News

• 10 July 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic prayers in the languages of the world: Indonesian (1) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - To speak of the daily prayers of Indonesian Catholics we must first of all consider the size of the country, the impressive number of official, regional and local languages and many dialect ...
• 10 July 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Day of Prayer for release of Italian missionary abducted a month ago in the Philippines: "we must never forget to pray: we are all in the hands of God.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Today 10 July, people all over Italy will pray for the release Italian PIME missionary Fr Giancarlo abducted a month ago on June 10 in the southern Philippines district of Payao. The Day of intense ...
• 10 July 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Rosminian Sisters of Providence conclude General Chapter awaiting with joy the Beatification of their Founder on 18 November Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Today is the closing day of the 10th General Chapter of the Rosminian Sisters of Providence which has been held in Rome on the theme “Entrusted to Providence, arise and walk”. The chapter confi ...
• 10 July 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - “Let us prevent more wars and work instead for the development of our country” Catholic Bishops call on all Congolese to shoulder responsibility for building a better Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The Catholic Bishops of Democratic Republic of Congo in a message to mark Congo's Independence Day, called for a “great national leap forward and a new mentality to save the country from new d ...
• 10 July 2007
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Southern African countries' plan to save Zimbabwe's economy conditioned to acceptance of talks with Opposition Harare (Agenzia Fides) - The Southern Africa Development Community SADC has launched a plan to save the economy of Zimbabwe by extending the area of the South African Rand to Zimbabwe, stabilise the exchange rate of the ...
• 10 July 2007
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Priestly Ordinations: Three local Camillians, 5 candidates of the diocesan clergy and one Missionary of Africa Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Camillian Religious in the new Burkina Faso province are rejoicing for the ordination of 3 local born priests for the ministry and to serve the sick. They were ordained in Koudougou with 5 d ...
• 10 July 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - At the service of boys and girls from poor rural areas, Don Bosco College for Technical and Agricultural Training in Legazpi expands Legazpi (Agenzia Fides) - Don Bosco College for Technical and Agricultural Training in Legazpi, peninsula of Luzon (Philippines), marked its 6th anniversary with the opening of two new classrooms. The new school year whi ...
• 10 July 2007
  ASIA/ TAIWAN - Archbishop Joseph Ti Kang, emeritus archbishop of Tai Pei donates 80th birthday gifts to build a new Yu Jen Vocational Training Centre for Mentally Retarded Youth Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Joseph Ti Kang, emeritus Archbishop of Tai Pei, recently donated his 80th birthday gifts to support the Yu Jen Vocational Training Center for Mentally Retarded Youth. According to the ...
• 10 July 2007
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops dubious about democratic character of constitutional reform call for "prayers for solidarity and reconciliation in Venezuela, in America Latin and all over the world” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of their 88 plenary assembly, 2-7 July, the Catholic Bishops of Venezuela issued a Pastoral Letter on social problems at a time which they say is "one of the most crucial" in the cou ...
• 10 July 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops recall that Constituent Assembly candidates must be dedicated to promoting the common good, protecting human life and human dignity, guaranteeing religious freedom and quality education for all Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Ecuador has issued a statement specifying the qualities required of candidates for the Constituent Assembly to be voted by the people. On 15 April the people vo ...
• 10 July 2007
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - 5th National Mission Meeting for Seminarians promotes mission awareness and commitment for mission ad gentes, following Fidei donum Congress Manizales (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies PMS in Colombia and the National Mission Centre continue to promote initiatives to intensify ad gentes mission awareness among seminarians, PMS national direct ...
• 10 July 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - A new web site for Australian Religious and an e-journal: a window on their service of evangelisation in many different fields Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Entering the new web site of Catholic Religious Australia and their monthly e-journal “Pathways” is like opening a door which leads to a land of mission, adventure and hard work: by means of ...
• 10 July 2007
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Fifteen people die and thousands left homeless in serious floods Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - At least fifteen people died, 72 were injured and several thousand were left homeless in floods caused by torrential rains in Sudan. At a media conference Sudan's Interior Minister Al Zubair B ...
• 10 July 2007
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - “The life of every human being is a constitutive value of social order”: the Catholic Church in Uruguay opposes legalisation of abortion La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Uruguay have made a public appeal to the country's legislators not to approve the legalisation of abortion as part of a new Bill on Sexual and Reproductive Health currentl ...
• 9 July 2007
  VATICAN - At the Angelus prayer Pope Benedict XVI says “May this Gospel awaken in all the baptised an awareness of being missionaries of Christ, called to prepare the way for Him with words and with the witness of their lives” and he announces his departure for a period of rest in the mountains Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Before leading the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday 8 July, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the Sunday Gospel narrated by St Luke about the time when Jesus sent seventy tw ...