News

• 26 July 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops criticise new anti-terrorism law Manila (Agenzia Fides) - To protect innocent persons, safeguard the human rights and freedoms of every citizen, prevent abuse by police: in this spirit the Catholic Bishops of the Philippines have criticised a new anti-t ...
• 26 July 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - In preparation for WYD8 young Australians reflect on “Experience of God and the snares of New Age trends” Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - The uniqueness of the incarnate God, Jesus Christ made Man; the evanescence and deceit of new trends such as New Age which propose a pseudo-religious experience, a combination of syncretism, i ...
• 26 July 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - HIV/AIDS Virus decimates indigenous Shawi peoples in Amazon region of Peru Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Ten members of the Pampayacu indigenous Shawi community at Charapillo, Yurimaguas, San Martín, Pongo del Cainarachi, recently died of the HIV/AIDS virus. There is concern for the remaining 70 fami ...
• 25 July 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World: Sinhalese (Sinhala) and Tamil - Sri Lanka (1) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -Sri Lanka has two official languages: Sinhalese, spoken by 68% of the population and Tamil spoken by 28%. English is used in government and tourist environments. Sinhalese or Sinhala is th ...
• 25 July 2007
  VATICAN - “Compendium Orationum Quotidianarum ad usum fidelium” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In August Fides will publish a Compendium of daily prayers for the faithful in 34 languages. The Compendium, sent by per e-mail will have six section plus a Compendium on the Assumption of ...
• 25 July 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - “The better part” is listening to Jesus, Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “In the course of their journey he came to a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. She had a sister called Mary, who sat down at the Lord's feet and listened to h ...
• 25 July 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - New Chair of Missiology at Madrid's San Dámaso Theology Faculty in entrusted to National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The San Dámaso Theology Faculty in Madrid has instituted a Chair of Missiology to be inaugurated for the coming academic year 2007-2008. The Grand Chancellor of the Faculty, Cardinal Antonio M. ...
• 25 July 2007
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Echoes of the visit to Angola by Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- “During Cardinal Ivan Dias' visit to Angola the Angolan people's love for the Church and the Pope was very evident” said a local Church source with regard to the recent visit made by the Prefe ...
• 25 July 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Niger Delta: lethal mix of petroleum, arms and drugs, (en route for Europe) Port Harcourt (Agenzia Fides)- Arms and drugs. This lethal combination, added to the problem of unequal distribution of local oil proceeds, is throwing into chaos and anarchy the Niger Delta region where most of Nigeria' ...
• 25 July 2007
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Special Court to try Red Khmer crimes in 2008 Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Observers, relations of the victims, NGOs., religious communities in Cambodia, the man in the street, welcome the news that the International Cambodia Court instituted to examine war crimes c ...
• 25 July 2007
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Hydroelectric power stations: Bishops say errors of the past must be avoided, people must receive fair retribution for property, and be given homes and land to work San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "For the good of the Family and the development of the country " is the title of a statement issued by the Bishops of El Salvador with regard to a plan to construct new dams and hydroelectr ...
• 25 July 2007
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - "A Life Project" National Youth Day 28 July closes Youth Month: some 10,000 young people will take part San José (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 28 July the Catholic Church in Costa Rica will celebrate the annual National Youth Day organised by the local Church. Some 10,000 young people will take part in special prayers, re ...
• 25 July 2007
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - Marist Superior General Visits Solomon Islands Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Jan Hulshof sm, Superior General of the Marist Fathers and Brothers made a pastoral visit to Honiara bearing a message of hope for the local people and to find new paths for evangelisation i ...
• 24 July 2007
  VATICAN - Message of deepest sympathy to Archbishop Robert Sarah, secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples upon the death of his mother Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - To Archbishop Robert Sarah Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples whose mother Mrs Claire Sarah, passed away on Saturday 21 July, Fides expresses deepest sympathy a ...
• 24 July 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic prayers in the languages of the world: Bodo (Boro) - Diocese of Bongaigaon Assam State, India Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bodo language (pronounced Bo-ro) of Tibetan-Burmese ethnic-linguistic origin, is one of various official languages spoken in India by about 600,000 people: in the state of Assam, on th ...