News

• 18 February 2008
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - Conclusion of meeting for the Union of European Conferences of Major Superiors Torhout (Agenzia Fides) - The Union of European Conferences of Major Superiors (UCESM) held its General Assembly in Torhout, Belgium, February 11-17. Representatives from 39 different religious Conferences from 26 count ...
• 18 February 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Pastoral guidelines for living Lent depending on age Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Hong Kong has published the Pastoral guidelines for Lent, making them available to all, in order to better transmit the faith, especially among the younger generations. Accordin ...
• 18 February 2008
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Bishop of Benguela resigns, successor nominated Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on February 18, 2008, accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Benguela (Angola), presented by Bishop Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes B ...
• 18 February 2008
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Appointment of Rector of Holy Name of Mary Inter-diocesan Major Seminary in Honiara Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect for the Congregation of the Evangelisation of Peoples, on January 11, 2008 appointed Fr. Flaviano G. Caintic, CM, Rector of Holy Name of Mary Interdiocesan Major ...
• 18 February 2008
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of Rector of Good Shepherd Inter-diocesan Seminary in Mount Hagen Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect for the Congregation of the Evangelisation of Peoples, on December 7, 2007 appointed Fr. Peter Dikos, SVD, Rector of Good Shepherd Inter-diocesan Seminary of the ...
• 18 February 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishop of Tarahumara: “An explicit announcement of Jesus Christ is necessary. Now is not the moment to be ashamed of the Gospel.” Tarahumara (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Rafael Sandoval, Bishop of Tarahumara (Mexico), in a Message sent to the faithful of his diocese, asks that they be explicit in announcing Jesus Christ, as the only Saviour, above all ...
• 18 February 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Preparations begin for the World Family Encounter in January 2009. Presentation of the official logo. Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Preparations have already begun for the celebration of the VI World Family Encounter, set to take place in Mexico City January 13-18, 2009. The event was presented by Bishop Enrique Glennie ...
• 18 February 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Unanimous rejection of acts committed against the Apostolic Nunciature in Venezuela. An act of reparation to take place Wednesday. Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela published a statement asking for, “calm, sanity, and respect for constitutional freedoms and rights, and for an upholding of a democratic ...
• 18 February 2008
  VATICAN - Presentation made by Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, “Sanctorum Mater”: the Instruction on the Diocesan Inquiry of Causes of Saints; statistics on Beatifications and Canonisations in the pontificate of Benedict XVI Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the Holy See Press Office this morning, Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins C.M.F., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, presented the Instruction "Sanctorum Mater" for conduc ...
• 18 February 2008
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - African Energy Committee begins work: “Energy is at the heart of economic development in Africa, a continent that is rich in resources, but poor in energy consummation.” Argel (Agenzia Fides) - “Our continent now holds the record for the highest increase in oil production in its history, however at the same time, it has one of the lowest percentiles in the world of energy consumption,� ...
• 18 February 2008
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Man’s dignity is the focus of reflection for the Plenary Meeting of Nigerian Bishops Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “We thank God for his goodness to his Church in our land and to our nation. Despite all pressures and constraints, despite infidelities occasioned by human weakness, the Church of God in Nigeri ...
• 18 February 2008
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Kenya, Chad, and Mozambique: African Bishops mourn the loss of human lives Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The permanent committee for the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM/SCEAM) that met February 8-9 in Johannesburg, South Africa (see Fides 5/2/2008 and 15/2/20 ...
• 18 February 2008
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - General elections in Pakistan: 81 million hit the voting booths, for fear of more violence Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Following the violent death of opposition leader Benzhir Bhutto, in Rawalpindi, from a dynamite explosion on December 27th, 81 million Pakistani voters have gone to the voting booths on Februa ...
• 18 February 2008
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Following passing of a new law, Cambodia takes steps forward in ending human trafficking and sexual exploitation Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - They are among the most tragic social problems in Cambodia: human trafficking and sexual exploitation, and they represent two authentic plagues on the society of this tiny south-eastern Asian ...
• 16 February 2008
  Instrumentum mensis Januarii pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI pro evangelizatione in terris missionum With the celebration of Mass in St Peters' Basilica on the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, on the occasion of the 41st World Peace Day, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI sanctified the first day of the new year. In his ...