News

• 21 January 2008
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Bishop of Maumere appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 19 January 2008, appointed Bishop Gerulfus Kherubim Pereira, S.V.D., until now Bishop of Weetebula (Indonesia), Bishop of Maumere (Indonesia) (S.L.) ( ...
• 19 January 2008
  Instrumentum mensis Decembris pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontifici Benedicti XVI pro evangelizatione in terris missionum During the month of December through his Magisterium the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI led the Church as she waited for the Advent of the Lord Jesus to contemplate the Mystery of the Incarnation, and he called the attent ...
• 18 January 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - “Rejection of the Pope is inconceivable for us”: despite difference in time zone bewildered Chinese Catholics will be spiritually present for the Pope's Sunday Angelus Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “We want the Pope to come!”: this is the pressing call from Chinese Catholics anxious for the Holy Father to visit their country and bewildered by the minority group which prevented Pope Ben ...
• 18 January 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Comboni missionaries express solidarity with the Holy Father Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “To the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, subject to a regrettable act of intolerance on the part of a few docents and students at the Sapienza University, the Institute of the Comboni Missionary of ...
• 18 January 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - “The Pope is the Vicar of Christ, he is beyond taking sides” says a Salesian missionary Rome (Agenzia Fides)-“I express deep closeness to the Holy Father” said Salesian Fr. Cosimo Alvati, former head of Radio Don Bosco in Madagascar and at present teaching Science of Communications at the Pontifical Sal ...
• 18 January 2008
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Cecilianos Monks in Caçapava do Sul: the intellectual Pope is patrimony of universal culture Caçapava do Sul (Agenzia Fides) - “We express our closeness to the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI following the deplorable episode at La Sapienza University in Rome”, we read in a statement sent to Fides by Fr. Mar ...
• 18 January 2008
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - “On behalf of all Catholics and missionaries in Costa Rica we express profound and filial closeness to our beloved Pope” San José (Agenzia Fides) - “After hearing of the deplorable events which led to the cancellation of the visit by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to La Sapienza University in Rome, we wish to express to the Successor Pe ...
• 18 January 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “As Catholics we cannot remain silent in a situation in which a small group of people tried to distance God from the hearts of the people” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. José Rafael Romero Linares, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Venezuela, informs Fides that the national office team met yesterday to discuss the events which led to ...
• 18 January 2008
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - “Everyone here was shocked by the news, Christians and Muslims alike” Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - From Tunis Fr. Eugenio Elías, a missionary of the Community of the Incarnate Word, writes: “Tunisia is a mainly Muslim country. Its position in northern Africa and its closeness to Europe make ...
• 18 January 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - The national office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Poland: greater human respect for the Holy Father, support for the initiative of Cardinal Ruini Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - "We too, like many in the world and with the whole Church, followed through the media the deplorable situation in Rome” said National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Poland Mgr ...
• 18 January 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - From the “Continent of Hope” total communion with the Pope and profound sadness Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "With deep concern we heard of the incomprehensible attitude of a few professors and students at La Sapienza University in Rome who deprived the majority of the university community of an opportun ...
• 18 January 2008
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - “From the Dominican Republic we want the Pope to know he can count on us” Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - "As the national Co-ordinator of Youth pastoral in the Domincan Republic and Director of Radio Juventus Don Bosco, I join testimonies of affection and solidarity with Pope Benedict XVI aft ...
• 18 January 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “This situation is a call to evangelise every sector of society ” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of the situation which has arisen at La Sapienza University in Rome which led to the cancellation of the visit Pope Benedict XVI was due to make as part of his ministry, with the of ...
• 18 January 2008
  AFRICA/DJIBOUTI - “Peace in Somalia is possible, because to abandon hope means to accept the reign of death” Bishop of Djibouti in Rome for the ad limina visit speaks to Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “This is a political question concerning relations between states” Bishop Giorgio Bertin of Djibouti and Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu, told Fides expressing his opinion with regard to th ...
• 18 January 2008
  VATICAN - Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 100th edition. This year's theme “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thess 5,17) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From the 18 to 25 January we celebrate the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity which marks its 100th anniversary in 2008. The theme chosen for reflection this year are St Paul's words ...