News

• 4 July 2008
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Dialogue and peace entrusted to the youth in the most difficult areas of southern Philippines Jolo (Agenzia Fides) – The youth are the real builders of dialogue and peace in the southern Philippines, where conflict, hate, and violence continue to threaten people’s lives, especially on the island of Jolo, to t ...
• 4 July 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Evangelization missions on the beach: 300 young people of the Missionary Community of Villaregia will preach the Gospel and collect supplies for the soup kitchens in Lima Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “A Wave of Life” is the slogan for 2008’s evangelization missions on the beach, which will take place in the two well-known seaside resorts of Cesenatico and Terracina. The event will inclu ...
• 4 July 2008
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The President of Nigeria proposes that a Summit Meeting be held regarding the Niger Delta, site of the country’s oil reserves Lagos (Agenzia Fides) – A heated debate has begun in Nigeria over the proposal made by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, for a Summit on the Niger Delta region, with the participation of all those implied in the crisis ...
• 4 July 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Diplomacy on the move for Zimbabwe: the United States prepares a UN resolution and fixes its gaze on Mugabe and 11 of his closest collaborators Harare (Agenzia Fides) – The pressures are intensifying from other Western nations regarding the President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe. The United States has presented a resolution proposal from the United Nations Secur ...
• 3 July 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict starts new cycle of catechesis at the beginning of the Year of St Paul: “Paul the Apostle, a noble and practically inimitable figure, stands before us as an example of total dedication to the Lord and to Lord's Church” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “ Paul the Apostle, a noble and practically inimitable figure, stands before us as an example of total dedication to the Lord and to Lord's Church, as well as broad openness to humanity ...
• 3 July 2008
  VATICAN - Today in St Peter's Basilica Ordination of Archbishop Piergiuseppe Vacchelli, newly appointed Secretary adjunct of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today 3 July at 5pm in St Peter's Basilica, His Eminence Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State of His Holiness, will ordain Archbishop Piergiuseppe Vacchelli, recently appointed S ...
• 3 July 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope appoints the Rector of the Pontifical Urban University, Mgr Ambrogio Spreafico, Coadjutor Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Mgr Ambrogio Spreafico, until now rector of the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, Coadjutor Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, grantin ...
• 3 July 2008
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - The Eucharist: the “heart” of the Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the last encyclical, almost a last will and testament, of the Holy Father John Paul II, of holy memory, entitled Ecclesia de Eucharistia we read at paragraph 11: “ The Church has recei ...
• 3 July 2008
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - For the Year of St Paul: Mission Congress and a Formation Seminar on the Letters of St Paul Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – For the Year of Saint Paul the Catholic Church in Pakistan will focus on formation and on mission involving priests, religious and lay Catholics. A major initiative consists of two formation s ...
• 3 July 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - American university students visit Home for the Elderly run by Catholics Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – Fourteen students from St Paul' University in the United States who are working with Beijing University on a social experience programme, recently visited a Home for the Elderly run by ...
• 3 July 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Work begins in Sydney on another Neo Catechumen Way Redemptoris Mater Seminary Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday 29 June Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, laid the foundation stone for another Redemptoris Mater Seminary which the Neo Catechumen Way are building on Chester Hill, in the ...
• 3 July 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Church rejoices upon the release of 15 people, including Ingrid Betancourt, calling for the release of remaining hostages Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The Colombian Bishops’ Conference, which is currently holding its Plenary Assembly in celebration of its Centennial Anniversary of foundation (see Fides 1/7/2008), received with great joy the ...
• 3 July 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “The celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the Bishops’ Conference hopes to strengthen the faith and Christian identity of the Colombian people, revealing the many positive aspects of evangelization and of the human advancements made over the last hundred years.” Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – ““The celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the Bishops’ Conference hopes to strengthen the faith and Christian identity of the Colombian people, revealing the many positive aspect ...
• 3 July 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Inauguration of the Pauline Year has been lived in many Catholic communities as a strong call to evangelization Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – News continues to reach Agenzia Fides from the many Catholic communities in continental China upon the inauguration of the Pauline Year, which took place on June 28 and 29, in communion with t ...
• 3 July 2008
  ASIA/NEPAL - “Following the murder of the Salesian missionary, the Church in Nepal is receiving support and solidarity”: the Apostolic Prefect of Nepal gives his testimony to Agenzia Fides Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – “Fr. Johnson was a Salesian in his early sixties, a very committed priest, an excellent religious, a person with great compassion for the poor and the marginalized. In the past, at the mis ...