News

• 28 September 2007
  AMERICA/PERU -Earthquake emergency in Peru: as time passes the quantity of aid diminishes but the needs of the affected persons do not and normality is still a long way off; Sunday 30 September, special collection in Costa Rica Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Six weeks after the earthquake struck in Peru affecting various towns in South Chico (Ica, Chincha, Pisco, Cañete, Yauyos, Huaytara and Castrovirreyna) the emergency continues because, although mo ...
• 28 September 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - Family Week 2007 on the theme “Family, School of Love, Missionary of Life”: the family, patrimony of humanity, one of Latin America's greatest treasures Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - “Family, School of Love, Missionary of Life” is the theme of Chile's national Family Week to be held from the 30 September to 7 October. In a letter to present Family Week, Archbishop ...
• 28 September 2007
  Mass to commemorate Pope Luciani, John Paul I, who died 29 years ago Roma (Agenzia Fides) - The magazine “30Giorni” is organising the celebration of a special Mass in commemoration of Pope John Paul I, Albino Luciani, on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of his death. The Mass will ...
• 27 September 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at his general audience continues his teaching on Saint John Chrysostom: “Despite his sufferings, Chrysostom reaffirmed the discovery that God loves each of us with infinite love, and therefore wishes all to be saved ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - During his general audience on Wednesday 26 September, continuing his cycle of catechesis on the Apostolic Fathers, Pope Benedict XVI dwelt on the figure of St John Chrysostom, and in parti ...
• 27 September 2007
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Defending the most helpless. Always. Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday 24 September 2007 an Italian Court issued a sentence allowing “pre-implant diagnosis” prohibited by Law 40/2004 on assisted procreation. The Court side stepped the law on the ...
• 27 September 2007
  EUROPE - Family Policy Institute warns of demographic winter in Europe caused by abortion, fewer marriages and more divorces: new 2007 Report on the Evolution of the Family in Europe Barcelona (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, 26 September, in Barcelona, Spain Lola Velarde, President of the European network of Family Policy Institutes (IPF), presented the 2007 Report on the Evolution of the Family in Euro ...
• 27 September 2007
  EUROPE/BOSNIA - HERZEGOVINA - 50 years of Fidei donum service and the missionary responsibility of the Church in Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Bosnia Herzegovina is also reflecting on the Fidei Donum encyclical and the call to missionary responsibility, in this the 50th anniversary of the document's promulgation ...
• 27 September 2007
  AFRICA/CHAD - UN resolution to send a security mission welcomed by humanitarian workers in Chad and the Central African Republic N’Djamena (Agenzia Fides)- International observers are hopeful after the UN Security Council passed a resolution to send a multidimensional UN mission to Chad and the Central African Republic MINURCAT, to help increase ...
• 27 September 2007
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - First Cape Town Archdiocesan Synod: “a foundation on which to build in the years ahead” says Archbishop Lawrence Henry Cape Town (Agenzia Fides)- “The discussions over the past four days have provided a foundation on which to build in the years ahead’ said Archbishop Lawrence Henry of Cape Town at the end of the first ever synod of t ...
• 27 September 2007
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Approved Indigenisation and Empowerment Bill assigns majority of foreign businesses to local people; concern for impact on the national economy Harare (Agenzia Fides)- Yesterday 26 September Zimbabwe's parliament approved a controversial Bill which says at least 51% of foreign business must be given to local or indigenous citizens. The Indigenisation and Empower ...
• 27 September 2007
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Newsroom 68H, first radio station in Indonesian Papua Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - People in Indonesian Papua - also called Irian Jaya province in the far east of the Indonesian archipelago- are welcoming the opening of a new means of communication, a local radio station. In ...
• 27 September 2007
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Diocesan priest involved in humanitarian work killed in civil war Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic priest is the latest victim of civil war in Sri Lanka: Father Nicholaspillai Packiyaranjith, coordinator of Jesuit Refugee Service in the district of Mannar, was killed when a bomb ex ...
• 27 September 2007
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Myanmar Catholics intensify prayers for peace and national reconciliation Rangoon (Agenzia Fides) - At this difficult time for the nation the small Catholic community in Myanmar turns with trust to God, praying for peace, reconciliation and the safety of the people: this was said in a message ...
• 27 September 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - 9th Social Week marks 40th anniversary of Populorum Progressio and 20th anniversary of Sollicitudo Rei Socialis: “Development is only authentic if it gives central place to the human person, human rights and responsibilities” Callao (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of Catholics are taking part in the 9th National Social Week 26-30 September promoted by the local Catholic Church. The event, organised by various commissions of the Peruvian Bishops Co ...
• 27 September 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Indignation over another case of 'legal' abortion: "abortionist totalitarianism like the spectre of Herod poses a sinister threat to Argentina" says Archbishop of La Plata Mar del Plata (Agenzia Fides) - There is growing indignation in Argentina following another case of abortion in a hospital in Mar del Plata City. The young woman who suffers from mental deficiency, was reportedly the vic ...