News

• 10 January 2008
  ASIA/IRAQ - Attacks on Christian churches continue: Christians live segregated in terror Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Fear and emergency for Iraqi Christians as attacks on churches continue. On 9 January in Kirkuk two car-bombs exploded close to the Chaldean church of the Sacred Heart and the Syrian Orthodox c ...
• 10 January 2008
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Joy and satisfaction in the local Catholic community for the abolition of the death penalty Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - The first good news of 2008, that Uzbekistan has abolished the death penalty, was received with special joy by the small Catholic community in the country as a step towards greater respect for ...
• 10 January 2008
  ASIA/LAOS - Small Laotian Catholic Church celebrates ordination of another local priest Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in Laos is rejoicing for the ordination of Fr. Benedict Bennakhone Ithirath, aged 35, a member of the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate. The ordination which took p ...
• 10 January 2008
  AMERICA/CHILE - Following two day Diocesan Church Meeting the diocese of Chillán committed "to building an intensely missionary Church whose sign will be a Great Diocesan Mission” Chillán (Agenzia Fides) - Some 300 delegates from parishes, Catholic schools, moves of apostolate, services and diocesan offices, took part in a two day Diocesan Church Meeting held Chillán 4 and 5 January organised b ...
• 10 January 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - Cuba prepares to celebrate 10th anniversary of John Paul II's historic visit: ““he Church came out into the open and was seen by the nation and by the world: the Catholic Church was there, full of life and close to the people” Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Cuba is preparing to celebrate an important event on 21 January: the tenth anniversary of the historic visit to the island made by the Servant of God John Paul II 21-26 Jan ...
• 9 January 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - We cannot see God, because God is immense! Mgr. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A couple of days before the solemnity of Christmas, I had the joy of celebrating Mass with primary school children and their parents and teachers in preparation for the coming of Jesus. The ...
• 9 January 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - President Kibaki launches new government, fierce opposition protests, “but no one wants to bring the crisis to a head” national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies tells Fides Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “The President has made his move, the opposition reacted swiftly also not to lose supporters' consensus, however I really hope the meeting on Friday 11 will take place and that the parties will ...
• 9 January 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Kenya's crisis has serious economic repercussion on neighbouring countries: fuel imported through Mombasa port ever scarcer Rome (Agenzia Fides)- The political crisis in Kenya is affecting the economies of bordering nations which depend to a large extent on Kenyan infrastructures for exports and imports, especially with regard to fuel. The ...
• 9 January 2008
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Local Catholic Church request restitution of former Apostolic Delegation building where Hanoi Catholics gather for special prayers Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - “Dear brothers and sisters after many years the activities of the archdiocese are limited due to scarce material structures (…) the Archbishop and the Bishops' Conference have made several req ...
• 9 January 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Week for the Sanctification of the Family in every diocese concludes with celebrations and prayer meetings Seul (Agenzia Fides) - It was a week of special prayer of invocation and intercession for the family. A time in which the Church, looking at the Holy Family as a model, entrusted all the needs and problems of families in ...
• 9 January 2008
  AMERICA/CANADA - Presentation of Cardinal Marc Ouellet Foundation, social initiative connected with the 49th International Eucharistic Congress, to promote the integration of immigrants and refugees in the region of Quebec For more informationQuebec (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 January Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec and Mgr Jean Picher, secretary general 49th International Eucharistic Congress (IEC2008), gave an official presentatio ...
• 9 January 2008
  AFRICA/TOGO - New Bishop of Atakpamé appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 9 January 2008, appointed as Bishop of Atakpamé (Togo) Rev Mgr. Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Benissan until now Councillor at the Nuntiature in Israel. The B ...
• 8 January 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses the Diplomatic Corps: “God can never be excluded from the horizon of man or of history. God’s name is a name of justice, it represents an urgent appeal for peace” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The traditional audience with members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See for the presentation of new year wishes, held in the Apostolic Palace on 7 January, offered the Hol ...
• 8 January 2008
  VATICAN - The Church's Missionary nature: relationship dialogue-mission - by Fr. Adriano Garuti and Lara De Angelis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -Vatican II and the documents of papal teaching since the Council inaugurated a new missionary attitude which always commences with a sentiment of deep esteem for what is in every human perso ...
• 8 January 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - Bio-ethics: a new challenge for teaching and catechesis Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) -Bio-ethics and new ethic challenges in medicine will be the theme for reflection during a Catechetical Symposium on 12 January at the Institute for Theological Studies in Czestochowa for teac ...