News

• 3 June 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI’s Message: “Hunger and malnutrition are unacceptable in a world which has, in fact, levels of production, resources and knowledge sufficient to put an end to such dramas and their consequences.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The growing globalization of trade markets does not always favor the availability of food and the systems of productivity are often conditioned by limited structures, as well as protec ...
• 3 June 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - FAO Conference: the alarming statistics on the world food crisis. Climate changes, rise in fuel costs and speculative activity are the central points of the meeting Rome (Agenzia Fides) – 862 million of the world’s poor suffer from malnutrition or live on less than two dollars a day, the majority living in developing countries. This is the dramatic starting point for the FAO’s ...
• 3 June 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Do not remain only on the aspect of security in order to understand migration,” said Cardinal Martino in the African Meeting on migration inaugurated in Nairobi Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Migration is “constantly on the policy agendas of governmental legislative bodies. There remains, however, the suspicion that the phenomena of migration may not be perceived in all their com ...
• 3 June 2008
  AFRICA - African programs for improving the continent’s food self-sufficiency Rome (Agenzia Fides) – To improve African small farmers’ access to the market and increase the use of better technologies in agricultural production. These are some of the measures being taken to reach food self-suff ...
• 2 June 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus invites all: “to renew his devotion to the Sacred Heart of Christ,” that expresses in a simple and authentic way the “glad tidings” of love and makes another appeal for the people of China and Myanmar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the first Sunday and first day of the month of June, the Holy Father Benedict XVI dedicated his address prior to the recitation of the Angelus with the faithful gathered in Saint Peter ...
• 2 June 2008
  VATICAN - The Holy Father concludes the Month of Mary encouraging all to continue praying the Rosary, “so that, in the school of Mary, the lamp of faith may shine ever brighter in the heart of Christians and in their houses.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The Rosary, when it is not a mechanical repetition of traditional formulas, is a biblical meditation that permits us to reflect on the events of the Lord’s life in the company of the ...
• 2 June 2008
  VATICAN - The Holy Father addresses the Bishops of Myanmar: “May God open the hearts of all so that a concerted effort may be made to facilitate and coordinate the ongoing endeavor to bring relief to the suffering and rebuild the country’s infrastructure.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The particular commitment of the Church in Myanmar to the poor and needy, noteworthy and appreciated, was mentioned by the Holy Father Benedict XVI during an audience held with the Bishop ...
• 2 June 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - “Evangelizing in the midst of desperate people”: Chinese Catholics touched and encouraged by the Pope, who once again has invited the world to pray for China and has sent a personal donation Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – “We are deeply touched and cannot express our immense gratitude to the Holy Father and the universal Church that he represents, that has been always so near us in prayer and with concrete wo ...
• 2 June 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Parish of Long Gang offers a Mass and copies of the Bible to students preparing for exams Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – The young students of the parish church of Long Gang, in the Diocese of Wen Zhou, received a Bible as a gift at the end of the Mass celebrated on May 31, for students preparing for their fina ...
• 2 June 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The Diocese of Toledo will renew its consecration to the Heart of Jesus on the Solemnity of Christ the King, “an act of profound adoration, in gratitude towards our Redeemer” Toledo (Agenzia Fides) – In a statement signed May 30, Cardinal Antonio Cañizares, Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) and Primate of Spain, announced that on the Solemnity of Christ the King, the Archdiocese of Toledo will ...
• 2 June 2008
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - June is “Vocational Month,” to increase prayer for vocations needed by the Church in Uruguay Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – For the first time, the Church in Uruguay will celebrate Vocational Month in June, with the theme: “Baptism, the source of all vocations.” During the General Assembly held last November ...
• 2 June 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Preparing for CAM 3: 3,000 families from 87 parishes who will host participants begin their missionary formation Quito (Agenzia Fides) – Preparations continue for the celebration of the Third American Missionary Congress (CAM 3), which will take place in Quito (Ecuador) on August 12-17. The participants will be provided accommoda ...
• 2 June 2008
  VATICAN - Decree from the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, authorizing a special permission for the celebration of the Conversion of St. Paul” in the jubilee year, 2,000th anniversary of his birth Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office issued the following decree on May 31, 2008, from the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. “The Apostle St. Paul, who pro ...
• 2 June 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells the Foundation “Centesimus Annus-Pro Pontifice”: “The focus of all economic planning...should always be the person, created in the image of God and willed by Him for the care and administration of the immense resources of creation.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Harmonious development is possible, if the economic and political decisions placed in effect take into account the fundamental principals that make them accessible by all people. I am ...
• 2 June 2008
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “No to violence! No to xenophobia!,” declare Mozambican Bishops in a message on preventing retaliation for the violence against immigrants in South Africa Maputo (Agenzia Fides) – “As Pastors of the local Church in our country, we wish to manifest our profound concern for the situation of the relatives of Mozambican residents in the neighboring country of South Africa, ...