News

• 24 April 2008
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Steps being taken towards respect of human rights Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Both the Church and civil society members of Pakistan have rejoiced at the Pakistani government’s ratification of several Treatises and Conventions of the United Nations: the Convention agai ...
• 24 April 2008
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Survey for improving “Voice Katolika” Magazine Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - The Communications Office of the Solomon Islands has recently performed a survey in hope of improving their services and in promotion of the “Voice Katolika,” a magazine on the local Churche ...
• 23 April 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr Luciano Alimandi - “We are made for heaven” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You trust in God, trust also in me. In my Father's house there are many places to live in; otherwise I would have told you. I am going now to prepare ...
• 23 April 2008
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops call for “an opening of the path to serene and constructive dialogue” in facing the miner conflict Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops from the regions that are home to the country’s largest mining company, and where a conflict has broken out in recent days, have issued a statement entitled, “ ...
• 23 April 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 4th National Eucharistic Congress: “Jesus in the Eucharist, Gift from the Father and Life for Our Families” Morelia (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican Bishops’ Conference determined in their Assembly in April 2007 that Morelia would be the host of the 4th National Eucharistic Congress, which will be celebrated April 30 to May 4, ...
• 23 April 2008
  EUROPE/ENGLAND AND WALES - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, has confirmed April 8, 2008, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in England and Wales, f ...
• 23 April 2008
  AFRICA/TOGO - Coadjutor Bishop of Kara appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on April 23, 2008, appointed Fr. Jacques Danka Longa of the clergy of the Diocese of Kara (Togo), Rector of the John Paul II Major Seminary (Lome), as Coadjuto ...
• 23 April 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Internet: instrument for educating the youth and not for “self-destruction” Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Nowadays, words like “internet,” “blog,” “facebook”… are household terms for the youth, even in Hong Kong. This reality presents the need to offer clear instructions to the youth ...
• 23 April 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI recalls the zeal and passion of Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo’s “tireless activity in safeguarding and promoting the family and Christian marriage” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This morning, April 23, a funeral mass was held for Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family, at the Altar of the Chair in Saint Peter’s Basilic ...
• 23 April 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Missionary Congress in Gujarat, October 31-November 1, 2008 Gandhinagar (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian state of Gujarat (northwest India) is the homeland of Mahatma Gandhi and can once more become an exemplary place of dialogue, pluralism, and tolerance: with this purpose, the Bish ...
• 23 April 2008
  ASIA - Rice crisis: deterring the “silent tsunami,” without commercial barriers Manila (Agenzia Fides) - There is a need to deter the “silent tsunami” that is being provoked by the rise in rice costs and that threatens the lives of 100 million people. This is the call that has been issued by the ...
• 23 April 2008
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Nunciature also suffers damages from further attacks on Bujumbura Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - “No one has been injured or killed and the material damages have been fairly minor,” sources from the Nunciature in Bujumbura told Agenzia Fides, after it was hit by a mortar explosion tha ...
• 23 April 2008
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Lourdes, city of peace Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to a girl named Bernadette, the small French village of Lourdes is organizing a series of events, in hopes of becomin ...
• 22 April 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in the United States of America - “Authentic Christian discipleship is marked by a sense of wonder. We stand before the God we know and love as a friend, the vastness of his creation, and the beauty of our Christian faith.” New York (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of April 19, the Holy Father held two encounters with young people at St. Joseph’s Seminary in New York. Addressing a group of youth with disabilities, in the Seminary’s ch ...
• 22 April 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in the United States of America - “God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world: peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among the nations of the earth.” New York (Agenzia Fides) - On the morning of April 20, the Holy Father Benedict XVI visited Ground Zero for a moment of prayer and recollection at the site of the tragic attacks of September 11, 2001. Gathered there was ...