News

• 4 July 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Missionary sending for the “Cursillo Movement” of the Archdiocese of Tai Pei, during their 40th anniversary of missions in Taiwan Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – According to a report from Christian Life Weekly, the weekly bulletin for the Archdiocese of Tai Pei, the Cathedral recently held a solemn celebration of the rite of missionary sending for the ...
• 4 July 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - FAO’s latest alarming fact: the number of hungry people increased by about 50 million in 2007; entire nations are suffering from soaring prices Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The food crisis that has come as a result of soaring prices of certain products that form the staple food product for millions of people and the rising fuel cost, is causing an unprecedented cris ...
• 4 July 2008
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops denounce the repressive dispositions recently adopted by the European Community and the United States regarding immigrants Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – “In these times that are so difficult for immigrants and their families, we ask that God may enlighten the minds and hearts of the nations’ leaders who have taken up unsupportive at ...
• 4 July 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops warn faithful: do not be fooled by the so-called “Reformed Catholic Church” that “usurps the functions, sacraments, organization, and vestments” that correspond to the one true Catholic Church Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Ubaldo Santana of Maracaibo, President of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference, made an urgent appeal to the faithful, asking them “not to be fooled” by the so-called “Reforme ...
• 4 July 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re at the closing ceremony for the First National Youth Day: “Life is worth living, but only when it is lived with a great ideal. Only Jesus Christ offers a lifestyle that leads to fullness of existence.” Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) – On July 3, the First National Youth Day ended in Guayaquil, with a Solemn Mass presided by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops. The event was attended by ...
• 4 July 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - “Give us an empty sack without rice, because it has the Pope’s shield”: a petition from the earthquake victims of Si Chuan, moved by the Pontiff’s solidarity Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – “Could you please give us just the sack? Even though there is no rice inside, it has the Pope’s shield on it”: this is the unusual petition being made by earthquake victims, to th ...
• 4 July 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Renewed ecumenical efforts in the Korean Church, in honor of the Pauline Year Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Living the Year of Saint Paul under the sign of ecumenical communion, encouraging the participation of sister-churches, giving a fresh impulse to dialogue and promoting collaboration in all sect ...
• 4 July 2008
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Dialogue and peace entrusted to the youth in the most difficult areas of southern Philippines Jolo (Agenzia Fides) – The youth are the real builders of dialogue and peace in the southern Philippines, where conflict, hate, and violence continue to threaten people’s lives, especially on the island of Jolo, to t ...
• 4 July 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Evangelization missions on the beach: 300 young people of the Missionary Community of Villaregia will preach the Gospel and collect supplies for the soup kitchens in Lima Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “A Wave of Life” is the slogan for 2008’s evangelization missions on the beach, which will take place in the two well-known seaside resorts of Cesenatico and Terracina. The event will inclu ...
• 4 July 2008
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The President of Nigeria proposes that a Summit Meeting be held regarding the Niger Delta, site of the country’s oil reserves Lagos (Agenzia Fides) – A heated debate has begun in Nigeria over the proposal made by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, for a Summit on the Niger Delta region, with the participation of all those implied in the crisis ...
• 4 July 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Diplomacy on the move for Zimbabwe: the United States prepares a UN resolution and fixes its gaze on Mugabe and 11 of his closest collaborators Harare (Agenzia Fides) – The pressures are intensifying from other Western nations regarding the President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe. The United States has presented a resolution proposal from the United Nations Secur ...
• 3 July 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict starts new cycle of catechesis at the beginning of the Year of St Paul: “Paul the Apostle, a noble and practically inimitable figure, stands before us as an example of total dedication to the Lord and to Lord's Church” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “ Paul the Apostle, a noble and practically inimitable figure, stands before us as an example of total dedication to the Lord and to Lord's Church, as well as broad openness to humanity ...
• 3 July 2008
  VATICAN - Today in St Peter's Basilica Ordination of Archbishop Piergiuseppe Vacchelli, newly appointed Secretary adjunct of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today 3 July at 5pm in St Peter's Basilica, His Eminence Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State of His Holiness, will ordain Archbishop Piergiuseppe Vacchelli, recently appointed S ...
• 3 July 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope appoints the Rector of the Pontifical Urban University, Mgr Ambrogio Spreafico, Coadjutor Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Mgr Ambrogio Spreafico, until now rector of the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, Coadjutor Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, grantin ...
• 3 July 2008
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - The Eucharist: the “heart” of the Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the last encyclical, almost a last will and testament, of the Holy Father John Paul II, of holy memory, entitled Ecclesia de Eucharistia we read at paragraph 11: “ The Church has recei ...