News

• 9 December 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Week for Peace in Congo ends, as talks between Nkunda's rebels and the Congolese government open in Nairobi Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Week for Peace in Congo, begun on December 2, closed on December 7, with a Mass held at 1pm in Rome, at the Church of the Nativity (the Congolese National Church), celebrated by its Chaplain, ...
• 6 December 2008
  Dossier - “The Education Challenge” Catholic Universities in Latin America “The Education Challenge” Catholic Universities in Latin America Introduction Culture, Church and Society– Identity and mission of Catholic education 14th Meeting of Rectors of Catholic Universities and U ...
• 5 December 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope tells Chilean Bishops: “...mankind today feels the urgent need for examples of truly evangelical and coherent life. For this reason the saintliness of all members of the Church, and especially of her pastors, is one of the most precious gifts you can offer your brothers and sisters.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I encourage you to cultivate intense interior life and profound faith so that, through the intimate relationship with the Master in prayer, may arise the pastoral initiatives that best r ...
• 5 December 2008
  AFRICA/GHANA - Presidential elections: the Bishops exhort the faithful of Ghana to participate and to refrain from acts of violence, fanaticism, intolerance, and threat Accra (Agenzia Fides) – The Presidential and Parliamentary elections set to take place on Sunday, December 7 are a test not only for the local democracy, but for all Africa. This is the opinion of many experts on Afric ...
• 5 December 2008
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Famine looming on the horizon after several years of plentiful harvests: a missionary offers his testimony Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - “After so many promises saying that famine was now something of the past, we now see the hard truth reemerging in our day-to-day lives: all of a sudden the newspaper says that the tragedy is ...
• 5 December 2008
  AFRICA/MORROCO - At the command of the Apostle Paul: 8 outlines on the Bible for holding group encounters on the First Letter to the Thessalonians and the First Letter to the Corinthians Rabat (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocese of Rabat has distributed a series of informational sketches on the Bible, entitled “The Year of St. Paul – Bible Studies on the First Letter to the Thessalonians and the First Le ...
• 5 December 2008
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholics giving new life to missions in the country: conclusions from the First Missionary Congress in Pakistan Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – The First Missionary Congress in Pakistan (see Fides 27/11/2008), celebrated in the spirit of the Asian Missionary Congress held in Bangkok in 2006, recently concluded in Karachi. One of the m ...
• 5 December 2008
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Firm support for Cardinal Terrazas: “Do not be afraid of being faithful to your pastoral mission, of speaking out with clear instructions, so that our country may be built on the teachings of Jesus.” La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – After suffering various negative reactions and attacks from government authorities on account of a statement he made in his homily on November 30 (see Fides 3/12/2008), Cardinal Julio Terrazas ...
• 5 December 2008
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Word of God is at the center of life, in the footsteps of Saint Paul: Advent Pastoral Letter from the Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) – Advent is a time to open the Scriptures and welcome the living Word in one's own life. This is what is affirmed in the Advent 2008 Pastoral Letter written by Bishop Emile Destombes, Apostol ...
• 5 December 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Delegation from Taiwan participates in Congress on “Formation for spiritual directors and pastoral ministers 2008” organized by the International Young Catholic Student Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - “What would Jesus do? How would Jesus respond to the phenomenons and challenges of our time? How can we show God's Love to the poor, to the needy? How can we promote social justice?” These a ...
• 5 December 2008
  VATICAN - Suffering for Christ amidst the indifference of the world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - That today persecuted Christianity on many world scenes is not news, is a fact well known and repeatedly confirmed by the little media attention generally given to the issue of Christians ( ...
• 4 December 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the General Audience: “Christ crucified and risen, the new Adam, opposed the filthy river of evil with a river of light. And this river is present in history.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, at his General Audience held on Wednesday, December 3, focused on the relationship between Adam, the first man, and Christ in the preaching of Saint Paul. � ...
• 4 December 2008
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Christian hope is a certainty Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Advent, the season which celebrates our waiting for the Lord's return at the end of time, and revives the memory of his first advent in the flesh, comes every year especially to declare “ ...
• 4 December 2008
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Bishop of Sangmelima resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on December 4, 2008, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Sangmelima (Cameroon) presented by Bishop Raphaël Marie Ze, in c ...
• 4 December 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Rector of Interdiocesan Seminary of Saint Matthias in the Diocese of Eldoret Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on September 14, 2008 appointed Fr. Dominic Kimengich, of the clergy of the Diocese of Kisumu, Rector of ...