News

• 28 May 2009
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Cardinal Pell calls for less sentiment and more “tough love” for Aboriginal Australians Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – The Aboriginal population has no need for sentiment, but for “tough love,” that helps them on the path to economic development, cultural promotion, and social renewal, says Cardinal George ...
• 28 May 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Violence continues against civilians in eastern Congo; testimony from a priest and the UN’s alert Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – There is no peace for the people of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as they are forced to suffer the retaliation attacks conducted by two foreign guerrilla groups, the Lord’s Resi ...
• 28 May 2009
  ASIA/JAPAN - Caritas working to respond to the unemployment crisis in the nation Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) – It is a phenomenon that is becoming increasingly more troubling for politics and society: unemployment. And in Japan, it is widespread, especially as a result of the economic crisis. In just a f ...
• 28 May 2009
  VATICAN - Holy Father opens Congress for the Diocese of Rome: “First and foremost, there is a need to renew our efforts to offer a formation that is more attentive and conformed to the perspectives of the Church, on the part of priests, religious, and laity.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the afternoon of May 26, the Holy Father Benedict XVI traveled to the Basilica of Saint John Lateran to inaugurate the annual Congress for the Diocese of Rome. This year’s theme is: ...
• 28 May 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Various dioceses on the mainland have welcomed new priests in the month of May Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Several dioceses on the mainland have welcomed new priests during this Month of Mary, especially on the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China (May 24) and on the feast of Saint Matthias ...
• 28 May 2009
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on December 12, 2008, confirmed the re-appointment of Fr. Jawad Alamat, of the clergy of the Diocese of Tu ...
• 28 May 2009
  VATICAN - Year of the Priest “must be a year that is both positive and forward looking in which the Church says to her priests above all, but also to all the Faithful and to wider society by means of the mass media, that she is proud of her priests, loves them, honors them, admires them.” Letter from Cardinal Hummes. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Year for Priests, announced by our beloved Pope Benedict XVI to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the death of the saintly Curé of Ars, St. John Mary Vianney, is drawing near. It w ...
• 28 May 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE : Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Faith is the real emergency Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Every so often, at almost strangely 'regular' intervals, new books appear, some “against the tide” some “scandalistic”. The second type of book, just think, written, published and ...
• 28 May 2009
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on April 25, 2009, confirmed the re-appointment of Fr. Andre Joguet, of the clergy of the Diocese of Lucon ...
• 28 May 2009
  VATICAN - “Love for the incarnated Lord and for his visibility in the liturgy and in icons. Fidelity to baptism and commitment to live in the communion of the Body of Christ...Spirit of poverty, of sobriety, of renunciation”: the teachings of Saint Theodore the Studite, explained by Benedict XVI Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The saint that we find today, St. Theodore the Studite, brings us to a period that from the religious and political point of view was rather turbulent,” said the Holy Father Benedict X ...
• 27 May 2009
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attack on Lahore: Christians say “no” to extremist violence Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The Christian community in Pakistan has issued a firm denunciation of the dynamite attack that took place in the city of Lahore. Today, May 27, in a violent explosion at the Central Police Stat ...
• 27 May 2009
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appeal of Fr. Romolo, from the Don Orione Village in Muntanhana Weru Bagamoyo (Agenzia Fides) – Orione Missionary Father Romolo Mariani has launched an appeal on account of the difficult conditions of the Muntanhana Weru mission in Bagamoyo. He writes in the “Don Orione Oggi” Magazi ...
• 27 May 2009
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Inculturation, liturgy, missionary pedagogy and promotion of local clergy in the writings of Cardinal Guglielmo Massaja in his 35 years of mission work in Ethiopia Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The missionary should consider the country where he is sent as his own, love it as his homeland, and do everything he can for it.” This is one of the passages found in the “Historical Memoir ...
• 27 May 2009
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Church presents new proposal for sexual education as part of her mission of evangelization and integral education of individuals San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – The Costa Rican Bishops' Conference has presented a new proposal for sexual education, aware of the fact that “for the Church, integral education of persons has always been a priority conce ...
• 27 May 2009
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA: Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - The activity of every Christian community Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Cyril, in his teaching, with regard to the working of the Holy Spirit in the souls of believers who welcome Him: “Meek and gentle is his coming, fragrant and sweet his presence, lig ...