News

• 25 April 2008
  VATICAN - “You heard it said, but I say to you …” - intervention by Prof. Michele Lo console: from the synagogue of New York a fresh start for Christian-Jewish dialogue Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Everyone is aware of the recent polemic which followed the liberalisation of the old Catholic rite, due to the re-use of the Good Friday prayer Oremus et pro Iudaeis and changes in the pray ...
• 24 April 2008
  MISSIONARY PRAYER INTENTION - The Pope’s missionary intention for May, “That just as she accompanied the Apostles in the early stages of the Church, may the Blessed Virgin Mary, Star of Evangelization and Queen of Apostles, continue to guide missionaries throughout the world with maternal affection.” Commentary. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The II Vatican Council presents us with Mary as the Mother and image of the Church. In contemplating Her, the Church finds in Mary, her model and the fullness of her perfection. There is a ...
• 24 April 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Native Vocations Day: "although these are not easy times for vocations, we should make the effort not to let ourselves be overcome by discouragement and anxiety" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "Native Vocations Day helps us to be realists and live with a greater sense of responsibility towards others...in a society that is contaminated by secularism and oppressed by consumerism, the co ...
• 24 April 2008
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Encounter for Catholic Television Producers proposes new directory for citing worldwide productions and an adequate promotion of the Continental Mission Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - About 40 representatives from among Catholic producers and television channels from the Americas met on April 20 in Buenos Aires (Argentina) to discuss topics related to production and prom ...
• 24 April 2008
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Twenty new Nigerian missionaries sent out to different parts of the world participate in a course organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Giving a new impulse to the missions abroad on behalf of the Catholic Church in Nigeria was the aim of the two-week Orientation Program held at St. Benedict’s Monastery, Ewu-Ishan, in Edo (Niger ...
• 24 April 2008
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 28 March 2008, appointed Father Rodolfo French Naar, of the clergy of the Apostolic Vicariate of Bluefi ...
• 24 April 2008
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Spain and Italy: Biological Will and Family Day Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The latest news is that now Spain has a new law on a so-called Biological Will, “the right to be able to choose to die with dignity” (Sic!). Although this is not the place for a detaile ...
• 24 April 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - The “Missionary Labs” in preparation for the 7th National Congress of the Holy Childhood Association Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - A group of nearly 80 catechists, priests, religious men and women, missionary workers, members of missionary volunteer groups, and heads of the Pontifical Mission Societies from the parishes ...
• 24 April 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics prepare for the Universal Day of Prayer for the Church in China, on May 24 Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Chinese Catholics are getting ready to celebrate the Universal Day of Prayer for the Church in China, called for Pope Benedict XVI in his letter to Chinese Catholics, signed May 27, 2007. Aware ...
• 24 April 2008
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Word of God Seminar in preparation for the upcoming Synod of Bishops, children’s camp in September Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - In October, the Bishops of the world will meet with the Holy Father at the Vatican, in order to reflect on the Word of God and its importance in the life of every Christian and in the mission ...
• 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, ...