News

• 27 February 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - The spread of armed groups: a disturbing sign following the interruption of negotiations between the government and the opposition Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “What will happen next? This is what everyone wants to know,” said a local Church source from Nairobi to Agenzia Fides, after talks between the government and the opposition were suspended. ...
• 27 February 2008
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Seeking the Truth, Restoring Integrity”: an appeal from the Bishops of the Philippines Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Amidst the “crisis of truth and the pervading cancer of corruption,” the Filipino Bishops feel the need to intervene and offer a contribution to “seek the truth and...restore integrity” f ...
• 27 February 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocese of Hong Kong working for the family and life, with a benefit Walk Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Supporting the family and human life is definitely a priority in the pastoral ministry for the diocese of Hong Kong. According to a report in the Kong Ko Bao (the diocesan bulletin in Chinese) ...
• 27 February 2008
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Caritas Australia and Solomon Islands providing aid to refugees following tsunami and earthquake of 2007 Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - In situations of natural disasters, there is always a need for projects to aid in the rehabilitation of affected areas, a need to rebuild and to return to normal life, for victims and refugees. ...
• 27 February 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr Luciano Alimandi - God desires to give us Himself Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Gospel of the 3rd Sunday of Lent cycle A, about the Samaritan woman, is exceptionally rich. Every time we read it we are passionately moved by that intense conversation between Jesus an ...
• 27 February 2008
  Dossier - The Congregation for Catholic Education The Congregation for Catholic Education Introduction The history of a Congregation dedicated to education A few figures The delicate task of the Pontifical Society for Priestly Vocations Education i ...
• 26 February 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops’ Conference examines the situation and takes action in helping flood victims Quito (Agenzia Fides) - “All of us Ecuadorians realize the support of the Catholic Church, not only in the national level, but on a universal level, just as His Holiness Benedict XVI has shown, with his appeal for inte ...
• 26 February 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - The Bishops ask the new National Assembly of the Popular Power to safeguard the common good of the country and the peace Havana (Agenzia Fides) - In their Ordinary Assembly, “at the close of which we received Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone SDB, Secretary of State of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, sent to our country by the Holy Father to pre ...
• 26 February 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Second Congress of Ecclesial Movements and New Communities to reflect on the Continental Mission, in the spirit of Aparecida Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - On February 28 - March 2, in Bogota (Colombia), the Second Congress of Ecclesial Movements and New Communities will be held. The event will be organized by the Department of Ecclesial Communion a ...
• 26 February 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - Opinion poll in the Catholic weekly, Niedziela, on the Sacrament of Reconciliation Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - The most popular Catholic journal in Poland, “Niedziela,” based in Czestochowa, has recently published the results of an opinion poll that was taken regarding the practice of the Sacrame ...
• 26 February 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI, in the audience with participants of the international congress of the Pontifical Academy for Life: “the firm and constant ethical condemnation of all forms of direct euthanasia, in keeping with the centuries-long teaching of the Church.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Close by the Incurable Sick Person and the Dying: Scientific and Ethical Aspects,” was the theme for the international Congress held by the Pontifical Academy for Life, for the occasio ...
• 26 February 2008
  VATICAN - The great vitality of the Church in Oceania maintained by the Apostolic Exhortation “Ecclesia in Oceania”; the continent prepares for World Youth Day in Sydney Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The particular Churches in Oceania show an unquestionable vitality maintained by the Apostolic Exhortation “Ecclesia in Oceania,” which has been translated and printed into many of the ...
• 26 February 2008
  VATICAN - Secretary of State Cardinal Bertone to visit Armenia and Azerbaijan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See Press Office released a communique saying that from 2 to 9 March, Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone will - at the invitation of the religious and civil authorities - ...
• 26 February 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Diocese of Tai Yuan starts a Youth Center to intensify youth ministry Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - 150 youth delegates from the parishes of the Diocese of Tai Yuan, in the province of Shan Xi, continental China, have come together for the grand opening of a Youth Center in the Diocese. The c ...
• 25 February 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope in the Angelus address: “let us too open our hearts to the confident hearing of the word of God to meet, like the Samaritan woman, Jesus, who reveals his love to us” - Appeal for Ecuador Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Prior to the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, February 24, Pope Benedict XVI focused his reflection on the dialogue that unfolds between Jesus and the Samaritan woman (cf. Jn. 4:5-42), ...