News

• 4 May 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Port-Harcourt resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on May 4, 2009, accepted the the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Port-Harcourt (Nigeria), presented by Archbishop Alexius Obabu Mak ...
• 4 May 2009
  VATICAN - On the Day of Prayer for Vocations, the Pope ordains 19 priests: “always be men of prayer and service, so that in faithfully exercising your ministry you may become holy priests according to God's heart” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, May 3, the 4th Sunday of Easter, the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided a Mass in the Vatican Basilica during which he ordained 19 priests ...
• 4 May 2009
  VATICAN - Pope tells Bishops from Argentina on Ad Limina visit: “to be bishop is an honor when lived with that spirit of service to others and as a humble and disinterested participation in the mission of Christ.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “In exercising his episcopal ministry, a bishop must always act as a servant among his faithful, drawing constant inspiration from the One Who came not to be served but to serve, and to g ...
• 4 May 2009
  VATICAN - Concert offered by President of the Italian Republic for the Holy Father, on the fourth anniversary of his Pontificate: “music becomes prayer” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “My deepest gratitude for an excellent musical tribute. I thank the Lord President for his courteous words and I greet his kind wife. The skill and enthusiasm with which it was performed ...
• 4 May 2009
  VATICAN - Five years after the Instruction “Erga migrantes caritas Christi,” the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People to hold World Congress in November Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the approval and publication of the Instruction “Erga migrantes caritas Christi” (The love of Christ towards migrants), the Pontifical Coun ...
• 4 May 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Lack of vocations, religious formation, increase in violence and drugs, social inequality, corruption...among the main challenges concerning Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Vice-President Luis Hector Villalba, Vice-President of the Argentinean Bishops' Conference and Archbishop of Tucuman, presented the Holy Father Benedict XVI with the main challenges facin ...
• 4 May 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Masses canceled again in the Archdiocese; Cardinal Rivera calls for precaution and complying with recommendations from health authorities Mexican City (Agenzia Fides) – Once again, the bells of Mexico City parishes have not been calling the faithful to Mass, as Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera has declared “with obligatory character” the cancellation ...
• 4 May 2009
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Archdiocese of Rabat holds a Congress in honor of the 800th anniversary of the Franciscan Rule Rabat (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Rabat, Morocco, celebrated the 800th anniversary of the Franciscan Rule with a two-day Congress that opened on May 2. The Congress was presented by Archbishop Vincent Landel ...
• 4 May 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Mexican missionaries working in Hong Kong join local faithful in praying for the people of Mexico affected by the Influenza A Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Missionaries of Guadalupe from Mexico, who are working in Hong Kong, have joined the local faithful in praying for the people of Mexico who are being affected by the Influenza A. Accordi ...
• 4 May 2009
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Climate changes provoke an increase in cholera in Zambia, Spanish study says Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) – Climate changes are causing a rise in infections in Africa. This is what a study published by researchers at the Spanish Carlos III Health Institute say. According to the study, the increase of ...
• 4 May 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Church in prayer for peace, stability, and the common good of the Korean nation Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church is trying to offer a significant contribution, on a spiritual and material level, for peace, stability, and the common good of the Korean nation. This was the affirmation mad ...
• 4 May 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - After Jerusalem, Greece, and Malta, the Peace Marathon “Running in the Footsteps of Saint Paul” is headed towards Sicily; May 27, the torch will reach Benedict XVI La Valeta (Agenzia Fides) – Just hours ago, the marathon “Running in the Footsteps of Saint Paul” set off from Malta. The marathon is 1300km on foot, beginning on April 23 in Jerusalem and crossing the Holy Land (B ...
• 30 April 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the General Audience: “Let us pray to God so that he teaches us to see in the Church his presence, his beauty, to see his presence in the world, and that he helps us also to be transparent for his light.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI spoke of the Patriarch Germanus of Constantinople in the General Audience on April 29. As the Pontiff recalled, Saint Germanus “does not belong to the most ...
• 30 April 2009
  VATICAN - Final day of the Congress organized by the Saint Joseph Missionary College: “The identity and role of the lay catechist in the Church, communion and mission.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The second and final day of workshops promoted by the Saint Joseph Missionary College in the Aula Magna of the Pontifical University Urbaniana was dedicated to the identity of the lay cat ...
• 30 April 2009
  VATICAN; WORDS OF DOCTRINE Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - The authority of an Episcopal Conference derives solely from the Apostolic See Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Share thoughts with Church authorities and do what the authorities advise. This is the secret of the unity between Catholic Bishops and the Pope, from which none of the forms which express ...