News

• 5 September 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Prayers, pilgrimages, and conferences during the month of the martyrs Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – For the Church in Korea, September is the “Month of the Martyrs,” as September 20 marks the feast of Saint Andrew Kim Taegon (1821-1846), the first Korean priest and martyr, patron of the K ...
• 5 September 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - 6 Sisters from the Congregation of Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows make perpetual vows in Tai Tuan Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) – The Congregation of Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows of the Diocese of Tai Yuan (Province of Shan Xi), will celebrate the feast of their Patroness, Our Lady of Sorrows, on ...
• 5 September 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “No matter how busy we are with our work, we can always grow closer to the Lord through books.” Numerous requests for spiritual works at the Book Fair. Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Various editions of the Bible, practical and simple spiritual guides, prayer books, saint books, etc. were once more among the most requested books in the Catholic section of the Hong Kong B ...
• 4 September 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope at the General Audience speaks of the conversion of Saint Paul: “For us, Christianity is not a new philosophy or new morality. We are Christians only if we encounter Christ.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “On the road to Damascus, in the first 30 years of the first century, and following a period in which he persecuted the Church, the decisive moment of Paul's life took place. Much has b ...
• 4 September 2008
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Promoting the woman in order to improve the economy and stop the flight from the rural areas: 28 years of dedication from the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary Dakar (Agenzia Fides) – Since their arrival in Senegal in 1980, the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, in addition to their pastoral work in the parishes, have dedicated their lives to improving the living conditions for ...
• 4 September 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - “In response to the violence and fundamentalism, we will hold a day for fasting and ecumenical prayer, inspired by Mother Teresa, model of universal compassion”: the Spokesman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference tells Fides the meaning behind the Day of Fasting and Prayer on September 7 New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – “The special Day of Fasting and Prayer on September 7 will be an opportunity to call upon God with confidence that He will unite Christians of all denominations in India. In an ecumenical ...
• 4 September 2008
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - National Missionary Congress begins: “Portugal, live the Mission, Soar Beyond Your Horizons.” Saint Paul as the model for evangelization: “The Church is her mission of evangelization must respond to a society very similar to the one that heard Paul’s preaching of the Gospel.” Fatima (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, September 3, saw the opening of Portugal’s National Missionary Congress, which is being held in Fatima, until September 7, in honor of the 10th anniversary of the Missionary Year. ...
• 4 September 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “On the road to peace: Life with Dignity, Development, and Freedom” is the theme for Peace Week 2008, beginning this Sunday Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, September 7 marks the beginning of Peace Week 2008. The theme of this national event is “On the road to peace: Life with Dignity, Development, and Freedom” and it is scheduled to ...
• 4 September 2008
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Message for National Immigrant Day: “In response to this situation of unjust detentions, death, massive deportations, violations of human rights, growing poverty...remaining indifferent makes us accomplices.” Guatemala (Agenzia Fides) – “Mother earth, life for the nations” is the title of a Message written by Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini of San Marcos, President of the Pastoral Department for Migrants in the Guatemalan Bisho ...
• 4 September 2008
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Democratic reforms and economic stability are two extremely important concerns for Pakistan,” the Secretary for the Justice and Peace Commission tells Fides on the eve of presidential elections Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – “The situation is a pretty difficult one. There is a power struggle going on, as the country lies in desperate need of reforms, guarantees, and rights, political and economic stability,” sa ...
• 4 September 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - 40th National Bible Week to be held September 8-12, on the 60th anniversary of the Italian Biblical Association and on the eve of the Synod of Bishops on the Word of God Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The 40th National Biblical Week, coinciding with the 60th anniversary of the Italian Biblical Association (ABI), which began in 1948, will be held September 8-12 in Rome, at the Pontifical Biblic ...
• 4 September 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - To challenge lack of respect for human sexuality and human life, Catholic university students strive to live a life of holiness Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – "Total trust in the Lord, obedient to Holy Scripture", a life of holiness in the midst of a secular style of life which has lost all respect for the sacredness of human life. This is the con ...
• 3 September 2008
  EUROPE/CZECH REPUBLIC - National Director of the Pontifical Missionary Societies confirmed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect for the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on July 3, 2008, confirmed the appointment of Father Giri Slegr, of the clergy of the Diocese of Hradec ...
• 3 September 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Summer camp for university students organized by a small rural Catholic parish is attended by 80 youth, half of them non-Christians Heng Shui (Agenzia Fides) – Although the small rural Catholic community of Wu Qiang, in the Diocese of Jing Xian (present-day Heng Shui) is not one with a great many human and economic resources, it has always been act ...
• 3 September 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Feeling the warmth of the parish”: the Charitable Service Association at Saint Francis Parish has been accompanying the elderly and disabled to Mass for 5 months Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – “Accompanying the elderly and disabled in the Church is a vocation. The volunteers have given of their time and, most of all, their love in this service. Thus, I think that it must be a di ...