News

• 5 September 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Celebrations to commemorate Mother Teresa di Calcutta on the 10th anniversary of her death Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - “Everyone remembers her with affection. Mother Teresa è is still an important figure for the Catholic Church in India, the memory of her example is still vivid she was a person of great sign ...
• 5 September 2007
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Salesians in Bethlehem and the Wall: the peoples desire peace and brotherhood Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - The wall of separation in the Holy Land continues to cause suffering to the local people and to the religious communities. Following a decision by Israel to build a Wall of Separation in the P ...
• 4 September 2007
  Mariazell - Pope Benedict XVI visits the Marian Shrine in the heart of Europe Mariazell - Pope Benedict XVI visits the Marian Shrine in the heart of Europe Fr. Burkhard Feuerstein FSO Part 1 - The Shrine of Mariazell - geographical position and origin Part 2 - The Miraculous image of Mariazel ...
• 4 September 2007
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - 3rd European Ecumenical Assembly: Sibiu Europe's ecumenical capital from 4 to 9 September Sibiu (Agenzia Fides) - The Romanian city of Sibiu, in central Transilvania, proclaimed, together with Luxembourg, European capital for culture 2007, from 4 to 9 September will also be the “capital” of all the Christ ...
• 4 September 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Renewal in the Holy Spirit: goals attained by 2007 Summer formation programme Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “You will receive power from the Holy Spirit who will come down on you and you will be my witnesses …” (Acts 1,8) is the theme of a 6 day course in Spiritual exercises for priests, deacons an ...
• 4 September 2007
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Heavy fighting in a district of the capital between two rival factions of the National Liberation Forces, thousands of homes abandoned Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Heavy fighting broke out this morning in the Buterere district, in north Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi. The fighting was between two rival factions of the National Liberation Forces, FNL, ...
• 4 September 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The “curse” of petroleum: what happened to the 400 billion dollars booked by the Nigerian government since 1960? Rome (Agenzia Fides)- The issue of the distribution of oil revenues is at the centre of Nigeria's political life. For decades Nigerians living in the south (mainly Christians) where most of the oil fields are situated, h ...
• 4 September 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nigeria will reform its oil sector: “We want to create a company which is competitive abroad ” Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - General restructuring of Nigeria's oil section will follow the approval by the federal government of a National Gas and Oil Policy. On the basis of the new plan the Nigerian National Petroleum C ...
• 4 September 2007
  ASIA/NEPAL - International Union of Catholic Press UCIP will hold a Conference in Nepal Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - A courageous decision has been taken by the International Union of the Catholic Press UCIP, based in Geneva, to organise a Conference in Nepal, a country which even recently experienced seriou ...
• 4 September 2007
  ASIA/TURKEY - New graphics and contents for official web site of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Antioch, to encourage pilgrimages Antioch (Agenzia Fides) - The faithful, the curious, simple Internet surfers can go to http://www.anadolukatolikkilisesi.org/antakya the new official web site of Saint Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Antioch which offe ...
• 4 September 2007
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Political crisis more acute : former Premier Khaleda Zia arrested on charges of corruption Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - Ever more serious the political crisis in Bangladesh: Mrs Khaleda Zia, former head of government has been arrested by the police in a vast anti-corruption campaign launched by the government led b ...
• 4 September 2007
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Diocese of Valledupar promotes “more human" hospital care Valledupar (Agenzia Fides) - With the intention of making healthcare centres more than just “cold buildings”, lacking human warmth and commitment for life, the Catholic diocese of Valledupar, through its Office for H ...
• 4 September 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The local Catholic Churches issues Declaration on the Human Rights of the Unborn Child Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - A Declaration on the Human Rights of the Unborn Child has been signed by civil organisations, mothers and fathers, representatives of the local Catholic Church, legislators and political lea ...
• 4 September 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Humanitarian emergency in Chaco: 13 indigenous people die of malnutrition and consequently TB and other related diseases Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Indigenous communities in the north eastern Argentinean province of Chaco are being denied access to traditional food and natural medicines and are in danger of becoming extinct. The bodie ...
• 3 September 2007
  The Pope's Mission prayer intention for September: “That by clinging with joy to Christ, missionaries may overcome the daily difficulties encountered”. Comment by Fr. Vito Del Prete, PIME, Secretary general of the Pontifical Mission Union Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Missionaries who for Christ's sake leave everything and set out to serve other peoples, churches and cultures, truly experience the fatigue of announcing the Gospel of salvation to the poor ...