News

• 7 April 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Message from the Bishops: “Not all is lost. God has been and will continue to be the Lord of our history and we should seek to once again give Him the importance that He deserves.” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - At the close of their 85th Plenary Assembly, which took place March 31 - April 4, the Mexican Bishops published a Message with the primary objective of transmitting hope to the People of God ...
• 7 April 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Zimbabwe still awaiting presidential election results, 9 days after voting day Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Zimbabwe continues to await, amidst tensions, the results of the presidential election that took place on March 29. Morgan Tsvangirai, the candidate for the opposition party, insists in declaring ...
• 7 April 2008
  ASIA/THAILAND - The Church and Catholic NGOs promote education and development in poor areas of southern Thailand Surat Thani (Agenzia Fides) - With the help of the Church, participation of Catholic NGOs, and support from local Catholic communities, the people of southern Thailand are trying to arise from their condition of poverty ...
• 7 April 2008
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops’ Justice and Peace Commission calls for reforms and policies that protect human rights. Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The National Commission for Justice and Peace, of the Bishops’ Conference of Pakistan, has issued a statement calling for an increase in respect for human rights in the country on a political, ...
• 7 April 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “The Names of the Scheut Missionaries in Missionary China” is published Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - “The Heroes of the Great Wall.” That is how people refer to the 679 Scheut missionaries (Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, CICM) who dedicated their lives to the mission in China ...
• 7 April 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - WYD is steadily approaching and 4,000 volunteers are still needed Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The Organizing Committee of WYD in Sydney has launched a campaign in search of 4,000 more volunteers from around the world. Invoking “the spirit of service and donation towards one’s neighbor ...
• 4 April 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - International Encounter on the life and work of Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, American missionary and defender of the indigenous peoples Havana (Agenzia Fides) - In commemoration of the 280th anniversary of the founding of the University of Havana by the Dominican Order, an International Encounter will be held on the meaning of the life and work of Fray B ...
• 4 April 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Sunday, April 6, Interreligious Walk for peace and human values: “all the members of this community, no matter their religious beliefs, share in the desire for peace.” Monterrey (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jose Francisco Robles Ortega, Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico) has written a letter asking all Catholics to participate in the Walk for Peace and Human Values, an interreligious activ ...
• 4 April 2008
  VATICAN - Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) will hold their annual General Assembly May 15-21 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The 115 National Directors of Pontifical Mission Societies from all around the world will meet for the annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Rome, beginning May 15 ...
• 4 April 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN -Construction of a museum dedicated to Catholicism under study in Taiwan Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic Life Weekly, the weekly bulletin of the Archdiocese of Tai Pei, reports that local Catholics have felt inspired to construct a museum dedicated to Catholicism in Taiwan. According to th ...
• 4 April 2008
  VATICAN - “The document Dominus Iesus and the other religions” of Archbishop Angelo Amato, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (eighth and final part) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “L’Osservatore Romano” has made it possible for Agenzia Fides to publish the entire text of the speech given by Archbishop Angelo Amato, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine ...
• 4 April 2008
  VATICAN - Communique from the Press Office of the Holy See on the publication of the new "Oremus et pro Iudaeis" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A communique from the Press Office of the Holy See on the publication of the new "Oremus et pro Iudaeis" affirms the following. “Following the publication of the new Prayer for the Jews ...
• 4 April 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Mugabe and leaders of his party meet to decide his political and personal future Harare (Agenzia Fides) - In Zimbabwe political confrontation turns bitter between the Opposition which won a parliament majority and the government of outgoing President Robert Mugabe. While the MDC Opposition party (M ...
• 4 April 2008
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Ouahigouya Diocesan Jubilee will close with ordination of 7 new priests and the consecration of the Cathedral Ouahigouya (Agenzia Fides) - A jubilee year to celebrate the 50 years of the diocese of Ouahigouya, in Burkina Faso, will close in November on the Feast of Christ the King with a triduum of celebrations including the pri ...
• 4 April 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Suwon diocese in Korea sends first fidei donum missionaries to martyred Sudan Suwon (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Korea looks to Africa and has at heart the continent's most martyred regions and peoples. This is why yesterday 3 April three young Korean fidei donum priests departed for S ...