News

• 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 ...
• 27 September 2007
  AVSI AFRICA photographic exhibition: Italian humanitarian assistance in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Democratic Congo Milano (Agenzia Fides) - AVSI AFRICA is the title of a photographic exhibition which documents Italian humanitarian assistance in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo. In black and white photographs Fra ...
• 26 September 2007
  VATICAN - Monday 8 October Pontifical Urban University inauguration of Academic Year 2007-2008 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Urban University, on Monday 8 October at 9am will preside a solemn co ...
• 26 September 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - CEI Standing Council approves statement on occasion of the 50th anniversary of Fidei donum Encyclical by Pius XII, “a precious opportunity to maintain mission awareness in our dioceses” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Standing Council of the CEI Italian Bishops' Conference, gathered for its Autumn session, 17-19 September, among other things approved a statement prepared by the Bishops' Commission for the Ev ...
• 26 September 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - The Lord must be taken seriously!Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Let us not deceive ourselves: the experience of the Lord Jesus in life, the delight of his peacemaking and healing presence must be taken seriously! To welcome Jesus means to make more and ...
• 26 September 2007
  AFRICA/KENYA - Catholic Bishops say: “No violence. No bribing young people to sow chaos in the electoral campaign Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “Violence as a form of mobilisation is unacceptable for the stability and prosperity of our country”. This statement was made by Bishop John Nuje, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conferenc ...
• 26 September 2007
  AFRICA - Are new trade agreements with European Union a threat to African economies? Rome (Agenzia Fides) - African countries and the European Union should sign new trade agreement by December this year, the agreements are called Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA). In fact the Lomé Agreements which h ...