News

• 11 June 2007
  VATICAN - “ Following the example of Blessed Charles de Foucauld, may the Christians of your countries be credible witnesses to the universal brotherhood which Christ taught his disciples!”: Pope Benedict XVI encourages the members of the Regional Bishops' Conference of North Africa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The diversity of the human and ecclesial situations in your countries is no impediment to the fraternity which you live in your Bishops' Conference, where you find appreciable support fo ...
• 11 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses participants at the General Assembly of Caritas Internationalis: “The heart of Caritas is the sacrificial love of Christ, and every form of individual and organised charity in the Church must always find its point of reference in him, the source of charity.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Your Confederation does not simply work on behalf of the Church, is truly a part of the Church, intimately engaged in the exchange of gifts that takes place on so many levels of ecclesia ...
• 11 June 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In Mindanao Catholics wait and pray for the safe return of Fr. Bossi, Italian missionary taken hostage, prayers of the community and those who want peace Manila (Agenzia Fides) - With anxiety and concern the local Church in the Philippines watches for developments in the abduction of Fr. Giancarlo Bossi, who disappeared yesterday 10 June in Zamboanga, Mindanao, in the ter ...
• 11 June 2007
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - A visit of great symbolic significance: the leader of radical wing of president's party goes to former rebel's stronghold Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- “A small symbolic step but most important on the path to peace in Cote d'Ivoire” said local Church sources with regard to a visit to Bouaké in the north of the country by Charles Blé Goudé ...
• 11 June 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “World Tour for Peace and Unity” from Basilica of Guadalupe starts a journey to 100 countries to conclude in Rome in 2008: music to promote peace and unity among all peoples Mexico (Agenzia Fides) - With the motto “One in Heart and Mind”, defending life as a non negotiable value, building interior peace for world without conflict, seeking the unity of simple hearts Ecumenicon Project wil ...
• 11 June 2007
  EUROPE/HUNGARY - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 14 April 2007, appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Hungary for a five yea ...
• 8 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI devotes his Wednesday General Audience to Saint Cyprian "the first African Bishop to earn the crown of martyrdom" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Cyprian, an African bishop of the 3rd century, "the first African Bishop to earn the crown of martyrdom" whose fame is connected with the literary works and pastoral activity of thirt ...
• 8 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi: “Like the manna for the people of Israel, for every Christian generation the Eucharist is the indispensable nourishment which sustains it as it crosses the desert of this world” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The Eucharist is the food reserved for those who in Baptism have been set free from slavery and have become children; it is the food which sustains them on the long exodus across the des ...
• 8 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI appeals to world leaders at G8 Summit “not to retreat from their promises to make a substantial increase in development aid in favour of the most needy populations, especially those of the African Continent.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - At the end of the general audience on Wednesday June 6, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI made the following appeal to the participants at the G8 summit in Germany: “ Today in Heiligen ...
• 8 June 2007
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE- “Dialogue and comparison between Christianity and other religions in images” Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The interesting programme “God, peace or dominion?”, to be shown on RaiUno on Tuesday evening, is a successful attempt to put into images the fundamental teachings of the dearly beloved ...
• 8 June 2007
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Respect for legality but at the same time dialogue to rid slums of crime”: a missionary in Nairobi tells of Catholic commitment in degraded city districts Nairobi (Agenzia Fides )- “The operation launched by the police against the Mungiki sect must be seen in the context of the electoral campaign but it also has aspects which go beyond the present situation” Fides lear ...
• 8 June 2007
  AFRICA/KENYA - More than 30 people killed in violent clashes between the police and members of the Mungiki sect Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Some 37 people are reported to have been killed and 300 arrested in a police operation against the Mungiki sect in Mathare slum district of Nariobi, capital of Kenya. The Mungiki (Multitude) se ...
• 8 June 2007
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Returnee refugee crisis continues: local Church appeals to civil authorities Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis of returnee refugees in East Timor seems nowhere near a solution. “Some 30,000 displaced persons are living in 51 camps in the capital Dili and another 70,000 have moved to districts w ...
• 8 June 2007
  ASIA/IRAQ - Save Iraqi Christians: call from Caritas Internationalis and Aid to the Church in Need Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In Iraq violence against Christians continues. The local Church reported that after the murder of Fr Ganni and his three assistants in Mosul, in Baghdad a Chaldean Catholic priest Fr. Hani Abdul ...
• 8 June 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “If we work together we can grow together” is the slogan for the annual national Caritas collection on Sunday 10 June: the common good is built with common effort Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "If we work together we can grow together” "is the slogan of the annual national Caritas collection in Argentina taken in parishes across the country on Sunday June 10, to meet the most u ...