News

• 10 June 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI inaugurates the Congress of the Diocese of Rome: “The hope of those who believe in Christ is not limited to this world; rather, it is intrinsically directed towards full and eternal communion with the Lord.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, June 9, the Holy Father Benedict XVI went to the Basilica of Saint John Lateran where he has always inaugurated, since the beginning of his Pontificate, the annual Congress for ...
• 10 June 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - First World Congress for Student’s Parents Associations: “parents have the primordial and preferential right to educate their children according to their own principles and convictions” Zaragoza (Agenzia Fides) – “The universal values for education in the 21st Century, for a better world,” was the theme of the First World Congress for Student’s Parents Associations, held by the National Catholic ...
• 10 June 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops concerned for the new law on the national intelligence service, as it contradicts fundamental rights and would infringe on the seal of confession Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – Several Venezuelan Bishops have issued statements on the controversial reform bill on national intelligence service that was approved on May 28, as it goes against basic rights and would force ...
• 10 June 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Food crisis: “what causes most regret and scandal is the knowledge that the problem does not come from the insufficiency of the earth’s food production, but the lack of equal distribution.” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The food crisis that is affecting the world has had a heavy influence on Mexico, which although it is an agricultural producer, has increased its dependence on the United States market in ...
• 10 June 2008
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Further talks in South Africa for reaching a definitive peace accord for Burundi Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – A new stage in the peace process in Burundi has opened following the return of the National Liberation Force (FNL), Agathon Rwasa, to Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura. The FNL is the last of t ...
• 10 June 2008
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - “The commitment of the international community is fundamental in bringing peace back to Somalia,” the Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu tells Fides, following the cease-fire signing Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – “It is definitely good news to hear of the accords and reconciliation meetings, although there have been many in recent years and the war continues,” Agenzia Fides was told by Bishop Gio ...
• 10 June 2008
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The Christian announcement and basic formation in a country with Islamic majority Dacca (Fides) – The Christians of Bangladesh are a minority in the society of a majority Islamic nation. There are over 130 million Muslims, of a total national population of 150 million. Islam, which has been present ...
• 10 June 2008
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The Church in Bangladesh at the service of the nation, with a missionary vision. Agenzia Fides’ interviews Archbishop Paulinus Costa of Dacca, President of the Bangladesh Bishops’ Conference. Vatican City (Fides) - “Thanks to the flowering of vocations to the priesthood and religious life, we hope to become a missionary Church, providing missionaries to the Churches in need.” These were the words of the A ...
• 9 June 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus says: “True religion consists in the love of God and neighbor. This is what gives liturgical worship and the observance of the precepts their value.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “At the center of the Liturgy of the Word this Sunday there is an expression of the prophet Hosea that Jesus takes up again in the Gospel: “I want love and not sacrifice, knowledge of ...
• 9 June 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue: “love...urges every believer to listen to the other and seek areas of collaboration. It encourages Christian partners in dialogue with the followers of other religions to propose, but not impose, faith in Christ.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “It is the love of Christ which impels the Church to reach out to every human being without distinction, beyond the borders of the visible Church. The source of the Church’s mission i ...
• 9 June 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - In addition to camping tents, earthquake victims are receiving rice and cooking oil from the Catholic community; the volunteers work with generosity and constancy Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – “Big Uncle Franz”: that is what the children in the Jing An neighborhood in the District of An Xian, the site of the epicenter in the quake, call the leader of Caritas Germany who i ...
• 9 June 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Inauguration of celebrations for Taiwan’s 150th anniversary of evangelization, remembering the first Dominican missionary Kao Hsiung (Agenzia Fides) – Father Ruben Martinez, Vicar Regional Superior of Saint Joseph in Taiwan, of the Santa Rosa Province of the Dominican Order, playing the role of Dominican Father Fernando Sainz, OP on an � ...
• 9 June 2008
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Preparations underway for the celebration of the Pauline Year Singapore (Agenzia Fides) – At the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Singapore, all the preparations have been made for the celebration of the Pauline Year, declared by Benedict XVI to take place June 28, 2008 to J ...
• 9 June 2008
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholic volunteers continue in their commitment to solidarity, one month after Cyclone Nargis Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic volunteers continue their labor untiringly, however more help is needed in facing the emergency and rebuilding the area. This was what Archbishop Paul Zigthung Grawng of Mandalay, P ...
• 9 June 2008
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Message from the Bishop of Oakland: “our efforts to enshrine this wisdom about marriage in the laws of our community are not an imposition of an ideology but a service of the truth which we make for the common good” Oakland (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Allen Vigneron of Oakland (California) recently issued a Pastoral Message to all the faithful of his diocese offering them his pastoral support and guidance, following the California St ...