News

• 17 July 2008
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Tensions mount between Nigeria and Cameroon over the Bakassi Peninsula Lagos (Agenzia Fides) – Tensions have sparked once again over the Bakassi Peninsula, where in recent days, three Cameroon soldiers were wounded in an assault on a military post on the border with Nigeria. Bakassi is ...
• 16 July 2008
  VATICAN - Water today is “a good that must be especially protected through clear national and international policies and used according to sensible criteria of solidarity and responsibility”: Pope’s Message for the “Day of the Holy See” at the Expo in Zaragoza Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “We have to be aware that, regrettably, water - an essential and indispensable good that the Lord has given us to maintain and develop life -, because of incursions and pressures from v ...
• 16 July 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Earthquake victims in Si Chuan say: “the Catholics are among the few who have stayed to help us.” Tian Shui (Agenzia Fides) – Coordinators of the Center for Social Services of the Diocese of Xi An in the Province of Shaan Xi, the parish of Xi He of the Diocese of Tian Shui in the Province of Gan Su have sent 5 univ ...
• 16 July 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Unveiling of a new mosaic of the Conversion of Saul in Saint Paul’s Parish Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “Three missionary journeys and his martyrdom in Rome remind us of the importance of carrying on the mission of evangelization, imitating the Patron of our parish, and this is even more impor ...
• 16 July 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - Wherever Mary “is” there peace reigns Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This year 2008, the Marian Shrine of Lourdes is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In these 150 years pilgrims have continued to flock to this ...
• 16 July 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops’ Statement on the introduction of the Rapid Divorce Law: “no civil law can influence the sacramental nature of religious marriage.” Lima (Agenzia Fides) – “Not only do we wish to reiterate our regret at the adoption of this law as it weakens the marital union, but we also cautiously observe that several press agencies, in presenting the news of i ...
• 16 July 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops’ Message on the 40th Anniversary of the Medellin General Conference, from which came “a commitment to profound renewal and the need for increased presence and dialogue with the world.” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – In a message entitled: “The 40 Years Since the Medellin General Conference,” which was issued at the close of the Venezuelan Catholic Bishops’ Plenary Assembly, the Bishops make an appea ...
• 16 July 2008
  AMERICA - The Americas’ presence at World Youth Day with national pilgrimages Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – World Youth Day was officially inaugurated yesterday, July 15, by Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, in a Mass that took place on the Barangaroo Dock, on the shores of the Pacific Ocea ...
• 16 July 2008
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - “We need to keep the youth from contracting AIDS, not lead them into promiscuity:” the Bishop of Vanimo shares his concerns with Agenzia Fides Vanimo (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Cesare Bonivento, PIME missionary and Bishop of Vanimo (Papua New Guinea) is deeply concerned. While many of the youth of Papua New Guinea are living the extraordinary experience of Worl ...
• 16 July 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - WYD begins with Cardinal George Pell’s appeal to the youth: “Be open to the power of the Spirit.” Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – The great crowd of young pilgrims participating in the 23rd World Youth Day (nearly 150,000 people) were present at the celebration of the Opening Mass for the event, that for an entire week wi ...
• 16 July 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - In the Year of Saint Paul, the Missionary Congress in Bangalore is held to spread missionary awareness in every parish and community Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – After participating in the Missionary Congress held in Karnataka (in southwestern India) held in November 2007, the Archdiocese of Bangalore is preparing to celebrate their own Missionary Co ...
• 16 July 2008
  AFRICA/TOGO - The Catholic University of Togo opens, forming a part of the Catholic University of Western Africa Lomé (Agenzia Fides) – On July 5, the new Catholic University of Togo was officially opened. The Université Catholique de l’Afrique de l’Ouest-Unité du Togo (UCAO-UUT) has two locations, one in Sanguera, on the ...
• 16 July 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Parliament members support Congolese Bishops in observing that the country is not being governed Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The difficulties that the Democratic Republic of Congo is facing have been addressed by the Bishops in a public statement issued at the close of their Plenary Assembly (see Fides 14/7/2008) a ...
• 15 July 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - Special Edition of “Generation John Paul II”: a guide to World Youth Day, including for those who cannot travel to Sydney Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of World Youth Day in Sydney, the Polish Catholic weekly “Niedzela,” the most widely-read magazine in Poland, headquartered in Czestochowa, has recently published a spe ...
• 15 July 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Apostolic Prefecture of Galapagos elevated to Apostolic Vicariate, first Apostolic Vicar appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on July 15, 2008, elevated the apostolic prefecture of Galapagos (Ecuador) to the rank of apostolic vicariate, with the same name and territorial configuration ...