News
12 June 2009
ASIA/NEPAL - A Christian testimony of forgiveness in the aftermath of the Cathedral bombing
Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – Balan Joseph Palamootil, Catholic layman of Indian background who was wounded in the attack on the Assumption Cathedral in Kathmandu on May 23 of this year (see Fides 25/5/2009), forgave in ...
12 June 2009
ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics celebrate Corpus Christi with a public Solemn Eucharistic Procession: an evangelizing testimony to non-believers
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, also known as the feast of Corpus Christi, is very widely celebrated among Chinese Catholics. According to information released to Agenzia Fides, the ma ...
12 June 2009
AMERICA/PERU - Launching of “Compartir” Campaign 2009, to promote the reconstruction of churches destroyed in the 2007 earthquake
Lima (Agenzia Fides) – With the title: “Earthquakes Destroy, Sharing Rebuilds,” the Peruvian Bishops' Conference will launch a campaign on June 12, entitled “Compartir” (Share) 2009. This year, the Bishops are ...
12 June 2009
AMERICA/REPUBLICA DOMINICANA - Government rejects proposal to modify civil effects of marriage in Constitution
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – On June 10, the Revisionary Assembly vetoed a proposal aimed at acknowledging the civil effects of the marriages held in all the churches present in the Dominican Republic, in the Consti ...
12 June 2009
AMERICA/CUBA - Community of Sant'Egidio inaugurates “Home of Peace and Dialogue” in Havana
Havana (Agenzia Fides) – On June 5, the Community of Sant'Egidio inaugurated the “Home of Peace and Dialogue” in Havana (Cuba). From now on, it will serve as the headquarters of the movement on the island.
At ...
12 June 2009
AFRICA/SENEGAL - Bishops' concern for situation in Guinea Bissau and Mauritania
Dakar (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde, and Guinea Bissau have launched an appeal to the government and the “active forces” of these nations, asking that they respect the common good ...
12 June 2009
EUROPE/ITALY - “The Suitcase with a String”: Haven't we noticed how Africa is here among us, cultivating our lands? Haven't we all realized that our fields are no longer filled with our youth?
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “When I hear someone with a big heart say 'now I want to give Africa an ambulance,' I think of the fact that beforehand, they would need streets, sewage systems, water purifiers, drinking water.. ...
12 June 2009
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - It is the Sacrifice which makes the Banquet possible.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In his homily for the Solemnity of Corpus Christ 2009, the Holy Father Benedict XVI once again warned the whole Church of the danger of “secularisation” among the Catholic faithful, eve ...
12 June 2009
EUROPE/ITALY - June 20, Priestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo celebrate ordinations to the priesthood and diaconate
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, June 20, at 3:30pm, Archbishop Paulo Pezzi of the Diocese of the Mother of God in Moscow, will preside an Ordination Mass for priests and deacons of the Priestly Fraternity of the Mi ...
12 June 2009
AFRICA/EGYPT - Tonight: Schubert's “Stabat Mater” at the Latin Basilica of Our Lady of Heliopolis, Cairo, for the first time outside of the Christmas Season
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Today, June 12, the Latin Basilica of Our Lady of Heliopolis will hold a free concert, open to the general public.
The “Celebration Choir and Orchestra” will perform Schubert's “Stabat Ma ...
12 June 2009
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Rector of the Theological Interdiocesan Seminary of Archdiocese of Lusaka appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on April 7, 2009, appointed Fr. Benjamin Phiri, of the clergy of the Diocese of Chipata (Zambia), Rector o ...
12 June 2009
VATICAN - Sunday, June 21, the Holy Father Benedict XVI travels to San Giovanni Rotondo
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, June 21, the Holy Father Benedict XVI will pay a pastoral visit to San Giovanni Rotondo. The program issued by the Holy See Press Office says that at 9:15 the Pope's helicopter ...
12 June 2009
VATICAN - Pope on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi: “Nourished by Christ, as His disciples we receive the mission to be 'the soul' of our city, yeast for renewal, bread 'broken' for all, especially for those living in situations of difficulty, poverty, and spiritual and physical suffering.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, June 11, the Holy Father Benedict XVI celebrated the Mass on the esplanade in front of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, later presidin ...
12 June 2009
VATICAN - Catechesis of Benedict XVI at the General Audience: “All of the theological thought of John Scotus turns into the clearest demonstration of the attempt to express the explainable of the inexplicableness of God, basing itself solely on the mystery of the World made flesh in Jesus of Nazareth.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The thought and work of John Scotus Erigena were the focus of the catechesis give by the Holy Father Benedict XVI during the General Audience on June 10, which took place in Saint Peter's ...
10 June 2009
AFRICA/GABON - An uncertain future after Bongo
Libreville (Agenzia Fides) – The Leader of the Senate of Gabon, Rose Francine Rogombe, swore in as President ad interim, today June 10, following the June 8th death of President Omar Bongo. The ceremony took place in L ...
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