the Christian Churches Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - “The negotiations seem a bit tough at the moment, as the two sides remain firm in their positions,” Agenzia Fides was told by sources at Radio Don Bosco in Antananarivo, the capital of ...
• 12 February 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - State of emergency declared for the severe drought affecting the larger part of the country, Catholics offering their own contribution in the aid effort Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Due to the lack of precipitation in the last few months in the majority of the northern part of the continent, where the majority of the winter grain is produced, a state of emergency has been ...
• 12 February 2009
  ASIA/THAILAND - Bishop of Chiang Mai resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 10 February 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Chiang Mai (Thailand) presented by Bishop Joseph Sangval Suras ...
• 12 February 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Bishop of Fenoarivo-Atsinanana appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 10 February 2009, appointed Fr. Marcellin Randriamamonjy, of the clergy of Ambositra, Rector of the Interdiocesan Major Seminary of Vohitsoa (Fianarant ...
• 12 February 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishop of Simla-Chandigarh appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 10 February 2009, appointed Fr. Ignatius Loyola Mascarenhas, of the clergy of Delhi, Rector of the Regional Propedeutical Seminary in Kauli, as Bishop ...
• 12 February 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 10 February 2009, appointed Monsignor Binay Kandulna of the clergy of Khunti, collaborator at the Apostolic Nunciature in New Delhi, as Auxiliary Bisho ...
• 12 February 2009
  ASIA/KOREA - Auxiliary Bishop of Daejeon appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 10 February 2009, appointed Fr. Augustinus Kim Jong Soo, Rector of the Major Seminary in Daejeon, as Auxiliary Bishop of Daejeon (Korea) assigning him ...
• 12 February 2009
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Apostolic Vicar of El Peten appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 10 February 2009, appointed Fr. Mario Fiandri, SDB, President of the Salesian Theologate in Guatemala, Apostolic Vicar of El Peten (Guatemala), assigni ...
• 12 February 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI begins a new series of catechesis on John Climacus and his treatise on the spiritual life, the “Scala” with its thirty steps Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After 20 catecheses dedicated to the Apostle Paul, as it is the Year of St. Paul, the Holy Father Benedict XVI once again took up the presentation of the great writiers of the Church of Eas ...
• 12 February 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the 17th World Day of the Sick: “for us Christians, the reply to the enigma of suffering and death is in Christ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “This Day invites us to make sick people more intensely aware of the spiritual closeness of the Church...At the same time, today we have the opportunity to reflect on the experience of si ...
• 12 February 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - Prestige of 'giudaizzanti' or “folly” of Apostles? Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Augustine commenting the Letter to the Galatians recalls Paul's amazement with regard to members of the community who were disturbed or captivated by the prestige of 'giudaizzanti', t ...