News

• 26 February 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI, in the audience with participants of the international congress of the Pontifical Academy for Life: “the firm and constant ethical condemnation of all forms of direct euthanasia, in keeping with the centuries-long teaching of the Church.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Close by the Incurable Sick Person and the Dying: Scientific and Ethical Aspects,” was the theme for the international Congress held by the Pontifical Academy for Life, for the occasio ...
• 26 February 2008
  VATICAN - The great vitality of the Church in Oceania maintained by the Apostolic Exhortation “Ecclesia in Oceania”; the continent prepares for World Youth Day in Sydney Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The particular Churches in Oceania show an unquestionable vitality maintained by the Apostolic Exhortation “Ecclesia in Oceania,” which has been translated and printed into many of the ...
• 26 February 2008
  VATICAN - Secretary of State Cardinal Bertone to visit Armenia and Azerbaijan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See Press Office released a communique saying that from 2 to 9 March, Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone will - at the invitation of the religious and civil authorities - ...
• 26 February 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Diocese of Tai Yuan starts a Youth Center to intensify youth ministry Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - 150 youth delegates from the parishes of the Diocese of Tai Yuan, in the province of Shan Xi, continental China, have come together for the grand opening of a Youth Center in the Diocese. The c ...
• 25 February 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope in the Angelus address: “let us too open our hearts to the confident hearing of the word of God to meet, like the Samaritan woman, Jesus, who reveals his love to us” - Appeal for Ecuador Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Prior to the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, February 24, Pope Benedict XVI focused his reflection on the dialogue that unfolds between Jesus and the Samaritan woman (cf. Jn. 4:5-42), ...
• 25 February 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses the Roman Parish of Santa Maria Liberatrice: “Jesus wants to lead us, as He did the Samaritan woman, to profess our faith in Him with determination, so that we may also proclaim and testify to our brothers the joy of meeting Him” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, February 24, at 9am, the Holy Father Benedict XVI made a pastoral visit to the Parish of Santa Maria Liberatrice, in Rome’s Testaccio district, in commemoration of the centenni ...
• 25 February 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The example of two Canossian Sisters: a long life dedicated to the missions in education and holiness Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Philomena Liu and Sister Erminia Castilho, two Canossian Sisters, who have dedicated their lives to missionary service in education and health, returned to the Father’s House in Janua ...
• 25 February 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope presents his “Letter on the Urgent Task of Education” to the Diocese of Rome: “even in our times, educating towards the good is possible” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “We have come together here because of our common search for the good of the new generations, for the growth and future of the children that the Lord has given this city. We are also move ...
• 25 February 2008
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “The ceasefire agreement is a great outcome that opens the path to lasting peace,” Archbishop of Gulu tells Fides Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - “This is a great outcome and we are confident that soon there will be an all-inclusive peace agreement signed,” Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu, in Uganda’s north, told Agenzia Fides ...
• 25 February 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Half the country under a declared state of emergency due to extreme floods. Holy Father makes appeal to “fraternal solidarity” Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in Ecuador is worsening every day, due to the extreme flooding that the country has been experiencing in the past few days. The population is witnessing record precipitation levels, ...
• 25 February 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - John Paul II monument inaugurated in the same place where he celebrated his first mass in the country 10 years ago with the missionary sending of a group of children of Missionary Childhood Santa Clara (Agenzia Fides) - “Santa Clara, the city that on January 22, 1998, witnessed the celebration of John Paul II’s first Mass in Cuba, dedicated to the family, where the Messenger of Truth and Hope invited th ...
• 25 February 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Sunday, March 2, Missionary Day for Latin America: “Latin America, mission continent.” There are currently 878 Spanish priests in the missions. Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - This Sunday, March 2, the Church in Spain will celebrate the Missionary Day for Latin America, with the theme: “Latin America, mission continent.” “Sixty years ago, the Metropolitan Confer ...
• 25 February 2008
  VATICAN - Holy Father’s Message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations: “this missionary dimension is associated in a special and intimate way with the priestly vocation” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Vocations at the Service of the Church on Mission,” is the theme that has been chosen by the Holy Father Benedict XVI for the next World Day of Prayer for Vocations, to be celebrated o ...
• 25 February 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Prayer and unity of Catholics in response to the anti-Christian attacks New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in India plans on responding to the growing violence in recent months that has effected people, places, and institutions throughout the country, with: a greater coordinatio ...
• 25 February 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Negotiations recommence between the majority and the opposition: the points in dispute Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - On February 25, in Kenya, the negotiations between the majority and the opposition continued, in efforts to solve the serious crisis that has been devastating the country since the presidential ...