News

• 3 March 2008
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Caritas Jerusalem renews the call on behalf of the suffering people of Gaza Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - As word spreads of the recent retreat of the Israeli Army from the Gaza Strip, Caritas Jerusalem renews its call for help and assistance for the suffering Palestinian people of the area. “T ...
• 3 March 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Violence continues; need for a “healing of people’s souls and resolution of real estate property,” a missionary says Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “We need to offer healing of people’s souls: this is one of the most common headlines in Kenya’s newspapers,” Agenzia Fides was told by Fr. Roger Tessier, Canadian missionary of the Whit ...
• 3 March 2008
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christians join in prayer for the release and saving of the kidnapped Archbishop in Mosul Bagdad (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Iraq, throughout the Middle East, and in other places in the world have begun a campaign of intense prayer for the release and saving of Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho Chaldean Archb ...
• 3 March 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Approaching Easter: Hong Kong examining its catechumens in light of Spes Salvi; the testimony of an 102-year-old recent convert to Catholicism convinces her daughter-in-law to request Baptism Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Chinese Catholics are painstakingly preparing for the celebration of a Holy Easter, above all, to offer a welcome of enthusiasm to the catechumens, who this Easter Vigil, will receive the Sacrament ...
• 1 March 2008
  Dossier - The martyrs of the Spanish Civil War and the repercussions on the missionary world The martyrs of the Spanish Civil War and the repercussions on the missionary world General introduction MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS MARTYRS AND EVANGELISATION In the meantime what was happening in the missions? ...
• 29 February 2008
  VATICAN - “The document Dominus Iesus and the other religions” of Archbishop Angelo Amato, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (fourth 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 ...
• 29 February 2008
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops concerned for the political crisis: “a serious threat to the foundations of democracy and the institutional life of the country.” La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - “The recent acts of extreme violence, that have already claimed human lives in Epizana, as well as the fighting that has broken out in certain areas, in protest of Parliament, are clear signs o ...
• 29 February 2008
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops make a call in facing the health emergency due to epidemics of dengue and yellow fever Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Paraguay have made a call in regards to facing the health emergency that the country is now living through, due to epidemics of dengue and yellow fever. In March of last year, th ...
• 29 February 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Emergency plan from Caritas Ecuador to provide urgent care to 5,000 families. Danger of gastrointestinal and endemic diseases Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Ecuador currently continues distributing humanitarian aid to the flood victims in the provinces of Los Rios and Manabi where, in collaboration with the Bishops’ Conference of Ecuador, th ...
• 29 February 2008
  EUROPE - The European Network Institute for Family Policies join the fight against abortion: “There is an urgent need to end this drama that effects millions of women in the world.” Belgium (Agenzia Fides) - “We need to guarantee the protection of rights for unborn children, and therefore, think seriously about a ban on abortion. “There is an urgent need to end this drama that effects millions o ...
• 29 February 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope to the Bishops of El Salvador in their Ad Limina visit: “promote ambitious and audacious efforts at evangelization in your diocesan communities, to ensure that all the faithful may experience that intimate meeting with the living Christ which is at the basis and origin of Christian existence.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The El Salvadorian people are characterized by their living faith and deep religious sentiment. The Gospel, taken there by the first missionaries and fervently preached by pastors full o ...
• 29 February 2008
  VATICAN - 28th Plenary Assembly for the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” underway Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From Thursday, February 28th to Saturday, March 1 the 28th Plenary Assembly for the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” is being held in Rome. The theme is: “Human and spiritual qualities ...
• 29 February 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics in Mongolia restore communion, thanks to the Pope’s Letter to Chinese Catholics; over 1300 faithful attend the First Evangelization Congress Bao Tou (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI’s Letter to the Bishops, priests, consecrated persons, and faithful of the Catholic Church in the People’s Republic of China is yielding fruits in the field of evangelizati ...
• 29 February 2008
  VATICAN - Presentation of Pontifical Yearbook 2008 to the Holy Father Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This morning, February 29, the Pontifical Yearbook 2008 was presented to the Holy Father Benedict XVI. A communique regarding the presentation highlights some of the salient facts contained ...
• 29 February 2008
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Madagascar suffering serious damages following the passing of two cyclones in a brief time period Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - The passing of the cyclone “Fame,” on January 27, followed by that of cyclone “Ivan,” on February 17, have caused serious damages in various parts of Madagascar. According to local ...