News

• 15 April 2009
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Sister Greta Educational Center for deaf children: from a shack to a rehabilitation center Kelaniya (Agenzia Fides) – At 40 km from the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, the Education Center for Hearing Impaired Children has been functioning since 1982, serving children who are hard of hearing. The Center came ...
• 15 April 2009
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - UN High Commissioner for Refugees helping Somalis returning to Mogadishu, where the situation remains unstable Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – While the international community focuses its attention on the hijacked sea vessels under the control of Somali pirates, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has issued ...
• 15 April 2009
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA : Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - The faith of Mary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices with which to go and anoint him. And very early in the morning on the first day of the wee ...
• 13 April 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Regina Cæli: “ The whole Church rejoices, expressing her sentiments by singing: "This is the day of Our Lord Jesus Christ” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – On Easter Monday 13 April, the Holy Father Benedict XVI led the recitation of the Regina Cæli with the faithful gathered in the courtyard of his Summer Residence at Castel Gandolfo: � ...
• 12 April 2009
  VATICAN - “From the depths of my heart, I wish all of you a blessed Easter. To quote Saint Augustine, “Resurrectio Domini, spes nostra - the resurrection of the Lord is our hope” (Sermon 261:1).” : the Pope's Easter Greetings Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Easter Sunday the Holy Father Benedict XVI addressed an Easter Message to the whole world, a message of hope: “Jesus rose again so that we, though destined to die, should not despair ...
• 12 April 2009
  VATICAN - On Easter Sunday the Pope says: “ let us open our spirit to Christ, who has died and is risen in order to renew us, in order to remove from our hearts the poison of sin and death, and to pour in the life-blood of the Holy Spirit: divine and eternal life” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Easter Sunday, 12 April, Pope Benedict XVI in his homily reflected on St Paul's words ‘Christ, our Passover,, has been immolated!’(1 Cor 5,7), which “ already contain, in an impr ...
• 11 April 2009
  VATICAN - “ The Lord’s saving hand holds us up, and thus we can already sing the song of the saved, the new song of the risen ones: alleluia!”: Benedict XVI during the Easter Vigil Mass Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At 9pm in St Peter's Basilica on Saturday 11 April the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided the solemn Mass of the Easter Vigil. During his homily the Pope dwelt on the Gospel and the Apost ...
• 10 April 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Colosseum presides the Way of the Cross: “The anguish of the Passion of the Lord Jesus cannot fail to move to pity even the most hardened hearts, as it constitutes the climax of the revelation of God’s love for each of us. ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of the Way of the Cross which the Holy Father presided at the Colosseum in the evening of Good Friday April, 10, the Pope reflected on the Roman Soldier who believed in the Son ...
• 10 April 2009
  VATICAN - The Pope's Message at the beginning of the funeral Mass for the Abruzzo earthquake victims Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the day of the funeral of some of the Abruzzo earthquake victims, on 10 April, Benedict XVI expressed his closeness to the Archbishop of L'Aquila with a message read by the Pope's pers ...
• 9 April 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI says during the Mass of the Lord's Supper: “It was “today” that He did this: he gave himself to us for ever in the Sacrament of his Body and Blood. ”. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In his homily during the Mass ‘in Coena Domini’, presided in his Cathedral Saint John in the Lateran on Holy Thursday , 9 April, Pope Benedict cited the Canon of the Mass for Holy Thu ...
• 9 April 2009
  VATICAN - The Holy Father says during the Mass of the Chrism: “The bath in which the Lord immerses us is himself - the Truth in person. Priestly ordination means: being immersed in him, immersed in the Truth” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the morning of Holy Thursday, 9 April, the Holy Father Benedict XVI renewed his priestly vows with cardinals, bishops and priests present for the Chrism Mass: “In the Upper Room, [� ...
• 8 April 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI leads the faithful into Holy Week: “Dear brothers and sisters, let us prepare to live the Holy Triduum intensely, in order to share ever more deeply in the Mystery of Christ”. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the General Audience on Wednesday 8 April, the Holy Father centred his meditation on the Holy Triduum, central moment when Christians “ relive the Paschal Mystery, th ...
• 8 April 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishop of Buxar appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on April 7, 2009, appointed Fr. Sebastian Kallupura (Senior) of the clergy of the Diocese of Patna, Director of the Bihar Social Forum, as Bishop of Buxar (I ...
• 8 April 2009
  EUROPE - Solidarity of European Bishops with those suffering from the earthquake in Abruzzo Budapest (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Peter Erdo, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest and President of the CCEE (Council of European Bishops' Conferences) has issued the following statement in solidarity with the people suf ...
• 8 April 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Assisi to host “International Chapter of Mats” April 15-18: the great reunion of the Franciscan family present all over the world Rome (Agenzia Fides) – April 15-18, Assisi will host the |International Chapter of Mats,” which will unite members of the Franciscan order present all over the world. It is an historic event that will see the arrival ...