News

• 20 July 2007
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - President and Bishops discuss state/Church collaboration Lusaka (Agenzia Fides)- State/Church collaboration was the focus of a meeting on 12 July between the Catholic Bishops of Zambia and the Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa. In a statement sent Fides the president of the B ...
• 20 July 2007
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Petroleum and tourism to boost national economy until now dependent on cacao and coffee exports Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- Not just coffee and cacao but petroleum and tourism too. Cote d'Ivoire intends to diversify its economy still mainly based on coffee production and export (Africa's 4th largest producer) and caca ...
• 20 July 2007
  AFRICA/SEYCHELLES - Rosary Groups in Seychelles mark Silver Jubilee: “In the Church, through Mary to Jesus” Port Victoria (Agenzia Fides) - The first Rosary Groups in Seychelles were formed in the diocese of Port Victoria-Seychelles in 1982 and the following year they were affiliated to the international movement. Today the d ...
• 20 July 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Hostage Italian missionary released: news welcomed in the Philippines and all over the world Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Joy and relief: with these sentiments Catholics in the Philippines welcomed the new of the release on 19 July of the Italian PIME missionary Fr Giancarlo Bossi after 39 days of captivity. The mis ...
• 20 July 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic schools and professional training centres receive government acknowledgement Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Throughout India it is widely acknowledged that Catholic schools offer a qualified service highly appreciated by politicians, intellectuals, academics and families of many different religious ...
• 20 July 2007
  AMERICA/ UNITED STATES - Pastoral Fund of Solidarity for the Church in Africa: US Catholics support 51 programmes in Africa Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Through its Pastoral Fund of Solidarity for the Church in Africa, in this month of July 2007 the Catholic Church in America will donate $ 628,000 to support 51 programmes on that continent. T ...
• 20 July 2007
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops say Constitution must respect universal rights, values and principles shared by most Bolivians and recall National Day of Prayer for Peace 27 July La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "We Live in Hope" is the title of a message issued by the Catholic Bishops of Bolivia in which they appeal to all Catholics to be the " the light of the world " at this time when the "state and s ...
• 20 July 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Individual registration for World Youth Day 2008 starts today 20 July Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - From today 20 July individual young people may register to take part in World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney. Individual registration starts a year to the day when Pope Benedict XVI will preside the ...
• 20 July 2007
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - UN World Food Programme says more food is needed in Somalia Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The United Nations World Food programme says it has urgent need of donations to avoid interruption of food programmes in Somalia, in view of expected poor harvests. The growing need for food ...
• 19 July 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI's telegramme of condolence following death of 200 people in air accident in Brazil Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In a telegramme sent on his behalf by Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI expressed condolences to Archbishop Odilo Pedro Scherer of Sao Pa ...
• 19 July 2007
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Many initiatives to prepare for Pope Benedict XVI visit in September: novenas of prayer, special Letter from the Bishops, youth pilgrimage, Pontifical Mission Societies prayer initiative: 4 September Fides Dossier on the Shrine of Mariazell Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - To mark the 850th anniversary of the Austrian Marian Shrine of Mariazell, Pope Benedict XVI will make a pastoral visit to the country 7 to 9 September. “Contemplating Christ” is the motto cho ...
• 19 July 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World: Hungarian (3) The Christian Roots of the Peoples of Europe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Hungary, a deeply Christian nation, was historically known as Regnum Mariae Patrona Hungariae "Kingdom of Mary the Patroness of Hungary". Its national anthem is "Isten, áldd meg a magyart" ...
• 19 July 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Spain helps considerably to promote development in Africa: 2,300 missionaries in Africa, support for 460 projects Burgos (Agenzia Fides) - Conscious of its missionary responsibility, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Spain never ceases to call attention to mission needs in Asia and in Africa, both in its Action Plan and through it ...
• 19 July 2007
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Cardinal Dias opens tomorrow assembly of Inter-Regional Association of Bishops of Southern Africa Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- Cardinal Ivan Dias prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Dias, will open tomorrow 20 July in Luanda, an assembly of the Inter-Regional Association of Catholic Bishops of So ...
• 19 July 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - No more permits for uranium mining in Uganda Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- Uranium mining in Uganda has been stopped. President Yoweri Museveni told the minister of energy not to stipulate any more agreements for the extraction of uranium and to open an agency for nucl ...