News

• 9 September 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Working against the amplification of the law on abortion: “trying to blind public conscience by law would imply setbacks with incalculable destructive consequences in the loss of human lives.” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – “The government is saying that is hopes to proclaim ‘the best abortion law possible.’ This is a mockery. By now, even the least studied person is capable of realizing that voluntary abort ...
• 9 September 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Referendum for the new constitution: amidst tensions, Bishops call for prayer vigils to be held this weekend for respect for life and the defense of the family Quito (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Raul Vera Chiriboga of Quito (Ecuador) sent a letter to all the priests of the Diocese asking for prayers for the coming referendum, which will prove immensely significant for the cou ...
• 9 September 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - “Bible Month” to begin September 13: activities include a Bible Expo, a Bible Museum, Bible seminars, youth festival, and an ecumenical celebration Lima (Agenzia Fides) – Beginning September 13, Lima will be hosting various activities open to the public, organized by the Peruvian Bishops’ Committee for Biblical and Indigenous Pastoral Catechesis (CECABI), in hon ...
• 9 September 2008
  VATICAN - Twelfth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops: Cardinal Pell appointed President Delegate, Archbishop Pasinya appointed Special Secretary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father appointed Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia, as President Delegate of the Twelfth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which will take pl ...
• 9 September 2008
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - “A Church that remains particularly attentive to the situation of African women, youth and the most disadvantaged in society, true to its vocation of a preferential option for the poor”: African Bishops at the close of their meeting with Cardinal Martino Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) – An Africa that is united, pacific, solid, and respectful of human rights, of the dignity of the human person created in the image of God and lives in the Spirit of Christ, who has come t ...
• 9 September 2008
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Church congratulates the country’s new President and calls for the protection and rights of religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Pakistan has congratulated the new President of the country, Asif Ali Zardari, elected on September 6 (see Fides 8/9/2008), and who officially took office today, swearing fidelity ...
• 9 September 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Cagliari (3) - “The priest, for the Church and in the Church, is a humble yet authentic sign of the Eternal Priest who is Jesus. He must authoritatively proclaim the Word, renew gestures of forgiveness and giving, and exercise loving solicitude in the service of their flock, in communion with pastors.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the afternoon of Sunday, September 7, the Holy Father Benedict XVI traveled to the Cathedral of Cagliari where he met with the priests, seminarians, and members of the Pontifical Theol ...
• 9 September 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Cagliari (4) - “Family, formation, and faith. Dear youth of Cagliari and of all Sardinia, like Pope John Paul II, I also wish to leave you with these three words, three words that you must make your own with the light and strength of the Spirit of Christ.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI reserved his last encounter on his pastoral visit to Cagliari for the youth of Sardinia. In the Piazza Yenne, after a greeting from two youth representatives ...
• 9 September 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI honors the memory of Paul VI: “...the missionary ardor that animated him and encouraged him to make demanding apostolic journeys, even to distant countries, and to perform acts of great ecclesial, missionary and ecumenical significance.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “I am personally grateful to the Servant of God Paul VI for the trust he showed me in appointing me as Archbishop of Munich and Freising, in March 1977, numbering me among the College o ...
• 9 September 2008
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Angola emerges with renewed vigor after elections won by the incumbent party and with a plans to work in regional politics, especially in the Zimbabwean crisis Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Angola's main opposition party, UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola), has conceded defeat in the parliamentary elections on September 5 (see Fides 8/9/2008), won with ample ...
• 8 September 2008
  VATICAN - Pope addresses the Bishops of Nicaragua: “We should never forget that the seed of the Gospel should always be sown, in every age, in every generation, so that it may fully bloom and so that its flower may never die.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In an audience held on September 6 with the Bishops of Nicaragua on their Ad Limina Apostolorum visit, the Holy Father Benedict XVI expressed his appreciation for their efforts to make th ...
• 8 September 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Cagliari (1) - “May Mary help you bring Christ to the families, small domestic churches and the cells of society...May she help you to find the adequate pastoral plans that allow the youth to find Christ...May she give you the strength to evangelize the world of work, the economy, and politics...” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On September 7, the Holy Father Benedict XVI made a pastoral visit to Cagliari, on the centennial anniversary of the proclamation of of “Nostra Signora di Bonaria” (Our Lady of Bonari ...
• 8 September 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Cagliari (2) - “May the Most Holy Virgin continue to watch over each and every one of you, so that the inheritance of the Gospel may be transmitted in tact to future generations.” - Appeal for Haiti Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – After the Mass celebrated in the square in front of the Shrine of Our Lady of Bonaria, on Sunday, September 7, the Holy Father Benedict XVI led the recitation of the Angelus. Before prayi ...
• 8 September 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - Apostolic Vicar of Pucallpa resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 8 September 2008, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Apostolic Vicariate of Pucallpa (Peru) presented by Bishop Juan Luis Mart� ...
• 8 September 2008
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Creating missionary structures within parishes and dioceses; a foundational document for the Mission in the country; celebration of Diocesan Missionary Congresses enters to form part of the conclusions from the National Missionary Congress Fatima (Agenzia Fides) – Following the celebration of the National Missionary Congress, celebrated September 3-7 in Fatima (Portugal) (see Fides 4/9/2008), the participants issued a final statement indicating some of t ...