News

• 2 June 2008
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “No to violence! No to xenophobia!,” declare Mozambican Bishops in a message on preventing retaliation for the violence against immigrants in South Africa Maputo (Agenzia Fides) – “As Pastors of the local Church in our country, we wish to manifest our profound concern for the situation of the relatives of Mozambican residents in the neighboring country of South Africa, ...
• 31 May 2008
  Dossier - The Pontifical Council for Culture Introduction The history of the Pontifical Council for Culture Aims and tasks Structure Activities INTERVIEW with Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture ...
• 30 May 2008
  VATICAN - “You heard it said, but I say to you …” -intervention by Prof. Michele Loconsole: Jesus is Jewish and always will be Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Very often, especially in the past, the Christian community forgot to teach that Jesus was a Palestinian Jew; to all effects a member of the Jewish religion. Still today, more than 40 years ...
• 30 May 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Italian Bishops: “For us Bishops, for our priests, for catechists, and for the entire Christian community, the educational emergency assumes a very specific form: that of the transmission of the faith to the new generations." Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “In Italy, as in many other countries, there is a strong sense of what we could call an authentic ‘educational emergency,’” said the Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 29, in a meeti ...
• 30 May 2008
  VATICAN - Program of Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Journey to Sydney for the 23rd World Youth Day Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office has released the program for the Apostolic Journey of the Holy Father Benedict XVI to Sydney, Australia, for the 23rd World Youth Day. The Pope will depart from ...
• 30 May 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope tells new Ambassadors: “The international community is also called to act -- over and above simple justice -- by showing its solidarity with the poorest and ensuring a better distribution of wealth.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On May 29, the Holy Father received the Letters of Credence of nine new ambassadors to the Holy See (Tanzania, Uganda, Liberia, Chad, Bangladesh, Belarus, Guinea, Sri Lanka, and Nigeria). ...
• 30 May 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - Holy Childhood Association meets in anticipation for the National HCA Congress commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Association’s presence in the country Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) – On May 27, at Warsaw’s John Paul II Museum, a gathering for children of the Holy Childhood Association was held with representatives from the city’s grammar schools. A report on the event w ...
• 30 May 2008
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - National Migration Conference: July 28-31, 2008, with the theme: “Renewing Hope, Seeking Justice.” Washington, DC (Agenzia Fides) – The National Migration Conference 2008 will take place July 28-31 in Washington, D.C., with the theme: “Renewing Hope, Seeking Justice.” The Conference is sponsored by the Migration ...
• 30 May 2008
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops reaffirm their commitment to fight for life, in the face of the Supreme Court decision to allow the use of frozen embryos for scientific research Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Brazilian Bishops’ Conference (CNBB) has issued a statement expressing their regret for the Supreme Court’s decision to allow researchers to use embryos reserved for in vitro fertilizat ...
• 30 May 2008
  ASIA - Food emergency continues due to an increase in the cost of rice; speculations and natural disasters are among crisis’ causes Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The increase in the cost of basic food items on a worldwide level is having more and more drastic affects on the lives of millions of people. This is the most alarming and dramatic announcement o ...
• 30 May 2008
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Fighting between the Presidential Guard and rebel soldiers: crisis worsens and the population continues to face more difficulties Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – “We are trapped inside our houses. The people do not dare to go out and the businesses and offices are all closed. Every so often, a gun shot is heard in the distance,” Fides was informed ...
• 30 May 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - The death of Archbishop Giacomo Zhao Ziping: firm in his principles, with respect and dialogue for all, working for the formation of the clergy and the promotion of religious life. Tsinan (Agenzia Fides) – On May 18, 2008, at nearly 96 years of age, Archbishop Giacomo Zhao Ziping of Tsinan (Jinan), in the province of Shandong (continental China), passed away. The news of his death came as a surpr ...
• 30 May 2008
  AFRICA - Africa is the continent suffering most from the world food emergency Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Africa is the suffering most from the food emergency that is affecting many of the world’s countries, to the point that various experts fear that the African nations implied in the rise of pric ...
• 30 May 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Religion Today Film Festival: the cinema at the service of dialogue among religions Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The 9th Religion Today Film Festival will begin October 16, in Bolzano (Italy). The Festival began in 1997 in the city of Trent, dedicated to the subject of dialogue among religions. This charact ...
• 29 May 2008
  VATICAN - Holy Father’s Catechesis on Saint Gregory the Great “During a disastrous and desperate time, he was able to create peace and hope. This man of God shows us the true fonts of peace, from which true hope comes, and so becomes a guide also for us today.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI dedicated his catechesis during the audience on Wednesday, May 28, to the figure of “one of the greatest fathers in the history of the Church, one of the fo ...