News

• 14 December 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Fraternal concern and charity for brother and sister North Koreans”: Message for 24th national Caritas Day, positive results of first year of bilateral cooperation Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Practice charity in the season of Advent and acts of solidarity with people in North Korea living in poverty and hunger: this exhortation was part of a message for the 24 national Caritas Day Sund ...
• 13 December 2007
  VATICAN - “The testimony of Saint Paulinus of Nola helps us sense the Church as she is presented to us by Vatican II, a sacrament of intimate union with God and so of the unity of all of us and of the whole human race”: the catechesis of Pope Benedict XVI at the general audience Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Paulinus of Nola, contemporary of Saint Augustine, with whom he had a bond of friendship, came from the Bordeaux region of France where he was born of a noble family. However he exer ...
• 13 December 2007
  AMERICA/PANAMA - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 1 October 2007 appointed Rev. José Rodolfo Moreno Ríos of the archdiocesan clergy of Panama, National ...
• 13 December 2007
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Rector appointed for Saint Charles Theological Lwanga Seminary in Dar Es Salaam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples appointed on 12 October 2007, Rev. Vincent Peter Mrio of the diocesan clergy of Same, Rector of Saint Charle ...
• 13 December 2007
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - The primary duty: to proclaim the Gospel Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The philosopher Rémi Brague, in a recent essay, writes that certain slogans must be overcome, identifying them with: the three monotheisms, the three religions of Abraham, the three religi ...
• 13 December 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "The Church in Spain and Immigrants": theological-pastoral reflection and practical guidelines for pastoral care of immigrants Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The president of the Spanish Bishops' Commission for Migration, Bishop José Sánchez, yesterday presented a theological pastoral statement "The Church in Spain and Immigrants ", which offers a t ...
• 13 December 2007
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Nkunda militia advance in northern Kivu. “The leader of the rebels wants to negotiate from a stronghold obtain a pass for his crimes ” a missionary told Fides Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Ever more critical the humanitarian situation in north Kivu in the east of Democratic Congo where, after forcing the regular army to withdraw, the rebels led by Laurent Nkunda took control of th ...
• 13 December 2007
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “As Christians is it our duty to welcome Zimbabwean refugees ” says President of Southern African Bishops Pretoria (Agenzia Fides)- The Southern African Bishops have denounced the discriminate treatment given to emigrant citizens of Zimbabwe in South Africa due to the serious political and economic crisis in their country. I ...
• 13 December 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Catechists in the diocese of Fen Yang receive missionary mandate at the beginning of Advent on the feast of St Francis Xavier to prepare the community for the Nativity of Jesus Fen Yang (Agenzia Fides) - A group of 24 catechists of the 3rd course for 2007, in the diocese of di Fen Yang, Shan Xi province, received the missionary mandate on December 3, Feast of St Francis Xavier from the local Bi ...
• 13 December 2007
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Anxiously waiting for the revoke of the state of emergency, Pakistanis prepare for January elections Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - While the country waits anxiously for the revocation of the state of emergency which President Musharraf said will end on 16 December, Pakistani Christians continue to promote initiatives to f ...
• 13 December 2007
  AMERICA/CUBA - “Christmas helps us realise God's closeness and his love for all humanity” Cuban Bishops' Christmas Message Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "Christmas helps us realise God's closeness, his love for all humanity and his desire for our happiness", the Catholic Bishops of Cuba said in a Christmas message issued on 12 December addressed ...
• 13 December 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops' Pastoral Letter to men and women who live on and work the land: “only a healthy society can recognise and protect the rural world as a gift of God ” Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday 12 December, feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe to whom all America is dedicated, the President of the Catholic Bishops of Chile Archbishop Alejandro Goic, presented a Pastoral L ...
• 13 December 2007
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Young Catholics reflect on the theme of World Youth Day: "You will receive the power of the Holy Spirit” Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - A path of preparation in stages to culminate with WYD in Sydney next year: this is the proposal of the Catholic Church in Solomons is proposing to young Catholics in parishes, associations, scho ...
• 13 December 2007
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - One third of 1.6 million people with AIDS in all Latin America live in Brazil Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - According to UNAIDS 1.6 million people in Latin America in Latin America are infected with the HIV virus. Since the beginning of 2007, 100,000 new cases have been reported and 58,000 of t ...
• 13 December 2007
  AFRICA/MALI - St John of God Hospitaller Brothers and Italian Air Force complete "Restore Sight" mission in Mali: 3,000 examinations and 700 cataract operations in two weeks Rome (Agenzia Fides) - With the help of the Italian Air Force, AFMAL association of the St John of God Hospitaller Brothers completed a successful "Restore Sight" from 23 November to 6 December in Mali undertaking 3,000 ...