News

• 10 July 2006
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - 1st National Hispanic Youth Pastoral Meeting: in 15 years time more than 50% of Catholics in the US will be Hispanic Indiana (Agenzia Fides) - About 2,300 young people and 20 bishops attended a 1st National Hispanic Youth Pastoral Meeting (PENPJH) at Notre Dame University Indiana, 8-11 June, Fides was informed by Fr Manuel Peláez, Coo ...
• 10 July 2006
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - ‘Journey Together’ Salesians renew mission in Papua Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The 60 Salesian confreres of the Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands delegation began the final stage of their ‘Journey Together’, as they commenced the Delegation Days and the Assemb ...
• 10 July 2006
  AFRICA/SUDAN - More than 10,000 Sudanese refugees in bordering countries repatriated. UNHCR calls the international community to fill the void between stages of assistance and development to make sure the once home repatriates can stay home Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - With the arrival at the beginning of last week of a convoy from Uganda, the number of refugees repatriated to southern Sudan with the assistance of the UN High Commission for Refugees overtook ...
• 10 July 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - Drought emergency persists: hundreds of thousands still risk famine in semiarid regions of Kenya. Economic recovery for families must include substantial replenishing of flocks Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The food shortage persists in semiarid regions of Kenya, where millions are threatened by the consequences of another famine. The alarm was raised by Famine Early Warning Systems Network FEWS NE ...
• 8 July 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 5th World Meeting of Families- “We are experiencing that the Church is deeply concerned for families and wishes to send all families an encouraging message": testimonial by a young French family Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - Timothee and Virginie Berthon, a young married couple from Brittany in France and their children Jeanne aged 7 , Mathilde aged 5 and Marie aged 2 and the fourth on the way, are one of thousands ...
• 8 July 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 5th World Meeting of Families - " One of the main challenges in recent times is an attempt by the secularised society to change laws which for centuries and even millennia recognised God’s plan for marriage and the family as it is presented in the order of Creation and which is the common heritage of humanity governed by natural law” Valencia (Agenzia Fides) -On Friday 7 July the work of the Theological-Pastoral Congress opened on the theme "Family and Ecumenism", in the presence of representatives of the Orthodox Churches and Lutheran Churches. In h ...
• 8 July 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 5the World Meeting of Families - "the family that hands on the faith is a guarantee of hope for the future of the Church and humanity” : provisional conclusions of Theological-Pastoral Congress Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - After four days of work the Theological-Pastoral Congress which was part of the 5th World Meeting for Families closed yesterday with the reading of conclusions which could be summarised in the ...
• 8 July 2006
  INSTRUMENTUM MENSIS IUNII PRO LECTURA MAGISTERII SUMMI PONTIFICI BENEDICTI XVI, PRO EVANGELIZATIONE IN TERRIS MISSIONUM For the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI the month of June opened with an important event, the meeting in St Peter’s Square with Church Movements and new Communities. The meeting, eight years since the first such event c ...
• 7 July 2006
  VATICAN - TOWARDS THE PRIESTHOOD: Massimo Camisasca “The liturgy is ongoing education” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Liturgy, in a way, is the first place for the education and formation of a seminarian and this continues for the priest with ever deeper profundity. The Liturgy is an event which forms ...
• 7 July 2006
  AFRICA/GHANA - “The Liturgy must be lived as the principal means of living our faith in the presence of Christ in the life of every person” the Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments said at a Meeting in Ghana on “The Liturgy in Africa” Kumasi (Agenzia Fides)- “The Meeting is underway and the debate is high-level. The gathering has brought together 100 delegates from all over Africa including bishops, members of national liturgy commissions, liturgica ...
• 7 July 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - French Sisters of St Joseph of Lyons marking 100 years of presence in India are lauded by local Hindu religious leader Madurai (Agenzia Fides) - A hundred years of mission among the poor and the outcast. A hundred years dedicated to witness and evangelisation. The Sisters of the Joseph of Lyons, a religious congregation founded in France ...
• 7 July 2006
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Catholic Bishops discuss situation of seminaries, Church Council of Venezuela and next year’s CELAM general conference Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday 6 July the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Venezuela opened its 86th ordinary assembly in Montalban, Caracas during which the Bishops will discuss various aspects of the situation o ...
• 7 July 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops join debate on new education law: “Education must be at the service of the integral development of the person... it must create conditions for the growth of a society where there is more justice and solidarity” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Argentina is considering the government proposal to reform the education law, hoping that the new law will maintain the spirit of the old law, respect freedom of education, th ...
• 7 July 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 5th World Meeting of Families WMF - "The family is the place where there are most crimes against humanity”, “The time has come for families to rise up”: Theological-Pastoral Congress Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - Work on the third day of the Theological-Pastoral Congress as part of World Meeting for Families being held in Valencia, started with a conference by Bishop Ricardo Blázquez Pérez Bilbao, pre ...
• 6 July 2006
  AFRICA - “We have been present with our African Brothers and Sisters throughout the momentous and significant changes that have taken place on the Continent since the mid 19th century”: interview with Superior General of the Society for African Missions (SMA) Rome (Agenzia Fides) - This year 2006 the Society for African Missions (SMA) is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding by Bishop Melchior de Marion Brésillac. Founded for the evangelisation of the peoples of ...