News
12 May 2008
VATICAN - Pontifical Commission for Latin America celebrates 50 years at the service of the Church in the “Continent of Hope”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Commission for Latin America (CAL), which was created by Pope Pius XII on April 21, 1958, celebrated its 50th anniversary on Friday, May 9 with an Conference at the Pontifical Urban ...
12 May 2008
AMERICA/PERU - The Archbishop of Lima calls for a “support chain” for those suffering from the cold so that the “Great Mission of Lima” may begin bearing fruit
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Archbishop of Lima made an appeal from Rome, where he has been participating in the 50th anniversary celebrations for the Pontifical Commission for Latin America ...
12 May 2008
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Official program of events for World Youth Day in Sydney has been published
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The official program for World Youth Day 2008 (WYD) in Sydney has been published. The event will take place July 15-20, six days of faith and spirituality, with all the traditional WYD activities ...
12 May 2008
AMERICA/URUGUAY - New Pastoral Guidelines presented, so that communities may be open to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit in promoting permanent missionary awareness and action
Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - On the Solemnity of Pentecost, the Bishops of Uruguay’s 10 dioceses presented their faithful with the new Pastoral Guidelines that will serve for the five-year term of 2008-2013 in guiding ...
12 May 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Uncertainty regarding the second round for presidential elections
Harare (Agenzia Fides) - The runoff for presidential elections in Zimbabwe has once again placed in question the participation of the opposition in the elections.
The President of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC ...
12 May 2008
AFRICA/SUDAN - Attack on Khartoum: an unprecedented event in Sudan’s recent history
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The attack of rebels of the JEM (Justice and Equality Movement) on Sudan’s capital city of Khartoum is an unprecedented event in the long series of guerrilla warfare that has marked the count ...
10 May 2008
Instrumentum mensis Aprilis pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum
On 2nd April the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided Mass on the third anniversary of the death of his predecessor, Pope John Paul II“ his death,- Benedict said in his homily- was sealed by a life entirely given to Chr ...
9 May 2008
VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitello - Since Pentecost the universal Church precedes every particular Church
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The three Persons act together according to what is proper to them: the Father manifests his power; the Son “takes again” the life which he freely offered (John 10:17), reuniting his so ...
9 May 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells pilgrims from the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate that the Pauline Year should involve “an intense pastoral outreach to awaken in the faithful a new impetus to know ever more closely the person of Christ, thanks to a renewed reading of Paul's writings.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the morning of Thursday, May 8, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received a group of pilgrims from the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, led by Patriarch Gregorios III Laham. A ...
9 May 2008
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - New Rector for the Theological Provincial Major Seminary of “Christ the King” in Kananga
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect for the Congregation of the Evangelisation of Peoples, on March 7, 2008 appointed Fr. Richard Kitengye, of the clergy of the Diocese of Kabinda, Rector of the Th ...
9 May 2008
ASIA/CHINA - “Visiting Jesus present in the sick, testifying to the faith” is the motto for a group dedicated to pastoral health care service in the Diocese of Wen Zhou
Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - “Visiting Jesus present in the sick, testifying to the faith” is the motto chosen by the “Group of Love,” that performs pastoral health care services in the Diocese of WenZhou. It began ...
9 May 2008
ASIA/HONG KONG - Day for the newly baptized: “The Church is my family”
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Day for Newly Baptized has been organized with the intention of making the new faithful realize a fundamental truth: “the Church is my family,” said the Vice-President of the Associati ...
9 May 2008
VATICAN - Pope Paul VI’s Encyclical “Humanae Vitae” continues being relevant after 40 years
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The Pope’s University could not let the celebration of the 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae pass without a word being spoken.” These were the opening words of an introductory address given ...
9 May 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - South African President Mbeki visits Zimbabwe to re-launch negotiation talks
Harare (Agenzia Fides) - South Africa’s President, Thabo Mbeki, arrived today (May 9) in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital in efforts to re-launch the negotiation talks between President Robert Mugabe and the opposition, l ...
9 May 2008
ASIA/KOREA - In the month of May, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and the family, significant signs of dialogue between Catholics and Buddhists
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholics and Buddhists of Korea are living the month of May with great intensity. It is the month of the Feast of Vesakh for the Buddhists and the month of Mary for the Catholics. Thus, it is ...
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