News

• 23 September 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Radio Veritas Chinese section in Taiwan marks 30 years of service to evangelisation over the radio Taipei (Agenzia Fides) -“Thirty years of sowing and watering have allowed Radio Veritas Chinese section in Taiwan to collect flowers and fruits of evangelisation. Let us ask the Lord to continue to guide our work of ev ...
• 23 September 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Charity source of Mission”: 2nd National Missionary Meeting for men and women religious Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Serving the Gospel can never be considered a solitary undertaking but rather a commitment for the entire community" Bishop Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo of the apostolic Vicariate of Tierradentro p ...
• 23 September 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Poverty decreasing in the country as a whole but not in the north home to respectively 51.2% and 21.3% of Argentina’s poor and destitute Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Although on the whole the poverty rate in Argentina has progressively decreased from 57.5% registered in October 2002, to 31.4% registered in the first 6 months of 2006 some parts of the country a ...
• 23 September 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Congo mourns Fr. Simon-Pierre Boka of Mpasi Londi, Jesuit theologian and national anthem composer Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “A man of unity and solidarity, Fr. Boka was called away at a crucial time in our country’s history when national unity is threatened” this was how Bishop Fidèle Nsielele of the diocese o ...
• 23 September 2006
  AFRICA - “World’s military expenses beat Cold War record. In Africa every year 15 billion dollars are wasted on war” OXFAM report Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Also in Africa military expenses are increasing. According to a report issued by the British humanitarian agency OXFAM military expenses in the world in 2006 will amount to 1.059 billion dollars (8 ...
• 22 September 2006
  VATICAN - On Monday 25 September Pope Benedict XVI will receive Cardinal Poupard and a few representatives of Muslim communities in Italy and ambassadors of Muslim majority countries Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See Press Office has made it known that in Castelgandolfo at 11.45 a.m. on Monday, September 25, the Holy Father will receive Cardinal Paul Poupard, president of the Pontifical Cou ...
• 22 September 2006
  VATICAN - “The hoped-for renewal of the parish cannot arise only from pastoral initiatives, useful though they are, or from programmes worked out at a theoretical level. … the parish 'rediscovers' itself in the encounter with Christ. ... especially in the Eucharistic” Pope Benedict XVI tells plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Laity Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - This morning in the Apostolic Palace of Castelgandolfo, the Pope received participants in the 22nd plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, which is presided by Archbish ...
• 22 September 2006
  VATICAN - Study Seminar for Bishops - “Social Doctrine and Evangelisation” theme presented by Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Church’s Social Doctrine is at the heart of her mission to evangelise. Social Doctrine and Evangelisation was the subject of the address given by Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, pre ...
• 22 September 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Course in journalism for young people dedicated to St Francis Xavier, announcer in Asia of the Good News Ahmedabad (Agenzia Fides) - In the western Indian state of Gujarat, often the scene of Hindu religious nationalism, the Jesuit Fathers are offering a special Course in Communications for young people of all religions ded ...
• 22 September 2006
  AMERICA - “This Seminar has been an experience of the catholicity and universality of the Church, an experience of communion around the Eucharist the centre of our meeting”: impressions Latin American bishops in Rome for CEP Study-Seminar Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “I believe this Seminar has been a wonderful opportunity for all concerned” Fides was told by Bishop José di Jesús Quintero Díaz, Vicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia, one of 98 bishops in R ...
• 22 September 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Pro-Family Pro-Life Parade in Mexico City will close annual Pro-Life campaign aimed at strengthening the family and addressing the tragedy of child suicide Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - A Pro-family and Pro-life Parade through the streets of Mexico City on Sunday 24 September will mark the closing of the country’s annual two week Pro Life Campaign promoted by the Pro-Life ...
• 22 September 2006
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Country faces difficult political crisis, in the meantime local Church and Caritas assist people suffering from reaction to toxic waste Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- “Through Caritas we are assessing how to give specific assistance to people affected by the fumes of toxic waste” Fides was told by Fr Blaise Amia, who works for the Catholic Bishops’ Confe ...
• 22 September 2006
  ASIA/INDONESIA - At dawn 22 September 3 Indonesian Catholics executed. Fr. Ismartono: “We must all unite to abolish the death penalty. No to spiral of hatred and violence” Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Fabianus Tibo, Marianus Riwu and Dominggus da Silva, three Indonesian Catholics found guilt of being involved in a massacre of Muslims in Poso in 2000, were executed at 1am 22 September. The loc ...
• 21 September 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE - Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - “THEO-LOGY: logical discourse according to the Logos on God” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The “new times” of Christian thought, of which we have spoken already, inaugurated with the Election to the See of Peter of Pope Benedict XVI has a particularly interesting implication ...
• 21 September 2006
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - For the first time ever the Presidents of the Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Europe will meet in Russia, the plenary assembly will elect a new CCEE presidency St Petersburg (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in history the Presidents of the Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Europe will meet in St Petersburg, Russia, from 4th to 8th October, following an invitation by Bishop J ...