News

• 16 October 2007
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops and lay Catholics call the country to three days of prayer: Children's Rosary for Peace; national Marian shrine of Our Lady of Coromoto raised to the rank of Minor Basilica, National Day of Prayer for the Nation Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of Venezuela and the national Catholic Laity Council have called the country to three days of prayer. The announcement was made at a press conference by Bishop Saúl Figu ...
• 16 October 2007
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - World Mission Sunday: “We cannot be content to sit passively inside our churches, we must go out to tell everyone that evil and death never have the last word, love is stronger” Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "I am a disciple who listens and a missionary in action" is the theme chosen by the Catholic Church in Honduras for World Mission Sunday 21 October, national director of the Pontifical Missi ...
• 16 October 2007
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - 2nd Congress on Bio-ethics culture, GMO scientific research and food security, poverty, HIV/AIDS, justice, human rights, solidarity and respect of life Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) -Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, hosted the 2nd Congress on Bio-ethics 4-6 October organised jointly by the local Catholic Ethics Committee CECA and the Pontifical Academy for Life. The ...
• 16 October 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - World Food Day 850 million people do not get enough food: numerous events Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Food insecurity is still a world problem. Some 850 million people do not have enough food. Studies estimate that by 2020 1.3 billion and one out of every four children aged 0-6, will go hungry, unl ...
• 16 October 2007
  “His voice still resounds”: Pompei hosts day of prayer to commemorate Raoul Follereau on the 30th anniversary of his death Roma (Agenzia Fides) - To mark the 30th anniversary of the death of Raoul Follereau, French journalist who dedicated his whole life to “brothers and sisters” suffering from Hansen disease, on Thursday 6 December the ...
• 15 October 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus: “the real leprosy which disfigures man and society is sin; it is pride and selfishness which generate indifference, hatred and violence in the human heart. This leprosy of the spirit… no one can cure except God, who is love” - Appeal for Iraq Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Gospel parable of Jesus who heals the ten lepers and only one- a Samaritan, a foreigner, comes back to thank him, proclaimed during Mass on 14 October, the 28th Sunday in the Liturgical ...
• 15 October 2007
  VATICAN - Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music called by Pope Benedict XVI to contribute to “an ‘aggiornamento’ suited to our times of the precious traditions of which sacred music is rich” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I have come gladly to see the completely renovated didactic see of the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music. My visit inaugurates and blesses the major work of restoration undertaken in ...
• 15 October 2007
  VATICAN - Religions committed to defending human dignity, promoting peace and unity in the human family: International Course in Humanitarian Law for Catholic Military Chaplains Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Defence of human dignity is the only ray of light in the darkness of war, a light which can illuminate the mind, a little flame that can dissolve hatred and resentment, a fine red thread ...
• 15 October 2007
  VATICAN - “Without peace between Christians and Muslims, there can be no peace in the world”: leading members of almost all Muslim countries, Shiite and Sunni, address a Letter to Christian leaders Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Among those who signed a Letter (written a year after the Letter addressed to Benedict XVI by 38 leading Muslims in answer to the Pope's “lecture” in Regensburg) is the secretary general of the ...
• 15 October 2007
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - Popular Mission animated by OMI missionaries at Drobeta Turnu Severin; Saturday 20 mission prayer vigil Drobeta Turnu Severin (Agenzia Fides) - Every time a Christian community goes beyond the door of its church to bear witness in word and deed to the love of God, it is on mission. This activity in keeping with the very na ...
• 15 October 2007
  VATICAN - Mgr Boarotto appointed Delegate for the Ordinary Section of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI appointed Delegate of the Ordinary Section of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (A.P.S.A.) Rev. Mgr. Massimo Boarotto, until now official at the Congrega ...
• 15 October 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nigeria and India intensify economic collaboration with visit by India's Prime Minister Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- Yesterday, 14 October the Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh, arrived in the Nigerian capital Abuja to intensify economic relations between Nigeria e India especially in the field of energy. ...
• 15 October 2007
  AFRICA/TOGO - “Peaceful legislative elections with high number of voters” says Catholic Archbishop of Lome Lome (Agenzia Fides)- “The elections were peaceful and the situation is calm: there is hope for the future” said Archbishop Denis Komivi Amuzu-Dzakpah of Lomé, capital of Togo, where legislative elections were held ...
• 15 October 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Ji Ning diocese in Mongolia, celebrates consecration of new Cathedral dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary; the diocese hosts the continent's most famous Marian Shrine to Our Lady of the Rosary Ji Ning (Agenzia Fides) - “The Cathedral dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary is also a splendid symbol of the city. The church alone is a strong message of evangelisation", the parish priest said about the Ji Ning dio ...
• 15 October 2007
  AMERICA/CUBA - World Mission Sunday in the wake of Cuba's first Blessed Brother José López Piteira; first Holy Childhood Mission Sunday initiative “One million children pray for peace ” Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies in Cuba will celebrate Mission Sunday on 21 October on the theme of Pope Benedict XVI Mission Sunday Message 2007, "All the Churches for all the world", said PMS ...