News

• 17 November 2008
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops propose a goal for the bicentennial anniversary of the country: eradicate poverty and promote integral development for all people Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “Looking towards the bicentennial celebration of 2010-2016, we believe in that there is a possibility for making the eradication of poverty and the integral development of all people, a n ...
• 17 November 2008
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - “The window to reconciliation between the North and South is being opened,” the General Minister of the Order of Friars Minor tells Agenzia Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “It is a cause for great joy for the Order of Friars Minor and for the entire Church, that a Franciscan friar is able to live and work in a Center in North Korea, at the service of the poor. It i ...
• 17 November 2008
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Legislative elections take place in peace, however drug-trafficking remains an issue Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – Legislative elections took place in peace in Guinea Bissau yesterday, when half a million voters voted for 100 representatives in the National Assembly. In order to guarantee the legality of th ...
• 17 November 2008
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Exports record for Rwandan minerals, in spite of international financial crisis Kigali (Agenzia Fides) – The exportation of minerals from Rwanda reached a record worth of 70 million dollars in nine months. This is what Rwandan Minister for Natiral Resources and Minerals, Vincent Karega, said. � ...
• 17 November 2008
  VATICAN - “The work in the great vineyard of the Lord is in need of 'christifideles laici' who, like the Most Holy Virgin Mary, pronounce and live a 'fiat' to the plan of God in their lives,” the Holy Father tells the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Laity Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Every situation, circumstance, and activity in which the unity between faith and life can shine, is entrusted to the responsibility of the faithful laity, moved by the desire to communic ...
• 15 November 2008
  Dossier - “The Education Challenge” (3) Catholic Universities in Asia and Oceania Dossier - “The Education Challenge” (3) Catholic Universities in Asia and Oceania Introduction Intercultural dialogue and the role of Catholic universities in the Asian area Catholic universities and i ...
• 14 November 2008
  VATICAN - Solemn Commemorative Act: a concert attended by the Holy Father and presentation of awards by the Saint Matthew Foundation, in memory of Cardinal François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuân, for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church believes that human rights express the transcendent dignity of the person, the only creature that God has willed for himself as an end and never a means, and she believes that ...
• 14 November 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Reactions of the Catholic world to the Court of Cassation's authorization of Eluana Englaro's removal from life support Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Court of Cassation has decided to confirm the interruption of the life support being received by Eluana Englaro, who has been in a vegetative state for 16 years. The event has provoked certai ...
• 14 November 2008
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - The nation's President vetoes the clause in the Reproduction Law that sought to decriminalize abortion Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez, who is also a doctor of medicine, yesterday (November 13) vetoed a part of the Law on Sexual Health and Reproduction, which called for the decriminalizat ...
• 14 November 2008
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Historic agreement between the Holy See and the Brazilian Government, recognizing the juridical status of the Catholic Church in Brazil Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - “The agreement signed on November 13 in Rome, between the Holy See and the Federal Republic of Brazil, is in response to a demand of a juridical nature of the Church and establishes, in one s ...
• 14 November 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops' Assembly concludes with an appeal to the laity to “use creativity in developing new, more effective means to make Christianity present in the world.” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - “The present Assembly can be qualified as being of historical precedence for its topics of discussion, its methodology, and its participants. Together, Bishops and laity, we have been able ...
• 14 November 2008
  ASIA/IRAQ - Babel College returns to the Chaldean Church: hope for suffering Iraqi Catholics Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – In the midst of so much suffering, pain, denied rights, and discrimination, the Catholic Church in Iraq has good news: on November 6, 2008, the Baghdad headquarters of Babel College, the only ...
• 14 November 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Testimony and evangelization in the family. The Church celebrates the “Day of the Laity” on November 16 Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The laity are essential in the Church's mission and for this reason, the Church in Korea will celebrate the “Day of the Laity,” to be held in all the dioceses and parishes on November 16, wh ...
• 14 November 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “There is a silent genocide taking place in east Congo, right before our very eyes,” say Congolese Bishops, in an urgent plea to the international community Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of the Permanent Committee of the Congolese Bishops' Conference (CENCO) have issued a “cry of grief and protest,” saying that they are “disturbed and overcome by the human t ...
• 14 November 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “Indescribable and often unknown damage”: testimony of the Bishop of Goma, the capital of North Kivu, now in the hands of rebels Goma (Agenzia Fides) – There seems to be a break in the fighting in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) taking place between the Congolese army and rebels led by Laurent Nkunda, who have concentrated thei ...