News

• 1 September 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - The Bishops prepare to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the presence of the “Virgen de la Caridad”: “symbol of our homeland, what unites us to our families, our people, and above all, to the Mother of Christ.” Havana (Agenzia Fides) – “We ask that you all join in celebrating the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the “Virgen de la Caridad” in the year 1612. We have sent out this invitation to all Cubans, because she ...
• 1 September 2008
  VATICAN - Youth gypsies and their role in the Church and society: Freising (Germany) to host the 6th World Congress for Pastoral Care of Gypsies Freising (Agenzia Fides) – “Youth gypsies in the Church and society” is the theme for the 6th World Congress for Pastoral Care of Gypsies, which will take place at the Bildungszentrum Kardinal-Döpfner-Haus in Frei ...
• 1 September 2008
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “We have been blessed by Divine Providence and we should learn to respond accordingly,” says Cardinal Alexandre do Nascimento on the eve of September 5 elections Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – “The Angolan people have reached a high level of civil and democratic maturity,” said Cardinal Alexandre do Nascimento, Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, in an interview on national radio in A ...
• 1 September 2008
  AFRICA - Turkey looks towards Africa: First Turkish-African Summit in Istanbul Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – Following China (see Fides 6/11/2006) and India (see Fides 9/4/2008), Turkey has also organized a Summit with the African nations in order to improve the business and economy possibilities on ...
• 1 September 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - An initial balance of the victims of anti-Christian violence in Orissa, as the Church in India prepares for a “Day for Fasting and Prayer” on September 7 Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) – The toll of victims of anti-Christian violence in Orissa (Northeastern India) in recent days has reached 26. Hundreds of Christian families were attacked by Hindu fundamentalists who dest ...
• 1 September 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Catholic University in Icheon opens the Diocesan Center of the John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Marriage and the Family Incheon (Agenzia Fides) – The John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Marriage and the Family hopes to open a Korean campus, which is why it has recently begun a Diocesan Center in the Catholic University of Incheon. It ...
• 29 August 2008
  Dossier - The encounter with Jesus of Nazareth, improvisation or “creativity” faithful to tradition Introduction The sacrificial significance of the Eucharist The post-council Church the authentic one? Authentic participation depends on the rite or the language? Turned away from the people or facing the Lord? ...
• 29 August 2008
  Dossier - The Role of the Woman in the Life of the Church Introduction Social and Cultural Changes in the Role of the Woman From the Second Vatican Council to Mulieris Dignitatem The Pope and the Contribution of the Feminine Genius to the Church John Paul II’s L ...
• 28 August 2008
  DOSSIER - MULTINATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES AND THIRD WORLD POVERTY Introduction Getting medical treatment in the Third World: health/profit dilemma Drug testing threat in developing countries AIDS/HIV and not only All over the world AIDS costs too much Good News on th ...
• 27 August 2008
  Dossier - “The Education Challenge” Catholic Universities in the World (1) “The Education Challenge” Catholic Universities in the World (1) Introduction The world's Catholic universities Ecclesiastic Universities and Faculties Catholic Universities The International Federatio ...
• 20 August 2008
  Dossier - The Apostles of Jesus, Africa's first Religious Missionary Institute. 40th anniversary The first African religious missionary Institute The founders, Bishop Sisto Mazzoldi MCCJ and Father Giovanni Marengoni MCCJ Charisma and Mission Structure and administration Apostolic Communities in the world and s ...
• 9 August 2008
  Dossier - THIRD AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS - CAM 3 THIRD AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS – CAM 3 Quito (Ecuador) – 12/17 August 2008 “America with Christ, listens, learns and announces” “The Congress will give new impulse to evangelisation by provoking deep ...
• 7 August 2008
  Dossier - SEX TOURISM AND HOW IT IS COMBATED BY MISSIONARIES Interview with Fr Franco Cellano, Superior of the Consolata Missionaries in Kenya. Catholic Church teaching with regard to sexual abuse A ruinous and revolting 'octopus'. The “pleasure industry”. Gi ...
• 6 August 2008
  Dossier - The “interreligious issue”. The contribution of the Catholic Church Introduction Religions, one question, many answers At the Second Vatican Council Starting from the dignity of the human person Religious freedom Inter-dependence among peoples In the magisterium of ...
• 2 August 2008
  Instrumentum mensis Iulii pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum The month of July was marked by the final stages of preparation for the 23rd World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia. On 2 July the Holy Father gave the only audience of the month beginning a new series of catechesis dedica ...