News

• 14 January 2009
  AFRICA - Ugandan guerrillas terrorizing the populations of East Congo and South Sudan Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), the Ugandan guerrilla group that has spread terror and death through northern Uganda since 1986, continues attacking civilian populations in the northeastern ...
• 14 January 2009
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Concerns for the fate of Somalia following the retreat of Ethiopian troops Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The Ethiopian troops are in their final stages of retreat from Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, and have handed over security responsibilities to the weak troops of the Transitional Nation ...
• 13 January 2009
  VATICAN - In the face of the world economic crisis, “connected to a crisis in structure, culture and values,” Benedict XVI reminds the Administrators of the Region of Lazio, the City of Rome, and the Province of Rome, that there must be a “joint desire to react, overcoming the divisions and organizing strategies.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Hopes and concerns” were the topics of discussion in the audience that the Holy Father Benedict XVI granted on January 12, to the Administrators of the Region of Lazio, the City of Rom ...
• 13 January 2009
  VATICAN - Holy Father's condolences for the death of Cardinal Pio Laghi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Benedict XVI has sent a telegram of condolence for the death of Cardinal Pio Laghi, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education and Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of ...
• 13 January 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - An outpouring of Marian devotion for Our Lady of Wan Jin, on pilgrimage tour in the Diocese of Tai Nan for the 150th anniversary of the evangelization of the island Tai Nan (Agenzia Fides) – The faithful of the Diocese of Tai Nan are showing their great enthusiasm and devotion to Our Lady of Wan Jin, whose image is on pilgrimage through the various dioceses of the island of Taiwan ...
• 13 January 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - World economic crisis taking its toll on Jesuit activity: “We will have to tighten our belts, living in simplicity and in solidarity with the works and houses that are having the most difficulties in making ends meet.” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – The world economic crisis is also taking its toll on the Society of Jesus. With this in mind, Fr. George W. Quickley, Provincial Superior of the North-West African Province, has written a letter ...
• 13 January 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Everything set for tomorrow's opening of the 6th World Meeting of Families, with the theme: “The Family: Teacher of Human and Christian Values” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – Everything is prepared in Mexico City, awaiting the inauguration of the 6th World Meeting of Families, with the theme: “The Family: Teacher of Human and Christian Values,” which will t ...
• 13 January 2009
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Church makes a call to participate in the city and legal elections on Sunday, January 18: “all of us are protagonists and subjects in politics.” San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of El Salvador (CEDES) has made an announcement asking all citizens to participate in the vote to be held on Sunday, 18 for city and legislative representatives, a ...
• 13 January 2009
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - “Bible Week” in Satkhira: the first ever in the country, on the occasion of the Year of St. Paul Dacca (Agenzia Fides) – For the first time in the history of the Church in Bangladesh, there is a Bible exposition and a “Bible Week” attracting not only Christian faithful, but also non-Christians. The initiative ...
• 13 January 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Family and migration”: Seminar sponsored by the Bishops' Commission on the Family Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Reflect on the relationship between the family institution and the immigration phenomenon, its sociological implications, the prospects and pastoral needs of the Church: this was the central the ...
• 13 January 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - The price of food remains too high, in spite of government aid; 10 million Kenyans at risk for hunger Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The food emergency continues in Kenya, where one third of the population, 10 million people, is at risk for going hungry. Among these, 1.5 million are children and 2.5 million are people suffe ...
• 13 January 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Inflation, loss of employment, government spending-cuts: the financial crisis is taking its toll on Nigeria Lagos (Agenzia Fides) – The global financial crisis and the drop in the cost of fuel are seriously threatening the economy in Nigeria. According to economic experts, interviewed by the loval press, the depreciation of ...
• 12 January 2009
  VATICAN - At the Angelus, the Pope recalls that Baptism is a “gift, joy, but also responsibility,” as parents and godparents “must bring up their children according to the Gospel,” and asks for prayers for the 6th World Meeting of Families Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – After having administered the Sacrament of Baptism to several children in the Sistine Chapel, the Holy Father Benedict XVI went to the window of his study on January 11, to recite the Ang ...
• 12 January 2009
  VATICAN - On the Feast of the Lord's Baptism, Benedict XVI baptizes 13 newborns: “when...we baptize children, bringing them into God's light and his teachings, we are not doing violence to them; rather we are giving them the wealth of divine life in which true freedom is rooted, which is that of being children of God.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “And if Christmas and Epiphany serve above all to make us capable of seeing, to opening our eyes and hearts to the mystery of a God who comes to be with us, the feast of the baptism of Je ...
• 12 January 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - In a remote village of the Mongolian steppe, over 500 faithful were moved during the celebration of their first Christmas in a simple little chapel Ordos (Agenzia Fides) – Setting their eyes for the first time on the Nativity Scene, with the Baby Jesus at the center, the Christmas tree decorated with a Christian message, the faithful of the community of Dong Sheng ...