News

• 10 December 2007
  ASIA/TAIWAN - In response to the Pope's call the Regional Bishops Conference in Taiwan launches a Year of St Paul together with celebrations for the 150th anniversary of Evangelisation Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Taiwan have decided to combine celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the evangelisation of the area with a Year of St Paul in unity with the Year of St Paul announced by Pope ...
• 10 December 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Pontifical Mission Societies launch “alternative Christmas gift” campaign Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies in Australia have launched a campaign for a Christmas not of consumerism but of solidarity and support for the missions, encouraging people to exchange 'alternati ...
• 10 December 2007
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops of Guatemala say adoptions have become a business for profit Guatemala City(Agenzia Fides) - "In Guatemala, some people have made adoption of children a profitable business, losing the noble desire to give a home to a child who has been abandoned, or is disabled or unwanted". This ...
• 10 December 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Against the approval of so-called "Worthy Death" law the Bishops of Rio Negro reaffirm once again the “Dignity of human life” Rio Negro (Agenzia Fides) - The 'Dignity of human life' has been reaffirmed by the Bishops of Rio Negro region (dioceses of Alto Valle, San Carlos de Bariloche and Viedma) after the approval on 29 November of the so-call ...
• 6 December 2007
  VATICAN - Cromatius was a wise teacher and a zealous bishop. His first and principal commitment was to listen to the Word, in order to be able to announce it to others: in his teaching he always starts from the Word of God to then return to it again. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Cromatius was a wise teacher and a zealous bishop. His first and principal commitment was to listen to the Word, to be able to announce it to others: in his teaching he always starts fro ...
• 6 December 2007
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - “The Liturgy, the Church in total relationship with Jesus Christ Mediator Dei” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - It is known that the incipit of the Encyclical of the Servant of God Pope Pius XII is the most organic pronouncement of the Magisterium of the Church on the Liturgy which has ever been prod ...
• 6 December 2007
  VATICAN - To contribute to professional formation of Spanish speaking Catholics Pontifical Gregorian University offers Virtual Course in Radio second year running Roma (Agenzia Fides) - To contribute to the professional formation of Spanish speaking Catholic communicators who use the radio to inform, form and evangelise in Latin America and Spain, for the second year running CICS, ...
• 6 December 2007
  VATICAN - TODAY ON THE INTERNET - The founder of 'Russia Cristiana Centre', Fr Romano Scalfi, tells Zenit: “ Marxist hope is Utopianism” - Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate open new mission in India Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Compared to Christian hope, “Marxist hope is Utopianism ”, says Fr Romano Scalfi, founder of Russia Cristiana Study Centre. Commenting for Zenit new agency the new encyclical by Pope B ...
• 6 December 2007
  VATICAN - The Pontifical Institute John Paul II for Studies on Marriage and the Family confers honorary doctorates on Prof. Tadeusz Styczeń and Prof. Eugenia Scabini Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Today 6 December, the Pontifical Institute John Paul II for Studies on Marriage and the Family conferred honorary doctorates on Prof. Tadeusz Styczeń and Prof. Eugenia Scabini. Opening the sol ...
• 6 December 2007
  AFRICA - Africa's skies call increasing numbers of passengers, but local airlines suffer from foreign competition Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- African airspace is ever busier but local airlines are in danger of losing considerable market quota to foreign competitors. This was said by African experts Nairobi, Kenya, at an African Airline ...
• 6 December 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - "With regard to the Great Lakes crisis the international community appears to have changed its course” a missionary told Fides after the Addis Ababa summit Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “Government troops returned to Goma chanting victory, but we know they suffered heavy losses” said missionary sources in the east of Democratic Congo where the regular army has launched an o ...
• 6 December 2007
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Young Christian Workers Association whose members include also non Christians, celebrates 50 years of activity in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Young Christian Workers Association recently celebrated 50 years of activity in Hong Kong. The celebrations were held at the parish of Our Lady of Good Counsel. Hong Kong's diocesan bullet ...
• 6 December 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Catholic Church committed to fighting drug abuse: suffering caused by drug abuse is a social phenomenon which involves real people and reveals 'new forms of poverty' Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "It is out of love for Christ that we are called to undertake initiatives of prevention ", said Bishop Cristián Contreras Villarroel, auxiliary Bishop of Santiago, at the first meeting on 5 De ...
• 6 December 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops' Conferences launches radio project to make the Compendium of Catholic Social Doctrine, better and wider known Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Through its Commission for Social Communications the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Peru has launched a radio project to make the Compendium of Catholic Social Doctrine better and wider known. ...
• 6 December 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Archbishop of Kinshasa appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 6 December 2007, appointed as Archbishop of Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo) Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, until now Archbishop of Kisan ...