News

• 5 October 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - Congress on post-abortion pastoral care warns of grave consequences of abortion and informs people about post-abortion care San Bernardo (Agenzia Fides) -"Family, Missionary of Live and Post Abortion Care" is the theme of the first national Congress on post-abortion pastoral care organised for the 5 and 6 October by the Hope Project Corporati ...
• 5 October 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Sunday 7 October the Torch of Guadalupe sets off with message of hope and love for emigrants far from family and home Mexico (Agenzia Fides) - At 6am on Sunday 7 October, feast of Our Lady Queen of the Rosary, the Torch of Guadalupe 2007 will set out for New York where it will arrive on 12 December the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, pa ...
• 5 October 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - With Project Cagliero Salesians in Australia send young people on mission experience Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Project Cagliero run by the Salesians in Australia sends young people aged 20 to 30 on a missionary experience. The project draws inspiration from the experience of Giovanni Cagliero, intrepid yo ...
• 5 October 2007
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Santo Domingo Catholics stand pro-life and against abortion Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic has launched an articulated anti-abortion campaign which includes, besides demonstrations, also special Masses in various parts of the country ...
• 4 October 2007
  VATICAN - Saint Cyril of Alexandria, “tireless and steadfast witness” of Jesus Christ, Incarnate Word of God: General Audience Pope Benedict XVI continues his teaching on the Apostolic Fathers Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This morning Pope Benedict XVI arrived from Castel Gandolfo to take up residence again in the Vatican now that the Summer is over. Then, during the weekly Audience in St. Peter's Square, th ...
• 4 October 2007
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE - Motu proprio ecclesiological question , Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Some say the Summorum Pontificum Motu proprio of Pope Benedict XVI could cause “uneasiness” because the ecclesiology present in the old Missal is “incompatible” with that which flow ...
• 4 October 2007
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Cardinal Dias renders homage to the testimony of faith Saint Paul Tchen, in Holy Childhood Chapel in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris where the saint in buried Paris (Agenzia Fides) - On a visit to France Cardinal Ivan Dias Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, went on October 1 to Lourdes to take part in a National Meeting for French Fidei donum missio ...
• 4 October 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “We resolve to continue to proclaim the Word following the example of the first missionaries”: National Mission Congress 50th Fidei Donum anniversary resolutions Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- “We have just held our first National Mission Congress to mark the 50th anniversary of the famous encyclical by Pope Pius XII Fidei Donum” Mgr. Hypolite Adigwe, national director of the Pontifi ...
• 4 October 2007
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Good prospects for second South Africa, Brazil and India summit in mid October Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) - Ever stronger is the South Africa, India and Brazil alliance in the field of negotiations on free trade agreements with northern hemisphere countries. This was announced by Ambassador Jerry Mat ...
• 4 October 2007
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Hong Kong's Kow Loog deanery ready for World Mission Sunday “Family missionary relay race” on 21 October Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - A “Family missionary relay race” will be one of the main initiatives organised for Mission Sunday on 21 October by the Kow Loog deanery in Hong Kong. According to Kong Ko Bao diocesan bull ...
• 4 October 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic Bishops' Assembly next February 2008 will focus on ethics and civil society to fight corruption and promote honesty and transparency New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Corruption in Society" will be the theme of the next general Assembly of the Indian Catholic Bishops' Conference in February 2008, during which the Bishops will discuss ethic-social questions ...
• 4 October 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “Go beyond Amnesty, explore new paths for defending human rights ” urge Catholic Bishops Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Australia have urged the faithful to find new ways to defend the rights and dignity of the person stepping over the experience of Amnesty International, now incompatible w ...
• 4 October 2007
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “The law places some human persons in a situation of vulnerability and lack of protection on the part of the government which is obliged to respect human life”: Bishops statement on proposed Bill to legalise euthanasia Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - A proposed controversial Bill to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide in Colombia has been firmly condemned by the Catholic Bishops of Colombia in a statement signed by the president of the B ...
• 4 October 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Southern Horn lay missionaries discuss encouragement, formation and sending of missionaries ad gentes and resolve to promote Fidei donum vocations among lay Catholics Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Encouragement, formation and sending of lay missionaries at the service of the universal Mission was the focus of the 2nd Meeting of Southern Horn lay Missionaries held in Buenos Aires (Ar ...
• 3 October 2007
  VATICAN - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI expresses “sentiments of sincere consideration and deep gratitude” to Prof. Mario Agnes for his long years of service as Director of the Osservatore Romano Vatican newspaper Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 29 September conferred on Professor Mario Agnes the title of Emeritus Director of the Osservatore Romano and called to succeed him Professor Giovanni Ma ...