News

• 27 March 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - WYD, the great international pilgrimage, approaches - an extraordinary experience of communion with God and with the Church Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Last Palm Sunday, youth from all the diocese of the world have made efforts to promote the international event of WYD in Sydney among their peers, as the dates grow closer and closer. Organizers ...
• 27 March 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Message from Bishops for the Day for Life: “No Catholic, whether it be in the public or private sphere, can ever permit any practice such as abortion, euthanasia, or the artificial production, freezing, and manipulation of human embryos.” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “As Bishops, we feel it our duty to promote the value of human life in the Church and in society, and to work in favor of all initiatives that support the family and life, such as the internati ...
• 27 March 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Various initiatives for celebrating the Day of the Unborn Child, to create awareness of the value of unborn life Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Colombian Bishops’ Conference is promoting, as they have in the past, the celebration of the Day of the Unborn Child, thus uniting its efforts to the Church’s international campaign for a ...
• 27 March 2008
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Relics of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque begin a 3-month tour of the country on March 31, bringing messages of love and hope Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - The relics of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque are scheduled to arrive in Uruguay on Monday, March 31, and will spend 3 months travelling through the country, bringing messages of love and hope. ...
• 27 March 2008
  MISSIONARY PRAYER INTENTION - The Pope’s missionary intention for April, “That future priests in young Churches may be ever more seriously formed culturally and spiritually in order to evangelize their respective countries and the whole world.” Commentary. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - It is an immense joy to see the vitality of the young Churches. Their fruitfulness fills us with hope, especially as we face the vocations shortage in the Churches of ancient tradition. At ...
• 27 March 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Educating the youth in purity of spirit and chastity Kochi (Agenzia Fides) - Offering an alternative to the growing culture marked by the “marketing” and devaluation of sexuality, the Catholic Church of India, in Kerala (the Indian state with the most percentage of Cat ...
• 27 March 2008
  ASIA/BHUTAN - The country elects its first democratic leader in history, however religious freedom is yet to be seen New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - On March 24, in their first democratic elections ever, the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan elected a new government and Prime Minister: Jigmi Thinley, leader of the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPR ...
• 26 March 2008
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - New Bishop of Bondo appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on March 18, 2008, appointed Fr. Etienne Ung'eyowun of the clergy of Mahagi-Nioka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, adjunct secretary general of the national ...
• 26 March 2008
  ASIA/JAPAN - New Bishop of Fukuoka Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on March 19, 2008, appointed Bishop Dominic Ryõji Miyahara, until now Bishop of Oita, bishop of the Diocese of Fukuoka (Japan). (SL) (Agenzia Fides 26/3/2008; ...
• 26 March 2008
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Kano resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on March 20, 2008, accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Kano (Nigeria), presented by Bishop Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A., i ...
• 26 March 2008
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Orlu resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on March 25, 2008, accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Orlu (Nigeria), presented by Bishop Gregory O. Ochiagha, in conformity ...
• 26 March 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Pascual Chávez Villanueva confirmed Rector Major of the Salesians Rome(Agenzia Fides) - Members of the 26th General Chapter of the Society of Saint Francis De Sales (the Salesians of Don Bosco) have, in the first scrutiny, confirmed “Don” (Father) Pascual Chávez Villanueva as Rect ...
• 26 March 2008
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Christians united in Hope Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - Spe Salvi, the most recent encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI, has now been made available in Russia, as well. Its publication in Russian (by Franciscan Press, in collaboration with the Apostolic Nu ...
• 26 March 2008
  AMERICA/CANADA - Easter Sunday marks the last stretch for the Ark of the New Covenant, in preparation for the International Eucharistic Congress Ontario (Agenzia Fides) - Easter Sunday, March 23 marks the beginning of the last stretch in the pilgrimage, which starts in Midland (Ontario). The Ark will travel some 16,000 kilometers before arriving in Quebec City on ...
• 26 March 2008
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - General Guidelines for Evangelization Activities, the Great Continental Mission among topics of discussion for upcoming Bishops’ General Assembly Itaci (Agenzia Fides) - The Brazilian Bishops will be holding their 46th General Assembly in Itaci, April 2-11. The central theme for the assembly will be the new General Guidelines for Evangelization Activities in the C ...