News

• 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 ...
• 12 November 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - “Never grow tired of doing good,” says Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, echoing the words of Saint Paul New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Reconciliation and peace go hand in hand, never tiring of doing good. This is what Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil of Guwahati (in the state of Assam, northeastern India) said in his recentl ...
• 12 November 2008
  VATICAN - “Pastoral Care in the Treatment of Sick Children”: 23rd International Conference of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the last decade more than two million children have been killed in the course of armed conflict, six million have been left handicapped, tens of thousands mutilated by antipersonnel mine ...
• 12 November 2008
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - “We wish to take up the testimony left by the missionaries, to continue spreading the Gospel, in communion with the Universal Church,” the PMS Director of Zambia tells Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “ We wish to take up the testimony left by the missionaries, to continue spreading the Gospel, in communion with the Universal Church,” says Fr. Bernard Macadani Zulu, National Director of the ...
• 12 November 2008
  ASIA/IRAQ - Hope for the return of Christian refugees to Mosul Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - A new, fragile hope is coming to thousands of Christian refugees who have fled their hometown in past months, due to attacks, threats, and violence carried out by Islamic fundamentalist groups. Th ...
• 12 November 2008
  ASIA/TURKEY - Antioch hosts the inauguration of the “St. Paul Cultural Center” in the Year of St. Paul Antioch (Agenzia Fides) – A library specializing in Saint Paul, with a study center for experts, religious, laity, and all wishing to deepen in their knowledge of the Apostle of the Gentiles...this is what is being off ...
• 11 November 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Coadjutor Bishop of Matadi appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on November 11, 2008, appointed Bishop Daniel Nlandu Mavi, Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Matadi (Democratic Republic of Congo). Until now, he has served ...