News

• 9 March 2009
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Ecumenical Christian Forum sends a statement to the Sri Lankan government asking them to save civilians Madurai (Agenzia Fides) – Protect human rights, save innocent civilians, stop the massacre of human beings in North Sri Lanka: these were the petitions contained in the Memorandum sent to the government in Colombo, fro ...
• 9 March 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - First “Javeriada” 2009: Archbishop of Pamplona calls on Christians to be witnesses of the fact that: “what is Christian and Catholic does not contradict citizenship; rather, it elevates and enhances it.” Navarra (Agenzia Fides) – Over 8,000 people participated in the first of the traditional pilgrimages to the birthplace of the Navarran Saint Francis Xavier, Patron of the Missions, held this past weekend. Each year, th ...
• 9 March 2009
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops call for a Lenten conversion that will lead to a “renewed personal life and one committed to a new nation and communion in the Church, with missionary spirit” Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - “Lent is a time of conversion. As the People of God, we live within a social context marked by changes, quests, with many limitations and dangers. This situation leads to general fatigue and ...
• 9 March 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops show their complete disapproval of the abortion performed on a young girl and express their solidarity with all children who are victims of abuse Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The leaders of the Brazilian Catholic Bishops' Conference (CNBB), who are currently meeting in Rome, issued a press statement expressing their deep regret upon hearing the news of a 9-year-old wh ...
• 9 March 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “A growing Church that participates in the nation's progress”: Nigerian Bishops comment Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Nigeria is a “workshop for ecumenical and interreligious dialogue,” however where the religious differences are used for political purposes. This is what Agenzia Fides learned in an interview ...
• 9 March 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Campaign for life, using film Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The campaign for respecting human life, from conception until natural death, in Korean society is being extended to the new forms of mass-media as well. The Catholic Church in Korea has decided ...
• 9 March 2009
  EUROPE - European Community - Young African girl raped by a leader among her people is today hiding out, as an illegal immigrant, here in Europe, with the fear that no distance will be able to protect her from the violence suffered (Luca De Mata correspondence - 15) European Community (Agenzia Fides) – It is early fall. We are in the North. The sky is a continual coming and going of clouds that overshadow and then fade away. There is a constant fluctuation between heat and cold. M ...
• 6 March 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Launching of “Madrid Live,” with organizing WYD 2011 among top priorities Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – The “Madrid Live” Foundation was officially established yesterday, March 5, 2009, in Madrid. Their organizers mentioned spirituality as an essential element for reviving Spanish society and ...
• 6 March 2009
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - March 8 and 9, study session for evaluating the present state of investigation on Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – After the 50th anniversary of the death of Servant of God Pius XII, known as Eugenio Pacelli prior to his election as Pope, the International Holocaust Investigation Yad Vashem and the Studi ...
• 6 March 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Survey on the importance of the faith and the defense of the Church's teachings in the public debate and in daily life Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – The leading Catholic magazine in Poland, “Niedzela,” with headquarters in Czestochowa, has recently published a survey on the importance of the faith and the defense of the Church's te ...
• 6 March 2009
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Appeal from the Bishop of Limon: “it is time to find a lasting solution to the flooding problem” Limon (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Jose Rafael Quiros of Limon has issued a statement along with the priests of the diocese, showing his concern for the difficult situation in which a large number of families in the dioces ...
• 6 March 2009
  VATICAN - Pope's encounter with the clergy of the Diocese of Rome (4) - The relationship between the Word of God and Marian devotion, indulgences, and other devotions in general Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - As is customary at the beginning of Lent, on Thursday, February 26, the Holy Father Benedict XVI met in the Blessings Hall in the Vatican with the parish priests and clergy of the Diocese o ...
• 6 March 2009
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Launching of the Continental Mission in the country: “we should recover our missionary identity, our missionary zeal” Panama City (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Panama declared itself to be in a “permanent state of mission” this past March 1, with the official launching of the Continental Mission, at the foot of the statue of Chr ...
• 6 March 2009
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Catholic Bishops focus Lenten Pastoral letters on the Family Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) – Putting God back at the centre of the family, always a privileged place for encountering the Lord and handing on the faith: this is the recurrent theme in Lenten Pastoral Letters issued by Catho ...
• 5 March 2009
  WORDS OF DOCTRINE : Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello -Lent: a time of judgement Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Lenten season, with all its history of biblical and Christian tradition, its theological meaning and liturgical origin, is also, necessarily, a time of judgement. The traditional practi ...