News

• 16 April 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church renews its Consecration to the Holy Spirit on April 20, “at this crucial time we are living” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Mexican Bishops’ Conference (CEM) announced that this April 20, in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, there will be a Mass with all the Bishops and the Apostolic Nuncio to renew ...
• 16 April 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Priests in Shanghai are ready to respond to the Pope’s appeal for the Year of the Priest, with their commitment to spiritual renewal Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) – “The community of priests of Shanghai is ready to respond to the Pope’s appeal for the Year of the Priest, with their commitment to spiritual renewal.” These were the words of Bishop Ig ...
• 16 April 2009
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Islamic law in the Swat Valley causing concern and suffering among Christians Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – A concession made to the fundamentalist Muslims: this is how the Christians of Pakistan have defined the introduction of the sharia in the Swat Valley, officially established with the signin ...
• 16 April 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - 800 years later, Saint Francis' spiritual children gather in Assisi: over 2,000 Franciscans from 65 countries discuss faith, morals, peace, ecology, and fraternity Assisi (Agenzia Fides) – The “International Chapter of Mats” of the Franciscan Friars from all over the world opened on April 15 in Assisi (see Fides 8/4/2009). Representatives from the male branches of the four Fr ...
• 16 April 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Millennium News”: young journalists unveil the reality of poverty in Nairobi Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “News for young people, written by young people; a direct voice from Africa giving an account of the poverty in Nairobi.” This could be the synthesis of the project “Millennium News, giving a ...
• 16 April 2009
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Easter, a time for prayer and celebration for the youth, in the spirit of WYD Honiara (Agenzia Fides) – The celebration of the Easter Triduum 2009 has been for the youth of the Solomon Islands, an opportunity to relive the spirit of intense prayer and joy that they lived in the recent World Yout ...
• 15 April 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Bishop of Hong Kong resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 15 April 2008, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Hong Kong (China) presented by Cardinal Joseph Zen-Ze-kiun, SDB, i ...
• 15 April 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - President of the Italian Bishops' Conference visits earthquake site; Sunday, April 19, nationwide collection for the people of Abruzzo Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On his visit yesterday to L'Aquila and the surrounding areas devastated by the earthquake, Italian Bishops' Conference President Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco announced that another 2 million Euros wo ...
• 15 April 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Czestochowa's Major Seminary launches Apostolate of Prayer for Vocations on Holy Thursday Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – This part Holy Thursday (April 9), Archbishop Stanislaw Nowak of Czestochowa officially launched the Pastoral Ministry for Vocations in the Archdiocese of Czestochowa. “We should pray fo ...
• 15 April 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Catholics in South Africa generously respond to the Bishops' appeal for Zimbabwe Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Southern Africa has risen to the challenge of assisting the poor and destitute in Zimbabwe. After a call by the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (Swaz ...
• 15 April 2009
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops ask for forgiveness for the sins committed by members of the Church and renew their commitments made in their ordination as Bishops Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – The Permanent Council of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Paraguay has issued a statement in regards to the recent news that revealed that the current President Fernando Lugo had a child w ...
• 15 April 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Youth Standing Up Against Violence” is the motto for Citizens' Week 2009 Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The Youth Pastoral Ministry of Brazil is calling on all youth in the country to participate in the Citizens' Week 2009, which will began yesterday, April 14, and runs until April 21, with the ...
• 15 April 2009
  AMERICA/CHILE - Continental Mission on the Internet: videos for promoting this time of grace and a guide for the Continental Mission in Chile Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – With dynamic resources for evangelizers, the Church in Chile has updated their special website for the Continental Mission. It is a missionary spirit in the Church of Latin America a ...
• 15 April 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Diocesan Church Day on April 18, to help appreciate the treasure of the Catholic faith Tuxtla (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Tuxtla will celebrate “Diocesan Church Day” this April 18, as a day of thanksgiving, with the goal of “appreciating the treasure of the Catholic faith, coming together ...
• 15 April 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Easter in Chinese Catholic communities with the administration of the Sacraments of Christian Initiation; 5 priests ordained in Feng Xiang Rome (Agenzia Fides) – According to information sent to Agenzia Fides, Chinese Catholics lived Easter in a sign of communion with the Holy Father and the Universal Church, joyfully witnessing the fruits of evangelizati ...