News

• 24 July 2008
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - “Let’s stop the violence and respect life” is the motto of the Church’s Campaign to stop violence in the country with the highest homicide rate in the world Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) – There are many incidents of violence in Honduras that show a general lack of respect for life and human dignity. With that in mind, the Catholic Church in the country is working through th ...
• 24 July 2008
  AMERICA/CHILE - First National Day for Health Pastoral Care for coordinating diocesan initiatives from the new 2008-2012 Pastoral Guidelines of the Chilean Bishops’ Conference. Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – The First National Day for Health Pastoral Care will be held in La Florida (Chile) on August 6-8. The general purpose of the encounter is “to present the diocesan experiences of ...
• 24 July 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Agenzia Fides interviews the Bishop of Cuenca: “The Church’s role in attending persons from the outside cannot be reduced to charitable services alone, although this is needed. The manner of confronting the immigration issue cannot be limited to Caritas. The Church’s mission is to evangelize.” Excerpt from the Encyclical Redemptoris Missio: “Among the great changes taking place in the contemporary world, migration has produced a new phenomenon: non-Christians are becoming very numerous in traditionally Chris ...
• 24 July 2008
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Two exemplary missionaries for the Church in Sri Lanka: Saint Paul and Blessed Joseph Vaz Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – Two prominent figures offer a point of reference and an example for the missionary task of the Church in Sri Lanka, for all its members: priests, religious, and laity: Saint Paul and Blessed J ...
• 23 July 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - Seeing as Jesus “sees” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - How different is the Lord's way of looking at the earth and its inhabitants, compared with our way which rarely sees beyond appearances! Conversion of heart means learning from Jesus to see ...
• 23 July 2008
  VATICAN - At the Lambeth Conference, Cardinal Ivan Dias speaks on “Mission, Social Justice, and Evangelization”: today the world needs people who bear witness to “the beauty of the Christian faith without blushing or compromise.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the Lambeth Conference, the meeting every ten years of the Anglican Bishops of the world which took place in Canterbury (England) July 16 to August 3, Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of th ...
• 23 July 2008
  OCEANIA/FIJI ISLANDS - The extraordinary WYD experience for the youth of Fiji: “A tsunami of faith and joy!” Suva (Agenzia Fides) – “It has been a tsunami of faith and joy.” This has been the most common reaction among the youth of the Fiji Islands when they returned to their homeland after the extraordinary experience of ...
• 23 July 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The Church in Spain rejoices as Madrid is chosen to host WYD 2011: “it will place us in contact with the best of our tradition and the great ideals that have inspired us over the centuries and still do even now.” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – “I wish to express my gratitude, on behalf of the entire Diocese of Madrid, for this honor” said Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco, Archbishop of Madrid and President of the Spanish Bishops’ C ...
• 23 July 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - On the way to CAM 3: “The Congress will give renewed strength to the evangelization effort, help us make deep reflections, and re-launch our mission as a Church with fidelity and audacity.” Quito (Agenzia Fides) – After a long and intense preparation, the Third American Missionary Congress (CAM 3) is steadily approaching. The event will take place in Quito (Ecuador) August 12-17. At the end of the Congres ...
• 23 July 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Students’ rebellion also affecting the Seminary in Nairobi: “The frustration of the young people is not the only excuse for the violence,” a local Church source informs Fides Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Over 300 secondary schools are in revolt in Kenya and in some cases, the students have sacked and burned the school buildings. The dormitories of Queen of Apostles Minor Seminary in the Archdi ...
• 23 July 2008
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Sudan’s President on a “promotional” visit to Darfur Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – It is a “promotional” tour to show the world his own popularity, even in Darfur. This is how international analysts have interpreted Sudan President Omar al-Bashir’s visit to the turbul ...
• 23 July 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - The Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary ask for an end to the violence against the “dalit” in Tamil Nadu Pondicherry (Agenzia Fides) – The violence and discrimination against the “dalit,” or “untouchables,” of the caste system that still dominates Indian society (although it has been formally abolished) are intens ...
• 23 July 2008
  ASIA/NEPAL - New President elected, however political crisis continues Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – A step towards full democracy has been taken and it could mean the first page in a new chapter for the nation’s history: the Constitutive Assembly of Nepal has elected its first President ...
• 22 July 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict in Sydney (8) - “World Youth Day has shown us that the Church can rejoice in the young people of today and be filled with hope for the world of tomorrow.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the morning, on July 21, His Holiness Benedict XVI celebrated Mass in the small chapel of the Cathedral House in Sydney, where he has been staying in recent days, for a group of those ...
• 22 July 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “Days to remember, in a city that has re-flourished”: Cardinal George Pell gives an initial evaluation of WYD Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – “They are days to remember. This is a good time to be Catholic. Tens of thousands of happy young people make the rest of the population happy too. All Sydney, and not just Catholic Sydney, h ...