News

• 23 October 2007
  EUROPE/UNITED KINGDOM - Coalition of European and American NGOs denounce the Conference 'Women Deliver' for manipulation and deceit “instead of a Conference on life it was a Conference to promote death” London (Agenzia Fides) - The Conference 'Women Deliver' held in London 18-20 October has been denounced by a Coalition of European and American NGOs for sectarianism manipulation and deceit, according to a statement sent ...
• 23 October 2007
  AFRICA/EGYPT - SECAM Standing Committee meets in Cairo: principal focus for the Bishops, human trafficking, 200 years since the End of Slavery in Africa Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Standing Committee of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) will be meeting in Cairo, Egypt from October 25-29, 2007. The issue of new slaveries or human traf ...
• 23 October 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Report on violence against Christians in the state of Karnataka Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - It is the state with the sad record of the most violence inflicted on Christian communities: Karanataka State in southern India is known for one of India's the high international level technol ...
• 23 October 2007
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Christian communities build bridges with East Timor after a history of painful wounds Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - It was not without pain that East Timor gained independence from Indonesia with a referendum in 1999. The decision for independence freely expressed by the people of Timor was followed by pro-In ...
• 23 October 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - “We hope the next constituent assembly will achieve opportune reforms and we pray the Lord may illuminate the Assembly members”: Bishops' Conference message at conclusion of Plenary Assembly Quito (Agenzia Fides) - “Our country has a great desire for positive change which will affect the life of our nation for the good of all the people" the Catholic Bishops of Ecuador said in a message issued at the end o ...
• 23 October 2007
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Bishops call for a National Development Agenda and a national project which considers the interests of all citizens, after the people said yes to the Free Trade Agreement San José (Agenzia Fides) - "United as brothers and sisters, let us build up Costa Rica" is the title of a Message issued by the Catholic Bishops of Costa Rica following the first referendum in the history of the country ...
• 23 October 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - With Pastoral Letter the Bishop of Ballarat encourages participation in World Youth Day in Sydney next year Ballarat (Agenzia Fides) - "World Youth Day is always a wonderful opportunity for young people from around the world to build bridges of friendship and hope between continents, peoples and cultures, said Bishop Peter Con ...
• 23 October 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - World's first medical/scientific web page accessible to the visually impaired Messina (Agenzia Fides) - The Operative Unit of Genetics and Paediatric Immunology of the University of Messina has opened the first medical and scientific web page completely accessible to visually impaired, blind, par ...
• 23 October 2007
  ASIA - A healthy diet is vital in the treatment of people with AIDS Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - HIV positive people in Asia will benefit from a campaign to extend public policies to fight the disease and emphasise feeding programmes as part of the treatment. Some countries in southern and ...
• 23 October 2007
  Paolo Gulisano - “COLOMBANO, UN SANTO PER L'EUROPA” COLUMBANUS A SAINT FOR EUROPE - Ed. Ancora Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Columbanus is the patron Saint of those dedicated to the cause of a united Europe". This statement by the illustrious European expert Robert Schuman reveals the importance of the figure of the 6 ...
• 22 October 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Naples - “The power, which in silence and without clamour changes the world and transforms it into the Kingdom of God, is faith, and the expression of this faith is prayer … The Church's mission is to nourish continually the faith and hope of the Christian people” Naples (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 21 October the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, made a pastoral visit to Naples. On his arrival at the Stazione Marittima, at the Port of Naples the Pope was welcomed by Cardinal Crescen ...
• 22 October 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Naples - “Today we pray in a special way for missionaries. May we never fail to offer spiritual and material help to those working on the frontiers of mission ” Naples (Agenzia Fides) - Before leading the recitation of the midday Angelus prayer on Sunday 21 October at the end of Mass celebrated in Piazza del Plebiscito in Naples, Pope Benedict XVI thanked those present, “dear ...
• 22 October 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Naples - “With respect for the differences of the various religions, we are all called to work for peace and to concrete commitment to promote reconciliation among peoples” Naples (Agenzia Fides) - In Naples on Sunday 21 October after the Mass in Piazza del Plebiscito, Pope Benedict XVI went to the Aula Magna of the Archdiocesan Seminary at Capodimonte, where he greeted the leaders of Dele ...
• 22 October 2007
  VATICAN - “Ethnic and social differences lived in a spirit of reciprocal respect and love, become a common enrichment rather than a motive for division”: Benedict XVI addresses Bishops of Congo on ad limina visit Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “May our meeting, expression of communion with the Successor of St Peter, be a source of ever more intense communion among yourselves and among your diocesan Churches, filling you with co ...
• 22 October 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - “We are fighting with you to free you from slavery ”: Catholic Women religious confirm commitment to fight trafficking in human persons Roma (Agenzia Fides)- “We wish to say to victims of human trafficking, women and children especially, we are on your side, you are no longer alone. We are fighting to free you from slavery”. This was stated by the pa ...