News

• 20 November 2008
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops ask “that all constitutional, juridical, and democratic recourses be used in finding a solution to the present crisis” and launch the Continental Mission in Nicaragua Managua (Agenzia Fides) - “As the Bishops of Nicaragua, we wish to ratify and express our concern and grief as pastors, for the violence taking place in various parts of the nation, which is re-opening deep wounds that ...
• 20 November 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “We are seeing troubling signs of a possible spreading of the war into South Kivu,” local Church sources tell Fides Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “We are seeing signs of a plan to launch hostilities, which would include South Kivu,” Agenzia Fides was told by a local Church source (we withhold their name for security reasons) in Bukav ...
• 20 November 2008
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Health complex run by Camillian missionaries, at the service of the people Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) – When they arrived in what was then Upper Volta (Burkina Faso's name at the time), in 1967, the Daughters of Saint Camillus (the Camillians) began a network of healthcare centers, offering ...
• 19 November 2008
  ASIA/JAPAN - Beatification of 188 Japanese martyrs: example for the lay faithful and opportunity to show the importance of the woman's role in the Church Nagasaki (Agenzia Fides) – It is a great event of testimonies that will bear fruits of evangelization and increase awareness among the lay faithful: the November 24th celebration in Nagasaki of the Beatification of 188 ...
• 19 November 2008
  EUROPE/CYPRUS - “Religions are aware that talking of war in God’s name is meaningless and blasphemous. They are convinced a better humanity will never come from violence and terrorism. They do not share the pessimistic belief in the inevitable clash of religions and civilizations.” The appeal made at the close of the XXII “Men and Religion” Meeting organized by the Community of Sant'Egidio in Cyprus Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “We are at a difficult point in history. Many certainties are shaken by the economic crisis that has seized our world. Many people are pessimistic about the future. Richer countries focus on prot ...
• 19 November 2008
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “The peace accord for the South is losing strength”: Sudan’s Bishops send out an alert Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - “We are worried about the fact that the letter and the spirit of the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) is losing its strength among the main signers, as well as among its supporters and those ...
• 19 November 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - “Would you like to learn about the Catholic Church?”: the fruits of the evangelization campaign run in leading Chinese publications, organized by Catholics in Tian Jin Tian Jin (Agenzia Fides) - “Would you like to learn about the Catholic Church? You're invited to the Cathedral of Xi Kai.” This is the text of the advertisement placed in the leading publications of the city of Tian ...
• 19 November 2008
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - “Pastoral da Criança Internacional” founded to reduce infant and mother mortality rates, malnutrition, domestic violence, and the integral development of children Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – On November 18, in Montevideo (Uruguay), marked the founding of the “Pastoral da Criança Internacional – Childhood Ministry,” whose purpose is to promote activities geared towards th ...
• 19 November 2008
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - The President's veto considered as “a true lesson for all politicians on the defense of life” Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - “A true lesson for Latin America.” Those were the words used by Fabiola Morales, Vice-President of the Peruvian Congress, in describing the veto signed by Uruguay's President Tabare Vasqu ...
• 19 November 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops recall the moral obligation of all citizens to vote, and exhort the National Council to use precision in carrying out its role in regional elections Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of the country are making various appeals to the faithful, asking that they go out to vote on November 23, in a spirit of peace, without tension or violence. On Sunday, some 17 mil ...
• 19 November 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic students gather in a Northeast India to call for peace and harmony Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) – A silent and non-violent protest to call for peace and social harmony, where civil coexistence reigns, along with respect for others, and peace...this is what Catholic students have organized ...
• 19 November 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA: Mgr Luciano Alimandi - Man is not the master of eternity Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - How many talents we have received and continue to receive from the Lord; who can ever count them? Beginning with the gift of life, our existence on this earth is studded with “gifts-tale ...
• 19 November 2008
  AFRICA/CONGO - Partial retreat of rebel troops from the area surrounding Goma Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The CNDP (National Congress for the Defense of the People) rebels, led by Laurent Nkunda, are retreating from the area surrounding Goma (capital of North Kivu, eastern Congo). This is what a ...
• 18 November 2008
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Rector of Interdiocesan Seminary of Saint Anthony in Ntungamo, appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on June 13, 2008, named Fr. Vitus Mrosso, of the clergy of the Diocese of Moshi, Rector of the Interdioces ...
• 18 November 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Diocese of Taichung committed to “Protecting Catholic cultural resources” Taichung (Agenzia Fides) - “Christians should learn to treasure and appreciate their origins, by protecting them.” This was how Bishop Martin Su Yao-wen of the Diocese of Tai Chung began his talk during a seminar on ...