ASIA/INDIA - Educating the youth in purity of spirit and chastity
Kochi (Agenzia Fides) - Offering an alternative to the growing culture marked by the “marketing” and devaluation of sexuality, the Catholic Church of India, in Kerala (the Indian state with the most percentage of Cat ...
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - New Bishop of Bondo appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on March 18, 2008, appointed Fr. Etienne Ung'eyowun of the clergy of Mahagi-Nioka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, adjunct secretary general of the national ...
26 March 2008
ASIA/JAPAN - New Bishop of Fukuoka
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on March 19, 2008, appointed Bishop Dominic Ryõji Miyahara, until now Bishop of Oita, bishop of the Diocese of Fukuoka (Japan). (SL) (Agenzia Fides 26/3/2008; ...
26 March 2008
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Kano resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on March 20, 2008, accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Kano (Nigeria), presented by Bishop Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A., i ...
26 March 2008
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Orlu resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on March 25, 2008, accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Orlu (Nigeria), presented by Bishop Gregory O. Ochiagha, in conformity ...
EUROPE/RUSSIA - Christians united in Hope
Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - Spe Salvi, the most recent encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI, has now been made available in Russia, as well. Its publication in Russian (by Franciscan Press, in collaboration with the Apostolic Nu ...
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Unwavering hope in the midst of suffering and unrest
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - In a land that is so marked by suffering, as is the Holy Land, hope has resisted despair and the Easter message of the Resurrection has been a source of peace and joy. This has been the experi ...
VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr Luciano Alimandi - One day He will appear to us!
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - When will it be our turn to see the Risen Lord, to be in ecstasy in His presence? We can say with certainty: at the end of our days when our heart comes to its final beats of life, then, we ...