News

• 19 November 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - “Would you like to learn about the Catholic Church?”: the fruits of the evangelization campaign run in leading Chinese publications, organized by Catholics in Tian Jin Tian Jin (Agenzia Fides) - “Would you like to learn about the Catholic Church? You're invited to the Cathedral of Xi Kai.” This is the text of the advertisement placed in the leading publications of the city of Tian ...
• 19 November 2008
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - “Pastoral da Criança Internacional” founded to reduce infant and mother mortality rates, malnutrition, domestic violence, and the integral development of children Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – On November 18, in Montevideo (Uruguay), marked the founding of the “Pastoral da Criança Internacional – Childhood Ministry,” whose purpose is to promote activities geared towards th ...
• 19 November 2008
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - The President's veto considered as “a true lesson for all politicians on the defense of life” Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - “A true lesson for Latin America.” Those were the words used by Fabiola Morales, Vice-President of the Peruvian Congress, in describing the veto signed by Uruguay's President Tabare Vasqu ...
• 19 November 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops recall the moral obligation of all citizens to vote, and exhort the National Council to use precision in carrying out its role in regional elections Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of the country are making various appeals to the faithful, asking that they go out to vote on November 23, in a spirit of peace, without tension or violence. On Sunday, some 17 mil ...
• 19 November 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic students gather in a Northeast India to call for peace and harmony Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) – A silent and non-violent protest to call for peace and social harmony, where civil coexistence reigns, along with respect for others, and peace...this is what Catholic students have organized ...
• 19 November 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA: Mgr Luciano Alimandi - Man is not the master of eternity Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - How many talents we have received and continue to receive from the Lord; who can ever count them? Beginning with the gift of life, our existence on this earth is studded with “gifts-tale ...
• 19 November 2008
  AFRICA/CONGO - Partial retreat of rebel troops from the area surrounding Goma Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The CNDP (National Congress for the Defense of the People) rebels, led by Laurent Nkunda, are retreating from the area surrounding Goma (capital of North Kivu, eastern Congo). This is what a ...
• 18 November 2008
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Rector of Interdiocesan Seminary of Saint Anthony in Ntungamo, appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on June 13, 2008, named Fr. Vitus Mrosso, of the clergy of the Diocese of Moshi, Rector of the Interdioces ...
• 18 November 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Diocese of Taichung committed to “Protecting Catholic cultural resources” Taichung (Agenzia Fides) - “Christians should learn to treasure and appreciate their origins, by protecting them.” This was how Bishop Martin Su Yao-wen of the Diocese of Tai Chung began his talk during a seminar on ...
• 18 November 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Pontifical Mission Societies of Australia working to help victims of the humanitarian crisis in Congo Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – From Australia, solidarity is crossing the Indian Ocean and reaching the continent of Africa. The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Australia have launched an awareness campaign for solidar ...
• 18 November 2008
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Youth on missions in Oecussi, the Timor district located on Indonesian territory Dili (Agenzia Fides) – A small part of the land on East Timor, on the western part of the island, is under the national sovereignty of Indonesia. Its name is Oecussi, a coastal district where Timor's citizens can arriv ...
• 18 November 2008
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “The Continental Mission is a mission on the part of the continent for the entire world. It should be a permanent mission and last our entire life,” PMS National Director tells Agenzia Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church in Brazil is very active in the missionary field. We have sent 1,860 missionaries out to the entire world and we are now working very intensely in the area of childhood and youth miss ...
• 18 November 2008
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Bishops present several observations on the draft bill on religious associations Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – The Dominican Bishops' Conference (CED), through its Commission on Legal Affairs, has presented the Justice Commission of the House of Representatives with a copy of its observations on ...
• 18 November 2008
  VATICAN - “The Universality of Beauty: a comparison between aesthetics and ethics,” theme for the 13th Public Conference for the Pontifical Academies, on November 25 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The 13th Public Conference for the Pontifical Academies, organized by the Pontifical Council for Culture and the Pontifical Academies coordinated by the Dicastery, will be held on Tuesday ...
• 18 November 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells new Ambassador of Lebanon: “Particularly sensitive to the sufferings undergone for so long by the people of the Middle East, the Holy See continues with determination its commitment to peace and reconciliation in Lebanon and throughout that region so beloved to all believers.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “ "In this important phase in your nation's history, the Holy See continues to follow events in Lebanon very closely and pays particular attention to the efforts made to find a definitiv ...