News
1 September 2008
AFRICA/ANGOLA - “We have been blessed by Divine Providence and we should learn to respond accordingly,” says Cardinal Alexandre do Nascimento on the eve of September 5 elections
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – “The Angolan people have reached a high level of civil and democratic maturity,” said Cardinal Alexandre do Nascimento, Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, in an interview on national radio in A ...
1 September 2008
AFRICA - Turkey looks towards Africa: First Turkish-African Summit in Istanbul
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – Following China (see Fides 6/11/2006) and India (see Fides 9/4/2008), Turkey has also organized a Summit with the African nations in order to improve the business and economy possibilities on ...
1 September 2008
ASIA/INDIA - An initial balance of the victims of anti-Christian violence in Orissa, as the Church in India prepares for a “Day for Fasting and Prayer” on September 7
Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) – The toll of victims of anti-Christian violence in Orissa (Northeastern India) in recent days has reached 26. Hundreds of Christian families were attacked by Hindu fundamentalists who dest ...
1 September 2008
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Catholic University in Icheon opens the Diocesan Center of the John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Marriage and the Family
Incheon (Agenzia Fides) – The John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Marriage and the Family hopes to open a Korean campus, which is why it has recently begun a Diocesan Center in the Catholic University of Incheon. It ...
29 August 2008
Dossier - The encounter with Jesus of Nazareth, improvisation or “creativity” faithful to tradition
Introduction
The sacrificial significance of the Eucharist
The post-council Church the authentic one?
Authentic participation depends on the rite or the language?
Turned away from the people or facing the Lord? ...
29 August 2008
Dossier - The Role of the Woman in the Life of the Church
Introduction
Social and Cultural Changes in the Role of the Woman
From the Second Vatican Council to Mulieris Dignitatem
The Pope and the Contribution of the Feminine Genius to the Church
John Paul II’s L ...
28 August 2008
DOSSIER - MULTINATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES
AND THIRD WORLD POVERTY
Introduction
Getting medical treatment in the Third World: health/profit dilemma
Drug testing threat in developing countries
AIDS/HIV and not only
All over the world AIDS costs too much
Good News on th ...
27 August 2008
Dossier - “The Education Challenge” Catholic Universities in the World (1)
“The Education Challenge” Catholic Universities in the World (1)
Introduction
The world's Catholic universities
Ecclesiastic Universities and Faculties
Catholic Universities
The International Federatio ...
20 August 2008
Dossier - The Apostles of Jesus, Africa's first Religious Missionary Institute. 40th anniversary
The first African religious missionary Institute
The founders, Bishop Sisto Mazzoldi MCCJ and Father Giovanni Marengoni MCCJ
Charisma and Mission
Structure and administration
Apostolic Communities in the world and s ...
9 August 2008
Dossier - THIRD AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS - CAM 3
THIRD AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS – CAM 3
Quito (Ecuador) – 12/17 August 2008
“America with Christ, listens, learns and announces”
“The Congress will give new impulse to evangelisation by provoking deep ...
7 August 2008
Dossier - SEX TOURISM AND HOW IT IS COMBATED BY MISSIONARIES
Interview with Fr Franco Cellano, Superior of the Consolata Missionaries in Kenya.
Catholic Church teaching with regard to sexual abuse
A ruinous and revolting 'octopus'.
The “pleasure industry”.
Gi ...
6 August 2008
Dossier - The “interreligious issue”. The contribution of the Catholic Church
Introduction
Religions, one question, many answers
At the Second Vatican Council
Starting from the dignity of the human person
Religious freedom
Inter-dependence among peoples
In the magisterium of ...
2 August 2008
Instrumentum mensis Iulii pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum
The month of July was marked by the final stages of preparation for the 23rd World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia. On 2 July the Holy Father gave the only audience of the month beginning a new series of catechesis dedica ...
1 August 2008
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Missionaries for the Deaf Apostolate: support for deaf Catholics
Hayward (Agenzia Fides) – The first religious community to work directly in an apostolate for the deaf began in the United States on August 27, 2006. The founder is Father Thomas Coughlin, who has been working for thir ...
1 August 2008
AFRICA/TOGO - Over 50,000 people affected by floods in western Africa, while a rise in food prices is feared
Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - More than 50,000 people in various West African countries have been affected by floods. 10,000 people have been forced from their homes in Togo and the country's trade links with Burkina Faso have ...
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