News

• 8 June 2007
  AMERICA/CANADA - 40th anniversary of the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace: “an effective means for the Catholic Church in Canada to express its preferential love for the poor, the marginalized and the oppressed" Ottawa (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop André Gaumond of Sherbrooke who is also president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops', issued a Pastoral message to mark the 40th anniversary of the Canadian Catholic Org ...
• 8 June 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Project for “Better health conditions, HIV screening Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission ” in North East Uganda Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A project launched on June 1 for ““Better health conditions, HIV screening and Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission”, in Abim, in the district of Karamoja, north east Uganda will conclu ...
• 8 June 2007
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Every year acute malnutrition kills at least one million of the world's children, almost one out of every three Bolivians is malnourished La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Almost one third of the population of Bolivia is malnourished according to a UN report drafted by the local office in La Paz. This is the highest percentage in Latin America. The serious proble ...
• 8 June 2007
  AFRICA/TOGO - The Pope accepts resignation of the Archbishop of Lomé and appoints successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 8 June 2007 accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Lomé (Togo), presented by Archbishop Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpod ...
• 8 June 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Amravati Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 8 June 2007 appointed Mgr Lourdes Daniel, Bishop of Amravati (India). Until now Mgr Daniel was Vicar General of the diocese of Poona (India). The Bis ...
• 6 June 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - “Two Hearts, one Love” Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Fides Service) - With the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary we concluded the month of May, a Marian month par excellence. In this salvific event, which we frequently contemplate in the reci ...
• 6 June 2007
  VATICAN - Caritas Internationalis has new president: Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga. Appeal for the Middle East Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Oscar Andrès Rodriguez Maradiaga, aged 64, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, is the new president of Caritas Internationalis. He was elected to succeed 61 year old lay man Fran ...
• 6 June 2007
  VATICAN - “Pope Pius XII anticipated and prepared the Council” says Rev Nicola Bux, Vice Rector of the Ecumenical Institute of Bari in an interview with Fides Vatican City (Fides Service)- “The recent recognition of the heroic virtues of Pope Pius XII, in my opinion, is an eloquent sign with regard to the correct application of the Second Vatican Council” said Rev Nicola B ...
• 6 June 2007
  AFRICA - “ We must deepen our reciprocal knowledge in order to build a world of peace founded on respect for others” says Catholic Archbishop of Rabat, president of the Northern African Regional Bishops Conference, in Rome for the ad limina visit Rome (Fides Service)- “Our small communities of Catholics living among people who are mainly followers of Islam, bear witness to Christ's love for all humanity” said Archbishop Vincent Landel of Rabat, Morocco and pr ...
• 6 June 2007
  AFRICA/CHAD - Jesuit Refugee Service starts school lessons for children of internally displaced families N’Djamena (Fides Service)- On 18 May in Habile 3 IDP camp a service of primary school began for the children of internally displaced persons in the Dar Sila region in eastern Chad started by the Jesuit Refugee Service ...
• 6 June 2007
  ASIA/IRAQ - Ever more difficult the life of believers in Christ in the land of Iraq Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - For Iraqi Christians life is increasingly difficult due to the never ending war and escalation of confessional violence which culminated earlier this week with the murder in Mosul of a Chaldean ...
• 6 June 2007
  AMERICA/CANADA - “Media ad religion: risk or opportunity?” UCIP International Catholic Union of the Press World Congress Quebec (Agenzia Fides) - The International Catholic Union of the Press is holding a World Congress 2007 from 3 to 10 June in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada on the theme "Media ad religion: risk or opportunity?". The UCIP Con ...
• 6 June 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Abortion is never the answer. The choice must always be for life”: Bishops' statement with regard to proposed de-penalisation of the crime of abortion Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Argentina in a statement regarding various proposals to de-penalise the crime of abortion by introducing regulations regarding so-called "non punishable ...
• 6 June 2007
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS- Young people and all the local Church welcome the appointment of Salesian Fr Luciano Capelli as Bishop of Gizo Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - The earthquake and tsunami tragedy in April left in its wake grief and devastation on the island of Gizo, Solomon Islands. Then arrival of the World Youth Day Cross and Icon of the Blessed Virgi ...
• 6 June 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Every suffering child is the Crucified Jesus ”, testimony by Fr John Bosco Pasala, Indian Claretian missionary Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Saint Mary of Tears in Rome was the background for a meeting “Culture like life is necessary for every child, family and community in the world”. Special guest was Fr John Bosco P ...