News

• 15 September 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Diocese of Bao Tou, in Inner Mongolia, inaugurates Diocesan Center of Evangelization and Formation with perpetual profession of 5 religious Bao Tou (Agenzia Fides) – It is an historic event that is considered the largest gathering in the last 60 years in the Catholic village of Xiao Ba La Gai, Diocese of Bao Tou, in Inner Mongolia, August 22, on the Feast ...
• 15 September 2009
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Rector of Holy Spirit Interdiocesan Major Seminary in Archdiocese of Dhaka, appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on June 1, 2009, appointed Fr. Shorot Francis Gomes, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Dhaka (Banglade ...
• 15 September 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Pilgrimage of the World Youth Day Cross begins. Archbishop of Madrid: “We wish to reach the end of our path as pilgrims who have sought and found Christ Crucified.” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “We wish to reach the end of our path as pilgrims who have sought and found Christ Crucified.” This is what Cardinal Antonio M. Rouco Varela, Archbishop of Madrid, said during a Prayer Vigil ...
• 15 September 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 6th International Congress on Personalist Bioethics on the “Protection of Life and Organ Transplants” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – On September 17-18, the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) will host the 6th Internationl Congress on Personalist Bioethics on the “Protection of Life and Organ Transplants.” The ...
• 15 September 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Archbishop of Rosario: “Placing de facto unions on par with marriage implies downplaying the values of marriage and the family.” Rosario (Agenzia Fides) - “Placing de facto unions on par with marriage implies downplaying the values of marriage and the family.” This is what Archbishop Jose Luis Mollaghan of Rosario said in recent days, in refer ...
• 15 September 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Church highlights needs for full integration of refugees into society: restitution of land and property is not enough; psychological rehabilitation of victims is also needed Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – In light of the constant growth of people “who are excluded from access to rights and the possibility of fulfilling their duties,” ways should be found “to keep these people from becoming ...
• 15 September 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Legionaries of Christ Novitiate in Gozzano celebrates first vows and donning of cassock Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On September 13, in the Shrine to the Crucified in Boca (Novara, Italy), 16 young men of the novitiate of the Legionaries of Christ in Gozzano made their first religious vows and concluded their ...
• 15 September 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The opposition tries to incite the province, “running the risk of igniting ethnic and tribal rivalries,” local sources tell Fides Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – The tri-party coalition that is opposed to the leader of the High Authority of Transition in Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, has announce a new “informational campaign” in the various re ...
• 15 September 2009
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Law on stoning for adultery approved: Church and human rights organizations show concern Banda Aceh (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Indonesia is showing great concern after the approval of a new law in the Province of Aceh, in the northern part of the island of Sumatra, which calls for the authorization of ...
• 15 September 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic schools working to fight pornography and pedophilia Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The fight against sexual abuse of minors, pornography, and pedophilia is still far from being over in the Philippines. After an increase in public and international awareness, the House of Repr ...
• 15 September 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Archbishop Marchetto: “Where the stranger becomes a guest and is welcomed, the possibility of seeing others as enemies disappears.” Recoaro Terme (Agenzia Fides) - “The causes that often force migrants to leave their own countries, in search of better opportunities elsewhere, are poverty, the impossibility of finding an adequate and dignified emplo ...
• 14 September 2009
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus: “Jesus did not come to teach us a philosophy, but to show us a way, indeed, "the" way that leads to life. This way is love, which is the expression of true faith.” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – The two “crucial questions” posed by the Word of God in the 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time, September 13, were the focus of the address given by the Holy Father Benedict XVI prior to ...
• 14 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI presides Episcopal Ordination of 5 Prelates: “we pray that you become faithful, prudent and good servants and so you can one day hear from the Lord of history: Good and faithful servant, share in the joy of your master” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, September 12, the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided the Mass in the Vatican Basilica in which he ordained 5 Prelates: Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, appointed Apostolic ...
• 14 September 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Let us offer them hope”: Pastoral Letter from Bishop John Tong asking faithful to generously support Caritas, following the Pope's indications in Deus Caritas Est Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “Let us offer them hope” was the title of the Pastoral Letter of Bishop John Tong of the Diocese of Hong Kong, issued on the Solemnity of the Assumption (August 15), asking for generous su ...
• 14 September 2009
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - III National Missionary Congress leads to commitment “to strengthen sense of belonging to the Church of Christ, as disciple and missionary, to assume the commitment to evangelization where it is most needed” San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - “To strengthen sense of belonging to the Church of Christ, as disciple and missionary, to assume the commitment to evangelization where it is most needed.” This general objective characteri ...