News

• 17 January 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - CELAM 5 will be a splendid opportunity to “renew our efforts so that evangelisation may truly be Good News for million of people who live in this part of the world": Message from Bishops of Acapulco Acapulco (Agenzia Fides) - In a recent pastoral statement while lamenting a "situation of violence and bloodshed in the states of Guerrero and Michoacán, with murders, kidnapping, acts of retaliation, drug trafficking a ...
• 17 January 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Missionaries of the Immaculate Heart of Mary CICM mark 100th anniversary, memory and new vitality for the missionary charisma Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Congregation of the Missionaries of the Immaculate Heart of Mary CICM, known as the Scheut Missionaries, is celebrating 100 years of service in the Philippines since the first CICM missionary ...
• 17 January 2007
  ASIA/TAIWAN - ‘Flames of life’ lit in 48 Catholic schools to have at heart the Church, society and neighbour Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - “Lighting the flame of life together” was the theme of a campaign launched by Fu Ren Catholic University at the end of 2006 in Taiwan’s 48 Catholic schools and other institutes of educati ...
• 16 January 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Consecrated men and women are called to arrange their day around the prayer of the Church to enable them to announce to the world that “salvation is still present and comes from God through his Son”: Italian Bishops issue message for upcoming World Day for the Consecrated Life Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In a Message issued for the 11th annual Day for the Consecrated Life the Italian Bishops write: “February 2nd Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, the Church celebrates the Day for Consecrated ...
• 16 January 2007
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Immigrants, human trafficking, justice and peace: issues discussed at 7th Conference of Dominican Family in Asia-Oceania Kao Hsiung (Agenzia Fides) - Immigrants, human trafficking, spirituality of justice and peace were among the urgent issues discussed during the 7th Conference of the Dominican Family in Asia-Oceania held at the end of 2 ...
• 16 January 2007
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Hong Kong’s Chinese University opens new Centre for Christian Studies Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Growing interest for Christianity, Christian tradition and history promoted the Chinese University of Hong Kong to open a new Centre for Christian Studies. At the inauguration ceremony the dir ...
• 16 January 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Emigration and human trafficking in the Philippines: a pastoral challenge without frontiers”; intervention by Fr. Fabio Baggio, Scalabrini Missionary Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In the vast phenomenon of human mobility besides legal migration regulated by international law, a phenomenon of human trafficking which causes great suffering to hundreds of thousands of people ...
• 16 January 2007
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Archdiocese of Yangon reflects on Pope Benedict XVI’s message for World Peace Day and declares 2007 “Year for Children” Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The celebration of World Peace Day, January 1st will continue through the year 2007 for the Archdiocese of Yangon in Myanmar with special in-depth reflection on Pope Benedict XVI Message for the ...
• 16 January 2007
  EUROPA/PORTUGAL - “Life is in your hands” Schoenstatt movement launches campaign of prayer and awareness building on the theme of life; Sunday 28 January March Pro Life March promoted by the Portuguese Large Families Association Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Portugal is mobilising Catholics in view of a February 11 referendum on the legalisation of abortion (see Fides 14/12/2006). To increase awareness of the seriousness of the ...
• 16 January 2007
  AFRICA/CONGO -Final act of homage for Cardinal Etsou. “A tireless shepherd, a man of simplicity who united his sufferings with those of Christ” says President of Bishops Conference Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 80,000 people attended the funeral in Martyrs Stadium Kinshasa on Sunday 14 January of Cardinal Frédérick Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Democratic Congo, who die ...
• 16 January 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA -Week of Prayer for Peace in Northern Uganda, Catholics continue to promote reconciliation Gulu (Agenzia Fides)- “Enough with war, peace is a gift of God which we are called to build day by day with prayer, dialogue and by accepting and forgiving our brothers and sisters ” said Archbishop Pierre Christophe ...
• 16 January 2007
  AFRICA - Africans interested in application of nuclear energy Roma (Agenzia Fides)- African countries are showing growing interest for nuclear technology as a means for meeting their needs for energy and development. This emerged from a Conference on Nuclear Energy in Africa in Alg ...
• 16 January 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - Record number of 273,021 Bibles distributed throughout Peru in 2006 compared to 253,916 in 2005 Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Once again in 2006 the Peruvian Bible Society distributed a record number of 273.021 Bibles even more than the high number of 253.916 copies given out in 2005. The Bible is the world’s the most ...
• 16 January 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Much remains to be done to proclaim Jesus in every home and to let the Gospel transform the country”: 3rd national Lenten Campaign to support the Church in her evangelising mission Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Argentina have urged Catholics to take part in the 3rd National Church Support Campaign. In a Pastoral letter the Bishops write “We as the Church achieve much. We ...
• 15 January 2007
  VATICAN - “The reality of migration must never be seen only as a problem, but also and above all as a great resource for humanity’s progress” Pope Benedict XVI said at the Angelus on the Day for Migrants and Refugees Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Before leading the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday 14 December, Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the situation of Migrants and Refugees since it was the Day the Catholic Church dedicates ...