News

• 8 October 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Cardinal Njue leads Catholics in the fight against abortion: “start submitting signatures so that after gathering them in their millions we move to petition the competent authorities to stop this campaign of discussing how to kill the unborn babies.” Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – “Now, I call upon you to stand firm and defend the life of the unborn babies. Say and shout it aloud that: Abortion is the deliberate termination of a pregnancy by killing the unborn and def ...
• 8 October 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Dramatic testimony of a Salesian missionary in East Congo, housing 2,782 children Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The humanitarian situation in North Kivu, in the eastern part of Democratic Republic of Congo, is worsening each day, due to fighting that has broken out between the regular army and rebels l ...
• 8 October 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Celebration of World Missions Day coincides with the 80th anniversary of the Pontifical Missionary Societies in the country Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Mission Societies of Colombia are celebrating, along with World Missions Day, the 80th anniversary of PMS in the country (1929-2009), according to a report made to Agenzia Fides ...
• 7 October 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI’s meditation at the opening session of the Synod of Bishops: “evangelization, the proclamation of the Gospel, the mission are not a type of ecclesial colonialism, where we wish to insert others into our group. It means going beyond the individual culture into the universality that connects all, unites all, makes us all brothers.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In opening the sessions of the XII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, on Monday, October 6, the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided the celebration of the liturgy of the hou ...
• 7 October 2008
  VATICAN - Holy Father’s Message: “the service that the Church offers in its marriage and family pastoral care must be able to direct couples to understand with the heart the wonderful design that God has inscribed in the human body, helping them to accept all that is entailed in a genuine path of maturing.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the International Congress “Humanae Vitae: Current Importance and Prophecy of an Encyclical” organized by the Pontifical Institute John Paul II for Studies on Marri ...
• 7 October 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Plenary Indulgence granted during the Year of St. Paul to pilgrims visiting the Church of San Paolo alla Regola, the Apostle’s first residence in Rome Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In the context of the Year of Saint Paul, the Holy Father Benedict XVI, with a Decree from the Apostolic Penitentiary issued on September 23, 2008, has granted the Church of San Paolo alla Regola ...
• 7 October 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Third International Symposium on Missiology “Mission for Humanity,” for placing in practice the conclusions of CAM 3 Quito (Agenzia Fides) – Following the celebration of the Third American Missionary Congress CAM3, and as part of the program established for making concrete conclusions and the final statement from the Congress, which ...
• 7 October 2008
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Archbishop of La Plata speaks out against the climate of violence and insecurity that “is not simply resolved with political and judicial reforms. There is an urgent need to recognize the true causes and find solutions.” La Plata (Argentina) – Archbishop Hector Aguer of La Plata (Argentina) spoke out against the climate of violence unleashed in the country, analyzing its true causes in his weekly reflection on the TV program “Keys to ...
• 7 October 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Letter from Bishop Chung to the youth, inviting them to participate in Taiwan’s Youth Day: “Come along with your friends for this beautiful experience.” Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – “Pentecost, the point of departure for the Church’s mission...The Holy Spirit, soul of the Church and principle of communion.” These quotes taken from the Holy Father Benedict XVI’s Me ...
• 7 October 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Church looks to the future and decides to go digital Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The new project of digitalization and automation for administering and managing various projects and all that encompasses the Catholic community was launched by the Korean Church. The announceme ...
• 7 October 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses the President of the Italian Republic: “the Quirinal and the Vatican are not two hills that ignore one another or face one another acrimoniously; rather that they are places symbolizing mutual respect for the sovereignty of the State and of the Church” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Today, we can observe with satisfaction that in the city of Rome, the Italian State and the Holy See coexist and collaborate in peace. This visit also serves to confirm the fact that t ...
• 7 October 2008
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Jesuits founding a house in Abidjan in a School of Moral and Political Sciences, for the students of Western Africa Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – Form an elite African people so they can take on important leadership roles in the public and private sector, according to the Church’s social doctrine. This is the objective behind the Scho ...
• 7 October 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Missionary Congress in Lucknow: “The youth, protagonists of the mission.” Lucknow (Agenzia Fides) – Form a missionary community, bringing the love of Christ to our neighbor: with this spirit the Diocese of Lucknow, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, celebrated its first Diocesan Missionary Congr ...
• 6 October 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI opens the Synod of Bishops at the Basilica of Saint Paul: “if preaching the Gospel is the reason behind her existence and mission, it is indispensable that the Church know and live that which she preaches, so that her preaching can be credible, in spite of the weaknesses and poverty of the men that she is made up of.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, October 5, in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided a Mass concelebrated with the Synodal Fathers, for the opening of the XII Gene ...
• 6 October 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus says: “I invite all of you to support the work of the synod with your prayer, especially invoking the maternal intercession of the Virgin Mary, perfect disciple of the divine Word.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “I invite all of you to support the work of the synod with your prayer,” the Holy Father Benedict XVI said in his Angelus address on Sunday, October 5. In his brief address before the ...