News

• 21 October 2009
  VATICAN - Synod Fathers express their “deepest sentiments of fraternal communion” to the Bishops of the Dioceses of the Great Lakes Region, for the “inhuman suffering” suffered by innocent peoples, “imploring that the language of arms be replaced with that of dialogue and negotiation.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Synod Fathers have sent a Letter to the Presidents of the Bishops' Conferences of Sudan, Uganda, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Central African Republic, signed by th ...
• 21 October 2009
  VATICAN - October 28, inauguration of 2009-2010 Academic Year of the Urbaniana Pontifical University; address from Archbishop of Kinshasa on “Reconciliation, Justice, and Peace in Africa: Missionary Challenge for the Universal Church” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and Grand Chancellor of the Urbaniana Pontifical University, will preside a Mass “De Spiritu Sancto” ...
• 21 October 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - “Best Evangelizers” awards distributed on Mission Sunday at the parish of Wu An, Diocese of Han Dan; missions mandate conferred in parish of Liu He, Diocese of Tai Yuan Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The awards for the “Best Evangelizers” and the conferring of the missions mandate to transmit the Light of evangelization of the Lord Jesus, were part of the celebrations that marked World Mi ...
• 21 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Let us go to the feast, Jesus awaits us”: on October 24, the Mass for Children in Buenos Aires concludes soup-kitchen campaign Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “Let us go to the feast, Jesus awaits us” is the theme of the traditional Archdiocesan Mass for Children, which Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, will celebrat ...
• 21 October 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Jesus' message “is communicated to us and calls us to be messengers of God's love” - Bishop Oscar Aparicio's homily on World Mission Sunday La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - “We are called to fill ourselves with God's love so we can transmit it to others,” as it becomes “part of our nature.” This is what Auxiliary Bishop Oscar Aparicio of La Paz said in the h ...
• 21 October 2009
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - E- Conference on Saint Luke prepares for a web audience of over 5,000 Brisbane (Agenzia Fides) – Final preparations are underway for the upcoming E-Conference on Saint Luke, a sequel to the previous one on Saint Paul, which will bring together Catholics from all over Australia and all ov ...
• 21 October 2009
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - “Forgiveness has a freeing effect, especially for the victims,” says Bishop Biguzzi of Makeni, describing the experience of the Commission for Truth and Reconciliation in Sierra Leone Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In the Seminar Reconciliation, Justice, and Peace in Africa, being held in Rome during the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops promoted by the “Giuseppe Toniolo” Instit ...
• 21 October 2009
  AFRICA - Example of the Gacaca Courts in Rwanda and the role of the Church in Burundi for reconciliation and peace Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The contribution of justice in the process of reconciliation in Africa was debated in the Seminar “Reconciliation, Justice, and Peace in Africa” held in Rome, during the Second Special Assemb ...
• 21 October 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Jubilee of the Holy Cross Congregation in South India: “A mission without borders” Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – For 50 years, the priests of the Holy Cross Congregation have carried out their pastoral and educational services in South India. Information released to Agenzia Fides explains how they cele ...
• 20 October 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishop of Pagadian tells Fides: “We ask for prayers from all the faithful of the world and the assistance of men of good will,” for abducted missionary Pagadian (Agenzia Fides) - “We are concerned. We are desperately trying – we hope it will be in a day or two – contact with Fr. Sinnott's abductors. We urgently need to give them the medicine he needs. In the mean ...
• 20 October 2009
  AMERICA/CHILE - Cardinal Errazuriz tells Chilean youth to be “light of Christ for the world,” in accord with the Pope's Message for Mission Sunday 2009 Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – Over 70,000 youth participated in the walking pilgrimage to the Shrine of Saint Teresa of the Andes, which took place on October 17, on the eve of Mission Sunday. Having come from al ...
• 20 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “We need to convert to the truth in order to live in justice and have peace,” address given by Archbishop of La Plata Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “We need to convert to the truth in order to live in justice, have correct reasoning, do what is just and have peace.” This is what Archbishop Hector Aguer of La Plata said in his addre ...
• 20 October 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - An intense missionary month with formation encounters nationwide and a newly updated website Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - “The missionary animation and formation of the People of God are duties of the Church, which is by her very nature missionary. And this is the aim of our work here in Poland.” This is what Ag ...
• 20 October 2009
  AFRICA - “Will for peace and pardon in African thought”: a talk by Professor Martin Nkafu Nkemnkia, professor at the Lateran and Gregorian Pontifical Universities Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Africa needs a process of reconciliation 'ad intra' and 'ad extra,'” said Professor Martin Nkafu Nkemnkia from Cameroon, who teaches Culture, Religion, Art, and African Thought in the Lateran ...
• 20 October 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics celebrate World Mission Sunday: in Tay Yuan, priests, religious, catechists, and faithful distribute flyers, respond to questions of passers-by Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Chinese Catholics have also been celebrating World Mission Sunday (October 18), in communion with the Universal Church and according to the Message of Pope Benedict XVI: “The nations will wa ...