News

• 30 May 2008
  AFRICA - Africa is the continent suffering most from the world food emergency Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Africa is the suffering most from the food emergency that is affecting many of the world’s countries, to the point that various experts fear that the African nations implied in the rise of pric ...
• 30 May 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Religion Today Film Festival: the cinema at the service of dialogue among religions Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The 9th Religion Today Film Festival will begin October 16, in Bolzano (Italy). The Festival began in 1997 in the city of Trent, dedicated to the subject of dialogue among religions. This charact ...
• 29 May 2008
  VATICAN - Holy Father’s Catechesis on Saint Gregory the Great “During a disastrous and desperate time, he was able to create peace and hope. This man of God shows us the true fonts of peace, from which true hope comes, and so becomes a guide also for us today.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI dedicated his catechesis during the audience on Wednesday, May 28, to the figure of “one of the greatest fathers in the history of the Church, one of the fo ...
• 29 May 2008
  VATICAN - May 30: World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – This year, the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is celebrated on May 30, which has been declared the World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests. In the Letter sent on this oc ...
• 29 May 2008
  AMERICA/CANADA - Next Sunday, collections will be taken up in all the nation’s parishes for the cyclone victims in Myanmar Ottawa (Agenzia Fides) - Responding to the catastrophic situation in Myanmar (Burma) following Cyclone Nargis, which left more than 100,000 dead and millions of people homeless, Archbishop V. James Weisgerber, President ...
• 29 May 2008
  AMERICA/CANADA - Preparations continue for the International Eucharistic Congress: on June 19th , Eucharistic Procession through the streets of Quebec City, with live coverage on the Internet Quebec City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec City, and the 2008 International Eucharistic Congress (2008 IEC) organizers invite the public to take part in a Eucharistic procession through the ...
• 29 May 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - “Compartir” 2008 Solidarity Campaign begins, to create awareness regarding the problem of drugs in society Lima (Agenzia Fides) – With the motto: “For a Drug-Free Life,” the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference will launch the “Compartir” 2008 Solidarity Campaign on May 30, as an effort of the Bishops this year in creatin ...
• 29 May 2008
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Xenophobia challenges the very Catholicity of the Church,” says Archbishop of Johannesburg, inviting Catholics to take action in helping the victims of the violence Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Buti Tlhagale, Catholic Archbishop of Johannesburg has called for an emergency response by Catholic parishes and institutions in Johannesburg, asking that they offer aid to the ...
• 29 May 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The 10th General Ordinary Assembly of the Spanish Foreign Missions Institute (IEME) concludes. New President elected. Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – On May 12, the 10th General Ordinary Assembly of the Spanish Foreign Missions Institute (IEME) met in Madrid. The event was attended by 26 representatives from missionary groups in 14 differen ...
• 29 May 2008
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Abortion: the silence of life Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This year 2008, is the fortieth anniversary, only a few days ago to be exact, of the approval of the famous Law 194 which de-penalised abortion in Italy. An anniversary on which there is li ...
• 29 May 2008
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Soldiers rebel and “the population pays the consequences,” local Church source tells Fides Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – The situation in the Republic of Guinea continues to be tense and rebellious soldiers are demanding the retreat of all officials that do not support their petitions. “The soldiers have beg ...
• 29 May 2008
  AFRICA - “Thanks for the help, but what we really need is a world market that better supports are products,” the African nations say at the Japan-Africa Summit. Yokohama (Agenzia Fides) – “Thanks for the help, but we want an increased openness on the market by developed nations and more investments in our countries.” This could be a summary of what African leaders invited ...
• 29 May 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY -Meeting for Friendship Among the Peoples in Rimini, August 2008; Recalling the 28th Meeting Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Meeting for Friendship Among the Peoples in Rimini is a grand social event, a festival of encounters, culture, music, and shows that takes place every year at the end of August, and that over ...
• 29 May 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - The Church in Poland celebrates the Day of Prayer for the Church in China Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Poland gladly responded to the appeal of the Holy Father Benedict XVI and that of Bishop Wiktor Skworc of Tarnów and President of the Polish Bishops’ Commission for the Mission ...
• 28 May 2008
  VATICAN - Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, as a person and as a priest, was “a marvelous blend of the characteristics of the African soul with those of the Christian spirit, of African culture and identity with evangelical values.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the “perspective of faith and hope in the resurrection,” a Memorial Mass was celebrated in the Vatican Basilica for Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, retired Dean of the College of Cardinal ...