News

• 15 July 2009
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops warn of the danger of the gender equality Bill that attacks marriage and the family Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “The future of our society depends on the respect and protection that is awarded to marriage and the family, institutions which are considered fundamental for all peoples,” the Bishops of Ve ...
• 15 July 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Apostolic Vicar of Camiri resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on July 15, 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Apostolic Vicariate of Camiri (Bolivia) presented by Bishop Leonardo Mario Be ...
• 15 July 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - The Gospel makes its way among the Garo peoples, thanks to the charisma of Padre Pio of Pietrelcina Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Garo indigenous peoples of northeast India are evermore receptive to the message of the Gospel and are converting to Christianity. This is, at least in part, thanks to the charisma o ...
• 15 July 2009
  VATICAN - Speech of the Permanent Observer to the Holy See to the UN Economic and Social Council: place the promotion of life at the heart of the decisions regarding health assistance Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - “Failure to place the promotion of life at the center of health care decisions results in a society in which an individual’s absolute right to basic health care and life would be limited by t ...
• 14 July 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - One of the leaders of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta freed within hours of an unprecedented attack in Lagos Lagos (Agenzia Fides) – An unprecedented attack and the release from prison of a leader of the guerrillas have marked the last two days of difficult negotiations between the Nigerian government and rebels of the Moveme ...
• 14 July 2009
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - “Old and new” missionaries for evangelizing the country and the ad gentes mission Dacca (Agenzia Fides) – The missionaries have given and continue to give a determining contribution to the evangelization of the country, for human promotion and for the social development of the Bengal people. On the ...
• 14 July 2009
  ASIA/TURKEY - Positive prospects on the horizon for ecumenical and interreligious dialogue in Turkey after the Year of St. Paul Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – After the Year of St. Paul, which has been “a year of grace,” new, encouraging prospects seem to appear on the horizon, in terms of ecumenical and interreligious dialogue in Turkey. This ...
• 14 July 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - L'Aquila inauguration of a new children's clinic sponsored by Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, Colliers International, and Happy Family Onlus Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday, July 15, 2009, at 4pm, inauguration activities will begin for the new children's clinic in Abruzzo, near the “Verde Acqua” Sports Complex in L'Aquila. The new clinic, inaugurat ...
• 14 July 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - President of the Bishops' Conference requests that the draft bill on religious freedom be addressed “in a climate of dialogue, respect for people and institutions, and seeking above all the good of the country” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - “I am making a call to serenity and to sanity, so that this Parliament may address the most urgent matters that now concern Peruvian society. An example of this are the events that have been occu ...
• 14 July 2009
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops request that with new education law, everyone may reject “all that shows an imposition of criteria or orientations from any side” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “Education is a task for everyone” is the title of the statement issued by the Bishops of Venezuela at the close of their Plenary Assembly, after the presentation of a “list of ideas for t ...
• 14 July 2009
  AMERICA/CUBA - Spanish priest killed after 12 years of intense pastoral work, with a special charisma for the religious tradition of the local people Havana (Agenzia Fides) – A Spanish priest was found dead on Monday, July 13, in his parish of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rule (Nuestra Señora de la Regla) in Havana (Cuba). His name was Mariano Arroyo Merino, a nat ...
• 14 July 2009
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Diocesan Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the Archdiocese of Kasama, along with another priest, drown in Lake Bangweulu Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocesan Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies of the Archdiocese of Kasama (Zambia), Fr. Lenatus Fisamu, has died following an accident in Lake Bangweulu. Another priest, Fr. Simon ...
• 14 July 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - MISSION AND EMIGRATION - “La valigia con lo spago”: “What we are seeing today on the Arizona border is the greatest human rights crisis ever, a crisis which causes the death of over 200 people every year in this State alone.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “What we are seeing today on the Arizona border is the greatest human rights crisis ever, a crisis which causes the death of over 200 people every year in this State alone.” These were the wor ...
• 14 July 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Year for Priestly Vocations: Bishop Tong presides a Mass for vocations in which 5 priests give their testimony of 30 years of priesthood Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocese of Hong Kong is intensely living the diocesan celebration of the Year for Priestly Vocations, which was opened by Bishop John Tong of Hong Kong this past July 1, in harmony with ...
• 14 July 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Nearly 150,000 copies of the encyclical “Caritas in veritate” in Polish distributed with the Catholic magazine “Niedzela” Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – The Polish Catholic magazine “Niedzela,” the most widely-read magazine in Poland, headquartered in Czestochowa, has recently published the third encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI on inte ...