News

• 13 November 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope at the close of his General Audience: “Come, Lord! Come to your world, in the way that you know. Come where there is injustice and violence. Come to the refugee camps, in Darfur and in North Kivu, in so many places in the world...In this sense, we pray with St. Paul: Maranà, thà! Come, Lord Jesus!” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – During the General Audience held on November 12, in St. Peter's Square, the Holy Father Benedict XVI continued his catechesis on the Apostle St. Paul, highlighting his preaching on the se ...
• 13 November 2008
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Cardinal George makes a plea to defend life for the common good of the nation, in the US Catholic Bishops' Assembly Baltimore (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Francis George, Archbishop of Chicago and President of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, dedicated his opening address at the Bishops' Fall Assembly being celebrated in the ci ...
• 13 November 2008
  AMERICA/HAITI - Another school collapses in the capital; NGO AVSI denounces construction-code violations in the country and launches a prevention campaign for security of school buildings Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The NGO AVSI (Association of Volunteers in International Service) in Haiti are launching an aid campaign for the victims of the fallen school buildings and a prevention campaign in this ...
• 13 November 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops' call for the Continental Mission: “This firm missionary decision should reach out to all ecclesial structures and enter into the pastoral plans for all dioceses, parishes, religious communities, movements, and Church institutions.” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - “In reaffirming the our commitment to form disciples and missionaries, we make the firm resolution to place more attention in seeing to the sound instruction of beginners, those in Christi ...
• 13 November 2008
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE, Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Beyond the “shady areas” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Recent discussion about the borders of the possibility for a state organ to legislate with regard to the most sensitive issues of life and to recognise or, even worse, declare, “non-l ...
• 13 November 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Saint Paul awakening interests in Tamil Nadu Dharmapuri (Agenzia Fides) – The faithful of Tamil Nadu are taking active interest in the history, person, and spirituality of Saint Paul, says Fr. Adiruben Nolase, Director of the Diocesan Pastoral Center of the Dioce ...
• 13 November 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic Catechetical Institute, serving the faithful for 50 years Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Explain the Catholic doctrine to the faithful in terms of moral, social, liturgical, and pastoral formation; provide funding for catechetical activity in parishes, schools, movements, and associ ...
• 13 November 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Youth Pastoral Commission committed to the formation of the youth in launching the evangelization effort in universities Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Formation Training Camp organized October 25-26 in Hong Kong, for youth group leaders had two main goals: to respond to the Lord's call and to promote evangelization in the university wo ...
• 13 November 2008
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Sudanese President announces ceasefire in Darfour, however rebels do not comply Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - “I hereby announce our immediate unconditional ceasefire between the armed forces and the warring factions, provided that an effective monitoring mechanism is put into action and observed by ...
• 12 November 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr Luciano Alimandi - Never lose sight of Jesus! Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Christian spiritual life is founded on communion with the Lord Jesus: desired, sought, invoked, celebrated, proclaimed. In other words, the more we empty ourselves and make room for Jesus w ...
• 12 November 2008
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - “I have reason to believe that the two Sisters' kidnappers are only vandals,” the Bishop of Djibouti tells Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “I know that area of the Kenyan-Somalian border quite well and I knew the two nuns who were kidnapped from the mission in El-Wak,” Bishop Giorgio Bertin of Djibouti, Apostolic Administrator of ...
• 12 November 2008
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Two Jesuits killed in Moscow buried in their native countries Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The lifeless bodies of Fr. Otto Messmer and Fr. Victor Betancourt, Jesuits, were found on the afternoon of October 28, in their home in Moscow (see Fides 31/10/2008). According to a report releas ...
• 12 November 2008
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Bishops issue a statement at the close of their Plenary Assembly, with an Advent Message for all the faithful, at the start of the Continental Mission Florida (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Uruguay have ended their Plenary Assembly (November 5-11) in Florida, with a statement on the main themes addressed and with an Advent Message from all the Bishops, at the start ...
• 12 November 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “Day of Prayer for Life and Peace” on November 15-16, for an end to violence, for harmony among Venezuelans, and a peaceful resolution to the nation's problems Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela) has made an appeal to all priests, religious, and faithful of the Archdiocese, asking that they actively participate in the Day o ...
• 12 November 2008
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops denounce violent episodes surrounding Sunday's elections and ask that an investigation be performed so as to abate the generalized mistrust of the public Managua (Agenzia Fides) – After the release of Sunday's (November 9) election results, on Monday, the Bishops' Conference of Nicaragua called for “the revision of the meeting notes in the hands of participating polit ...