News

• 16 July 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - In the Year of Saint Paul, the Missionary Congress in Bangalore is held to spread missionary awareness in every parish and community Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – After participating in the Missionary Congress held in Karnataka (in southwestern India) held in November 2007, the Archdiocese of Bangalore is preparing to celebrate their own Missionary Co ...
• 16 July 2008
  AFRICA/TOGO - The Catholic University of Togo opens, forming a part of the Catholic University of Western Africa Lomé (Agenzia Fides) – On July 5, the new Catholic University of Togo was officially opened. The Université Catholique de l’Afrique de l’Ouest-Unité du Togo (UCAO-UUT) has two locations, one in Sanguera, on the ...
• 16 July 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Parliament members support Congolese Bishops in observing that the country is not being governed Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The difficulties that the Democratic Republic of Congo is facing have been addressed by the Bishops in a public statement issued at the close of their Plenary Assembly (see Fides 14/7/2008) a ...
• 15 July 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - Special Edition of “Generation John Paul II”: a guide to World Youth Day, including for those who cannot travel to Sydney Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of World Youth Day in Sydney, the Polish Catholic weekly “Niedzela,” the most widely-read magazine in Poland, headquartered in Czestochowa, has recently published a spe ...
• 15 July 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Apostolic Prefecture of Galapagos elevated to Apostolic Vicariate, first Apostolic Vicar appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on July 15, 2008, elevated the apostolic prefecture of Galapagos (Ecuador) to the rank of apostolic vicariate, with the same name and territorial configuration ...
• 15 July 2008
  AMERICA - Youth delegations from Latin America arrive in Sydney to offer their enthusiastic participation in World Youth Day Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Countless numbers of youth groups from Latin America are already in Sydney for World Youth Day. The official pilgrimage of youth from Uruguay left the country on July 9, with a total of 60 youn ...
• 15 July 2008
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops present their new Pastoral Guidelines for the coming five-year term, in the spirit of the First Ecclesial Assembly and the Aparecida Conference Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – On July 14, the President of the Chilean Bishops’ Conference (CECH), Bishop Alejandro Goic, made a presentation before the press of the Pastoral Guidelines that will light the way ...
• 15 July 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - “I will take courage, because the Lord accompanies me”: words of the Diocese of Liao Ning’s new Bishop Pei Jun Min Liao Ning (Agenzia Fides) – “Since I was named Auxiliary Bishop, I always kept in mind that “all has been given me by my Father,” and “my yolk is easy and my burden light” (cf. Mt. 11:27-30). I will take cour ...
• 15 July 2008
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Indonesia acknowledges human rights violations in 1999: a step towards reconciliation between the two countries Bali (Agenzia Fides) – Verify and accept the truth as a fundamental, initial step towards reconciliation: with this spirit the political leaders of Indonesia and East Timor met on the island of Bali, where they accepte ...
• 15 July 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Cardinal George Pell on the eve of WYD: focusing on the family, to give the youth hope Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – For youth with wholesome values and ideals, with a sense of responsibility, what is needed is that society foster the proper conditions for the harmonious growth and development of the family, ...
• 15 July 2008
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - New “Mamma Margherita” house for the Salesian Sisters, at the service of the youth Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Named after the mother of Saint John Bosco, “Mamma Margherita” is the new home to the Salesian Sisters (Daughters of Mary Help of Christians) that was recently inaugurated and blessed in the ...
• 15 July 2008
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “Building a community based on the law of love, following the example of Saint Paul”: Pastoral Statement from the Bishops of Angola, Sao Tome and Principe for the Year of Saint Paul Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – “We are invited to live this year as a year of grace, a year in which each of our hearts is called to conversion, to a more intense living of the Gospel in our lives, a credible testimony of ...
• 15 July 2008
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The demand to file charges against the President of Sudan creates an important precedent and opens a heated debate in the international community Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – Two African crises are the focus of attention for the international community that appears divided on the proper means to resolving it. Following the Russian and Chinese vetoes on a UN Securi ...
• 14 July 2008
  VATICAN - Pope’s Message for Australians: “My prayer is that the hearts of the young people who gather in Sydney for the celebration of World Youth Day will truly find rest in the Lord, and that they will be filled with joy and fervor for spreading the Good News...” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of his apostolic journey to Sydney for the 23rd World Youth Day, the Holy Father Benedict XVI sent the people of Australia and the youth participating in WYD a message, whic ...
• 14 July 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Discover a ‘path’ towards salvation in health and in suffering, a ‘road’ to hope” - Agenzia Fides interviews the Director of the Camillianum, Father Luciano Sandrin Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The International Camillianum Institute for Pastoral Theology and Health Care is a center for research, theological formation, and training in the health world run by the Order of Ministers of the ...