News

• 18 July 2008
  EUROPE/GERMANY - New National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed for Germany/Aachen Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on June 14, 2008, appointed Rev. Klaus Krämer, of the clergy of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Na ...
• 18 July 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - “We should drill this quote of Saint Paul into our heads, forever: “Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel!” - China’s Catholics celebrate the Year of St. Paul with a new missionary impulse Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Catholics throughout China are living the Year of St. Paul with great enthusiasm, in union with the Pope and the Universal Church. According to information sent to the Agenzia Fides, the Year of ...
• 18 July 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Ecumenism, dialogue, and the Way of the Cross on the streets of Sydney at the 23rd WYD Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Today, July 18, has been an intense day for Benedict XVI at the 23rd World Youth Day, one full of important events. Among the events that were held today were an ecumenical meeting, a meeting w ...
• 18 July 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops launch their “Pastoral Plan for a United Church”: “an authentic Catholic community should partake in the joys, sufferings, and needs of other Christian communities...” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Venezuela published several documents at the close of their Plenary Assembly, which was held July 7-12: a Pastoral Exhortation entitled, “United in Justice and Righteousness� ...
• 18 July 2008
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Celebration of the 30th National Youth Day in September, hosting 4,000 youth from the country’s 10 dioceses Tacuarembo (Agenzia Fides) – “With Jesus, Mission and Fullness of Life” will be the theme for the September 6-7 celebration of the 30th National Youth Day organized by the National Youth Ministry Committee of the U ...
• 18 July 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The Institute for Family Policies warns: “If the law calling for free abortion proposed by the government takes affect, by 2015 Spain will be the country with the highest abortion rate in the European Union.” government is trying to impose, if approved, would turn Spain into the country with the highest abortion rate in the European Union, by 2015, with over 230,000 abortions per year. In fact by 2015, keeping in mind the cur ...
• 18 July 2008
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Pastoral prospects on globalization and its consequences on African cultures: Convention of African Members of the Pontifical Council for Culture Bagamoyo (Agenzia Fides) – The African Members and Consultors of the Pontifical Council for Culture will meet from July 23-26, 2008 with the aim of providing a new impulse to the pastoral approach to culture. The theme ...
• 18 July 2008
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Apostolic Administrator of the Catholic Church in Liberia calls for the formation of a war crimes tribunal Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) – “We must ensure that those who bear the greatest responsibilities for the horrors in Liberia must be held accountable for the crimes committed,” said Monsignor Andrew J. Karnley, Apostoli ...
• 18 July 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The children of Saint John Bosco Parish make their First Communion guided by the teachings of Don Bosco and Francesco Besucco Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – There are three things that Saint John Bosco thought were important: that children receive the Sacrament of Confession often, that they be well-prepared to make their Confession, and that they ...
• 18 July 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Joseph Jiang Mingyuan passes away: clergy, religious, and laity of Zhaoxian remember him as a zealous priest and a holy pastor, a resplendent example of faithful and sincere witness to the Lord and His Church, even in times of hardship Biancun (Agenzia Fides) – On July 13, at 77 years of age, His Excellency Joseph Jiang Mingyuan, Bishop of Chaohsien (Zhaoxian) and Administrator of Xingtai, in the Province of Hebei (continental China), passed away at ...
• 18 July 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - New edition of the Bible for publication and distribution in the Year of St. Paul Ahmedabad (Agenzia Fides) – It is not always easy to preach Christ and the Word of God to the peoples living in Gujarat, a state in northwestern India where there are widespread Hindu fundamentalist groups that often l ...
• 17 July 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Sydney (1) - “World Youth Day fills me with confidence for the future of the Church and the future of our world.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the morning hours of July 17, at the Government House in Sydney, there was a Welcoming Ceremony held for the Holy Father Benedict XVI, attended by the civil and religious authorities o ...
• 17 July 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Sydney (2) - Our hearts and minds are yearning for a vision of life where love endures, where gifts are shared, where unity is built, where freedom finds meaning in truth, and where identity is found in respectful communion.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the afternoon, on July 17, the Holy Father Benedict XVI traveled to the Port of Rose Bay where he was greeted by traditional songs and dances from the Aboriginal Elders of Australia’ ...
• 17 July 2008
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Ecology, faith and atheism. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - There was a considerable stir in public opinion and the media tam-tam with regard to the first issue tackled by the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on his arrival in Australia for the 23rd ...
• 17 July 2008
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Bishop of Mbanza Congo resigns Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on July 17, 2008, accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Mbanza Congo, Angola, presented by Bishop Serafim Shyngo-Ya-Hombo O. ...