News

• 6 June 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Conclusion of the High-Level Conference on World Food Security in Rome, with substantial allocations of funds to meet the most urgent needs; many questions remain Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The High-Level Conference on World Food Security sponsored by the FAO in Rome from June 3 to 5, has finally concluded. It has been an intense meeting that has had to address many urgent issues on ...
• 6 June 2008
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “We want to expand the area of cultivated land to 4 million hectares by 2013,” Angola’s Foreign Affairs Minister announced in Rome Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Angola wants to increase cereals production between the 2009-2013 period, in about 4 million hectares of land, to produce over 15 million tons. This was its Foreign Affairs Minister, João Mirand ...
• 5 June 2008
  VATICAN - The Holy Father continues his catechesis on Saint Gregory the Great, who wishes “simply to be the mouth of Christ and of his Church on the way that must be followed to reach God.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Once again, in the General Audience held on Wednesday, June 4, the Holy Father Benedict XVI spoke of Saint Gregory the Great, who in spite of his commitments as Bishop of Rome, has left u ...
• 5 June 2008
  VATICAN - “Petrine-Pauline” Triduum celebration in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls for the inauguration of the Pauline Year Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The annual Triduum for the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, the two main patrons of the city of Rome, celebrated by the Benedictine monks of the Abbey of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, will b ...
• 5 June 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics continue working to help earthquake victims, following the Pope’s example Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic relief effort working to meet the needs of the victims from the quake that hit Sichuan continues. In fact, it has begun to intensify following the indications and example of Pope ...
• 5 June 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “There are no foreigners in the Church”: 500 Catholic immigrants from the Philippines and Indonesia express their gratitude for the pastoral care received from their dioceses Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – “Our foreign brothers and sisters, especially the immigrant workers, always remind me that in the Church, there are no foreigners. Everyone has a right to be treated as local parishioners, ...
• 5 June 2008
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - Colonialism and inculturation. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Colonialism and inculturation would appear to be opposites but in actual fact they are not. They often turn into oppression and mystification, both of which are the offspring of oppressive ...
• 5 June 2008
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Appeal from the Bishop of Humahuaca: “let us leave aside other ambitions and all work together to find solutions to the serious and urgent problems of our present situation” Humahuaca (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Pedro Olmedo of Humahuaca, in union with the priests of his diocese, has issued a statement expressing his “deep concern for the serious poverty, unemployment, and general lack of p ...
• 5 June 2008
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Archdiocese of Sao Paulo celebrates its Centennial Anniversary on June 8th: “a moment to thank God, renew our missionary commitment and our solidarity with those who suffer.” Sao Paulo (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Sao Paulo (Brazil) will commemorate the 100th anniversary of its creation on June 8, with an impressive event in the “Estadio de Pacaembu.” The theme of the event is � ...
• 5 June 2008
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Crowds attend the festival for Ugandan Martyrs Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – According to the local Church, the festivities held in honor of the Ugandan Martyrs (celebrated June 3) 1.2 million pilgrims, including many from Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Co ...
• 5 June 2008
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The Church objects to the new law on land property Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – “The church objects to the spirit and substance of the Land Amendment Bill of 2007,” said Bishop Matthias Ssekamanya of Lugazi, President of the Ugandan Bishops’ Conference, at the close ...
• 5 June 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Statement from the Bishops of Galicia: “the State cannot legitimately impose a moral formation of students’ consciences without the free consent of their parents” Lugo (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of the Spanish region of Galicia (Santiago de Compostela, Tui-Vigo, Oruense, Mondoñedo-Ferrol, and Lugo) have issued a statement in light of the upcoming school year, on the subject ...
• 5 June 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - FAO Conference: farmers from poorer nations ask to be heard; the problem of bio-fuels, protectionism, and trade access among other themes Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The FAO Conference underway in Rome concludes today. The world summit meeting is certainly not expected to offer definitive solutions to the many problems on a global spectrum, interrelated among ...
• 5 June 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Regional offensive against “negative forces” in the Great Lakes Region: population of eastern Congo showing serious concern Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The offensive announced against the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA, see Fides 4/6/2008) is giving way to an even greater participation on the part of countries in the Great Lakes Region in pla ...
• 4 June 2008
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Bishop of Kasana-Luweero appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on June 4, 2008, appointed Monsignor Paul Ssenogerere, Vicar General of Kampala, as Bishop of Kasana-Luweero (Uganda). Monsignor Paul Ssenogerere was born in ...