News
14 May 2008
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Bishops express concern for possible irreversible damages in mining projects, as they go against human life and the environment
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of San Salvador, Archbishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle, in a press conference held in San Salvador’s Cathedral on May 11, warned of the irreversible damages that may be caused ...
14 May 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - The Catholic Church asks the government to dialogue with the Mungiki sect and for an independent investigation of the torturing of the rebels of Mont Elgon
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church’s members, along with other religious and social groups of Kenya are multiplying their efforts in requesting truth and justice in the two events that have caused concern in ...
14 May 2008
ASIA/CHINA - Photo documentation from Jinde Charities, coordinating aid efforts on behalf of Chinese Catholics
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Agenzia Fides was sent a photographic documentation on the aid efforts being made following the disastrous earthquake on May 12 in Si Chuan, on continental China. The images show the tragic consequ ...
14 May 2008
VATICAN - The death of Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals, first African appointed by the Pope to a prominent position in the Roman Curia
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Bernardin Gantin died yesterday, May 13, in a hospital in Paris, where he had been in recovery for some time. The Cardinal was a native of Benin and Dean Emeritus of the College of ...
14 May 2008
ASIA/CHINA - Solidarity of the Catholic Church in the entire world with the victims of the earthquake: over 2,000 European youth will join in praying for China and the victims tonight in Taize
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Keith Patrick O’Brien, Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, sent a message through Fr. Eamonn O’Brien, offering his solidarity with Catholics in China and the entire populatio ...
14 May 2008
AFRICA/SUDAN - Doubts remain regarding the attack on Khartoum
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Over 200 people have died in the attack led by the JEM (Justice and Equality Movement) in Omdurman, twin city of Khartoum (see Fides 12/5/2008). This fact was made public by Sudanese authoritie ...
13 May 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Pro-Life Movement: “It is necessary to bear concrete witness to the fact that respect for life is the first form of justice that must be applied. For those who have the gift of faith this becomes an imperative that cannot be deferred.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Looking back on the past thirty years and considering the present situation, we cannot but recognize that, in practical terms, defending human life has become more difficult today, becau ...
13 May 2008
VATICAN - The Pope tells Hungarian Bishops: “the crisis of the family presents a great challenge for the Church, as it places in question conjugal fidelity and, more in general, the values on which society is based.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The first to pay the price in the spread of secularization, is the family, that in Hungary is also experiencing a serious crisis. The symptoms are evident in the declining number of marr ...
13 May 2008
AMERICA/CUBA - Archdiocese of Havana sees dreams come true with the construction of a new seminary
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Archdiocesan magazine “Palabra,” just outside the city of Havana, about 150 km. from the city’s historic center, the new Archdiocesan Seminary of “San Carlos y San Ambros ...
13 May 2008
AMERICA/PERU - “Aparecida is a voice of hope and a call to strengthen our Catholic identity, the sacramental life, and charity.” Interview with the Archbishop of Lima, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Archbishop of Lima, was recently in Rome for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. In an interview with Agenzia ...
13 May 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - “May the international community intervene to place an end to the violence”: appeal from the Bishops of Southern Africa
Harare (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of South Africa, Botswana, and Swaziland who form part of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC) are launching an appeal for international and regional pressure in ...
13 May 2008
ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics working on the front lines in the earthquake zone, expressing solidarity and spiritual support on behalf of all Catholics and invoking the Madonna of She Shan
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic world has expressed its support and prayer to the Chinese suffering the aftermath of an earthquake. Chinese Catholics are praying and working on the front lines in the earthquake zone, ...
13 May 2008
VATICAN - Plenary Session of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of
Migrants and Itinerant People: “The family, vital cell of every society, can remain united even amidst mobility”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The 18th Plenary Session of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People was opened the morning of May 13, at the Dicastery’s headquarters in Piazza San C ...
13 May 2008
ASIA/MYANMAR - Planes arrive with aid, yet the situation is still chaotic; dangers of malaria and dengue among children
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Since May 12, planes have begun to arrive with more frequency, bringing aid to the people suffering the aftermath effects of Cyclone Nargis for 10 days. Myanmar authorities decided to maintain th ...
12 May 2008
VATICAN - Pope’s exhortation in the Regina Caeli on Pentecost: “Let us rediscover the beauty of being baptized in the Holy Spirit; let us be aware again of our Baptism and of our Confirmation, sources of grace that are always present”; appeal for Lebanon.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost, the ancient Hebrew feast that commemorated the Covenant of God with His people on Mount Sinai. It became a Christian feast on account of al ...
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