News
15 April 2008
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Bishops renew their plea for the protection of the Marian Shrine of Madhu
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - One of the main concerns for the Bishops of Sri Lanka, at this time, is the security of the Marian Shrine of Madhu amidst the violence and destruction that is tearing apart that area of the nati ...
15 April 2008
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Cardinal Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyons, in Madagascar for the 50th anniversary of the Cistercian monastery of Maromby
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyons, gladly responded to the invitation from the Cistercian monastery of Maromby, in Madagascar, to preside the 50th anniversary of its foundatio ...
15 April 2008
ASIA/CHINA - Day of Prayer for Vocations celebrated with deep fervour in the whole Chinese Catholic community, especially at the 10 major seminaries
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - More than 50 priests concelebrated a solemn Mass at the National Chinese Seminary in Beijing on Sunday 13 May, the annual Day of Prayer for Vocations. The Mass was presided by Rev Thomas Law Kwo ...
14 April 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI asks for prayers “for the many vocations that exist in the Church, so that they are developed with an intense missionary character,” recalling the two religious killed in Africa and commending his apostolic trip to the United States, to the Virgin Mary
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The liturgy of the Fourth Sunday of Easter focuses on Christ as the Good Shepherd and is also the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. “In every continent, the Church joins in praying to t ...
14 April 2008
EUROPE/POLAND - Survey from Catholic periodical Niedziela on priestly and religious vocations
Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - The most widely-read Catholic periodical in Poland, “Niedziela,” based in Czestochowa, has published today (April14) the results of a survey on priestly and religious vocations in John P ...
14 April 2008
AMERICA/JAMAICA - Archbishop of Kingston-in-Jamaica resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 12 April 2008, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Kingston-in-Jamaica (Jamaica), presented by Archbishop Lawrenc ...
14 April 2008
VATICAN - Pope’s Message: “Only in the search for a holistic and firm humanism, in which the question of disarmament has a natural and spiritual ethic, will mankind be able to reach a true and lasting peace.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Mankind has made considerable progress in science and technology. The human genius has produced fruits that were unimaginable just decades ago. And yet, there are still parts of the worl ...
14 April 2008
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops conclude their Plenary Assembly with a call to live the faith and mission with passion and enthusiasm, with a missionary spirit for the entire continent
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - At the close of their 95th Plenary Assembly (April 7-12), the Argentinean Bishops encouraged the diocesan communities to “live the faith and mission with passion and enthusiasm, with a mi ...
14 April 2008
AMERICA/PERU - Ten Peruvian Bishops warn the faithful about dissident group that works outside the Church, causing confusion
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - In a letter sent to the main international Catholic aid agencies, ten bishops from nine ecclesial jurisdictions from the central and southern Andes regions of Peru firmly stated that they do not su ...
14 April 2008
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Towards CAM 3: countless Diocesan Missionary Congresses to elaborate on the proposal of each particular Church, to be presented in the National Missionary Congress
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - In preparation for the Third American Missionary Congress (CAM 3) that is scheduled to take place in Quito, August 12-17 of this year, the Archdioceses, Dioceses, and Vicariates of the country are ...
14 April 2008
AMERICA/CUBA - Church reopened by the Archdiocese, after 30 years
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino, Archbishop of Havana, presided the Mass on April 5, held in the Church of Saint Mary and Saint Helen in Tarara, now reopened to the public after 30 years. Together ...
14 April 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - New Kenyan government must face Mungiki violence in protest of the death of the leader’s wife
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “A government for peace,” read the front page article in the periodical “The Nation,” on the many-times reformed national constitution. On April 13, President Mwai Kibaki appointed oppos ...
14 April 2008
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Youth from Laos at WYD: a great sign of hope
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The participation of youth from Laos is a great sign of hope for the universal Church and a sign of vitality for the smaller Churches throughout the world that live in communion and are ready to ...
14 April 2008
ASIA - Food supply crisis: international institutions worried for the future of Asia and Africa’s poorest nations, on the road to “humanitarian catastrophe”
Washington, DC (Agenzia Fides) - The most important international institutions agree on the need to launch a warning regarding the food crisis that is occurring in various parts of the planet, especially in the continent ...
14 April 2008
ASIA - Rice crisis falls hard on the fragile Asian economies, causing hunger and poverty
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In the Asian countries, rice is the staple food source, especially among the millions of people that live on the border of survival. The crisis that is strongly affecting the continent due to ...
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