News

• 15 May 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Mass media and democratic participation: National Conference of the Indian Catholic Press Association Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - “The Right to Know is inherent to the freedom of expression” Archbishop Bernard Moras told participants at the 14th National Journalists Conference of the Indian Catholic Press Association ...
• 15 May 2008
  ASIA/JAPAN - Shintoism and Christianity, dialoguing for the common good Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - Shintoism is the oldest traditional religion in Japan, begun by the pre-historic peoples living in central Asia, and has been left as it is today after a long co-existence shared with Buddhism. In ...
• 15 May 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Caritas of France and Germany meet with the representatives from Chinese Catholic charity to coordinate aid efforts; Beijing parishes, all the poor boxes read “Aid for Earthquake Victims.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Dr. Reinhard Würkner, Head of the Asian Department of the Deutscher Caritasverband, and his colleague Aloysius John of Caritas France confirm that the first aid efforts are being carried out to of ...
• 14 May 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr Luciano Alimandi - The transforming power of the Holy Spirit Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Solemnity of Pentecost brings the Easter Season to a close and the Liturgy leads us back to Ordinary Time. However the change from Pentecost to Ordinary Time would seem somewhat brusque ...
• 14 May 2008
  AMERICA/CANADA - Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 10 May 2008, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith (Canada) presented by Bishop Denis Croteau, O.M ...
• 14 May 2008
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The Church is willing to support the new 10-Year Plan for Education, “in order to contribute to the process of guaranteeing a quality education based on genuine human values.” Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Dominican Republic’s Bishops’ Conference issued a statement on some of their observations regarding the 10-Year Plan for Education 2008 that was presented on April 29 of this year. ...
• 14 May 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Bishop of Tarazona shows concern for the religious freedom law that could lead to radical secularism Tarazona (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Demetrio Fernandez of Tarazona (Spain), in his most recent Pastoral Letter, showed his concern for the reform of the religious freedom law that the government has announced will soon tak ...
• 14 May 2008
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Bishops express concern for possible irreversible damages in mining projects, as they go against human life and the environment San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of San Salvador, Archbishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle, in a press conference held in San Salvador’s Cathedral on May 11, warned of the irreversible damages that may be caused ...
• 14 May 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Catholic Church asks the government to dialogue with the Mungiki sect and for an independent investigation of the torturing of the rebels of Mont Elgon Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church’s members, along with other religious and social groups of Kenya are multiplying their efforts in requesting truth and justice in the two events that have caused concern in ...
• 14 May 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Photo documentation from Jinde Charities, coordinating aid efforts on behalf of Chinese Catholics Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Agenzia Fides was sent a photographic documentation on the aid efforts being made following the disastrous earthquake on May 12 in Si Chuan, on continental China. The images show the tragic consequ ...
• 14 May 2008
  VATICAN - The death of Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals, first African appointed by the Pope to a prominent position in the Roman Curia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Bernardin Gantin died yesterday, May 13, in a hospital in Paris, where he had been in recovery for some time. The Cardinal was a native of Benin and Dean Emeritus of the College of ...
• 14 May 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Solidarity of the Catholic Church in the entire world with the victims of the earthquake: over 2,000 European youth will join in praying for China and the victims tonight in Taize Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Keith Patrick O’Brien, Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, sent a message through Fr. Eamonn O’Brien, offering his solidarity with Catholics in China and the entire populatio ...
• 14 May 2008
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Doubts remain regarding the attack on Khartoum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Over 200 people have died in the attack led by the JEM (Justice and Equality Movement) in Omdurman, twin city of Khartoum (see Fides 12/5/2008). This fact was made public by Sudanese authoritie ...
• 13 May 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Pro-Life Movement: “It is necessary to bear concrete witness to the fact that respect for life is the first form of justice that must be applied. For those who have the gift of faith this becomes an imperative that cannot be deferred.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Looking back on the past thirty years and considering the present situation, we cannot but recognize that, in practical terms, defending human life has become more difficult today, becau ...
• 13 May 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope tells Hungarian Bishops: “the crisis of the family presents a great challenge for the Church, as it places in question conjugal fidelity and, more in general, the values on which society is based.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The first to pay the price in the spread of secularization, is the family, that in Hungary is also experiencing a serious crisis. The symptoms are evident in the declining number of marr ...