News

• 20 June 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - June 22: the Church celebrates the Day of Prayer for Reconciliation and Unity of the Korean People Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Constant prayer and an increase in humanitarian aid: along these lines the Church in South Korea hopes to enter into a more fraternal relationship with North Korea, as it struggles to face hunge ...
• 20 June 2008
  ASIA/TURKEY - “In an atmosphere of ecumenism and dialogue, the Church in Turkey will open the Pauline Year, on June 21”: Agenzia Fides talks with the Secretary of the Turkish Catholic Bishops’ Conference Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – “The climate that is felt with the upcoming opening of the Pauline Year in Turkey is positive. We are cautiously optimistic...We hope that is will be an opportunity for living the Christian ...
• 20 June 2008
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Following clashes between military and police officers, it’s the teachers turn to take to the streets Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – At least 10 have died in the fighting that broke out between military and policemen in a revolt in the Republic of Guinea. The police are protesting for their withheld salary payments. A simil ...
• 19 June 2008
  VATICAN - The Holy Father’s catechesis focuses on the lessons that Saint Isidore of Seville “leaves us, Christians of today, called to witness to Christ at the beginning of a new millennium.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Saint Isidore of Seville, younger brother of Leander, bishop of Seville, and great friend of Pope Gregory the Great, is considered the last of the ancient Christian Fathers. Continuing hi ...
• 19 June 2008
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Pius XII and Catholic doctrine: if we cannot promote and defend it, we cannot diffuse it Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We are approaching the 50 anniversary of the death a great Pope, Pius XII in Castelgandolfo on 9 October 1958. The Catholic Church owes him no less than it owes Pope John XXIII. “What rem ...
• 19 June 2008
  VATICAN - Communique from the Holy See Press Office on the Holy Father’s visit from the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “This morning Joseph Kabila Kabange, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was received in audience by the Holy Father Benedict XVI in the apostolic palace. The president a ...
• 19 June 2008
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Religious communities make an appeal for World Refugee Day: “As Christians and Jews, we are called to ensure that those who need our protection are admitted and can build their own lives.” Bern (Agenzia Fides) – “World Refugee Day, June 20, 2008, is an opportunity to focus on the destiny of all those who are forced to abandon their country,” said a statement issued by various religious communities on ...
• 19 June 2008
  EUROPE/GERMANY - German Catholic Bishops’ Conference launches a new website for the Pauline Year: “Let’s journey with the Apostle Paul!” Bonn (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the Pauline Year announced by the Holy Father Benedict XVI, upon the 2,000th anniversary of the birth of Saint Paul, from June 28, 2008 to June 29, 2009, the German Catholic Bi ...
• 19 June 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Diocese of Yu Ci (now Jin Zhong) celebrates the ordination of a priest and a deacon Yu Chi (Agenzia Fides) – Nearly one thousand faithful of the Diocese of Yu Chi (now Jin Zhong) of the Province of Shan Xin, in Continental China, joined in the joyful celebration in honor of their new priest, Fr. Peter ...
• 19 June 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Catholic Lay Association launches a new internet site to celebrate its 50th anniversary of foundation Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Lay Association of the Diocese of Hong Kong has launched a new website celebrating its 50th anniversary of foundation. According to a report from Kong Ko Bao (the Chinese versio ...
• 19 June 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - This coming Sunday, March for Life - amidst the debate over the unconstitutional nature of the law decriminalizing abortion Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – While the National Supreme Court in Mexico decides on the constitutionality of the law decriminalizing abortion in Mexico City up to 12 weeks’ gestation period, thousands of lay faithful ...
• 19 June 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church in India making a film on the life of Saint Thomas the Apostle Madras (Agenzia Fides) – Saint Thomas the Apostle, the one who first brought the seeds of the Gospel to the Indian subcontinent, will be the main character in an upcoming film being put out by the Catholic Church in In ...
• 19 June 2008
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - World Refugee Day: 11 million refugees and 26 internally displaced persons; the number of people fleeing their homes or country continues to grow New York (Agenzia Fides) – June 20 is World Refugee Day, declared by the United Nations. The annual Day coincides with a particularly delicate time in the conditions of millions of refugees and internally displaced per ...
• 19 June 2008
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Diocese of Kribi erected, first Bishop appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on June 19, 2008 erected the Diocese of Kribi (Cameroon), with territory taken from the diocese of Ebolowa-Kribi, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan c ...
• 19 June 2008
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - A chapel and monument dedicated to John Paul II are erected in commemoration of his visit to Timor Dili (Agenzia Fides) – On the site where Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass with crowds of young people of East Timor, on October 12, 1989, bringing them a message of joy and hope, today there now stand a chapel and sta ...