News
9 July 2009
AMERICA/HONDURAS - Crisis in Honduras: ““The fight we see should not increase violence instead it should be a new departure for dialogue, consensus, reconciliation ” Bishops say
Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement “Building on the Crisis”, issued by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Honduras after events on 28 June, the Bishops express the necessity for explanations regarding what ...
9 July 2009
ASIA/CHINA - Missionary mandate to 86 teachers of catechism of the diocese of Shang Hai at the end of the 12th Formation Course, lay participants increasing
Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides) – “We are people who unite, we are Christians, we are evangelisers, we are light, we are salt”: this was the theme of the 12th Formation Course for teachers of catechism in the diocese of ...
9 July 2009
ASIA/INDIA - “Adopt a priest on-line ”: Salesian campaign for the Year of the Priesthood
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – An example of how modern media can serve the fruitfully faith, in this case the Year of the Priesthood: Adopt a priest on-line is the title of a campaign launched by the Vishwadeep Salesian ...
9 July 2009
AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - 45th plenary assembly: Catholic Bishops of Congo discuss among other things, the ministry of the priest
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The situation in the county is concerning, said the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Democratic Republic of Congo , Bishop Nicolas Djomo who is bishop of Tshumbe, during his homi ...
9 July 2009
EUROPE/GERMANY - MISSION AND EMIGRATION - “The suitcase tied with string”: “They promised me I would go to university here in Germany. But actually they took away my passport. They wanted me to be a prostitute and I was already pregnant …”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Prostitution, abuse … immigration besides being a dramatic reality is also a demonstration of the evil which grips the whole of the planet. Everywhere we heard terrible stories like this one ...
9 July 2009
VATICAN - Ave Maria: Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - God's power is revealed in weakness
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The root of our rebellion against the Lord is pride which, we might say, makes us want to do without God, to feel self-sufficient, capable of running our own lives and sometimes, even the l ...
9 July 2009
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Caritas in veritate, in continuity
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Heart and reason: heart, as the centre of human personality, and reason as the indispensable condition for all authentically personal behaviour. These would appear to be the great coordinat ...
9 July 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI presents at the general audience his third encyclical “Caritas in veritate”: “Charity in truth is the principal propelling force for the authentic development of every human person and of the whole of humanity ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “ Charity in truth is the principal propelling force for the authentic development of every human person and of the whole of humanity . This is why the Social Doctrine of the Church rot ...
9 July 2009
VATICAN - Letter in the form of a Motu proprio “Ecclesiae unitatem” by the Holy Father Benedict XVI on the new structure of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “ The duty to safeguard the unity of the Church, with the solicitude to offer everyone help in responding appropriately to this vocation and divine grace, is the particular responsibili ...
9 July 2009
EUROPE - MISSION AND EMIGRATION - “The suitcase tied with string”: poor people frighten us, because poverty can be just around the corner
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – It is easy to judge a persons who holds out his hand begging for a coin, or the drunk who falls asleep on the pavement, of the drug addict who reels aimlessly here and there among the crowds. Po ...
7 July 2009
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Capuchin Fonte Colombo Fraternity at Porto Alegre has cared for HIV positive persons since 1996
Porto Alegre (Agenzia Fides) - One most important events in the conversion of St Francis of Assisi was his meeting with a man suffering from leprosy. From then on Saint Francis lived in profound communion with the exclud ...
7 July 2009
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence against Christians in Punjab: Justice and Peace Commission launches appeal
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Churches in Pakistan are concern about fresh episodes of anti-Christian violence by Islamic fundamentalists in Punjab. The most serious recent episode happened on 30 June when a mob of some 600 ...
7 July 2009
ASIA/CHINA - Conclusion of “Hundred Days of Bible Reading ” and a Sacred Scripture competition in the parish of Dong Ding, province of Hei Long Jiang
Hei Long Jiang (Agenzia Fides) – To meditate deeply on Sacred Scripture, become more familiar with the Word of God so that Sacred Scripture becomes the “daily bread” of the faithful: this was the goal of an initiat ...
7 July 2009
ASIA/HOLY LAND - A Day for saying “no” to drug abuse
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – “Drugs: no thank you”: was the slogan of a special Day recently organised by Caritas Jerusalem, involving and increasing awareness among young Israelis and Palestinians. The campaign was ...
7 July 2009
AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - What is needed to stop devastating cycle of violence in eastern Congo is a process of integration for Rwandan refugees, say missionaries
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- From the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo reports continue to arrive of suffering caused to local people by gangs of armed men (see Fides 3 July 2009). The UN Organising Committee of Hu ...
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