News

• 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 ...
• 10 June 2009
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian commitment to helping Swat refugees continues to grow Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Christians have been placing their resources, experience, and capacities at the services of the suffering refugees from the Swat Valley, in the North-West Frontier Province. Over two million ...
• 10 June 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO - Bishops of East Congo show concern for continued violence, as plans are made for further military attacks on rebels Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – In response to the continual attacks on the civilian population being performed by Ugandan and Rwandan rebels, the Bishops of Kivu, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, ha ...
• 10 June 2009
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Archdiocese prepares for the Year of the Priest, following the example of Saint Jean Marie Vianney, pilgrim visitor to the parishes Singapore (Agenzia Fides) – The local Church in Thailand is fervently preparing for the celebration of the Year of the Priest, declared by Benedict XVI, which opens June 19 on the 150th anniversary of the death of Sain ...
• 10 June 2009
  Dossier: Living with the Eucharistic Lord - According to Mother Julia’s Example Introduction The Gift from the Heart of Jesus The Little Drop of Water The Sacrament of Unity Reverence for the Sacred ...
• 10 June 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Keep the flame of evangelization burning after the close of the Year of St. Paul: Congress of the Tai Yuan Cathedral Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) – Continue on the path of the Year of St. Paul, testifying to the Gospel with courage, keep the flame of evangelization burning: these are the main motives for the Congress on the Gospel held t ...
• 10 June 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Day for analyzing the efficiency of youth drug prevention activity Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – A study performed by the University of Valencia, promoted by the Don Bosco Confederation, with the support of the Health and Social-Political Minister, concluded that youth who participate in a ...
• 10 June 2009
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on March 28, 2009, appointed Fr. Reynaldo Noé Franco Velásquez, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Port ...
• 10 June 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - “The Suitcase with a String”: the whole day spent in the fields, under the sun, without food, with only water...but we can't go back home until we pay the debt, the entire debt we owe the ones who led us here New York (Agenzia Fides) – The immigrants who manage to reach the US from Mexico become prisoners of those who had helped them get there, and until they pay their debt with the traffickers, they cannot even think about ...
• 10 June 2009
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - National Pastoral Commission denounces weakening of democratic system with the public loss of credibility and trust in government institutions Siguatepeque (Agenzia Fides) – In a meeting held in Siguatepeque, June 1 and 2 for the ordinary session, members of the National Pastoral Commission analyzed the situation of the country, which they view with great con ...
• 10 June 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops' Conference accepts government's petition for mediation work with Amazon communities involved in the conflict Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The Peruvian government has asked the Catholic Church to join in the mediation effort with the Amazon communities in the conflict that took a bad fall on Friday following an uprising near Baguan ...
• 10 June 2009
  VATICAN - Ave Maria: Mgr Luciano Alimandi - Faithful to the Word and to prayer Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “If we want to prevent Pentecost from being reduced to a mere rite or even an evocative commemoration but want it to be an actual event of salvation, we must prepare ourselves in devout e ...
• 9 June 2009
  VATICAN - “In defense of Pius XII - The Historical Reasons” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Upon the gracious consent of the author, we here publish a translation of the Introduction to the book “In difesa di Pio XII – Le ragioni della storia” (“In defense of Pius XII � ...
• 9 June 2009
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The mission among the tribal areas continues: a new church for the Diocese of Dinajpur Dinajpur (Agenzia Fides) – This will be another sign of hope and a light that will shine in the Diocese of Dinajpur: the new church recently consecrated in the city of Jamtuli. The church will be a center for spreading ...
• 9 June 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Church in Mexico gathers in prayer for the children who died in the day care fire and for those that remain in serious condition in the hospitals “that they may soon recover and return home with their parents” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Mexican Bishops' Conference issued a statement signed by their Secretary General Bishop Leopoldo Gonzalez, expressing their condolences to the families whose children died in the tragi ...