News

• 3 November 2008
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Crisis in the agriculture industry, Continental Mission going on in the country, and elections of new leaders are among the themes being discussed by the Bishops in their Plenary Assembly beginning today Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Paraguay will meet to celebrate their 183rd Ordinary Plenary Assembly of the Bishops' Conference of Paraguay (CEP), from today, November 3, to Friday, November 7, in Asuncion. ...
• 3 November 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Kivu: ceasefire maintained, however the humanitarian crisis continues; local press reports on the interests behind those in favor of a new war Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Taking advantage of the ceasefire, a UN humanitarian aid convoy reached Rutshuru, North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), an area currently in the hands of Laurent Nkunda and his r ...
• 3 November 2008
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - State of emergency continues as rains persist: 25 dead, nearly 200,000 affected, and 70% of roadways damaged Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) – The natural disaster that has been affecting the people of Honduras for the last few days has already caused the deaths of over 25 people and left hundreds of homes destroyed and 24,000 da ...
• 3 November 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - All Saints’ Parish in Qing Cun, in the Diocese of Shang Hai, celebrates their feast day following the church’s restoration, with an exposition on the Bible Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides) – The parish church of Qing Cun, dedicated to All Saints, located in the region of Pu Nan in Shang Hai, celebrated its feast on November 1 with a missionary spirit like that of Saint Paul, wit ...
• 3 November 2008
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - New President Rupiah Banda takes office, under the same flag as his predecessor, who died in August Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) – On November 2, in a ceremony that took place just hours following the announcement of the election results from October 30, the new President of Zambia, Rupiah Banda, took office. The new ...
• 3 November 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - In order to discourage women from having abortions, the Church launches a help network for women with unexpected pregnancies Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Australia is offering women help on a psychological, relational, material, and economic level, in an effort to go beyond statements and exhortations and make a commitment ...
• 3 November 2008
  ASIA/THAILAND - “Towards an Improvement in the Pastoral Care of Immigrants and Refugees in Asia, at the Dawn of the Third Millennium”: encounter organized by the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People in collaboration with the Bishops' Conference of Thailand Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – In order to better analyze the complex phenomenon of human mobility patterns on the Asian continent, the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People and the Thai ...
• 31 October 2008
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Two Jesuit priests killed in Moscow Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 25 October, Father Victor Betancourt, an Ecuadorian Jesuit working in the St. Thomas Philosophical, Theological and Historical Institute in Moscow, was killed in his home. Two days la ...
• 31 October 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations: “In our troubled world, so frequently marked by poverty, violence and exploitation, dialogue between cultures and religions must more and more be seen as a sacred duty incumbent upon all those who are committed to building a world worthy of man.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Church’s commitment to implementing the principles set forth in the historic Declaration Nostra Aetate of the Second Vatican Council, “which firmly condemned all forms of antisemi ...
• 31 October 2008
  VATICAN - “Centuries after Paul, we see that the cross, and not the wisdom that opposes the cross, has triumphed. The Crucified is wisdom, because he manifests in truth who God is, that is, the power of love that goes to the point of the cross to save man.” The Pope's Catechesis from the General Audience. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “In the encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus, Paul understood the central significance of the cross: He had understood that Jesus had died and risen for all and also for [Paul], h ...
• 31 October 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishop of Kole resigns Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 30 October 2008, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Kole (Democratic Republic of Congo) presented by Bishop Stanisla ...
• 31 October 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Spanish missionary severely wounded by a bomb blast in the Democratic Republic of Congo Burgos (Agenzia Fides) – According to information provided by the Missions Delegation of Burgos, Sister Maria Presentacion Lopez Vivar, a Spanish missionary from Burgos (Spain), was hit in a bomb that exploded in Rutsh ...
• 31 October 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Thousands of civilians are fleeing: “The drama of North Kivu affects the international community,” says the President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Cardinal Martino Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Thousands of people are in flight (40,000 according to UN sources) from North Kivu (in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), moving towards Rwanda and Uganda, while rebel leader Laurent Nkun ...
• 31 October 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Kivu: the war in “the Switzerland of central Africa” - Analysis Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Kivu is a region of 256,000 km sq. in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire, Belgian Congo), which gets its name from Lake Kivu which, with an area of 270,000 km ...
• 31 October 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Missionary Congress opens in Gujarat, in solidarity with the victims of the anti-Christian attacks Ahmedabad (Agenzia Fides) - “Walking in the footsteps of Jesus”: this was the main theme of the Missionary Congress in Gujarat, which began on October 30 and which will last three days. The event will be attended by ...