News

• 2 May 2008
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - A conflict that is increasingly more international Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The death of a alleged member of the terrorist network Al-Qaida at the hands of US armed forces, tensions in the port city of Bosaso, trafficking center for all kinds of merchandise and launch ...
• 30 April 2008
  VATICAN - Message sent from the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue to the Buddhists, on the occasion of the festival of Vesakh encourages “Caring for the Planet Earth” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This year, on the occasion of the most important Buddhist festival of Vesakh, which commemorates the main events in the life of Buddha, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue ha ...
• 30 April 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - China National Symphony Orchestra pays tribute to Benedict XVI with a performance May 7, at the Vatican Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The China National Symphony Orchestra (CNSO) will pay tribute to the Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 7, in the Vatican’s Paul VI Audience Hall, where they will perform Mozart’s Requiem, in coll ...
• 30 April 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Bishops tell the faithful: “Be careful with the Internet!” in a Pastoral Letter available on the Internet, in a video-message Canberra (Agenzia Fides) - The Australian Bishops recently issued a Pastoral Letter on the Christians’ proper use of Internet, an instrument that has changed the lives of the planet, from children to adults. Their main ...
• 30 April 2008
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - First National Encounter for Lay Missionaries in Costa Rica, preparation for First Regional Encounter San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - This past weekend (April 26-27), Costa Rica held its First National Encounter for Lay Missionaries, organized and promoted by the “Ad Gentes” Department of the National Missions Council. Th ...
• 30 April 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Children’s Day celebrated one year after the legalization of abortion: “For the most part, children’s rights have remained the themes of speeches and paperwork.” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - “May Children’s Day be a special occasion for the family and for institutions to promote respect for human life, as a gift and a task that begins at conception and is continued in a cons ...
• 30 April 2008
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “From a Brazil of baptized faithful, to a Brazil of missionaries without limits”: theme for the Second National Missionary Congress (May 1- 4) Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - With the theme, “From a Brazil of baptized faithful, to a Brazil of missionaries without limits,” Aparecida (Brazil) will host the Second National Missionary Congress from May 1 to 4. The ...
• 30 April 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The woman, protagonist in the Church’s pastoral activity Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Women should take an ever more central role in the pastoral activity of the Church, whose task is to promote the value of the “feminine genius” and the human resources that exist in society. T ...
• 30 April 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr Luciano Alimandi - Life in the Spirit Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Easter Season which culminates with the Solemnity of Pentecost, is a privileged time for deepening our communion with the Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Trinity who, as we profess ...
• 30 April 2008
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - The infallibility of the Pope in the Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Three years since the beginning of his ministry as Supreme Shepherd, what emerges most clearly in the teaching of Benedict XVI is the emphasis he places on the capital difficulty: the perso ...
• 30 April 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - 31st National Charismatic Convention, May 1-4: “Reborn through the Word of God” Rimini (Agenzia Fides) - From May 1 - 4, the 31st National Convention for the Groups and Communities of Renewal in the Holy Spirit (“RnS”) will be held at the “Fiera di Rimini” (Italy), with the theme: “Reborn ...
• 30 April 2008
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - “No to the culture of death that is imposed by others,” Mozambique’s Bishops say, at the close of their Plenary Assembly Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - “Once more, we wish to reflect on the evil of abortion, a very worrisome matter (in its existence and in the project underway that seeks its legalization and/or decriminalization).” This was ...
• 30 April 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Talks on hold between Kenyan authorities and Mungiki sympathizers, following the assassinations of two of its top-ranking leaders Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - A mediation effort being carried out between Kenyan authorities and Mungiki supporters (see Fides 9/11/2006) was interrupted when two of the organization’s representatives were killed by a sho ...
• 29 April 2008
  VATICAN - Cardinal Ivan Dias’ Apostolic Visit to Ethiopia and Djibouti, as Special Envoy of the Holy Father to ceremonies commemorating the new Christian Millennium, concluding with the National Eucharistic Congress Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, will visit Ethiopia where in Addis Ababa, as Special Envoy of the Holy Father Benedict XVI, he will conclu ...
• 29 April 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - In the Diocese of Hwalien, some 2,600 faithful attend the ordination of 3 deacons, presided by Bishop Philip Huang who celebrates 25 years of priesthood Hua Lien (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Hua Lien (Hwalien) joyfully celebrated the ordination of three new deacons on World Vocations Day, during which their Bishop Philip Huang Zhao Ming celebrated his 25th anniversar ...