News

• 2 September 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - The President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference encourages Italy’s dioceses to hold a Day of Prayer and Fasting for Christians in India Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In light of the recent wave of violence that has affected the Christian community living in the Indian state of Orissa, the President of the CEI (Italian Bishops’ Conference) “encourages the ...
• 2 September 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics in the Diocese of Lin Yi help poor students at the start of a new academic year Lin Yi (Agenzia Fides) – In light of the beginning of the new school year, Catholics in the Diocese of Lin Yi (Province of Shan Dong), led by Bishop Fang Xing Yao, have raised 2,000 yuan each for about 20 university an ...
• 2 September 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - After 30 years and nearly a dozen Chinese priests on the job, the Chinese translation of the “Summa Theologica” of Saint Thomas Aquinas is finally published Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – With the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the evangelization of the island of Taiwan, and after 30 years, a team of Chinese priests having been led by the late Director of Studium S. Pi ...
• 2 September 2008
  ASIA/INDONESIA - First encounter of the Charismatic Movement in Asia and Oceania to take place in Bogor Bogor (Agenzia Fides) – The first international encounter of members of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Asia and Oceania will take place in the Diocese of Bogor (Indonesia), September 14-18. The faithful will meet ...
• 2 September 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - “The anti-Christian attacks in Orissa have been the worst in recent years,” the spokesman of the Indian Catholic Bishops’ Conference tells Agenzia Fides; no Catholic priests or religious have been reported dead, although some have been severely wounded New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – “We are extremely concerned. This has been the worse attack on Christians in India in the last few years. The fundamentalists have gone after all the Christian faithful, places, and symbol ...
• 2 September 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops’ response to the Supreme Court ruling on abortion: “This decision may declare a criminal action legal, but it will never make an intrinsically evil action morally just.” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Mexican Bishops have publicly expressed their lament for the Mexican Supreme Court’s decision to approve the law that decriminalizes abortion. The Bishops affirm that “human life i ...
• 2 September 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - “I tell you: the Mission is now”: Peru launches the Great Continental Mission Lima (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, August 30, the Great Continental Mission was launched in Peru, with a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, Archbishop of Lima and Primate of Peru, and concelebrated by all ...
• 2 September 2008
  VATICAN - World Congress for Pastoral Care of Gypsies: “the Church calls all men, especially Christians, to assume their responsibilities, both at the service of society as well as in political commitments, in order to guarantee full respect of the dignity and rights of every human being.” Freising (Agenzia Fides) – “In response to the discrimination and indifference suffered by many of our brothers and sisters, the Church ‘cannot remain indifferent to social realities,’ and calls all men, especial ...
• 2 September 2008
  AFRICA/GABON - The Libreville Declaration to face serious environmental problems behind the deaths of over 2.4 million people, World Health Organization says Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - “The African continent is rich in natural resources and has a potentially strong human resource base to sustain flourishing economies. Yet the continent’s natural wealth is being seriousl ...
• 2 September 2008
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Egyptian President’s visit to Kampala strengthens collaboration efforts between the two countries in the administration of the Nile, however other countries have reason to worry Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – Uganda and Egypt reaffirmed their collaboration in the administration of the Nile, following the visit of the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to the Ugandan capital of Kampala in late August. ...
• 1 September 2008
  Dossier - Trafficking in Human Organs Introduction Europe: 60,000 people awaiting transplants; 10 people die each day from a lack of organ supply. Commercialization and tourism of transplants rapidly on the rise. Statistics from the WHO: 10% of kidney ...
• 1 September 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI’s pastoral visit to Cagliari on Sunday, September 7 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – This Sunday, September 7, the Holy Father Benedict XVI will make a pastoral visit to Cagliari. According to the itinerary for the visit, issued by the Holy See Press Office, the Pope will ...
• 1 September 2008
  VATICAN - “To complete the work of salvation, the Redeemer continues to draw to himself and his mission men and women who are ready to take up the cross and follow him,” Benedict XVI says in the Angelus, focusing on the immigration situation Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – Speaking from his balcony in the interior courtyard of the Apostolic Palace in Castel Gandolfo, where he recited the Angelus on Sunday, August 31, the Holy Father Benedict XVI reflecte ...
• 1 September 2008
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Bishop of Bac Ninh appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on August 4, 2008, appointed Father Cosme Hoang Van Dat, SJ, Spiritual Director of the Seminary of the Archdiocese of Hanoi, as Bishop of the Diocese of Bac ...
• 1 September 2008
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Erection of the Diocese of Kayanga and first bishop appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on August 14, 2008 erected the Diocese of Kayanga (Tanzania), with territory taken from the Diocese of Rulenge, which would become Rulenge-Ngara, making it a ...