News

• 6 February 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - Lent: a season for God's work Mgr. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Evangelists give us testimony of many miracles worked by Jesus and we are amazed to see how God's power cures the sick, frees those possessed by demons, brings the dead back to life, co ...
• 6 February 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Manos Unidas” Campaign 2008: “Promoting healthy motherhood by fostering the conditions that allow a mother to be who she is: fount of life, self-giving, and total donation.” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “Manos Unidas” (United Hands) will present its Campaign for 2008, the theme of which is: “Healthy mothers, a right and a hope,” inspired by the fifth Objective of the Developmental Object ...
• 6 February 2008
  AFRICA/CHAD - Five thousand refugees in local parish in Kousseri, Cameroon; local Caritas at work. The Holy Father sends donation through Cor Unum. N’Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - “There are about 5 thousand refugees from Chad in the Catholic parish church in Kousseri, diocese of Yagoua, Cameroon,” Agenzia Fides was informed by Sr. Lucia of the Congregation of Sis ...
• 6 February 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Opposition group threatens more demonstrations as grave humanitarian conditions continue Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Negotiations between Kenyan president, Mwai Kibaki, and opposition leader, Raila Odinga, continue in a tense climate due to threats from the opposition to return to the streets in demonstrations ...
• 6 February 2008
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - “The trail of blood must come to an end”; meanwhile, disasters and civilian victims increase Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - “We must put an end to the trail of blood and hate that is sweeping across the country.” This is the plea that comes from the Catholic religious orders that are working on the frontline prov ...
• 6 February 2008
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Launching of Brotherhood Campaign in defence of human life Brazil (Agenzia Fides) - The Brazilian Bishops Conference has begun their 45th Brotherhood Campaign today, February 6th, Ash Wednesday. This year, the Campaign’s theme is, “Brotherhood and the defence of life” and ...
• 6 February 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Sharing with Joy”: Lenten Campaign to bring aid to victims of natural disasters Bogotá (Agenzia Fides) - As Lent begins, so too does the Campaign for Communication of Goods that each year is sponsored by the National Secretariate for Social Pastoral Work (SNPS/Caritas Colombia) with the goal of hel ...
• 6 February 2008
  AFRICA/SUDAN - New foundation of Daughters of St. Paul in Juba Juba (Agenzia Fides) - After 25 years of civil war, southern Sudan is experiencing a time of peace. Following a peace signing in January of 2005, Bishop Paris Taban, Bishop of Torit, offered an invitation to all religiou ...
• 6 February 2008
  AFRICA/BENIN - “Smile it's Lent!” : a Letter from Bishop of Natitingou Natitingou (Agenzia Fides) - “The word Lent does not mean sadness, aridity… instead it is a special 40 days given to us by the Church. In the Bible the number 40 evokes a special time in which God calls us to live cl ...
• 5 February 2008
  MISSIONARY PRAYER INTENTION - “That Institutes of Consecrated Life, so flourishing in mission countries, may rediscover the missionary dimension and, faithful to the radical choice of Gospel counsels, be generous in bearing witness to Christ and proclaiming Him to the ends of the earth.” Comment on the Holy Father's Missionary Prayer intention for February 2008 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “ From the very beginning of the Church men and women have set about following Christ with greater freedom and imitating Him more closely through the practice of the evangelical counsels, ...
• 5 February 2008
  VATICAN - Mission continues - Fr. Adriano Garuti and Lara De Angelis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Missionary activity, today as always, requires courage. It is one thing to talk about it, but to live it is much more demanding. Being present in the world as it is today with its religious ...
• 5 February 2008
  AFRICA/CHAD - “It is time for weapons to be silent and negotiations to prevail” N’Djamena (Agenzia Fides)- “It is time for weapons to be silent and negotiations to prevail” say Fides sources in Chad commenting the decision of the rebel troops which had besieged the capital N’Djamena, to acce ...
• 5 February 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Letter from the Bishop of Palencia: “All the Bishops did was to offer Catholic some guiding moral criteria before making their own electoral choice. ” Palencia (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop José Ignacio Munilla of the diocese of Palencia, has issued a Letter in which he calls for a clearer reading of the recent Note issued by the Standing Committee of the Spanish Bishops' ...
• 5 February 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - “The people are hungry. The crisis must end as soon as possible ” Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “Kofi Annan is a realist, thank goodness” said Fides sources in Kenya with regard to resumed talks between President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga, with the mediation of the ...
• 5 February 2008
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Standing Committee of the Symposium of Catholic Bishops' Conference of Africa and Madagascar meet in Johannesburg Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides)- From 4 to 7 February the Standing Committee of SCEAM, Symposium of Catholic Bishops' Conference of Africa and Madagascar, will meet in Johannesburg, South Africa, for its first assembly of 2 ...