News

• 6 June 2007
  VATICAN - Caritas Internationalis has new president: Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga. Appeal for the Middle East Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Oscar Andrès Rodriguez Maradiaga, aged 64, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, is the new president of Caritas Internationalis. He was elected to succeed 61 year old lay man Fran ...
• 6 June 2007
  VATICAN - “Pope Pius XII anticipated and prepared the Council” says Rev Nicola Bux, Vice Rector of the Ecumenical Institute of Bari in an interview with Fides Vatican City (Fides Service)- “The recent recognition of the heroic virtues of Pope Pius XII, in my opinion, is an eloquent sign with regard to the correct application of the Second Vatican Council” said Rev Nicola B ...
• 6 June 2007
  AFRICA - “ We must deepen our reciprocal knowledge in order to build a world of peace founded on respect for others” says Catholic Archbishop of Rabat, president of the Northern African Regional Bishops Conference, in Rome for the ad limina visit Rome (Fides Service)- “Our small communities of Catholics living among people who are mainly followers of Islam, bear witness to Christ's love for all humanity” said Archbishop Vincent Landel of Rabat, Morocco and pr ...
• 6 June 2007
  AFRICA/CHAD - Jesuit Refugee Service starts school lessons for children of internally displaced families N’Djamena (Fides Service)- On 18 May in Habile 3 IDP camp a service of primary school began for the children of internally displaced persons in the Dar Sila region in eastern Chad started by the Jesuit Refugee Service ...
• 6 June 2007
  ASIA/IRAQ - Ever more difficult the life of believers in Christ in the land of Iraq Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - For Iraqi Christians life is increasingly difficult due to the never ending war and escalation of confessional violence which culminated earlier this week with the murder in Mosul of a Chaldean ...
• 6 June 2007
  AMERICA/CANADA - “Media ad religion: risk or opportunity?” UCIP International Catholic Union of the Press World Congress Quebec (Agenzia Fides) - The International Catholic Union of the Press is holding a World Congress 2007 from 3 to 10 June in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada on the theme "Media ad religion: risk or opportunity?". The UCIP Con ...
• 6 June 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Abortion is never the answer. The choice must always be for life”: Bishops' statement with regard to proposed de-penalisation of the crime of abortion Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Argentina in a statement regarding various proposals to de-penalise the crime of abortion by introducing regulations regarding so-called "non punishable ...
• 6 June 2007
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS- Young people and all the local Church welcome the appointment of Salesian Fr Luciano Capelli as Bishop of Gizo Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - The earthquake and tsunami tragedy in April left in its wake grief and devastation on the island of Gizo, Solomon Islands. Then arrival of the World Youth Day Cross and Icon of the Blessed Virgi ...
• 6 June 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Every suffering child is the Crucified Jesus ”, testimony by Fr John Bosco Pasala, Indian Claretian missionary Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Saint Mary of Tears in Rome was the background for a meeting “Culture like life is necessary for every child, family and community in the world”. Special guest was Fr John Bosco P ...
• 6 June 2007
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Pope accepts resignation of Auxiliary Bishop of Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni and appoints successor Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 6 June 2007 accepted the renunciation of the office of Auxiliary of the Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni (Bolivia), presented by Bishop Manuel Eguiguren ...
• 6 June 2007
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - The Pope creates dioceses of Viana and Caxito and appoints first Bishops Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 6 June 2007 created the dioceses of Viana and Caxito (Angola), with territory taken from the archdiocese of Luanda, making them suffragans of the same ...
• 5 June 2007
  VATICAN - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI expresses his grief for the murder of a priest and three sub-deacons in Mossul Iraq: "May their sacrifice inspire in the hearts of all men and women of good will a renewed resolve to reject the ways of hatred and violence, to conquer evil with good and to cooperate in hastening the dawn of reconciliation, justice and peace in Iraq Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI has expressed his grief at the tragic murder of a Chaldean Catholic priest and three sub-deacons on Sunday June 3 in Mossul, in Iraq (see Fides 4/6/2007). ...
• 5 June 2007
  VATICAN - The great legacy of Pope Pius XII: Fides interviews Father Peter Gumpel, Relator of the cause for the beatification of Pope Pius XII Vatican City (Agenzia Fides)- “Pope Pius XII played an important role in preparation for the Second Vatican Council and he encouraged the Church to reflect on issues which concerned modern men and women” Jesuit Fr Pe ...
• 5 June 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Missio ad gentes, horizon and paradigm of the pastoral activity of the Church in Italy”: final statement from 57th general assembly of the Italian Bishops' Conference on occasion of the 50th anniversary of Fidei donum Encyclical Roma (Agenzia Fides) - “Mission as the horizon of the life of the Church in the inseparable relationship with faith in Christ and in the understanding of cultural and ethical challenges which globalisation poses to bel ...
• 5 June 2007
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Catholic Bishops of industrialised countries urge G8 leaders to take 'bold action on global poverty' Heiligendamm (Agenzia Fides) -Catholic Bishops from around the rich world have issued a public plea for the G8 group of industrialised nations to take "bold action on global poverty". The leader of Catholics in England ...