News

• 1 February 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Peasants mobilise against Free Trade Agreement; Bishops say clauses of exception must be revised and renegotiated Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - With the slogan “Sin País no hay maíz” (No country, no maize) tens of thousands of peasants took part yesterday in a demonstration to protest against NAFTA Free Trade Agreement between ...
• 1 February 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Kenya Analysis Part I: The crisis in Kenya should mark a turning point in African Union policy: the dangers are too great just to sit and watch Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The dramatic situation in Kenya should force the African Union to revise its policy of intervention for African crises. It can no longer look the other way. After Darfur, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Cong ...
• 1 February 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Spanish Bishops say moral dimension must be taken into account at elections next month: "not all electoral programmes are compatible with the faith and the demands of Christian life" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of a meeting 29-20 January the Standing Committee of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Spain issued a Statement in view of elections on March 9, offering Catholics and 'all who wish ...
• 1 February 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses Plenary session of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: “the Church feels her duty to illuminate all consciences so that scientific progress mat be truly respectful of every human being whose dignity as a person must be recognised ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Receiving in audience on 31 January the participants at the Plenary session of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI began by expressing sentime ...
• 31 January 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI General Audience: “Augustine's whole intellectual and spiritual journey still represents a valid model for the relationship between faith and reason today, a theme that concerns not only believers but everyone who seeks the truth Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The theme of 'faith and reason', “a determinant, or better the determinant theme for the biography of St Augustine of Hippo", was the subject of the teaching which the Holy Father Pope Be ...
• 31 January 2008
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE - Another word for the common good is 'Family'! Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Among the “nonnegotiable”, principles frequently recalled by the authoritative Magisterium of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, there is one which we could describe as “inclusive” ...
• 31 January 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Why radicalism and pseudo-nationalism in India are such a threat for religious minorities, whole country and the entire world. Believers in Christ allied with the moderate and peace loving Hindu majority. New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Nationalist radicalism which attacks India's Christians on the basis of Hindutva ideology is a threat not only for religious minorities in India, whether Christian (2%) or Muslim (circa 10%). ...
• 31 January 2008
  AMERICA/CANADA - Ark of the New Covenant pilgrimage through the dioceses of Canada final lap before arriving in Quebec for the International Eucharistic Congress Quebec (Agenzia Fides) - From 23 March to 25 May the Ark of the New Covenant will undertake its last pilgrimage before arriving in Quebec for the International Eucharistic Congress to be held 15 to 22 June 2008. From Mid ...
• 31 January 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishop of Cuddapah appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 31 January 2008, appointed as Bishop Cuddapah (India) Rev. Prasad Gallela, of the clergy of Kurnool, presently spiritual director and professor of phil ...
• 30 January 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI 's Lenten Message: “In giving alms, we offer something material, a sign of the greater gift that we can impart to others through the announcement and witness of Christ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Christ became poor for your sake” (2 Cor 8,9) is the theme of the Holy Father's Message for Season of Lent 2008 which starts on Ash Wednesday 6 February. “For this year's message- th ...
• 30 January 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Hope stirred by the meeting between Kibaki and Odinga should mean improved security in the country Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- Cautious hope was felt in Kenya after the meeting on 29 January between the president Mwai Kibaki and Opposition leader Raila Odinga, in the presence of former UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, c ...
• 30 January 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Violence, abuse, the perpetrators, the reasons: what or who is behind attacks on Christians in Orissa. Archbishop Raphael Cheenath sends exclusive report to Fides Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - A report on the sad events last December, attacks on Christians homes and institutions; an explanation with regard to the perpetrators, the gangs responsible and the reasons; reference to a ...
• 30 January 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope expresses condolence for the death His Beatitude Christodoulos, archbishop of Athens and all Greece and assures his prayers Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has sent a telegram to His Eminence Seraphim, metropolitan of Karystia and Skyros, for the death of His Beatitude Christodoulos, archbishop of Athens and all Greece, who pas ...
• 30 January 2008
  ASIA/CHINA Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 30 January appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of the diocese of Hong Kong (mainland China) Bishop John Tong Hon, until now titular Bishop of Bossa and Auxili ...
• 30 January 2008
  VATICAN -: “The disciple of Christ cannot be indifferent or inactive in the face of a world with dramatic thirst and hunger” Archbishop Hoser recalls Saint Vincent Pallotti's great lesson Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Today as in the past, Saint Vincent Pallotti can teach us a great lesson. A disciple of Christ who comes from the Upper Room of the Holy Spirit, aflame with the fire of love, cannot be ...