News

• 17 October 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells the Bishops of Ecuador: “under the divine impulse of the Holy Spirit, the missionary zeal of the initial stages of the preaching of the Gospel, and the first proclamation of the Good News in your land, are renewed.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I note with satisfaction that one of the pastoral initiatives you consider to be most important for the Church in Ecuador is implementing the 'great mission' identified by the Latin Amer ...
• 17 October 2008
  VATICAN - Pope's Message: “an effective campaign against hunger, in order to confront climate change or to allocate agricultural production primarily to food, calls for much more than mere scientific studies. It is necessary, above all, to rediscover the significance of human beings in their individual and community dimensions, from the basis of family life, from which come the sense of solidarity and sharing.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the message sent to the Director General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Jacques Diouf, for the occasion of World Food Day, whose theme this year is: “ ...
• 17 October 2008
  VATICAN - “Ten years later, an attentive reading of the encyclical Fides et Ratio allows us to admire its constant relevance”: Pope Benedict XVI addresses the International Congress celebrating its 10th anniversary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Ten years later, an attentive reading of the encyclical Fides et Ratio allows us to admire its constant relevance: it reveals the profound and long-sightedness of my unforgettable Predec ...
• 17 October 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Vietnam. Hunger for bread, thirst for God.”: campaign organized by Aid to the Church in Need, for formation projects and construction of new Church structures in Vietnam Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – The Association of Pontifical Right “Aid to the Church in Need” is performing a campaign from October until December 25, promoting awareness and solidarity for the Catholic Church in Vietna ...
• 17 October 2008
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Following Christ, so as to transform our life and that of the world: Message from the Bishops, on their new pastoral plan Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – The transformation of one's own life in light of the Word of Christ, is the theme chosen by the Bishops' Conference of Angola and Sao Tome, for their pastoral plan for the next two years. “Af ...
• 17 October 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - A peaceful demonstration on World Mission Sunday, to say “no” to anti-Christian violence Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in India has organized a non-violent public demonstration, with silence and prayer, to say “no” to all forms of violence and highlight its desire to have a say in Indian socie ...
• 17 October 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - The Year of St. Paul, the Synod, and World Mission Sunday all help in “Living and proclaiming the Word of God,” even in the midst of the sufferings at present New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - “Living and proclaiming the Word of God”: this is the theme for World Mission Sunday (October 19) in India. Catholics in India has wished to focus the theme on the proclamation of the Word ...
• 17 October 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Private and community prayer, Rosaries, retreats, pilgrimages, Bible studies, religious professions, and ordinations: Chinese Catholics live the missionary month, in preparation for World Mission Sunday Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Here are some of the activities being carried out by Catholics in China, in preparation for World Mission Sunday: invocation for the help and protection of the Blessed Mother, through the Rosa ...
• 16 October 2008
  VATICAN - Pope’s catechesis at the General Audience: “Paul shows he knows well and he brings us to understand that the Church is not his and is not ours: the Church is the body of Christ, it is ‘Church of God,’ ‘field of God,’ construction of God … ‘temple of God.’” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Paul’s teaching on the Church was the main focus of the catechesis given by the Holy Father Benedict XVI in his General Audience held on Wednesday, October 15. The Pope primarily focuse ...
• 16 October 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - 1.5 million copies of the New Testament distributed as a special addition to the Catholic weekly “Niedzela” Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – In preparation for the Synod of Bishops on the Word of God taking place in Rome, in the Year of Saint Paul, the Polish Catholic weekly “Niedzela,” based in Czestochowa, has been promot ...
• 16 October 2008
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Living faith as hope Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI in his Encyclical Spe salvi reflects on the nature of Christian hope in order to comprehend St Paul's statement that we are already redeemed. The theory is that “faith i ...
• 16 October 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Like Paul, missionary by vocation”: the theme for World Mission Day. “Those of us who have gratuitously received the gift of the faith from God should bear witness to it.” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – “The one who has been given light, should give light. He cannot hide it under a bushel basket. He has to show it. Those of us who have gratuitously received the gift of the faith from God sho ...
• 16 October 2008
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “Live Together-Sow Peace” Campaign is launched to create an environment that leads all of Bolivia’s people to take action and commit themselves to peace La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – On October 14, the campaign entitled “Live Together-Sow Peace” was launched. The campaign is being organized by the Catholic Church, the United Nations, the Defender of the People group, th ...
• 16 October 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - Rural community of Rancho Veloz celebrates the ordination of its first priest Santa Clara (Agenzia Fides) – Rancho Veloz is a small rural community in the Diocese of Santa Clara (Cuba) that has recently celebrated the ordination and First Mass of its first priest. According to a report from Fr. ...
• 16 October 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - First Continental Latin American Encounter for Apostleship of the Road, promoted by the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, in conjunction with the Latin American Bishops’ Council Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – October 19-24, the headquarters of the Colombian Bishops’ Conference in Bogota will host the First Continental Latin American Encounter for apostleship of the road, promoted by the Pontifical ...