News

• 12 October 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Drugs are not trendy they only lead to destruction.Youth campaign against drug abuse and diffusion of “ice” Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Taking drugs is not trendy or exciting, it does not make life better. It leads only to destruction and desperation: this is the slogan of a Campaign launched by Catholic youth in Australia to dis ...
• 11 October 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “We must be co-workers of the truth so as to offer the Good News of Our Lord in the multiple formats of audiovisual media, while also witnessing to the beauty of creation.": Papal Message to Congress of Catholic Television Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict sent a message on the occasion of the Congress on Catholic Television being held in Madrid, 10-12 October in which he affirmed "it is necessary without fear of technology, to promo ...
• 11 October 2006
  VATICAN - Catholic Social Doctrine in the formation to the Religious Life: international study seminar 12 and 13 October Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The true meaning of consecration to the religious life does not distance men and women from the world, indeed it strengthens their desire and commitment to serve society for and with the lo ...
• 11 October 2006
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World (2) AZERI: to mark the 6th anniversary of the Catholic Mission of Baku, Azerbaijan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Azerbaijan is situated in the Caucuses region of Asia. It has an area of 86,000sq km and a population of about 7,600,000. Formerly a Soviet Territory, Azerbaijan became independent in 1990 ...
• 11 October 2006
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Rev. Luciano Alimandi -“Life cannot be understood without the Rosary” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the month traditionally dedicated to the prayer of the Holy Rosary, we are invited to turn with greater confidence to pray for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In this the Ch ...
• 11 October 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Bishops of Australia : “No to new Bills which create a new contempt for life by: Creating embryos purely for the purpose of destruction” Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Cloning is an act of contempt for life and can neither be authorised nor regulated by law. This is the position of the Catholic Bishops of Australia expressed in a press statement titled “Human ...
• 11 October 2006
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - New articles of Health Code constitute an attack on Life: Bishops of Ecuador rally Catholics and all men and women of good will and good sense to express dissent Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Ecuador strongly criticise Congress for approving the addition of new articles to the Health Code giving government measures priority over the rights of parents to educate ...
• 11 October 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - One hundred thousand Dalit (formerly “untouchables”) expected to join Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Sikh and Hindu leaders in “World Religious Freedom Rally” 14 October to promote Religious Freedom in India New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The subject of religious freedom is keenly felt in India. Although the principle is guaranteed by the Constitution, several Indian states have approved anti-conversion legislations often inter ...
• 11 October 2006
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Talks continue: LRA representatives are good negotiators” says one international mediator for peace in Northern Uganda Juba (Agenzia Fides)- “Talks continue: yesterday 10 October the LRA delegation presented a 20 page document the second point for discussion on social and economic aspects. The government delegation should reply today� ...
• 11 October 2006
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - “Missionaries of Christ that all may have life in Him”: Mission Sunday 2006 to strengthen conviction that every true disciple must be missionary San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - Missionaries of Christ that all may have life in Him” is the theme chosen for Mission Sunday activity this year in Costa Rica “in keeping with the spirit which is guiding the Church in Lat ...
• 10 October 2006
  EUROPE/RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Presidents of European Bishops Conferences attend Plenary Assembly in St Petersburg: new presidency elected San Petersburg (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time ever, the Presidents of Europe’s 34 bishops’ conferences met in Russia, in Saint Petersburg, from 4th - 8th October 2006. “We have come here from all over Europ ...
• 10 October 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “We urgently need professional Catholic communicators in the field of television…We need Catholic television!”: World Congress of Catholic TV Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The first World Congress of Catholic Television 10 -12 October opened today in Los Negrales, Madrid presided by Cardinal Antonio Mª Rouco Varela, Archbishop of Madrid, and Archbishop John P. Fol ...
• 10 October 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Excited Catholics await canonisation of first bishop born on American soil Blessed Rafael Guízar Valencia: soon patron saint of Mexican Bishops’ Conference Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Mexican Bishop Rafael Guízar Valencia (1878-1938), will be canonised in Rome on Sunday 15 October by Pope Benedict XVI. He will be the first saint born on American soil. "St Rafael is a wo ...
• 10 October 2006
  VATICAN - Excavations bring to light 40 small and medium-sized mausolea, and more than 200 individual graves: new section of Roman necropolis on the ancient Via Triumphalis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, 9 October, at the Vatican Museums about 200 media operators from many different countries took part in a press conference followed by a visit to present a new section of the Roma ...
• 10 October 2006
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Office of United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights calls for independent investigation into Darfur massacres Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is urging the Government of Sudan to order an independent investigation into recent militia attacks that may have left ...