News
31 October 2008
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - All Saints and All Souls
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Recollection and prayer in these days devoted to the solemnity of All Saints, inseparably connected with the commemoration, often sad and mournful, of the souls of the departed, are violen ...
31 October 2008
VATICAN - Erection of the Pontifical Ateneo Regina Apostolorum School of Bioethics
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – After seven years of education and research, the Bioethics School at the Pontifical Ateneo Regina Apostolorum has been canonically erected by the Holy See, with a decree dated October 16, ...
29 October 2008
VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr Luciano Alimandi - Paul's conversion and ours
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - When reading of Saint Paul's conversion following his encounter with the risen Lord who appeared to him on the road to Damascus (cfr. Acts 9, 1-9), we often tend, in a sense, to think more ...
29 October 2008
VATICAN - The Pope’s Message to the Congress on Vatican Council II in the Pontificate of John Paul II: “The vast doctrinal patrimony, which we rediscover in its Dogmatic Constitutions in its Declarations and Decrees, still stimulates us to a deep appraisal of the Word of the Lord in order to apply it to the Church today.”
Vatican City (Agencia Fides) – “I cannot help but rejoice in light of the theme chosen, as it is one that unites two subjects which are of great importance to me: the Second Vatican Council, which I had the honor of ...
29 October 2008
ASIA/INDIA - “Christians in Orissa just want to return to normal life, in peace and harmony with everyone, with respect for constitutional rights.” Interview with Archbishop Stanislaus Fernandes, General Secretary of the Indian Bishops' Conference.
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – They do not seek special privileges...only equal opportunity and respect for constitutional rights for all Indian citizens. Christians in Orissa are not seeking revenge; they just want to re ...
29 October 2008
ASIA/INDIA - The Church in India mourns the death of the first Catholic priest from the violence in Orissa
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The anti-Christian violence in Orissa has clamed its first Catholic priest. Fr. Bernard Digal, of the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneshwar, in Orissa, who was attacked on August 25 by Hindu f ...
29 October 2008
VATICAN - Amid the sharp contrasts of his time, Pope John XXIII was “a man and pastor of peace, who opened unexpected horizons of fraternity among Christians and of dialogue with everyone”: Benedict XVI on the 50th anniversary of the election to the pontifical throne of Blessed John XXIII
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The announcement of his election to the See of Peter, “was a prelude and prophecy of the experience of fatherhood, that God was to abundantly bestow through the words, gestures, and ecc ...
29 October 2008
AFRICA/DR CONGO - “Goma has become a starvation camp,” missionaries reveal in a statement denouncing human rights violations in East Congo
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “The war that has already claimed 5 million lives has recommenced. The Congolese Bishops are describing it as a ‘cover-up’ war, used to distract attention from the exploitation of the n ...
29 October 2008
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Five terrorist attacks in Somaliland and Puntland, including a UN headquarters building
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – There have been a series of attacks reported in Somaliland and Puntland, two regions in the north and northeastern regions of Somalia, generally considered safer than the central region wher ...
28 October 2008
EUROPE/POLAND - 6th “Christian Culture Days” dedicated to Saint Paul, Apostle and Theologian
Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – Here are some of the initiatives for the Year of St. Paul, scheduled to take place during the 6th celebration of Christian Culture Days in Czestochowa (which began on World Mission Sunday, ...
28 October 2008
VATICAN - Message from the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue to Hindus, for the celebration of Diwali: “let us be won over by love without reserve, with the conviction that non-violence is the only way to build a global society that is more compassionate, more just and more caring.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – As in the past years, on the feast of Diwali, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue has sent a message to all Hindus entitled: “ Christians and Hindus: Together in Favor of ...
28 October 2008
MISSIONARY PRAYER INTENTION - The Pope’s Missionary Intention for November 2008: “That Christian communities in Asia, contemplating the face of Christ, may find the most suitable way to announce Him in full fidelity to the Gospel to the peoples of that vast continent so rich in culture and ancient forms of spirituality.” Commentary.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The missionary prayer intention for this month should be read with great care and attention. Each word chosen by the Holy Father has a profound meaning and reveals an important aspect of ...
28 October 2008
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops worry about the increase in violence in the country and its negative influence on the Church's activity
Guatemala (Agenzia Fides) – The high rate of violence, deportations, unemployment, influx of Mexican drug dealers, and the establishment of groups of organized crime throughout the nation are some of the main problems ...
28 October 2008
AMERICA/PERU - The Archdiocese of Lima celebrates the Year of St. Paul with a new parish dedicated to the Apostle
Lima (Agenzia Fides) – In honor of the Year of St. Paul being celebrated by the Catholic Church, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne presided the Mass held on October 26, erecting the new parish “Virgen del Buen Remed ...
28 October 2008
AMERICA/CHILE - Christian businessmen call for the use of “ethical and moral criteria in decision-making” regarding the economic crisis
Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – The Social Union of Christian Businessmen (USEC), in union with the appeal made by the Chilean Bishops (see Fides 24/10/2008), have asked that all move with ethical principals in fac ...
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