News

• 1 December 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops call the faithful on to the National Mission, centered on the evangelization and the family, at the close of their Plenary Assembly San Cristobal (Agenzia Fides) - “We, the Bishops of Ecuador, wish to continue encouraging the evangelization of our people, just as the Conference of Aparecida and the recent Third American Missionary Congress have ask ...
• 1 December 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “Help Your Church 2008” campaign is launched, in hopes to promote a community spirit and a greater awareness of the responsibility in the evangelizing work of the Church Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, November 30, First Sunday of Advent, the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference launched the Campaign “Help Your Church 2008.” As part of the Church's National Solidarity Plan, whose ob ...
• 1 December 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Followers of all the different religions unite in the fight against terrorism Lucknow (Agenzia Fides) – A large group of religious leaders came together in Lucknow, the capital of the Indian state Uttar Pradesh (northern India), the day after the attacks in Bombay, to give a clear sign against t ...
• 1 December 2008
  ASIA - “There is a need to prepare formators and clergy in the smaller Churches”: testimony of participants in the Course for Spiritual Directors, organized by CIAM Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “In Asia and in other continents, there is a great need to give formation to future priests. Spiritual direction is an essential part of their preparation: this allows for better priests ...
• 1 December 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrini Missionaries Meeting: the message and the method of St Paul offer a wealth of proposals for the Christian of the third millennium and for the promotion of intercultural dialogue Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “From proclaiming among cultures to communion among peoples: in the footsteps of Saint Paul”, was the theme of a meeting held at the Pontifical Urban University on 28 November organised by the ...
• 28 November 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Archbishop of Kisangani appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on November 28, 2008, appointed Marcel Utembi Tapa, Archbishop of Kisangani (Democratic Republic of Congo). Until now, he served as Bishop of Mahagi-Nioka. ( ...
• 28 November 2008
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Auxiliary Bishop of Makurdi appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on November 28, 2008, appointed Father William Avenya, of the clergy of Diocese of Makurdi, Secretary General of the AECWA, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Dioces ...
• 28 November 2008
  VATICAN - The Holy Father Benedict XVI launches an appeal “for an end to all acts of terrorism” in a telegram to the Archbishop of Bombay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Following the series of terrorist attacks in Bombay (Mumbai), the economic capital of India, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State, sent a telegram to the Archbishop of Bombay, Ca ...
• 28 November 2008
  VATICAN - On the eve of the Doha Conference, the Holy See calls for new guidelines for financial markets that favor poor countries; the grave problem of the offshore financial centers Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Intervene in the flight of capital in offshore financial centers which are an enormous diversion of resources through financial evasion; impose politics based on cooperation in favor of p ...
• 28 November 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - “I hope that the two sisters have heard of the news of the Holy Father's concern for them,” the Nuncio in Kenya tells Agenzia Fides Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The Holy Father's expression of his closeness, via Father Lombardi, to the two kidnapped sisters is important for us. I hope that the two sisters, as has occurred in other similar cases in ot ...
• 28 November 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church in Bombay is working on the front line to offer aid and prayers for the victims of the attacks New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The city of Bombay is still recovering from the aftershocks of yesterday's terrorist attacks that left over 100 people dead and 300 wounded. The local Church continues its prayers and servic ...
• 28 November 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - Two new parishes established, after 50 years Santiago de Cuba (Agenzia Fides) – This past November 22 was an important day for the Church in Cuba, as after over 50 years there are now two new parishes in the Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba: “Cristo Rey” (Chri ...
• 28 November 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - March for Life and Liberty today in Colombia, with simultaneous manifestations all over the world, calling for the liberation of all the captives before Christmas Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – Millions of Colombians will join in the march being held today, November 28, in various cities throughout the country and in different parts of the world “for life and liberty,” calling for ...
• 28 November 2008
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Welcoming refugees and displaced persons implies “ that we address the other as a person and prevents us from approaching him as a problem or as a source of work”: Archbishop Marchetto addresses the Migration Commission of the German Catholic Bishops' Conference Cologne (Agenzia Fides) - “Refugees are always in the heart of the Church” and “what the Church undertakes in favor of refugees is an integral part of its mission”: these were the words pronounced by Archbishop A ...
• 28 November 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - On November 30, over 900 cities all over the world will celebrate the “World Day of Cities for Life Against the Death Penalty” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Just a few days after the Third Commission of the U.N. General Assembly renewed it’s anti-death penalty stance and Burundi abolished capital punishment, on November 30, 2008 close to 1,000 cities ...