News

• 7 March 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Renewed strength for the Jesuit mission in Oceania Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - With the appointment of Australian Jesuit Fr. Mark Raper as President of the Jesuit Conference for East Asia and Oceania, the Company of Jesus is looking to give a “boost” to the evangelizing ...
• 7 March 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Diocese of Ning Xia holds a Solemn Mass for the newly-baptized of 2007, accompanied by the community on their journey in the faith Ning Xia (Agenzia Fides) - “Our Christian family does not forget their brothers and sisters who have been baptized during 2007. We unite in asking the Lord to bless them.” These were the words of Bishop Li Jing, rece ...
• 7 March 2008
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - “Vote for the Common Good”: exhortation from the Church to all citizens, for upcoming elections Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - In a document issued by the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, published in the diocesan monthly Catholic Asian News, March Edition, the Church makes an appeal to voters on the eve of general ele ...
• 6 March 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Colombia-Ecuador conflict: Bishops ask for prayer and sacrifice for peace, because “nothing positive and lasting can be established with violence, hate, and war” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “Nothing positive and lasting can be established with violence, hate, and war,” say Venezuelan Bishops in their Message of March 5, issued amidst the tension and uncertainty that has envelop ...
• 6 March 2008
  AMERICA - Meeting for the Secretary Generals of Episcopal Conferences for discussing and planning the Continental Mission Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - From Tuesday to Friday (March 7), the meeting of Secretary Generals from the 21 Episcopal Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean was held in the headquarters of the Latin American Episcop ...
• 6 March 2008
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - “Missionary Parish, Without Limits” is the theme for the I Missionary Congress of El Salvador, in preparation for CAM3 San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - May 16-18, the city of San Salvador will host the First Missionary Congress of El Salvador, with the theme: “Missionary Parish, Without Limits,” according to a statement sent to Agenzia ...
• 6 March 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Vocational testimony from a lay consecrated woman: “Don’t wait! Don’t be afraid! Put out into the deep!” Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “The Lord attracted me toward Him in prayer, a prayer that placed a desire in me to be always with the Lord! Don’t wait! Don’t be afraid! Put out into the deep! When you are at peace, yo ...
• 6 March 2008
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Concern for the increase in violence and refugees in the country Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Experts on international affairs and non-governmental organizations have issued a notice on the deterioration of the social situation in Sri Lanka, where the civil conflict is having a negative ...
• 6 March 2008
  ASIA/THAILAND - Missionaries recognized for years of commitment to the poor Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - They are Italian religious who have been living for decades in Thailand, dedicating their lives to evangelizing this land: Sr. Esterina Prando and Sr. Nadia Ferro, Salesian Sisters; Fr. Giovanni ...
• 6 March 2008
  ASIA/QATAR - First Catholic church in Qatar will be consecrated by Cardinal Ivan Dias, a joy both for the faithful and the Philippine priest who leads the community Doha (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Tomasito Veneracion, a Philippine priest that has been caring for the Catholic community in Qatar for years now, will have the joy of celebrating Mass in the new church of Our Lady of the Rosar ...
• 6 March 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Move with speed to effect the necessary constitutional amendments”: request from Kenya’s Justice and Peace Commission, as worries mount for food supply shortage Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Appreciation for the agreement reached between the majority and opposition leaders, and an invitation to those in positions of responsibility to attend to the hundreds of thousands of refugees c ...
• 6 March 2008
  VATICAN - Visit of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I to Rome, in honor of the 90th anniversary of the foundation of the Pontifical Oriental Institute Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Congregation for Eastern Churches has announced that the Ecumenical Patriarch, His Holiness Bartholomew I, has accepted the invitation of the Pontifical Oriental Institute, on the occas ...
• 6 March 2008
  VATICAN - Statement from the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue on the Catholic-Muslim Forum Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, through the Holy See Press Office, issued the following statement on the Catholic-Muslim forum: In the light of the open letter "A Commo ...
• 6 March 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the General Audience: "Let us learn with Saint Leo Magno, to believe in Christ, true God and true Man, and to renew this faith every day in our efforts for peace and in love for our neighbor." Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I hope that all may live this time of study as a unique opportunity for an authentic integral formation. I encourage you to strengthen your adherence to the Gospel, so that you may always ...
• 6 March 2008
  TODAY ON THE INTERNET/SPAIN - No government has approved a series of laws similar to those in Spain, that have so altered family ecology ...