News

• 26 September 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Justice and peace subcontinent of India: experts and theologians discuss social inequality and discrimination Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Social discrimination, economic inequality, cultural exclusion, marginalisation from public life for religious or ideological reasons are some of the debated topics in the subcontinent of Indi ...
• 26 September 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - La Salle University in Manila and Interreligious Dialogue: 2008 National Conference on Interreligious Dialogue Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A college famous for its research and initiatives to promote dialogue between cultures and religions: De La Salle University in Manila, opened by the Congregation of the Brothers of Christian Sch ...
• 26 September 2007
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops concerned about Constitutional reforms: “What we want to see is peace, prosperity, harmony, justice and freedom in every corner of the country ” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Venezuela have expressed concern with regard to constitutional reforms announced by President Hugo Chávez. On 15 August the President presented the 167 members of the Na ...
• 26 September 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - Marian Dimension of Pastoral Care Symposium in context of new pastoral challenges, the bi-centenary of Chile's independence and the 5th General Conference in Aparecida Maipú (Agenzia Fides) - 'The Marian Dimension of Pastoral Care' is the title of a Symposium organised by the Chilean Bishops' Commission for Shrines and Popular Piety 26 and 27 September at the national Marian Shrine of ...
• 26 September 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - “Church in Peru, the hour of mission has come” is the slogan of Peru's 2nd National Mission Congress Missionario; 2nd National Mission Exhibition, will offer concrete testimony of local Church's missionary activity Lima, (Agenzia Fides) - - “Church in Peru, the hour of mission has come” is the slogan of Peru's 2nd National Mission Congress Missionario to be held 11 - 14 October. The main objective of the congress, promoted by ...
• 25 September 2007
  EUROPE/SLOVAKIA - To help priests discover the missionary dimension of the daily life of the Church, Pontifical Mission Societies office organises Meeting for Priests on Fidei donum mission service Bratislava (Agenzia Fides) - In view of now imminent annual World Mission Sunday, this year 21 October, and in this the 50th anniversary year of the publication of the Fide Donum Encyclical by Pope Pius XII, the national ...
• 25 September 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Tension rises again in east Congo, one cause is exploitation of oil Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - There is concern for a possible worsening of the situation in eastern North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where fresh fighting between the regular army and rebels led by Laurent Nkund ...
• 25 September 2007
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Only 2 doctors for every 100,000 people in a country where 940,000 people suffer from HIV/AIDS Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - “The crisis in healthcare system is becoming unbearable” say missionary sources in Malawi, one of the world's poorest countries. “For every 100,000 people there are only 2 doctors, 56 nur ...
• 25 September 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Franciscans 70 years in Korea to restore primate of the spirit and serve the poor Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - To give a soul to Korea's secularised society, pervaded by new technology which often dehumanises inter-personal relations: this is the vocation and mission of the Franciscans who recently celebr ...
• 25 September 2007
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Young Cambodian Catholics promise common commitment to safeguard Creation at special Synod Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - To acknowledge the paternity of God the Creator and the responsibility of every person for creation: this was the aim of a special Synod of Young Cambodian Catholics, now in its fourth editio ...
• 25 September 2007
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Bishops urge people to vote according to moral principles in Free Trade Agreement referendum: appeals and prayer initiatives for social peace and communion San José (Agenzia Fides) - "The people of Costa Rica are about to take part in an important national event and in the struggle for justice as your Bishops we cannot stay in the sidelines" the Catholic Bishops of Costa R ...
• 25 September 2007
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - 10th Continental Meeting of RIIAL, the Latin American Church's computer network, concludes with commitment to create new forms of presence and new services in the light of the Great Continental Mission Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The 10th Continental Meeting of RIIAL, the Latin American Church's computer network, held in Honduras in Valle de los Ángeles, near Tegucigalpa came to a close on Friday 21 September. The 8 ...
• 25 September 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Prayers, enthusiasm, mission: young Oblates in Australia on the way to WYD Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - At the lay level young Australians are the ones who follow the spirituality of the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate, a religious congregation founded by St Eugene de Mazenod. In Australia t ...
• 25 September 2007
  “Africa” September-October 2007 issue: the web changes communications in Africa; in Liberia former child soldiers find shelter in a cemetery; the unexplored face of a Nairobi slum Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Among the various articles in the September-October 2007 issue of "Africa" magazine published by the White Fathers, we mention: - During the ferocious years of civil war they were forced ...
• 24 September 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Angelus : “The emergencies of hunger and pollution denounce with growing evidence that the logic of profit, if prevailing, increases the disproportion between rich and poor and a ruinous exploitation of the planet” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - “The emergencies of hunger and pollution denounce with growing evidence that the logic of profit, if prevailing, increases the disproportion between rich and poor and ruinous exploita ...