News

• 22 June 2007
  AFRICA/TOGO - “Our priority is the formation of the faithful” says the president of the Bishops' Conference of Togo in Rome for their ad limina visit Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “The Church in Togo is maturing slowly but surely” Bishop Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba of the diocese of Sokodé and president of the Togo Bishops' Conference told Fides. The Bishops are in Rome for ...
• 22 June 2007
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Common effort for education in Catholic social doctrine and education to peace ” Bishops of Central Africa announce Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- A decision to make a common effort to promote the Catholic Social Doctrine at grass roots level was taken by the Bishops of the Association of Catholic Bishops of Central Africa ACEAC after thei ...
• 22 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - More than 10,000 take part in Eucharistic Procession on June 15 in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the diocese of Chang Zhi Pechino (Agenzia Fides) - More than 10,000 take part in Eucharistic Procession in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus organised by Ma Guang parish in the diocese of Chang Zhi province of Shan Xi, on the feast of the Sacr ...
• 22 June 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - The spectre of the 2004 Tsunami returns for fisherfolk in the district of Kanyakumari, hit by unusual high tides and giant waves Madras (Agenzia Fides) - The coastal parishes of Kottar and Trivandrum dioceses in the Southernmost Kanyakumari district have been heavily eroded during the past week resulting in hardship to the parishioners. With the ...
• 22 June 2007
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Catholic Bishops denounce corruption which discredits politics and institutions and call for a radical reform in the present political system Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - 'Democracy and Ethics' was the title of a statement issued by the Catholic Bishops of Brazil at the end of a meeting of the Standing Council in which they reflected on the political situation a ...
• 22 June 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Church in Chile will mark “International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking” confirming its commitment in this field Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - With the slogan "For life, all voices, all hands... ", the Catholic Bishops' office for pastoral care of alcoholism and drug abuse PANAD has called on Catholics all over the country to mark the ...
• 22 June 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Religious pay tribute to Indigenous Australians Canberra (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Religious of Australia have paid tribute to this country’s Indigenous peoples, thanking them for their resilience and for the richness their cultures bring to Australian life whi ...
• 22 June 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Every year 10,000 Argentineans die of work related diseases Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - According to a report issued by the Argentinean Association for Respiratory Medicine, every year in Argentina about 10,000 people die of diseases connected with work which were not diagnose ...
• 21 June 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope addresses Meeting of Aid Agencies for the Eastern Catholic Churches (ROACO): “The Holy Land, Iraq and Lebanon are present, with urgency and constancy they deserve in the prayer and activity of the Apostolic See and the whole Church ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The presence of the venerable Eastern Bishops allows me to share the pain and concern for the delicate situation in vast areas of the Middle East. Peace, so implored and longed for, is s ...
• 21 June 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI dedicates general audience to Saint Athanasius, “one of the most important and venerated Fathers of the early Church, enthusiastic theologian of the incarnation of the Logos” - appeal for World Refugee Day Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The general audience on Wednesday 20 June was held in two parts, first in St Peter's and then in the Paul VI Audience Hall. In his address to the visitors in St Peter's Pope Benedict XVI sa ...
• 21 June 2007
  VATICAN - Cardinal Martino celebrates 50th anniversary of priestly ordination Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “A long period of ministry, enriched by praiseworthy activity”: this was how Pope Benedict XVI described the 50 years of priesthood of Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino who celebrated hi ...
• 21 June 2007
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE : The Sacred Heart and the “ mystery of the human ”, Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - If it is true that the splendid icon of the Heart of Christ has been differently interpreted, oscillating between two extremes of sentimentalistic devotionalism and intellectualistic almost ...
• 21 June 2007
  EUROPE/POLAND - Holy Childhood diocesan Congresses, Meeting for Missionaries, Mission Symposium for Seminarians: some of the numerous activities which reflect Poland's spirit of mission Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - The months of May and June in Poland have been a time for intense activity mission animation which reflects the country's lively spirit of mission, the national director of the Pontifical Missio ...
• 21 June 2007
  EUROPE/IRELAND - National Office of Pontifical Mission Societies restores impulse to celebrate October as missionary month in the Church in Ireland Dublin (Agenzia Fides) - The Irish Missionary Union (IMU) in conjunction with the Pontifical Mission Societies National Office are now in the seventh year of a ten-year plan aiming to restore and celebrate October as the ...
• 21 June 2007
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “The important conquests of peace in recent years must not be called into question again” the new president of the Association of Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Central Africa warns Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “We need peace and stability to work in the interests of our peoples” said Rwandan Bishop Augustin Misago of Gikongoro one of the two vice presidents of Association of Catholic Bishops' Conf ...