News

• 7 January 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - With Church/government collaboration Catholic centre cares for 'today's lepers”: persons suffering from AIDS Raipur (Agenzia Fides) –Jeevodaya Centre in the diocese of Raipur was originally Pallottine for people with leprosy. Today the patients are persons with AIDS or TB. The recent inauguration of new structures for people ...
• 5 January 2009
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “The condominium, the Turkish district and an Italian woman pensioner - fears and hopes” (correspondence from Luca De Mata in Germany- part 11) Germany (Agenzia Fides) - I am in Germany. Where, is of little importance. This is one of Germany's main cities, one of those which did not experience Communism and whose growth is due also to the work of numerous immigr ...
• 3 January 2009
  The 80th Anniversary of Opus Dei A Message of Holiness in the World Introduction 1. The Founder: Saint Josemaría Escrivá 1.1 A man who knew how to love 1.2 His life 2.The Spirit of the Work 2.1 The model of the first Christians 2.2 The sanctification of work ...
• 2 January 2009
  THE QUESTION OF IMMIGRATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (1) Introduction Historical and economic origins of immigration in the United States From the 20th century to today: History and Politics Political-commercial relations between Mexico and the USA Hispa ...
• 2 January 2009
  Dossier - The Pontifical Council Cor Unum Introduction Structure, purpose and goals of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, the Pope's charity arm Cor Unum and the encyclical Deus Caritas Est Pope Benedict XVI addresses Cor Unum Interview with C ...
• 30 December 2008
  THE NAMES OF PASTORAL WORKERS, PRIESTS, MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS AND LAY CATHOLICS KILLED DURING 2008 The names of catholics killed while on mission in 2008 Priests and religious killed in 2008 biographical notes and circumstances of death Table for year 2008 Table of pastoral workers killed on mission between ...
• 23 December 2008
  DIES NATALIS DOMINI NOSTRI IESU CHRISTI 2008 - Wishing you a blessed Christmas, in contemplation and proclamation of the mystery of Christ, who has become Incarnate in order to save all mankind and make us “God's light” to all peoples. Luca de Mata, Director and the editorial staff of Agenzia Fides Blessed Christmas 2008 - New Year 2009 ...
• 23 December 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells the Roman Curia: “The missionary spirit of the Church is none other than the impulse to communicate the joy which has been given. May it always be alive in us and so be radiated on the world in the midst of its tribulations.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The year just concluding has been rich by way of retrospective glances on important moments in the recent history of the Church, but also rich in events which carry within them pointers ...
• 23 December 2008
  MISSIONARY INTENTION - The Pope’s Missionary Intention for January 2009: “That the different Christian confessions, aware of the need for a new evangelization in this period of profound transformations, may be committed to announcing the Good News and moving towards the full unity of all Christians in order to offer a more credible testimony of the Gospel.” Commentary. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Church is like a river that irrigates the heart of human history. Over its course, it finds ever new and different landscapes to which it must adapt herself. Sometimes they are narrow ...
• 23 December 2008
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Agenzia Fides interviews an illegal immigrant in Germany on the tariffs and the fears of someone trying to enter Europe (Luca de Mata writes from Germany) Cologne (Agenzia Fides) – An interview with an illegal Filipino immigrant normally involves a gathering of the large Filipino community. All of them want to tell their story. The trip. Humiliations and the debts that h ...
• 23 December 2008
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “Perhaps if the Lord had chosen to be born in this epoch, given God's way of acting, He would not have disdained this place”: says a missionary working in the rag-picker district of Cairo Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – “In our very modest structure we try to make sure the small classrooms where we teach our children are kept clean. We insist on the necessity of hygiene and order as a system of life, and we h ...
• 22 December 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus recalls that in the Christmas mystery of salvation, “beyond the historical dimension... there is a cosmic dimension: Christ is the sun of grace who, with his light, transfigures and inflames the universe with expectation,” and greets participants in the initiatives underway for the world Year of Astronomy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “With the feast of Christmas just a few days away, we are invited to fix our gaze upon the ineffable mystery that Mary carried for nine months in her virginal womb: the mystery of God who ...
• 22 December 2008
  VATICAN - “You can pray to the Lord that he will change the hearts of those who make weapons, bring terrorists to their senses, convert the heart of those who think always of war and help humanity to build a better future for all the children of the world.” The Pope addresses the youth of Italy's Catholic Action (A.C.R.) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – According to custom, on December 20, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received a group of youth representing Italy's Catholic Action (A.C.R.), in an audience to wish them a blessed Christmas. ...
• 22 December 2008
  VATICAN - Pope tells Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology: “Every man, every society, needs a culture that is open to the anthropological, moral, and spiritual dimension of its existence.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The diffusion of artistic and historical culture in all sectors of society provides the men and women of our age with means to rediscover their own roots and extract cultural and spiritu ...
• 22 December 2008
  VATICAN - Apostolic Letter of the Holy Father, on the occasion of the 8th Centenary of the death of Blessed John Duns Scotus: “Solid as he was in the Catholic Faith, he made all efforts to understand, explain, and defend the truths of the faith through the light of human reason.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI sent an apostolic letter to the Archbishop of Cologne, Cardinal Joachim Meisner, and the participants in the International Scientific Congress, on the occasio ...