News

• 3 December 2008
  AFRICA - “The stranger is not to be seen as a threat, but as our brother in Christ,” Bishops of Africa and Europe state at the close of the Liverpool Seminar on Migration Liverpool (Agenzia Fides) – Migration is a global phenomenon that requires a greater pastoral attention on the part of the Church and her pastors, the European and African Bishops said in their final message issued at ...
• 3 December 2008
  ASIA/QATAR - In the wake of the Doha Conference: no shift towards support of poorer nations, however a new meeting is planned for 2009. The Holy See raises the question of “sustainable development” in order to conserve resources for the future. Doha (Agenzia Fides) – The Conference on development financing sponsored by the United Nations in Doha, Qatar has ended without that overall shift in politics towards favoring the poor countries, which was so desired b ...
• 3 December 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - The One awaited by the nations! Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Advent, the season of waiting for the Lord who comes, and will not delay, has just begun! This special time of waiting is offered to the whole of humanity, because Jesus is the Saviour of e ...
• 3 December 2008
  AFRICA - Vocations are growing in Africa: Spiritual Directors in Africa's seminaries tell Fides their experiences Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “ We have many vocations, including to the religious life, both masculine and feminine. In relation to the formation of diocesan priests, we have decided to improve resources by creating provinci ...
• 3 December 2008
  ASIA/THAILAND - Change in the political crisis: Constitutional Court oust the Premier Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – The political crisis that has been affecting Thailand for six months now, has undergone a change: in a unanimous decision the judges of the Constitutional Court, in judging on the legitimacy o ...
• 2 December 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope tells teachers and students from the University of Parma: “Truly free, according to the Gospel and the tradition of the Church, is the person, community or institution that fully responds to its own nature and goals, and the vocation of the University is the scientific and cultural formation of the person for the progress of the entire community.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI focused on the spiritual inheritance left by the great reformer Saint Peter Damian in his address to teachers and students from the University of Parma, whom h ...
• 2 December 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Youth Missionary Congress for the Year of Saint Paul: “Following Christ’s footsteps in the world - Paul’s Secret” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In the 2,000th anniversary of the birth of the Apostle to the Gentiles, inspired by the Holy Father’s proposal, all youth are invited to attend the Youth Missionary Congress 2009, scheduled to ...
• 2 December 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - Beatification of Fr. Jose Olallo Valdes is “a landmark event for the Church in Cuba, and for the entire nation of Cuba.” Camagüey (Agenzia Fides) – The “Plaza de la Caridad” in Camagüey was filled on November 29, by thousands of people arriving from all the Cuban dioceses to celebrate the Beatification of Jose Olallo Valdes, Hospit ...
• 2 December 2008
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Final Message of the Bishops' Secretariat of Central America (SEDAC) “There can be no person, group, or institution in the Church whose formation and activity are not geared towards the mission.” San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - “The joy of being disciples and missionaries of Jesus Christ,” is the title of the Final Message issued by the Bishops' Secretariat of Central America (SEDAC), celebrated on November 24 ...
• 2 December 2008
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Reflections from the Apostolic Vicar of Darien on the SEDAC Assembly: “Our Church in Central America seeks to carry out the process of evangelization that makes Christ more present among us.” San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - “It has been the most attended meeting in the last four years; 49 bishops from various ecclesial provinces of Central America have come together,” said Bishop Pedro Hernandez Cantarero, ...
• 2 December 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese parishes now using the Advent Wreath; faithful make preparations for the feast of Saint Francis Xavier Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Chinese Catholics on the mainland celebrated the beginning of the liturgical year, with the First Sunday of Advent, in union with the Holy Father and the Universal Church, preparing for the Lo ...
• 2 December 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “The international community has the duty to intervene in bringing peace to eastern Congo,” the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the UN in Geneva says. Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “The international community cannot remain inactive and should speak clearly. It is of utmost importance that the international community restore order and seek the common good.” These were ...
• 2 December 2008
  ASIA - “Seminarians, testimonies of dialogue and peace in Muslim society,”: the experience of Indonesia and Bangladesh at the Course for Spiritual Directors organized by CIAM Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Formation and spiritual direction for seminarians, in a nation and environment of Muslim majority, as is Indonesia, is a delicate task. However, we try to live in harmony with the societ ...
• 2 December 2008
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Prayer is considered “disorder in public area”: Thai Ha Catholics on trial Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) – Agenzia Fides has received a desperate plea from Fr. Vincent Pham Trung Thanh, Provincial Superior of the Redemptorists in Vietnam, explaining that this December 8, 8 parishioners of the parish ...
• 2 December 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Fighting between police and military soldiers; cholera, anthrax, and AIDS: the Zimbabwean crisis continues to worsen Harare (Agenzia Fides) – The extremely serious economic, political, and health crisis taking place in Zimbabwe is worsening every day. In response to the government's decision to hold a credit freeze, due to the lack o ...