News
27 October 2008
EUROPE/SPAIN - University professors sign a manifesto in defense of natural death, against pressures to promote euthanasia
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “In response to the intense pressures being placed on the Spanish people to approve assisted suicide and euthanasia, the need exists to defend the dignity of natural death as the proper end of ...
27 October 2008
AMERICA/HONDURAS - Archbishop of Tegucigalpa expresses concern for the content of the Ibero-American Summit, for its imposition of anti-life policies
Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras), Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Madariaga, and his Auxiliary Bishops have expressed their concern for the content and values being promoted at the 18th I ...
27 October 2008
AMERICA/MEXICO - Inauguration of a joint project between the government and the Catholic Church, in favor of care and rehabilitation of drug addicts
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocese of La Paz (Mexico) has inaugurated Project KUNI, a dynamic program organized to offer care and rehabilitation of drug addicts, from a Christian perspective. Present in the inaugurat ...
27 October 2008
ASIA/IRAQ - UN High Commissioner for Refugees speaks out on behalf of displaced Christians of Mosul
Mosul (Agenzia Fides) – The grave situation of Iraqi Christians, suffering intimidation, threats, and being forced to flee their land, has now been officially recognized, as well, by the United Nations, which has launc ...
27 October 2008
ASIA/INDIA - Increased solidarity for Catholics in Orissa
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic community in India is working hard to support Catholics in Orissa who have lost their homes, lands, property, and means of livelihood. Solidarity campaigns have been held in sev ...
27 October 2008
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Korean Bishops' Conference focuses on the Church's commitment to formation and preaching the Gospel
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – In their General Assembly of Fall 2008, the Korean Bishops' Conference has elected as President of the Conference Bishop Peter Kang U-il of Cheju and as Vice-President, Bishop Jacobus Kim Ji-Seo ...
27 October 2008
ASIA/TAIWAN - Forty years of activity for the Children's Center in the Diocese of Hsin Chu, dedicated to Saint Therese
Hsin Chu (Agenzia Fides) - “Today, once more, following in the footsteps of Fr. Cheng Wan Li, we offer our service to society.” This was how Bishop John Li, of the Diocese of Hsin Chu, President of the Saint Therese ...
27 October 2008
VATICAN - Synod Propositions presented to the Holy Father: “Seeing the example of Saint Paul, the apostles, and of so many missionaries who over the course of the Church's history have brought the Gospel to peoples and nations, this Synod reaffirms the urgency of the mission 'ad gentes' in our time.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of the sessions held during the Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, a list of 55 Propositions was presented to the Holy Father, after having been approved during the XXI ...
25 October 2008
Dossier - MISSIONARIES IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ST PAUL
Dossier - MISSIONARIES IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ST PAUL
-- Religious Institutes inspired by St Paul --
Introduction
From the Message of the Holy Father Benedict XVI for Mission Sunday 2008
The diversity of charism ...
24 October 2008
ASIA/INDIA - Franciscan Missionaries of Mary working among the nomads of India
Pollachi (Agenzia Fides) – The work of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary among the nomads of India began in 2005, in the camps of Udumalpet, in Tamil Nadu. The religious learned the customs of the group “Narikurava ...
24 October 2008
ASIA/CHINA - World Mission Sunday is celebrated throughout the Chinese Catholic world, with celebrations, conventions, works of charity and solidarity
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Nearing the end of the Month of the Missions, in the Year of Saint Paul, and immediately following the celebration of World Mission Sunday, Agenzia Fides has gathered reports and information r ...
24 October 2008
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Rehabilitation Center for deaf children of Gitega: 26 years of spreading awareness among parents and helping youth to earn a diploma and enter the working world
Gitega (Agenzia Fides) – The “Centre pour Déficients Auditifs” has been offering quality education to the deaf of Gitega for 26 years now. In 1977, Monsignor Pierre Canisius Batembekeza, while he was serving as he ...
24 October 2008
EUROPE/ITALY - Religious persecution on the rise on an international level, says a report from “Aid to the Church in Need”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, in various cities a presentation was made of the report on Religious Freedom in the World 2008, which is an exhaustive report on the current situation of human rights in general and th ...
24 October 2008
EUROPE/SPAIN - Bishops of Extremadura affirm that Education for Citizenship “is contrary to the Social Doctrine of the Church and the right of parents to educate their children in conformity with their moral beliefs.”
Badajoz (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Merida-Badajoz, following their ordinary session on October 21, 2008, issued a statement on the situation of education in Extremadura, especially ...
24 October 2008
AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops call for care and promotion of employment, decency of the workplace, and an effort to impede local lay-offs resulting from the current universal crisis
Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – The Permanent Committee of the Chilean Bishops' Conference has issued a statement asking all business owners, workers, authorities, and political leaders to make an effort to avoid t ...
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