News

• 30 April 2008
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - “No to the culture of death that is imposed by others,” Mozambique’s Bishops say, at the close of their Plenary Assembly Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - “Once more, we wish to reflect on the evil of abortion, a very worrisome matter (in its existence and in the project underway that seeks its legalization and/or decriminalization).” This was ...
• 30 April 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Talks on hold between Kenyan authorities and Mungiki sympathizers, following the assassinations of two of its top-ranking leaders Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - A mediation effort being carried out between Kenyan authorities and Mungiki supporters (see Fides 9/11/2006) was interrupted when two of the organization’s representatives were killed by a sho ...
• 29 April 2008
  VATICAN - Cardinal Ivan Dias’ Apostolic Visit to Ethiopia and Djibouti, as Special Envoy of the Holy Father to ceremonies commemorating the new Christian Millennium, concluding with the National Eucharistic Congress Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, will visit Ethiopia where in Addis Ababa, as Special Envoy of the Holy Father Benedict XVI, he will conclu ...
• 29 April 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - In the Diocese of Hwalien, some 2,600 faithful attend the ordination of 3 deacons, presided by Bishop Philip Huang who celebrates 25 years of priesthood Hua Lien (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Hua Lien (Hwalien) joyfully celebrated the ordination of three new deacons on World Vocations Day, during which their Bishop Philip Huang Zhao Ming celebrated his 25th anniversar ...
• 29 April 2008
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - “The Holy Father’s words are an incentive for the international community to take greater interest in Burundi,” the country’s Apostolic Nuncio says. Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - “We are very grateful to the Holy Father for the appeal for Burundi. It is a way to remind the international community of the country’s situation, so that they can make a greater effort in ...
• 29 April 2008
  AMERICA/CANADA - The Holy Father will deliver the homily for the closing Mass of the 49th International Eucharistic Congress on the 400th anniversary of Quebec City Quebec City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec, made a special invitation to the city’s inhabitants to participate in the closing ceremony of the 49th International Eucharistic Congress (IEC ...
• 29 April 2008
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Preparations for CAM 3 conclude in Costa Rica, after four years of hard work San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - The formation meetings for study of the CAM 3 Manual and the forming of the national delegation for the Congress, which will be celebrated in Quito in August of this year, concluded in Costa Ri ...
• 29 April 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - Great Mission of Lima begins “to help all people to find and nurture a vital relationship with Christ, our hope.” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Great Mission of Lima began on Monday, April 28, feast of St. Toribio de Mogrovejo, with a Solemn Mass and procession with an image and relic of the saint. Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, A ...
• 29 April 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops speak out on the education system debate: “The education battle should not be won or lost by any party, because values and rights cannot be placed to a vote.” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference has issued a statement to the public in order to present its position on some of the aspects of education in the country at this time. “Education is a mat ...
• 29 April 2008
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Laying of the cornerstone for the Saint Francis Institute for University Studies Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to an agreement signed between the Royal Agricultural University and the Catholic Church in Cambodia, a new Institute for University Studies named after Saint Francis of Assisi has beg ...
• 29 April 2008
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Crisis in Mogadishu continues to worsen Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Every day, the situation worsens in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital city where fighting between military soldiers of the transitional government, supported by Ethiopian troops, and Islamic mili ...
• 29 April 2008
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Spring Scalabrini-Fest on “Let He who is ‘the first of all: Christ, the Head of the Body’ find us and send us” Solothurn (Agenzia Fides) - On April 25-27, the Scalabrinian Secular Missionaries hosted the Scalabrini Spring Fest, in the Swiss town of Solothurn, where they are based. The event was open to anyone interested in findin ...
• 29 April 2008
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The Darfur drama so far: 300,000 dead; over 2,000,000 driven from their homes; 260,000 refugees in neighboring countries Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - A conflict that has been ongoing since 2003, claiming the lives of over 300,000 people. This is the drama of Darfur, a region of western Sudan, where since February 2003, a series of armed grou ...
• 29 April 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - The mission among the tribes in northeastern India, the Church offers the valuable service of education. Testimony from two Bishops to Agenzia Fides. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - They are small communities, that with very little resources, spread the Gospel with simplicity in remote and hard to reach areas. With silent dedication, priests, religious, missionaries, a ...
• 28 April 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI encourages the new priests to “spread the joy and hope that flow from the Gospel” and launches appeals for African nations Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Joy and hope for the newly ordained priests and for his apostolic journey to the United States of America, a greeting to the Eastern Churches celebrating Easter, and an appeal for Africa: t ...