News

• 21 November 2007
  AFRICA/GHANA - At the end of Cape Coast Seminar African and European Bishops call for new international economic order to end to new forms of slavery Cape Coast (Agenzia Fides)- ''New forms of slavery, human trafficking, forced labour, child soldiers, prostitution, etc., are due mainly to the enormous economic gap between rich and poor countries and between the rich a ...
• 21 November 2007
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Caritas Bangladesh point of reference for Cathholic humanitarian assistance, with the support of Caritas Internationalis: Fides speaks with a missionary in Dacca Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - The machine of humanitarian aid is moving despite a thousand difficulties to help three million displaced persons who survived the fury of cyclone Sidr, which struck southern Bangladesh on 15 Nove ...
• 21 November 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Religious women show they are happy and balanced: Sisters of Sacred Heart of Jesus in Liao Ning diocese take part in Sports and Games Liao Ning (Agenzia Fides) - In China of today dominated by consumerism but where there is also a powerful reawakening of religious sentiments and spiritual searching, Catholic Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Fu S ...
• 21 November 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - School support programmes in El Salvador and India to help a total 1,200 children Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Two countries and two different programmes to guarantee children the right to education: on the occasion of Universal Children's Day, Intervita international organisation builds solar energy plants ...
• 21 November 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops in plenary assembly elect leading members: Bishop Alejandro Goic Karmelic confirmed Bishops' Conference President Santiago del Chile (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Chile are holding their 94th plenary assembly at Punta de Tralca, which opened on Monday 19 November with a Mass presided by the Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Al ...
• 21 November 2007
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Catholic religious concerned: people have not been given enough time to understand contents and implications of the proposed constitutional reforms Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "For Justice, Peace and Hope" is the title of a statement issued at the end of a meeting of Catholic men and women Religious of Venezuela who express "concern in the national situation and propo ...
• 21 November 2007
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - Sisters Evangelise at Internet cafes Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Becoming familiar with the Internet and new information technology and evangelise at the same time, telling people that being Christians in the third millennium means using the present day media ...
• 21 November 2007
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Bishop of Moshi resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 21 November 2007, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Moshi (Tanzania), presented by Bishop Amedeus Msarikie, in con ...
• 21 November 2007
  ASIA/KOREA - Bishop of Pusan appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 21 November 2007, appointed Bishop Paul Hwang Cheol-soo, until now auxiliary and diocesan administrator of Pusan (Korea), Bishop of Pusan. (S.L.) (Age ...
• 20 November 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses the Bishops of Kenya on ad limina visit: “as you guide your people into the unity for which Christ prayed, do so with ardent charity and firm authority, unfailing in patience and in teaching” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Every Bishop has a particular responsibility to build up the unity of his flock, mindful of our Lord’s prayer” the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI reminded the Bishops of Kenya, recei ...
• 20 November 2007
  VATICAN - The Missionary nature of the Church in the teaching of the Council, Fr. Adriano Garuti and Lara De Angelis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -Vatican II affirms clearly in the documents Lumen Gentium and Ad Gentes, that mission is intrinsic to the Church. The basic statement is: “ The pilgrim Church is missionary by her very nat ...
• 20 November 2007
  VATICAN - TODAY ON THE INTERNET: -Papal Message to Social Weeks in France - Caritas Peru and BBVA rebuild schools in Ica destroyed by earthquake - Gregorian University promotes Virtual Radio Course Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The theme chosen for the 2007 session of Social Weeks of France “Living differently to promote sustainable development and solidarity” reflects the organisers' concern for the “evils" ...
• 20 November 2007
  VATICAN - Pro Orantibus Day- “Contemplative life, a treasure and a gift”: a contribution by the Benedictines of St. Maria in Rosano Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pro Orantibus Day was instituted by Pope Pius XII on 21 November 1953, the feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Temple, as a day for all the faithful to thank God for ...
• 20 November 2007
  EUROPE/CROATIA - 6th Missionary Childhood Congress in Mediterranean and East European countries: sharing the same educational mission each in different realities in the name of the Church Dubrovnik (Agenzia Fides) - The 6th Missionary Childhood Congress in Mediterranean and East European countries was held 12 to 15 November in Dubrovnik. These events, held every two years, have always produced increased i ...
• 20 November 2007
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Talks to complete peace agreements for Ivory Coast resume in Burkina Faso Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- On Sunday 18 November talks resumed in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, between the Ivorian parties which signed the peace agreement last March which ended the division of Ivory Coast (see F ...