News

• 20 May 2008
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Church asks for an urgent accord between the government and the rural entities in conflict, encouraging dialogue and abandoning all verbal or physical violence Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “Experience has shown us that a society does not necessarily grow at the rate of its economy, but rather, when it matures in its capacity to dialogue and in its ability to reach consensus ...
• 20 May 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops lament declaration of Rapid Divorce Law that “weakens the family, places children and youth at risk for growing up with a model of marriage that is far from the transcendent values of love, unity, and stability.” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Bishops’ Conference has issued a statement expressing their lament for a decision made by the Peruvian Government to approve policies that facilitate and support the disintegration o ...
• 20 May 2008
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “The recent fighting is a result of a situation that has been rotting for some time,” one missionary says. Johannesburg (Agencia Fides) - “The fighting was inevitable, as the situation had been left to rot for some time,” Fr. Mario Tessarotto, Scalabrinian missionary, told Agenzia Fides. Fr. Tessarotto has been working on ...
• 20 May 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic Church prays for the earthquake victims, uniting themselves to the entire country in an observance of three-days’ mourning; the religious in action in the epicenter dressed in their religious habits, strengthened by the Cross and the Pope’s words Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in China, who has been working in the front line since the start of this earthquake tragedy, celebrated a Mass for the victims of the earthquake that struck Wen Chuan in May ...
• 20 May 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - The parish of Hong Jia Lou creates a religious Marriage Center, in response to the increasing requests to be married in the Church Ji Nan (Agenzia Fides) - There is an ever-growing number of non-Christian youth in China interested in Catholic marriage, celebrated in the Church. According to them, “no extravagant ceremony can compare to the sacred ...
• 20 May 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - On the way to CAM 3: families hosting participants will participate in formation meetings and receive missionary symbols. Official CD with Congress theme song. Quito (Agenzia Fides) - During the celebration of the Third American Missionary Congress (CAM 3) which will take place in Quito (Ecuador) on August 12-17 of this year, 3,000 families will be hosting participants. Accordi ...
• 19 May 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Savona and Genoa - “The example of serene fortitude given by Pope Pius VII invites us to firmly maintain our trust in God in the midst of trials, aware that even when He allows the Church to experience difficult moments, He never abandons her.” Savona (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of Saturday, May 17, the Holy Father Benedict XVI began his pastoral visit to Savona and Genoa paying homage to the Blessed Virgin Mary with a visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of ...
• 19 May 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Savona and Genoa - At the Angelus, he recalled the many missionaries who had set off from the Port of Genoa for America and other far-off lands, and the Conference on cluster bombs Savona (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI lead the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, May 18, in Genoa's Piazza Matteotti, at the close of an encounter held with young people. Prior to the prayer, the Holy ...
• 19 May 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Day of Prayer for the Church in China: celebration in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, presided by Cardinal Dias with the community of Chinese Catholics in the Diaspora Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, May 24, at 11:30am there will be a Solemn Mass held in Chinese and Italian at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, in response to the appeal of the Day of Prayer for the Church in C ...
• 19 May 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - First official gathering of Chinese Catholics in Italy scheduled for May 24 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in history, the Chinese Catholic community in Italy will meet, on the afternoon of May 24, 2008, following the liturgical celebration which will be presided by Cardinal Ivan Dias ...
• 19 May 2008
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Bishop of Bandung appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on May 17, 2008, appointed Fr. Johannes Maria Trilaksyanta Pujasumarta, as Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Semarang. The bishop elect was born December 27 ...
• 19 May 2008
  AMERICA/GUADELOUPE - Resignation of Bishop of Basse-Terre and Pointe-a-Pitre Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on May 15, 2008, accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Basse-Terre and Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, presented by Bishop Ernest Mesmi ...
• 19 May 2008
  VATICAN - General Annual Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies: interview with Archbishop Henryk Hoser, President of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies is taking place in Rome from 5 to 21 May (see Fides 4/4/2008). The pastoral-formative session on the 15 and 16 May closed on ...
• 19 May 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The Bishops of Castilla-Leon defend the primordial right of parents to a conscientious objection to “Education for Citizenship” Valladolid (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidential Councilor and spokesman for the Castilla-Leon regional government declared that conscientious objections to the school course entitled, “Education for Citizenship” (EpC), ...
• 19 May 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - Latin American Bishops ask that the fight against poverty become the focal point for cooperation between the European Union and Latin America/Caribbean Lima (Agencia Fides) - In honor of the celebration of the Fifth Summit Meeting of Latin America and the Caribbean with the European Union, celebrated in Lima (Peru), May 13-17, a delegation from CELAM (Latin American Bis ...