News

• 4 September 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Altar Boys' Association promotes spiritual formation for Year of Priestly Vocations Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “Altar Boys are given a special opportunity to respond to the Lord's call, as they serve on the altar, right there with the Most Holy Eucharist. In addition to the priests' encouragement and ...
• 4 September 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - “The Spirit of Assisi in Krakow”: September 6-8, International Encounter of Religions for Peace promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, on the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II Krakow (Agenzia Fides) – The leaders of the great world religions, leaders of countries, as well as men and women of the world of culture will meet in Krakow, September 6-8, upon the invitation of the Community of Sant ...
• 4 September 2009
  EUROPE/GREAT BRITAIN - President of Bishops' Conference to preside Mass in honor of new name adopted by Pontifical Mission Societies in England and Wales, “Missio” London (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday, September 9, at the Westminster Cathedral, Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, will preside a Mass in ho ...
• 4 September 2009
  VATICAN - The Holy Father Benedict XVI's Message to the 11th Inter-Christian Symposium: “Build together the City of God, where his children can live in peace and in fraternal charity, based on the truth of the common faith.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Hence, to know with historical objectivity and fraternal cordiality the doctrinal and spiritual riches that make up the patrimony of the Christian East and West, is indispensable not onl ...
• 3 September 2009
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Insecticide-treated nets and microbial larvicides could help fight malaria in Kenya Geneva (Agenzia Fides) – A child's risk of getting malaria in Kenya could be greatly reduced thanks to a new combination of remedies aimed at destroying mosquito larvae that cause the infection and using insecticide-tr ...
• 3 September 2009
  AFRICA/GABON - Ali Bongo, son of deceased President, wins elections; clashes break out between police and demonstrators Libreville (Agenzia Fides) – Serious conflict has broken out between police and demonstrators in Gabon, where Ali Bongo, son of former President Omar Bongo, has been declared winner of the presidential elections with 4 ...
• 3 September 2009
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “We cannot say that the war in Darfur has ended,” says Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid, following declarations made by former commander of international peace-keeping force Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – There has been great surprise and hesitation in response to declarations made by General Martin Luther Agwai, outgoing commander of the United Nations-African Union peace-keeping force in Dar ...
• 3 September 2009
  VATICAN - The Holy Father's comments after viewing the film “Saint Augustine”: “We cannot find truth on our own, but Truth, which is a Person, finds us." Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – On the afternoon of Wednesday, September 2, in the "Sala degli Svizzeri" of the Apostolic Palace at Castel Gandolfo, the Holy Father Benedict XVI attended the screening of an abbreviat ...
• 3 September 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE - Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - Peace and Creation cannot prescind from the Creator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Benedict XVI, dedicated his Angelus reflection on the last Sunday of August to the necessity to protect creation, a theme, - he said - which, like the theme of peace, bring ...
• 3 September 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - This Sunday marks opening of 16th Week for Peace: “I live for life...do you?” to reach peace through pardon, social justice, solidarity, and reconciliation Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – Reach peace through “pardon, social justice, solidarity, and reconciliation” is the main goal of the 16th Week for Peace, which will be held on a national level in Colombia beginning this S ...
• 3 September 2009
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - 6th Ecuador Mission: “Missionary of Christ, You are the Hope of Ecuador!” Loja (Agenzia Fides) - “Missionary of Christ, You are the Hope of Ecuador!” will be the theme of the “Ecuador Mission 2009” scheduled to take place September 4 – 13, as Agenzia Fides has been informed by a stat ...
• 3 September 2009
  AMERICA/CANADA - Pontifical Missions Societies in Canada launch World Mission TV Toronto (Agenzia Fides) – Missions Today, the magazine published by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in Toronto (Canada), that focuses on the universal mission of the Catholic Church, recently dedicated one ...
• 3 September 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholic youth association begins in rural part of the Diocese of Jin Zhong, to encourage youth to be “salt of the earth and light of the world” Yu Ci (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic youth association “Salt of the Earth and Light of the World,” which is open to Catholic youth in the Qi Xian district of the Diocese of Jin Zhong (today Yu Ci) of the Province o ...
• 3 September 2009
  EUROPE/GREAT BRITAIN - Bishop of Lourdes visits Scottish Marian shrine at Carfin, for annual pilgrimage Carfin (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Jacques Perrier, Bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes, will make a three day visit to Carfin, the main Marian shrine in Scotland, Friday 4 to Sunday 6 September 2009. Bishop Perrier, who is 73 y ...
• 3 September 2009
  VATICAN - At the General Audience, the Holy Father speaks on the Abbot of Cluny, Saint Odo: “nourished with incisive action in the monks, as well as in the faithful of his time, the intention to advance with diligent step on the way of Christian perfection” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Once again speaking on the great Writers of the Church from the East and West, who lived in Medieval era, “because, as though in a mirror, in their lives and writings we see what it mea ...