News

• 15 April 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI begins his apostolic trip to the United States of America Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - With his flight from Rome's Fiumicino airport to Washington, D.C. today, April 15, the Holy Father begins his apostolic trip to the United States of America, which will include a visit to t ...
• 15 April 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Apostolic Vicar of Mendez resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 15 April 2008, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Apostolic Vicariate of Mendez (Ecuador) presented by Bishop Pietro Gabrielli ...
• 15 April 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - A new era in the evangelization of Africa with the publication of the new Catechism of the Catholic Church, edited by the Kenyan Bishops’ Conference Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Following the publication of “The Catechism of the Catholic Church” and the “Compendium to the Catechism of the Catholic Church,” in English and Swahili (the two official languages in Ke ...
• 15 April 2008
  AFRICA - Faced with the “alimentary tsunami” that threatens the world, “handouts” are not enough - a worldwide plan is needed to give a boost to agriculture in Africa and other underprivileged areas Rome (Agenzia Fides) - International economic institutions are all hearing the same alarming news: the world is facing a serious food crisis that threatens to destroy the progress made, in recent decades, among the world ...
• 15 April 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “It is completely immoral to be diverting food stocks to fuel when people are starving!”: Caritas’ commitment to fighting the Asian food crisis Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The international institutions making appeals for the fight against the food crisis that is dealing a low blow to many Asian countries- with the soaring costs of basic food products like rice and ...
• 15 April 2008
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Bishops renew their plea for the protection of the Marian Shrine of Madhu Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - One of the main concerns for the Bishops of Sri Lanka, at this time, is the security of the Marian Shrine of Madhu amidst the violence and destruction that is tearing apart that area of the nati ...
• 15 April 2008
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Cardinal Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyons, in Madagascar for the 50th anniversary of the Cistercian monastery of Maromby Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyons, gladly responded to the invitation from the Cistercian monastery of Maromby, in Madagascar, to preside the 50th anniversary of its foundatio ...
• 15 April 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Day of Prayer for Vocations celebrated with deep fervour in the whole Chinese Catholic community, especially at the 10 major seminaries Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - More than 50 priests concelebrated a solemn Mass at the National Chinese Seminary in Beijing on Sunday 13 May, the annual Day of Prayer for Vocations. The Mass was presided by Rev Thomas Law Kwo ...
• 14 April 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI asks for prayers “for the many vocations that exist in the Church, so that they are developed with an intense missionary character,” recalling the two religious killed in Africa and commending his apostolic trip to the United States, to the Virgin Mary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The liturgy of the Fourth Sunday of Easter focuses on Christ as the Good Shepherd and is also the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. “In every continent, the Church joins in praying to t ...
• 14 April 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - Survey from Catholic periodical Niedziela on priestly and religious vocations Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - The most widely-read Catholic periodical in Poland, “Niedziela,” based in Czestochowa, has published today (April14) the results of a survey on priestly and religious vocations in John P ...
• 14 April 2008
  AMERICA/JAMAICA - Archbishop of Kingston-in-Jamaica resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 12 April 2008, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Kingston-in-Jamaica (Jamaica), presented by Archbishop Lawrenc ...
• 14 April 2008
  VATICAN - Pope’s Message: “Only in the search for a holistic and firm humanism, in which the question of disarmament has a natural and spiritual ethic, will mankind be able to reach a true and lasting peace.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Mankind has made considerable progress in science and technology. The human genius has produced fruits that were unimaginable just decades ago. And yet, there are still parts of the worl ...
• 14 April 2008
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops conclude their Plenary Assembly with a call to live the faith and mission with passion and enthusiasm, with a missionary spirit for the entire continent Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - At the close of their 95th Plenary Assembly (April 7-12), the Argentinean Bishops encouraged the diocesan communities to “live the faith and mission with passion and enthusiasm, with a mi ...
• 14 April 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - Ten Peruvian Bishops warn the faithful about dissident group that works outside the Church, causing confusion Lima (Agenzia Fides) - In a letter sent to the main international Catholic aid agencies, ten bishops from nine ecclesial jurisdictions from the central and southern Andes regions of Peru firmly stated that they do not su ...
• 14 April 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Towards CAM 3: countless Diocesan Missionary Congresses to elaborate on the proposal of each particular Church, to be presented in the National Missionary Congress Quito (Agenzia Fides) - In preparation for the Third American Missionary Congress (CAM 3) that is scheduled to take place in Quito, August 12-17 of this year, the Archdioceses, Dioceses, and Vicariates of the country are ...