News

• 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 ...
• 5 March 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Msgr. Luciano Alimandi - Looking at reality through Jesus Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Jesus reveals to the blind man whom he had healed that he had come into the world for judgement, to separate the blind who can be healed from those who do not allow themselves to be hea ...
• 5 March 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Youth Mission continues in the University, “a contemporary areopagus where the truth of Christ should be proclaimed by the words and testimonies of believers.” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Madrid’s University Youth Mission began on Monday, March 3. Following the Mass presided by Bishop Cesar Franco, Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, which also included a missionary “sending,” dozen ...
• 5 March 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Conflict with Colombia: Bishops call for a disarming of the aggression, paving the way for sincere dialogue and reconciliation Quito (Agenzia Fides) - On March 4, the Ecuadorian Bishops’ Conference issued a statement expressing their deep sorrow and regret for what has occurred “between two sister-nations, Ecuador and Colombia, historically ...
• 5 March 2008
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops take a stance against use of embryonic cells in scientific investigation: “it is a living being that cannot be destroyed.” Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - At the close of their meeting for the Permanent Council, the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference (CNBB) has reaffirmed the Church’s position on the use of embryonic cells in scientific research, ...
• 5 March 2008
  AMERICA - II Congress of Ecclesial Movements and New Communities: “may every movement and community, in its own charism, contribute however they can to the success of the Continental Mission” Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday, March 2, Bogota saw the close of the II Congress of Ecclesial Movements and New Communities, an event organized by CELAM, together with the Pontifical Council for the Laity, that was atte ...
• 5 March 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - 180 catechists have completed their course on the occasion of the 400-year anniversary of the Diocese of Shanghai Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - 180 catechists have earned their Diploma, after participating in a formation course that was among the initiatives in commemoration of the 400-year anniversary of evangelization in the Diocese ...
• 5 March 2008
  VATICANO - Benedict XVI will preside the March 9th opening celebration for the 25th anniversary of the “San Lorenzo” International Youth Center Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the morning of Sunday 9 March, the Pope will celebrate the Eucharist in the Roman church of San Lorenzo in Piscibus. The church is part of the San Lorenzo International Youth Center whic ...
• 5 March 2008
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Following recent fighting, UN sends more “Blue Helmets” to South Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - At least 22 people were killed last week in Luozi, in the southeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in fighting that broke out between the military and members of a religious-polit ...
• 5 March 2008
  EUROPE/ITALIA - “Shed for you and for all”: March 24, 16th annual Day of Prayer and Fasting in memory of missionaries killed for the cause of the Gospel. Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Day of Fasting and Prayer is held March 24, as it is the date when Archbishop Oscar A. Romero of San Salvador was assassinated in 1980. The initiative was started in Italy by the Youth Movement ...