News

• 8 February 2008
  ASIA/TURKEY - Pauline Year, opportunity for testimony: Turkish Catholics organising celebrations ASIA/TURKEY - Pauline Year, opportunity for testimony: Turkish Catholics organising celebrations Tarsus (Agenzia Fides) - In Tarsus and Antioch, places familiar to the presence and preaching of the Apostle Paul in Tur ...
• 8 February 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Caritas of Korea tells faithful: “Live Lent with the poor” Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Lent is a time in which the Christian is called to open his eyes and lend a hand to his neighbour, towards those brothers who live in difficulty, poverty, and injustice. This is what the message f ...
• 8 February 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Appeal of Jinde Charities for the Chinese victims of snowstorms, in light of the Pope’s Message for Lent Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The Chinese Catholic community is in the frontline in the battle against the ice and snow, helping victims of the natural disasters, in the spirit of Pope’s Message for Lent 2008. Included amo ...
• 8 February 2008
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The Pontifical Missionary Societies in Zambia hold a meeting for studying the PMS Statutes Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Missionary Societies of Zambia held their National Meeting in Lusaka February 5-6, for a study of the PMS Statutes, according to a statement sent to Agenzia Fides by Fr. Bernard Ma ...
• 7 February 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI presides First Station of Lent on the Aventine Hill: “prayer of supplication filled with hope is the leit motiv of Lent, and enables us to experience God, as our only anchor of salvation” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “At the beginning of this penitential itinerary I would like to reflect briefly on prayer and suffering as qualifying aspects of the Liturgical Season of Lent”: with these words the Hol ...
• 7 February 2008
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE - The Gospel, banner of true peace Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Rémi Brague, professor of Arab Philosophy at the Sorbonne, in an interview with the Italian Catholic daily Avvenire (Brague: Rather than values, I prefer benefits”, 13 December 2007, p 2 ...
• 7 February 2008
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Collection for Church in Central And Eastern Europe Washington (Agenzia Fides) - “Love is the only light” is the theme for the 2008 Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe. This year, the Collection will be conducted by most Catholic parishes on Februa ...
• 7 February 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Message at the Closing of Bishops’ Assembly: “The Church joins in the cry of the Colombian people and the international community to demand the freeing of all hostages” Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - At the close of their Plenary Assembly held last week (see Fides 24/1/2008, 29/1/2008), the Colombian Bishops issued a statement manifesting their position and commitment in regards to the recent ...
• 7 February 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Munera Campaign 2008 announced with the theme, “Human Dignity: A Commitment for Everyone!” Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, the Ecuadorian Bishops’ Conference (CEE) announced the beginning of the Lenten Aid Campaign: MUNERA 2008 that will have as its theme this year: “Human Dignity: A Commitment for Ever ...
• 7 February 2008
  AFRICA/CHAD - “I thank the Holy Father for the support he has shown towards the people of Chad,” the Apostolic Nuncio tells Fides. N’ Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - “I thank the Holy Father for his message of support and solidarity that he has offered to the people of Chad in these moments of difficulty,” the Apostolic Nuncio en Chad, Bishop Pierre ...
• 7 February 2008
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Dreaming a Peaceful Jolo”: Muslims and Christians in Dialogue and Reconciliation” Jolo (Agenzia Fides) - Make the dream of a lasting peace, a reality. This is the desire and the commitment expressed in the recent Islamic-Christian encounter held on the island of Jolo, in the southern most part of the ...
• 7 February 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - According to the Church, government apologies made to aborigines will bring a new season of understanding, peace, and development Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The official apologies offered by the Australian government, now under the direction of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, will be presented to the aborigines February 13, for “the Stolen Generation” ...
• 7 February 2008
  AFRICA/GHANA - Instruction and Development at the heart of the President of Ghana’s visit to Rome Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Africa is a vast continent formed by over 50 countries, many of which have gained independence in the last 40-50 years and are still working to overcome the negative consequences left behind fro ...
• 7 February 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI General Audience: Lent “keeps alive the understanding that being a Christian is a path that constantly demands renewed effort.” - Appeal for Chad Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “We are entering into an “intense” liturgical season that, as we prepare for the celebration of Easter - the heart and centre of the liturgical year and of our entire existence - invi ...
• 6 February 2008
  VATICAN - The Holy Father's Letter on the occasion of Brazil's Fraternity Campaign 2008: all threats to life must be fought” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI has addressed a Letter to Archbishop Geraldo Lyrio Rocha, Archbishop of Mariana and President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Brazil, on the occasio ...