News

• 24 June 2008
  VATICAN - The Holy Father appoints President-Delegates for the XII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI has appointed the following President-Delegates for the XII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which will take place at the Vatican on October ...
• 24 June 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Thirty priests celebrating their 10th anniversary of priesthood take part in the “Annual Formation Course,” which includes a visit to the Diocese of Macao Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – Improve the quality of priests, promote pastoral work, opening oneself to a perspective of pastoral care and evangelization at the service of the Church and society: these were the obje ...
• 24 June 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Local authorities announce the reconstruction of the old church in Bai Lu, built by Foreign Missions Priests of Paris 100 years ago and later destroyed by the earthquake in 8-seconds’ time Peng Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – According to the official government site of China, Xinhuanet, the Supervisory Department for Archeological Sites in Si Chuan has announced that it “will reconstruct (on the original site) ...
• 24 June 2008
  OCEANIA/SAMOA ISLANDS - Samoan youth preparing for WYD in Sydney Apia (Agenzia Fides) – The youth on the Samoan Islands are preparing with great enthusiasm to participate in World Youth Day 2008, supported and encouraged by the entire local Church. For many of them, this will be the ...
• 24 June 2008
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - More fighting and victims in the North: the Church renews her appeal for an end to the violence Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – While the North of the country continues to face conflict and fighting, resulting in numerous victims, the Church in Sri Lanka is once again calling for an end to the hostility and for reconci ...
• 24 June 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 26 - 30 June European Bishops' Conferences General Secretaries discuss religious situation on the continent Oviedo (Agenzia Fides) - The annual meeting of General Secretaries of the European Bishops' Conferences will be held this year in Covadonga, Oviedo, Spain, 26-30 June. General Secretaries of the following Bishops' Confer ...
• 24 June 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Opposition leader Tsvangirai takes refuge in the Dutch embassy: at stake the principle of elections in Africa Harare (Agenzia Fides)- The Zimbabwean crisis heightens after Opposition leader Morgan took refuge at the Dutch Embassy in Harare on Sunday night 22 June to avoid being taken prisoner by the army. The leader of the Movem ...
• 24 June 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Guinea Equatorial comes to the aid of Mugabe Harare (Agenzia Fides)- Equatorial Guinea and Zimbabwe are negotiating an oil agreement to help Zimbabwe face a serious fuel shortage. Equatorial Guinea sources say the agreement is purely commercial, nothing to do wit ...
• 24 June 2008
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Catholic Bishops of the Brazil-Bolivia frontier region discuss drug trafficking, prison pastoral care, Great Continental Mission and the Amazon Region Guajara Mirin (Agenzia Fides) –Catholic Bishops of Brazil and Bolivia met for the 10th Meeting of Bishops of the Brazil-Bolivia frontier region held in Guajara Mirin (Brazil), 17 al 19 June. Issues for discussion inclu ...
• 24 June 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 1st Meeting of Bishops of Mexico, United States and Central America on the issue of illegal immigration and respect for the human rights of immigrants Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) – Twenty Catholic Bishops from Mexico, United States, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama, Cuba, Guatemala and Honduras, reflected with lay people and experts in the field, on the need to work toget ...
• 23 June 2008
  VATICAN - “Evil and the irrational do not have the last word, and Christ alone is the Lord of the world and life, the Incarnate Word of God,” the Pope said at the Angelus, encouraging all faithful “to celebrate with faith this Pauline Year” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The difference “between human fears and the fear of God” was the focus of reflection for the Holy Father Benedict XVI prior to the recitation of the Angelus with the faithful gathered ...
• 23 June 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope tells directors of Catholic radio stations: “The radio participates in the mission and visibility of the Church, but it also creates a new way of living, of being and of making the Church.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Dear friends, as you work in Catholic radio stations you are at the service of the Word. The words that you broadcast each day are an echo of that Eternal Word which became flesh. Your ...
• 23 June 2008
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Typhoon Fengshen hits the Philippines; the Church’s aid efforts Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The victims’ toll for Typhoon Fengshen, that recently hit the western coast of the Philippines, continues to rise. There are over 1,000 dead, over 500 missing, and 65,000 have fled their home ...
• 23 June 2008
  ASIA - Corruption is the continent’s “worst evil”: a Report from the United Nations Human Development Program Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – Corruption, on all levels of society, is an extremely wide-spread evil on the Asian continent and forms the root and primary cause of the poverty in which millions of people live. Effectively ...
• 23 June 2008
  VATICAN - Holy Father’s Letter to Cardinal Camillo Ruini, on his 25th anniversary of his Episcopal Ordination Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father wrote a Letter to Cardinal Camillo Ruini, his Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome, which was read during the Mass presided by Cardinal Ruini on the evening of Saturday, ...