News

• 28 May 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - Peruvian Government presents “El Sol de Perù” award to Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga in recognition for Caritas’ earthquake relief work last year Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) and President of Caritas Internationalis, will be presented with an award by the Peruvian Government in recognitio ...
• 28 May 2008
  MISSIONARY PRAYER INTENTION - The Pope’s missionary intention for June, “That the International Eucharistic Congress in Quebec, Canada, may lead to ever deeper understanding of the Eucharist, the heart of the Church and source of evangelization.” Commentary. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Eucharist is the source and summit of the whole Christian life (cf. LG, 11). This truth has been presented with renewed vigor in the Magisterium of many recent Pontiffs, as an invitat ...
• 28 May 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops express their concern for the wave of violence in the country: “The Church, formed by all of us as baptized faithful, cannot and should not remain indifferent in the fight for life.” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – “Our people have the right to live a full life, worthy of God’s children, with more humane conditions: free from the threat of hunger and from all form of violence,” the Bishops of M ...
• 28 May 2008
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - First National Missionary Congress concludes: “we should start on our journey, going into our dioceses and parishes to communicate what we have heard and seen.” San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – “When this Congress began, we said that an event like this, so rich in content, cannot be the final destination but rather, the point of departure. Today, we reaffirm this point,” sai ...
• 28 May 2008
  VATICAN - “AVE MARIA” by Mgr Luciano Alimandi - The “sea of Love” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Lord often used parables to explain with effective similitude the mystery of His kingdom, opening the minds and hearts of his disciples to enable them to share the marvellous vocation t ...
• 28 May 2008
  VATICAN - “Communication is not simply a product of pure luck or causality, nor is it of our human capacities; at the light of Scripture, it reflects our participation in the creative, communicative, and unifying Trinitarian Love that is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,” says Benedict XVI. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The various forms of communication – dialogue, prayer, testimony, announcing – and its various instruments – press, electronics, visual arts, music, voice, gestures, and contact ...
• 28 May 2008
  ASIA/MYANMAR - “Let us demonstrate our solidarity with the people affected by Cyclone Nargis with concrete actions,” the President of the Myanmar Bishops’ Conference tells Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “It has been an authentic disaster. First of all, for the loss of life in the tragedy: there is an extremely high death toll. Then also, for the destruction caused by the cyclone; in addition t ...
• 28 May 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - The incorrect study and interpretation of history has seriously injured society Trichur (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Andrews Thazhath of Trichur, Secretary for the Catholic Bishops’ Council of Kerala, has observed that the incorrect study and interpretation of history has seriously injured socie ...
• 28 May 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - 36 new priests from the Prelature of Opus Dei Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, May 24, the Prelate of Opus Dei, Bishop Javier Echevarria ordained 36 men from the Prelature in the Basilica of San Eugenio, in Rome. The new priests are from 15 different countries: ...
• 27 May 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - After inspecting the earthquake disaster area, Bishop Li Liangui of the Diocese of Xianxian affirms the Church’s efforts and the importance of religion in psychological support Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Joseph Li Liangui of Xianxian, Vice-President of Jinde Charities (the Chinese Catholic charitable organization) recently visited the earthquake area, where he made an inspection, verifyin ...
• 27 May 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Canossian Sisters of Hong Kong celebrate their 200th anniversary Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The community of Hong Kong of the Congregation of the Daughters of Charity, known as Canossians, recently celebrated the 200th anniversary of their foundation. According to Kong Ko Bao (the Ch ...
• 27 May 2008
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Awaiting international aid; 63 million Euros allotted; population remains in critical condition Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - For Myanmar, these are decisive moments: in the hours to come, international aid should arrive in the country, more needed than ever as the lives of the nation struck by Cyclone Nargis on May 2 c ...
• 27 May 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - All dioceses are taking an active role in the defense of life, to avoid the legalization of abortion in the new Constitution Portoviejo (Agenzia Fides) - The people of Ecuador are making an intense effort in the face of the debate taking place in the Constitutive Assembly on crucial issues such as the legalization of abortion, the recognition ...
• 27 May 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Continental Meeting of Catholic Press, to exchange knowledge and experience, develop a strategy in reference to the Great Continental Mission Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - With the theme, “The Truth Shared,” the Communications Department of CELAM has organized a Continental Meeting of Catholic Press on May 28, 29, and 30, which will take place in the Colombian ...
• 27 May 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - First virtual seminar in Spanish on on-line journalism and third on-line seminar on radio at the Gregorian University Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Interdisciplinary Center for Social Communications (CICS) at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome is offering for the first time, a virtual seminar in Spanish on on-line journalism, gear ...