News

• 8 June 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - Amazon indigenous conflict: “In the name of the God of life, love, and peace, we firmly condemn these inhumane acts occurring in our country. We cannot become accustomed to this manner of resolving problems!” Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, OFM, Archbishop of Trujillo and Defender of the People, Dr. Beatriz Merino Lucero, have issued a joint state ...
• 8 June 2009
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops' Statement on the present situation in the country: “We do not place our hope in armed violence, but in our God-given strength that urges us to fulfill our duties, to solidarity and brotherhood.” Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - “Those of us who believe in Christ and place our hope in Him cannot remain indifferent or fearful in light of the events that are afflicting our nation. Instead, we should show our will ...
• 8 June 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells professors and students of the Pontifical French Seminary: “The task of forming priests is a delicate mission. Seminary formation is demanding, as a part of the people of God will be entrusted to the pastoral care of the future priests, a people that Christ has saved and for whom He gave His own life.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI received the professors and students of the Pontifical French Seminary in Rome on June 6, as the institution, having been run for years by the Holy Ghost Fath ...
• 8 June 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Maiduguri appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on June 6, 2008, appointed Fr. Oliver Dashe Doeme, of the clergy of Shendam, Pastor of St. Michael Church in Anguldi, as Bishop of Maiduguri (Nigeria). Fr. ...
• 8 June 2009
  ASIA/NEPAL - “Christians are worried and on guard, as a result of the NDA threats, however they do not lose hope and continue trusting in Nepal's society to overcome fundamentalism,” Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Nepal tells Fides Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – They are attentive and on guard, but not paralyzed by fear. The Christians of Nepal “do not hide their concern for the recent threats and attacks suffered, however they trust in the will a ...
• 8 June 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Church movements confront various forms of service for ecclesial communion and call for collaborators in parishes and Diocese Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – How can the lay faithful serve the Church? This is the question that led 6 large movements in the Church, working in the Diocese of Hong Kong, to come together and enter into discussion. Acc ...
• 8 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Life on the planet is in danger, and those who suffer the consequences are always the poorer nations: a campaign to establish an international criminal court for crimes against the environment Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The life of the planet is in danger and thus, we should make an effort to recover the needed balance for our life.” These were the words of Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and ...
• 8 June 2009
  EUROPE/MOLDAVIA - “The Suitcase with a String”: “Can we blame a person for working under the table as a care-giver? Or the young women used for sexual exploitation? They are all victims. They are all people with no other choice.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “I have worked as director of the General Prosecutor's office in fighting human trafficking, child prostitution, which involve small groups of 2-3 people, sometimes even relatives. In 2001, the I ...
• 8 June 2009
  VATICAN - Pope at the Angelus: “The 'name' of the Most Holy Trinity is in a certain way impressed upon everything that exists, because everything that exists, down to the least particle, is a being in relation, and thus this God-relation shines forth, ultimately creative Love shines forth.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Today we contemplate the Most Holy Trinity as it was made know to us by Jesus. He revealed to us that God is love 'not in the unity of a single person, but in the Trinity of a single sub ...
• 8 June 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Archdiocese of Czestochowa's Missionary Congress dedicated to John Paul II on the 30th anniversary of his visit to Poland Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – In honor of the 30th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's first apostolic journey to Poland (June 2-10, 1979), the Pontifical Mission Societies of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa organized a ...
• 6 June 2009
  Cardinal Guglielmo Massaja “a true Apostle of Christ and a true Scientist” 200th anniversary of his birth (1809-2009) Guglielmo Massaja: 200th anniversary of his birth - celebrations and studies Vowed to the missions Ethiopia: religious and political events Six years of travels amidst bouts of malaria and ambushes Report ...
• 6 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - “The Suitcase with a String”: Who is an immigrant today? Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Who is an immigrant today? A person who must remain in the shadows – or better yet, turn themselves into a shadow - in order to continue working and sending money to their family. No matter wha ...
• 5 June 2009
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - The urgent need to fully apply the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; World Appeal to a New Mobilization for Childhood Geneva (Agenzia Fides) – On the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the International Catholic Child Bureau (ICCB or BICE) has launched a world appeal, from the UN headquarters in Geneva, ...
• 5 June 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Religious from various congregations from the province of He Bei and Shan Dong take vows at the end of the Month of Mary Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “With the Lord's help, which we receive in intense daily prayer, we ardently defend our vocations and respond with our entire life.” These were the words of Bishop Fang Xing Yao of the Dioce ...
• 5 June 2009
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Coups attempt in Guinea Bissau: Overview Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – On June 28, Guinea Bissau is scheduled to hold presidential elections, as a result of the death of President Joao Bernardo “Nino” Vieira, who was killed on March 2 by a group of soldiers th ...