News

• 15 September 2007
  VATICAN - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI receives President of the Republic of Sudan in audience: Holy See Press Office Statement Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday 14 September at the Palazzo Apostolico in Castel Gandolfo, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI received in audience the President of the Republic of Sudan (see Fides 14/9/2007). ...
• 15 September 2007
  VATICAN - Made public today response from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to certain questions raised by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops concerning artificial nutrition and hydration Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Made public today was a response from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to certain questions raised by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops concerning artificial nu ...
• 15 September 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Made public acts of Continental Meetings for Italian Fidei Donum missionaries; to re-launch in Italy this missionary experience an official Study on 50 years of Fidei Donum in Italy will be presented at 4th National Meeting for Directors of Diocesan Mission Centres Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “To the ends of the earth. From fecund memories to bold prospects ”: is the title of a Paper issued by the secretariat of the Italian Bishops Conference CEI on three Meetings held respectively ...
• 15 September 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI receives Poor Clare Sisters: “The silent commitment of persons like you who strive to put into practice the Gospel ‘sine glossa’ with simplicity and joy, rarely causes a stir in public opinion, but - rest assured - the contribution you offer to the Church's apostolic and missionary activity in the world is truly exceptional ” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - “This, dear Sisters, is what the Pope expects of you: be burning torches of love, ‘joined hands' that keep watch in unceasing prayer, totally detached from the world, to sustain the ...
• 15 September 2007
  EUROPE/POLAND - National Meeting for diocesan directors of the PMS and mission delegates of various religious communities on the theme “Let us carry on the work of serving the Church ”, inspired by the Encyclical Fidei donum Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - From 16 to 18 September in Niepokalanów, Poland, some 120 diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Poland, their collaborators and mission delegates of various religious communi ...
• 15 September 2007
  AFRICA/MALI - Attack on Mali army post re-ignites tension with Tuareg nomads Bamako (Agenzia Fides)- There is growing concern in Mali and Niger as tension rises with the ethnic Berber Tuareg nomads in the Sahel area. On September 14 a group of Tuareg rebels attacked a small army camp at Tinzaou ...
• 15 September 2007
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Some of the many Congolese who fled to Uganda to escape violence in North Kivu have returned home; but there are still about 650,000 internally displaced persons in east Congo. Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Some of the estimated 35,000 Congolese who fled to Uganda last week after a recrudescence of conflict and escalation of violence in the North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic ...
• 15 September 2007
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Italian Franciscan Friar restores a smile and dignity to street children, abandoned children and orphans in Talgar Talgar (Agenzia Fides) - “With the help of Italian friends and volunteers at Talgar Catholic Mission building work on the House started in June is almost finished”, said Fr. Guido Trezzani, Franciscan Friar on miss ...
• 15 September 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops deeply concerned as growing violence takes over the country “We must kill hatred before hatred poisons and kills the soul of Chile”: Santiago del Chile (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement entitled “Educate to peace, a challenge for Chile” the Catholic Bishops of Chile express concern for “the violent episodes in Santiago during the night of 11 Sept ...
• 15 September 2007
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - San Pedro Apostol Diocese in critical situation due to prolonged drought and burning of thousands of hectares of forests and pastures appeals for help San Pedro Apostol (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement issued with the priests of his diocese Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores, of the diocese of San Pedro in Paraguay, calls for help to face the "critical situation in the ...
• 15 September 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Salesian students plan to take an active part in World Youth Day Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - To live the event of World Youth Day 2008 to the full, take an active part, share with other young people the news of God's love for all peoples: it was in this spirit that a group of pupils ...
• 15 September 2007
  AFRICA/CONGO - Mobile laboratory to identify cases of Ebola in Congo Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - So far five suspected cases of Ebola in the West Kasai region of Democratic Congo have been confirmed and another forty are awaiting results. To test suspect cases and keep better control of th ...
• 15 September 2007
  AFRICA/KENYA - Nyumbani Home celebrates 15 years of caring for children with AIDS Narobi (Agenzia Fides) - The most extensive Catholic programme to assist AIDS orphans in Kenya is celebrating 15 years of caring for HIV+ children. Nyumbani Home, opened by Italian Jesuit missionary Fr. Angelo D’Agost ...
• 15 September 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Government set to guarantee health insurance for the poor and eliminate social inequality New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian government is working on a health insurance model for the poor, so that they do not have to bear the high cost of medical care. After giving away the National Awards for Micro, Sma ...
• 14 September 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Associations promoters of conscience objection present list of practical criteria for parents who do not wish their children to attend lessons in Education to Citizenship Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of the beginning of the school year, 31 associations and civil platforms, promoters of objection of conscience have prepared a Decalogue of practical criteria for parents in view of Ed ...