News

• 13 February 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA: We pilgrims to Lourdes by Mgr. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Anyone who has made a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Lourdes will not have missed the opportunity to pray at the Grotto where the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared on the 11th of February 1858. A m ...
• 13 February 2008
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “National disaster” declared due to flooding. Distribution of aid from Holy Father begins Trinidad (Agenzia Fides) - A state of emergency continues in Bolivia as a result of flooding. Yesterday, the President declared the country a “national disaster” area, in light of the flooding that has caused at lea ...
• 13 February 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA National Youth Day, February 17, to thank God for the gift of youth and for the young people that dedicate their lives to evangelisation Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - This coming Sunday, February 17, will be the “National Youth Day 2008,” with the title, “The Youth: Witness and Prophet today in Venezuela by the Power of the Holy Spirit.” The initiati ...
• 13 February 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Four Sanctuaries form part of “Marian Route”: an important path through Europe, because of their great cultural and religious wealth Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The four most important sanctuaries in the Central Pyrennes Mountains now form the “Marian Route Association,” an initiative that has been started with the goal of promoting the pilgrimage si ...
• 13 February 2008
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Declaration from Aparecida on the Defence of Life: “Legislation cannot be founded upon mere political consensus; it must be based on a moral code that stems from a positive natural order.” Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - “Legislation cannot be founded upon mere political consensus; it must be based on a moral code that stems from a positive natural order,” is what is stated in the “Declaration from Apare ...
• 13 February 2008
  AFRICA/CHAD - More refugees arrive from Darfour to Chad; the Catholic Church dedicated to humanitarian aid operations N’Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - Worries increase in Chad due to the tensions being caused along the border with Sudan and for the arrival of more refugees from Darfour. Meanwhile, rebels who had sought to remove Chad Pres ...
• 13 February 2008
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Marian devotion in Asia: 50,000 faithful attend National Pilgrimage to Nyaunglebin Marian Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes; Six new priests ordained Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - “This has been a great manifestation of the faith of the people, where once again I have been able to witness the genuine and profound Eucharistic and Marian devotion of the faithful, who have ...
• 13 February 2008
  VATICAN - Pope meets with pastors and clergy from the Diocese of Rome, at the start of Lent (2). Among the topics of discussion: liturgy and participation, obedience and freedom, ethical formation, schools, dialogue Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday, February 7, the Holy Father Benedict XVI held a meeting in the Hall of Blessings, with the pastors and clergy from the Diocese of Rome in their traditional visit at the start o ...
• 12 February 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope in the Angelus: “The message that the Virgin continues to spread in Lourdes reminds us of Jesus’ words at the start of His public ministry, words that we frequently hear in these days of Lent: ‘Convert and believe in the Gospel.’” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “ ‘Entering into Lent’ means beginning a time of particular commitment to the spiritual fight against the evil present in the world, in each one of us, and in our surroundings. It mea ...
• 12 February 2008
  VATICAN - Announcement of Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Trip to the United States of America Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See Press Office released a communique announcing that from 15 to 21 April, the Holy Father will make an apostolic trip to the United States of America and to the headquarters of t ...
• 12 February 2008
  VATICAN - Holy Father expresses his condolences for the death of the Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI has sent a telegram expressing his condolences to the lieutenant ad interim of the order, for the death of the Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of ...
• 12 February 2008
  AFRICA/SOUTHAFRICA - Bishop of Umtata resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on February 8, 2008, accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Umtata (South Africa), presented by Bishop Oswald Georg Hirmer, in c ...
• 12 February 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishop of Kurnool nominated Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on February, 2008, nominated as Bishop of the diocese of Kurnool (India), Fr. Anthony Poola, diocesan priest from Cuddapah, Director of the Christian Foundatio ...
• 12 February 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishop of Simdega resigns, successor nominated Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on February 11, 2008, accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Simdega (India), presented by Bishop Joseph Minj, in conformity wit ...
• 12 February 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope tells FIES: "in an age in which there is an ever stronger influence of secularisation, and on the other hand, in which there is experienced a widespread need to find God, we should never lack the possibility of dedicating time to an intense listening to his Word in silence and prayer." Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Benedict XVI reaffirmed the importance of spiritual exercises in his address to the participants of the National Assembly of the Italian Federation of Spiritual Exercises, whom he received ...