News

• 2 May 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Argentinean Bishops stress the need for serious reflection on social behaviour, rights and duties in view of elections this year Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of their 93rd plenary assembly the Argentinean Catholic Bishops issued a statement on the citizens social duties and in view of elections this year underlining the necessity to " ...
• 2 May 2007
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - “Church of the 3rd Millennium”: Catholic Bishops launch TV project to promote the Values of the Kingdom of God and encourage ongoing creative, objective and ethical reflection Santo Domingo (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Dominican Republic has announced the creation of a television station "The Church of the 3rd Millennium", official media of the local Church which w ...
• 2 May 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Spanish Federation of Pro-Life Associations plans to re-launch pro-life youth associations at the national level with National Conference Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - Spanish Federation of Pro-Life Associations (Provida), founded in Barcelona to promote respect for human life from the moment of conception to natural end, is organising a National Conference f ...
• 2 May 2007
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - United Nations emergency alarm for child victims of conflict and violence Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - While world leaders work on peace processes in the Middle East the children of the region suffer hunger, fear and desperation. Children bear the greatest burden of conflicts in the Middle Ea ...
• 30 April 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI ordains 22 priests for the diocese of Rome: “may the certainty that Christ never leaves us and that nothing can prevent the achievement of His universal plan for salvation, be for you a source of constant consolation and steadfast hope even in times of difficulty” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In St Peter's Basilica on 29 April, the 4th Sunday of Easter, also called Good Shepherd Sunday, the Pope told the 22 deacons of Rome diocese he was about to ordain to the priesthood “The ...
• 30 April 2007
  VATICAN - At the midday Regina Caeli prayer the Pope urges the faithful to pray for young men preparing for the priesthood, for Formators at Seminarians and for families “so that in families seeds of the call to the priestly ministry may continue to flower and ripen ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “All the faithful are encouraged to pray especially for vocations to the priesthood and the consecrated life”: Pope Benedict XVI said as he prepared to lead the recitation of the midda ...
• 30 April 2007
  VATICAN - The Month of May, Month of Mary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Traditionally for Catholics the month of May is the Month of Mary. With this in mind, during this month Fides section on prayer will focus on prayers and devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mar ...
• 30 April 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Almost 500 martyrs to be elevated to the honours of the altar in Rome in the Autumn. Bishops plan national pilgrimage "occasion of grace for the Church and society in Spain" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "You are the Light of the World", is the title of a statement issued by the Spanish Bishops at the end of a recent plenary assembly to announce the beatification in Rome in the Autumn of 498 Span ...
• 30 April 2007
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Darfur Day : thousands of demonstrators all over the world demand immediate end to all violence Rome (Fides Service)- Yesterday 29 April in thirty capitals all over the world thousands took to the streets calling for an immediate end to violence in the western Sudan region of Darfur since 2003 at the centre of a dr ...
• 30 April 2007
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - A special meeting of Catholic Bishops discusses roots of Zimbabwe's crisis Harare (Agenzia Fides) - The roots of the crisis in Zimbabwe were the main topic for discussion at a special meeting of local Bishops last week. According to CISA new service in Nairobi, the bishops listened to various r ...
• 30 April 2007
  ASIA/IRAQ - Pax Christi appeal for the tragedy of Iraqi Christians: “Enough with war, let us work together for peace ” Baghdad (Fides Service) - Pax Christi, a Catholic Church movement which promotes dialogue between religions, respect for human dignity and human rights, has called for international mobilisation and concrete intervention ...
• 30 April 2007
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The charisma of Don Bosco over the radio in Cambodia: the local Church is projected towards mission via the media Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - In Cambodia Don Bosco, his life, work, charisma and spirituality are now 'on the air'. Th aim is to spark curiosity and interest among young Cambodians and engage in mission harnessing the mo ...
• 30 April 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - "Keeping Time. Australian families and the culture of overwork" May 1 Pastoral Letter from the Catholic Bishops' Catholic Social Justice Council Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - “No” to the culture of overwork which produces an individualistic mentality undermining family communion and bonds: families must be guaranteed time for interpersonal contact, conversation, h ...
• 30 April 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “There is no future for a society which dares to attack its most vulnerable members. Instead of making social progress, it is preparing a return to a rule of force”: Archbishop of Mexico City deplores de-penalisation of abortion Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - “This is a deplorable fact. We firmly condemn voluntary interruption of pregnancy. This reform undermines the foundations of the Law and damages civil harmony in which all rights must be r ...
• 30 April 2007
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - The Bishops conclude Plenary Assembly with an appeal not to let the image of marriage as the foundation of the family be weakened Florida (Agenzia Fides) - The imminent 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops' Conferences was one of the themes discussed by the Catholic Bishops of Uruguay in a recent Plenary Assembly which co ...