News

• 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 ...
• 4 April 2008
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops' Conference President opens plenary assembly: “Bolivia must make every effort to become a builder of peace, filled with hope, love and freedom” Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - “More than ever today in the present situation of tension in our country, there resounds the promising greeting which the Risen Lord addressed to his Apostles: ‘Peace be with you'. Peace ...
• 4 April 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops committed to fighting AIDS: “such a massive task demands unity of all possible efforts” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mexico, gathered for their plenary assembly, have issued a statement on Pastoral Care for brothers and sisters experience the tragedy of HIV/AIDS. This phenomenon, the stateme ...
• 4 April 2008
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Church takes measures to save the Marian Shrine of Madhu from the current conflict Mannar (Agenzia Fides) - The Sri Lankan Church has been concerned for the gunshots and violent threats that have arisen in recent weeks around the area surrounding the Shrine to Our Lady of Madhu. In efforts to preserve ...
• 3 April 2008
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Bishops discuss: Pastoral Guidelines for next few years, Continental Mission, National Youth Day and participation at World Youth Day in Sydney Florida (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Uruguay (CEU) is holding its first plenary assembly of 2008, 2 - 9 April at the Jesus Good Shepherd Retreat House in Florida. The plenary opened with a spiri ...
• 3 April 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic and Anglican dioceses make history with ecumenical pact Broken Bay (Agenzia Fides) - Forget the divisions of the past and build a future of cooperation and collaboration in a spirit of genuine fraternity, charity and solidarity: in this spirit three dioceses in Australian rec ...
• 3 April 2008
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Statement from San Marcos diocese after Bishop and several pastoral workers received death threats San Marcos (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of San Marcos, which belongs to the Ecclesiastical Province of Los Altos (Guatemala), issued a statement addressed to the civil society of Guatemala and the international communit ...
• 3 April 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - It is official: the Opposition takes parliament. Uncertainty about Mugabe's next moves Harare (Agenzia Fides)- Zimbabwe's Opposition has taken parliament. The electoral Commission announced the results for the lower house of the Zimbabwean parliament. For the first time in 28 years the ruling party of Pres ...
• 3 April 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - “If there is a change of regime the 800,000 Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa are ready to repatriate” a missionary in Cape Town told Fides Cape Town (Agenzia Fides) - “If there is a change of government in Zimbabwe there will be a return en masse of about 700-800,000 Zimbabwean refugees presently in South Africa” said Scalabrinian missionary Fr. Mario T ...
• 3 April 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Natalia Dallapiccola, the first companion Chiara Lubich, also ends her earthly journey: it was she who promoted the Focolari Movement in eastern Europe Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Natalia Dallapiccola, the first to join Chiara Lubich on earth in 1943, is the first to reach her, only a few days later, in eternal life. Natalia was 83. She died, due to weakening of heart and lu ...
• 3 April 2008
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - The urgency of ethics, the silence of politics Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the most elementary of moral distinctions, the distinction between the acts of man and human acts, it is said that only human acts can be properly considered moral acts. Human acts are ...
• 3 April 2008
  VATICAN - Grandparents: topic of 18th Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The presence and witness of grandparents in the family is the theme of the 18th plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family being held in the Vatican from 3-5 April. More than ...