News

• 12 June 2007
  VATICAN - For the first time Caritas Internationalis has a lady secretary general: “Priority to humanitarian emergencies, integral development and peace building, ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The humanitarian aid offered by Caritas Internationalis speaks in the feminine voice: Lesley-Anne Knight, age 51, from Zimbabwe and of British nationality, is the new secretary general of t ...
• 12 June 2007
  VATICAN - For the first time in history Orthodox Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos II visits the Vatican Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Starting today 12 June 2007, the Orthodox Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos II is visiting the Vatican and Rome. The visit will conclude with a private audience with Pope Benedict XVI on S ...
• 12 June 2007
  VATICAN - Populorum Progressio Foundation Council of administration meeting Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The members of the Council of Administration of the Populorum Progressio Foundation at the service of indigenous peoples, Afro-Americans, poor mixed race peasants in Latin America, will mee ...
• 12 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI receives Document of Aparecida. CELAM general assembly in July will discuss the Great Continental Mission Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday 11 June Pope Benedict XVI was presented with the Final Document of the 5th General Conference of the Council of Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean held in Ap ...
• 12 June 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Jesuits in the world 19,216: latest statistics confirm constant general decline in numbers but slight increase in Africa and Asia-Oceania Rome (Agenzia Fides) - According to information supplied by the General Curia of the Society of Jesus, 1 January 2007, there are a total number of 19.216 Jesuits in the world: 13.491 priests (- 248 than in 2006), 3.049 s ...
• 12 June 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Cardinal Cañizares reminds parents of their right to defend their choice of education for their children with every legitimate means: pastoral letter offers guidelines with regard to the controversial issue of “Education to Citizenship ” Toledo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church with independence, authority and moral responsibility, without invading fields which do not belong to her, and by virtue of her vocation in the social field, can and must teach the gr ...
• 12 June 2007
  AFRICA/GHANA - “Take the path of reconciliation and forgiveness ” says the Catholic Bishop of Yendi, in northern Ghana, where the succession of the traditional king is a cause of dispute Accra (Agenzia Fides) - No to “punitive” justice founded on revenge, yes to justice founded on reconciliation and pardon. This appeal was launched by Bishop Vincent Sowah Boi-Nai, the Catholic Bishop of Yendi, in nor ...
• 12 June 2007
  AFRICA/MALAWI - “The funeral of First Lady could build new unity in Malawi” says a Monfort missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides)- “On June 9 2007 the whole of Malawi stopped for the funeral of the First Lady Ethel Mutharika, wife of President Bingu wa Mutharika who died on 28 May” Monfort missionary Fr Piergiorgio Gamb ...
• 12 June 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales Archbishop of Manila,: “The people who abducted Fr. Bossi could be common criminals. Islam is not to be blamed” Manila (Agenzia Fides) - “Another missionary taken hostage! This is very sad. He is not the only one: in the past other priests and missionaries were taken hostage and some were killed. In Mindanao there are groups of ...
• 12 June 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Blessed Sister Alfonsa will be India's first Saint Cochin (Agenzia Fides) - Blessed Alfonsa, a sister from Kerala, will be India's first Saint. Pope Benedict XVI signed the decree for canonisation on June 1. Catholics in Kerala have welcomed the news which spread quickl ...
• 12 June 2007
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Catholics live month of the Sacred Heart with deep devotion and in memory of John Paul II Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in Taiwan are living June, the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with deep devotion and in grateful memory of the beloved Pope John Paul II. According to the Tai Pei diocesan bulleti ...
• 12 June 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops call on Supreme Court to verify with impartiality according to the law, the unconstitutionality of the recent legislation to legalise abortion Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Mexico has issued a statement "The dignity of human life and justice" calling on the Supreme Court of Mexico to act with impartiality and according to the ...
• 12 June 2007
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Pope creates Apostolic prefecture of Donkorkrom and appoints first Apostolic Prefect Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 12 June 2007 created the Apostolic Prefecture of Donkorkrom (Ghana), with territory taken from the diocese of Koforidua. The Holy Father Pope Benedict ...
• 11 June 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Angelus: “In life today, often noisy and distracting, it is more than ever important to rediscover the ability for inner silence and recollection ” - Appeal for all hostages, including Catholic priests, in various parts of the world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The supreme mystery of the Christian faith, the real presence of the Risen Christ in the Eucharist was the subject of the brief address given by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday 10 June, bef ...
• 11 June 2007
  VATICAN - “From my lips I raise a heartfelt invocation for the Holy Land, Iraq, Lebanon…and also for the other regions involved in a vortex of apparently inexorable violence”: Pope Benedict XVI visits Congregation for the Oriental Churches and announces the appointment of the new Prefect Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday June 9, the feast day of Saint Ephraim, a great doctor of the Syrian Church, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI visited the Congregation for the Oriental Churches where he was w ...