News
14 April 2008
AMERICA/JAMAICA - Archbishop of Kingston-in-Jamaica resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 12 April 2008, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Kingston-in-Jamaica (Jamaica), presented by Archbishop Lawrenc ...
14 April 2008
VATICAN - Pope’s Message: “Only in the search for a holistic and firm humanism, in which the question of disarmament has a natural and spiritual ethic, will mankind be able to reach a true and lasting peace.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Mankind has made considerable progress in science and technology. The human genius has produced fruits that were unimaginable just decades ago. And yet, there are still parts of the worl ...
14 April 2008
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops conclude their Plenary Assembly with a call to live the faith and mission with passion and enthusiasm, with a missionary spirit for the entire continent
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - At the close of their 95th Plenary Assembly (April 7-12), the Argentinean Bishops encouraged the diocesan communities to “live the faith and mission with passion and enthusiasm, with a mi ...
14 April 2008
AMERICA/PERU - Ten Peruvian Bishops warn the faithful about dissident group that works outside the Church, causing confusion
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - In a letter sent to the main international Catholic aid agencies, ten bishops from nine ecclesial jurisdictions from the central and southern Andes regions of Peru firmly stated that they do not su ...
14 April 2008
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Towards CAM 3: countless Diocesan Missionary Congresses to elaborate on the proposal of each particular Church, to be presented in the National Missionary Congress
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - In preparation for the Third American Missionary Congress (CAM 3) that is scheduled to take place in Quito, August 12-17 of this year, the Archdioceses, Dioceses, and Vicariates of the country are ...
14 April 2008
AMERICA/CUBA - Church reopened by the Archdiocese, after 30 years
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino, Archbishop of Havana, presided the Mass on April 5, held in the Church of Saint Mary and Saint Helen in Tarara, now reopened to the public after 30 years. Together ...
14 April 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - New Kenyan government must face Mungiki violence in protest of the death of the leader’s wife
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “A government for peace,” read the front page article in the periodical “The Nation,” on the many-times reformed national constitution. On April 13, President Mwai Kibaki appointed oppos ...
14 April 2008
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Youth from Laos at WYD: a great sign of hope
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The participation of youth from Laos is a great sign of hope for the universal Church and a sign of vitality for the smaller Churches throughout the world that live in communion and are ready to ...
14 April 2008
ASIA - Food supply crisis: international institutions worried for the future of Asia and Africa’s poorest nations, on the road to “humanitarian catastrophe”
Washington, DC (Agenzia Fides) - The most important international institutions agree on the need to launch a warning regarding the food crisis that is occurring in various parts of the planet, especially in the continent ...
14 April 2008
ASIA - Rice crisis falls hard on the fragile Asian economies, causing hunger and poverty
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In the Asian countries, rice is the staple food source, especially among the millions of people that live on the border of survival. The crisis that is strongly affecting the continent due to ...
14 April 2008
AFRICA - Two missionaries killed in Kenya and Guinea remembered by the Holy Father
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The two missionaries remembered by Pope Benedict XVI in the recitation of the Regina Caeli on Sunday, April13 are Fr. Brian Thorp, Mill Hill missionary of 77 years of age, whose lifeless corpse was ...
14 April 2008
ASIA/HONG KONG - Celebration for the 150th anniversary of PIME in Hong Kong
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Institute of Foreign Missions (PIME) of Milano (Italy) celebrated its 150th anniversary of the mission in Hong Kong with a Mass, the unveiling of a “commemorative plaque” in ...
12 April 2008
Dossier - THE MAP OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Introduction
The Catholic Church in the History of the United States of America
History of official relations between the Holy See and the USA
The United States Catholic Bishops' Conference (USCCB)
The Cat ...
12 April 2008
Instrumentum mensis Martii pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum
On the first day of the month of March, the Holy Father presided a Prayer Vigil on the occasion of the 6th European Day for University Students, dedicated in particular this year to the continents of Europe and America. ...
11 April 2008
VATICAN - World Day of Prayer for Vocations: Message from Benedict XVI: the “missionary dimension is associated in a special and intimate way with the priestly vocation.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Vocations at the service of the Church on mission” is the theme that was chosen by the Holy Father Benedict XVI for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations that will be celebrated on Apr ...
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