News

• 25 February 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses the Roman Parish of Santa Maria Liberatrice: “Jesus wants to lead us, as He did the Samaritan woman, to profess our faith in Him with determination, so that we may also proclaim and testify to our brothers the joy of meeting Him” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, February 24, at 9am, the Holy Father Benedict XVI made a pastoral visit to the Parish of Santa Maria Liberatrice, in Rome’s Testaccio district, in commemoration of the centenni ...
• 25 February 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The example of two Canossian Sisters: a long life dedicated to the missions in education and holiness Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Philomena Liu and Sister Erminia Castilho, two Canossian Sisters, who have dedicated their lives to missionary service in education and health, returned to the Father’s House in Janua ...
• 25 February 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope presents his “Letter on the Urgent Task of Education” to the Diocese of Rome: “even in our times, educating towards the good is possible” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “We have come together here because of our common search for the good of the new generations, for the growth and future of the children that the Lord has given this city. We are also move ...
• 25 February 2008
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “The ceasefire agreement is a great outcome that opens the path to lasting peace,” Archbishop of Gulu tells Fides Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - “This is a great outcome and we are confident that soon there will be an all-inclusive peace agreement signed,” Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu, in Uganda’s north, told Agenzia Fides ...
• 25 February 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Half the country under a declared state of emergency due to extreme floods. Holy Father makes appeal to “fraternal solidarity” Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in Ecuador is worsening every day, due to the extreme flooding that the country has been experiencing in the past few days. The population is witnessing record precipitation levels, ...
• 25 February 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - John Paul II monument inaugurated in the same place where he celebrated his first mass in the country 10 years ago with the missionary sending of a group of children of Missionary Childhood Santa Clara (Agenzia Fides) - “Santa Clara, the city that on January 22, 1998, witnessed the celebration of John Paul II’s first Mass in Cuba, dedicated to the family, where the Messenger of Truth and Hope invited th ...
• 25 February 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Sunday, March 2, Missionary Day for Latin America: “Latin America, mission continent.” There are currently 878 Spanish priests in the missions. Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - This Sunday, March 2, the Church in Spain will celebrate the Missionary Day for Latin America, with the theme: “Latin America, mission continent.” “Sixty years ago, the Metropolitan Confer ...
• 25 February 2008
  VATICAN - Holy Father’s Message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations: “this missionary dimension is associated in a special and intimate way with the priestly vocation” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Vocations at the Service of the Church on Mission,” is the theme that has been chosen by the Holy Father Benedict XVI for the next World Day of Prayer for Vocations, to be celebrated o ...
• 25 February 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Prayer and unity of Catholics in response to the anti-Christian attacks New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in India plans on responding to the growing violence in recent months that has effected people, places, and institutions throughout the country, with: a greater coordinatio ...
• 25 February 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Negotiations recommence between the majority and the opposition: the points in dispute Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - On February 25, in Kenya, the negotiations between the majority and the opposition continued, in efforts to solve the serious crisis that has been devastating the country since the presidential ...
• 25 February 2008
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - State of emergency prolonged: the country continues in a situation of instability, while its people long for peace Dili (Agenzia Fides) - A “state of emergency” has been prolonged for an additional 30 days in East Timor. Parliament voted for extraordinary means, following the assassination attempt on February 11, that left Presid ...
• 22 February 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope encourages the Jesuits to retrace the steps of their predecessors “with the same courage and intelligence, and also the same profound motivation of faith and passion for serving the Lord and his Church” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI fervently hopes the Society of Jesus will “live with new impulse and fervour the mission for which the Spirit called it into being in the Church and has maintained it wi ...
• 22 February 2008
  VATICAN - Pope’s Message to the Cuban Bishops on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the visit of John Paul II: the need for gratitude and renewal of the zeal for evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The commemoration 10 years later of those unforgettable days for the Church and the Cuban people, lived as an enthusiastic world was watching, is without a doubt a call for gratitude tow ...
• 22 February 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - A month packed with missionary activities; 2008 declared "Missionary Childhood Year in Poland" for 150 years in Poland Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - February is going to be a month full of missionary meaning for the Church in Poland, according to report made to Agenzia Fides from Monsignor Jan Piotrowski, National Director of the Pontifical M ...
• 22 February 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - Rebuilding churches, opening missionary and community centers, increase in vocations, progress of Caritas work: some of the fruits following John Paul II’s visit Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jaime Ortega, Archbishop of Havana (Cuba), stated in an interview with the magazine “Encuentro Digital,” that John Paul II’s visit to Cuba became “a fresh starting point on the p ...