News

• 25 July 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI visits parish church of Rhemes Saint-Georges in Val d’Aosta: “God does not oppose violence with stronger violence. To violence he opposes the very opposite: love, to the very end, to His Cross. This is God’s humble way of winning: with His love - and this is the only possible way - He limits violence.” Les Combes (Agenzia Fides) - In the late afternoon of Sunday 23 July, the day he had called the Church everywhere to pray for peace in the Middle East, Pope Benedict XVI made an unexpected visit to pray for peace at the ...
• 25 July 2006
  VATICAN - “GOD’S HOUSE, STONES, SOUNDS AND COLOURS” Bishop Mauro Piacenza - “Sacred Music one of the cultural treasures of the Church ” (part 3) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the vast, agitated and travailed sea of ‘sacred’ Music what is to be done? Certainly formation is the first task, and in the first place formation of the clergy, called to be promote ...
• 25 July 2006
  AFRICA/UGANDA - First round of talks between Government and Lord’s Resistance Army militias. “a first important towards peace” says Rome based Community of S. Egidio Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- The first week of peace talks between the Ugandan government and the LRA Lord’s Resistance Army rebel group ended yesterday 24 July. The delegations met in Juba, government the capital of Sout ...
• 25 July 2006
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - “Vote for a better future!” Catholic Bishops lengthy Pastoral Letter in view of end of year elections Lusaka (Agenzia Fides)- In a pastoral Letter on elections to be held at the end of this year, dated July 14 and entitled “The Truth Shall set you Free” the Catholic Bishops of Zambia say “The coming elections offer ...
• 25 July 2006
  AMERICA/CANADA - Catholic Bishops of Canada urge government to concretely express the compassion of the people of Canada towards all the evacuees particularly those in Lebanon, by setting up a substantial emergency fund towards this humanitarian crisis and to act firmly making sure this humanitarian aid is conveyed Ottawa (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Canada issued a public statement on the Humanitarian Crisis in Lebanon, expressing deep concern for with massive displacement of population who now risk hunger, thirst and ...
• 25 July 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Media conference today in Beijing: hepatitis B vaccine for 11 million children. It is hoped this will prevent 200.000 deaths caused by possible chronic consequences Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Eleven million children in China are being vaccinated against Hepatitis B thanks to a campaign launched by GAVI Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation in collaboration with the Chinese gover ...
• 25 July 2006
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Open at last St. George's Clinic in Ngugo, six beds and even a small operating theatre Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Recently a new Catholic medical clinic with six emergency beds and a small operating theatre was opened in Ngugo in Nigeria. St. George's Clinic is the fruit of an Italian initiative of collaborati ...
• 25 July 2006
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - After 13 years Unione Medico Missionaria Italiana concludes longest service of the poor in a third world country Rome (Agenzia Fides) - After 13 years of mission among the poor people of Mishikishi, in Zambia, the Unione Medico Missionaria Italiana UMMI has concluded its activity and withdrawn. Since 1993 UMMI has worked in Zambi ...
• 25 July 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - “Corruption and partisan interests must give way to the one and only target for a good government, the common good” Catholic Bishops tell new government Lima (Agenzia Fides) - In a message on the occasion of the 185th anniversary of the country’s independence, the president of the Peruvian Catholic Bishops’ Conference Archbishop Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte of Trujillo to ...
• 25 July 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Catholic Bishops call for immediate cease fire in the Middle East and restoration of law and order, appeal for humanitarian aid Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In a press statement the Catholic Bishops of Mexico have voiced deep concern for the loss of life and material goods in the Middle East and implore from the God of life the gift of peace. In ...
• 25 July 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Life, family and education, 3 non negotiable principles: Catholic Bishops start plenary assembly Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In his opening address to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Colombia is meeting for its 81 plenary assembly in Bogota from 24 to 28 July Conference president Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Qu ...
• 24 July 2006
  ASIA/LEBANON - “The situation is extremely difficult. There is destruction everywhere. People are frightened and demoralised”, says local Superior of the Paulist Fathers Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Superior of the Society of Saint Paul in Lebanon, Paulist Father Elias Aghaei told Fides about the situation in Beirut: “Things are very difficult. There is destruction everywhere. The peop ...
• 24 July 2006
  VATICAN - “I forcibly renew my appeal to the conflicting parties to begin an immediate cease-fire, to allow the passage of humanitarian aid and, with the support of the international community, to seek ways to begin negotiations.”: the Pope’s Angelus reflection on the Day of Prayer and Penance for Peace in the Middle East Les Combes (Agenzia Fides) - At midday today, before praying the Angelus with thousands of pilgrims and local residents at Les Combes in the Italian region of Valle d'Aosta where he is spending a brief vacation, the Pope ...
• 24 July 2006
  ASIA/LEBANON - “We have refugees sheltering in our schools”: Catholic Brothers in Lebanon care for homeless civilians Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in Lebanon are helping to assist some of the hundreds of thousands of families forced to flee their homes to escape the bombing Brother Georges Absi, Superior in Lebanon community of th ...
• 24 July 2006
  VATICAN - Middle East conflict: on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI the Pontifical Council Cor Unum sends aid to suffering people Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Pontifical Council "Cor Unum" today published the following communique: "Given the persistence of the conflict in the Middle East and of the terrible plight of the peoples involved, th ...