News

• 21 July 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Change for Zimbabwe: the government and opposition sign an agreement to begin direct dialogue Harare (Agenzia Fides) – Is the political climate in Zimbabwe changing? This is what international analysts and the country’s population are all asking after it was announced that on July 21, an accord would be signe ...
• 21 July 2008
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Cocaine: a threat to fragile local establishments from Guinea Bissau to Sierra Leone Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – The confiscation of over 500 kilograms of cocaine from a plane in the Bissau airport is showing the gravity of the drug-trafficking situation, especially, the extent of its complexity on all le ...
• 21 July 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - 2007 Annual Report from “Medici con l'Africa CUAMM,” after over 50 years’ experience in sub-Saharan Africa, in the continent’s poorest areas Padua (Agenzia Fides) – 452,367 clinical visits; 93,949 hospitalizations; 21,324 births; 210,302 vaccinations: these are some of the results of 2007, in the 16 hospitals of sub-Saharan Africa run by the NGO from Padua ...
• 19 July 2008
  Dossier - Instrumentum mensis Iunii pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI pro evangelizatione in terris missionum Among the numerous audiences the Holy Father granted in the month of June, special mention should be made of his meeting on 2 June with pilgrims from the archdiocese of Turin, northern Italy accompanied by the Archbishop ...
• 18 July 2008
  VATICAN - “You heard it said, but I say to you…” - a little clarification Prof. Michele Loconsole Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Following queries with regard to an article by Prof. Michele Loconsole published in Fides 27 June, “Jesus the Jew: an authentic historic discovery or a storicist reduction?” (see Fide ...
• 18 July 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Sydney (3) - “As we promote Christian values, we must not neglect to proclaim their source by giving a common witness to Jesus Christ the Lord. It is he who commissioned the apostles, he whom the prophets preached, and he whom we offer to the world.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At 10:30am on July 18, in the Crypt of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney, the Holy Father Benedict XVI held an ecumenical encounter with several leaders of other Christian Churches and mem ...
• 18 July 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Sydney (4) - “In a world threatened by sinister and indiscriminate forms of violence, the unified voice of religious people urges nations and communities to resolve conflicts through peaceful means and with full regard for human dignity.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – After the ecumenical meeting in the morning, on July 18, the Holy Father Benedict XVI made his way to the Chapter Hall in St. Mary’s Cathedral, where he held a meeting with representati ...
• 18 July 2008
  EUROPE/GERMANY - New National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed for Germany/Aachen Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on June 14, 2008, appointed Rev. Klaus Krämer, of the clergy of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Na ...
• 18 July 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - “We should drill this quote of Saint Paul into our heads, forever: “Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel!” - China’s Catholics celebrate the Year of St. Paul with a new missionary impulse Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Catholics throughout China are living the Year of St. Paul with great enthusiasm, in union with the Pope and the Universal Church. According to information sent to the Agenzia Fides, the Year of ...
• 18 July 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Ecumenism, dialogue, and the Way of the Cross on the streets of Sydney at the 23rd WYD Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Today, July 18, has been an intense day for Benedict XVI at the 23rd World Youth Day, one full of important events. Among the events that were held today were an ecumenical meeting, a meeting w ...
• 18 July 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops launch their “Pastoral Plan for a United Church”: “an authentic Catholic community should partake in the joys, sufferings, and needs of other Christian communities...” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Venezuela published several documents at the close of their Plenary Assembly, which was held July 7-12: a Pastoral Exhortation entitled, “United in Justice and Righteousness� ...
• 18 July 2008
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Celebration of the 30th National Youth Day in September, hosting 4,000 youth from the country’s 10 dioceses Tacuarembo (Agenzia Fides) – “With Jesus, Mission and Fullness of Life” will be the theme for the September 6-7 celebration of the 30th National Youth Day organized by the National Youth Ministry Committee of the U ...
• 18 July 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The Institute for Family Policies warns: “If the law calling for free abortion proposed by the government takes affect, by 2015 Spain will be the country with the highest abortion rate in the European Union.” government is trying to impose, if approved, would turn Spain into the country with the highest abortion rate in the European Union, by 2015, with over 230,000 abortions per year. In fact by 2015, keeping in mind the cur ...
• 18 July 2008
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Pastoral prospects on globalization and its consequences on African cultures: Convention of African Members of the Pontifical Council for Culture Bagamoyo (Agenzia Fides) – The African Members and Consultors of the Pontifical Council for Culture will meet from July 23-26, 2008 with the aim of providing a new impulse to the pastoral approach to culture. The theme ...
• 18 July 2008
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Apostolic Administrator of the Catholic Church in Liberia calls for the formation of a war crimes tribunal Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) – “We must ensure that those who bear the greatest responsibilities for the horrors in Liberia must be held accountable for the crimes committed,” said Monsignor Andrew J. Karnley, Apostoli ...