News
31 March 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The opposition claims victory in March 29 elections, while official results are still unknown
Harae (Agenzia Fides) - While the counting of votes continues, the opposition claims to have won the general elections that took place on Saturday, March 29 (see Fides 28/3/2008). In addition, they affirm that their pres ...
31 March 2008
AFRICA/DR CONGO - “Politics cannot divorce itself from morality,” says the President of the Bishops’ Conference of Congo
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “Political power only has meaning if its actions guarantee the common good of society, or at least the necessary conditions that allow access for all members of the community to an integral d ...
31 March 2008
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Archbishop of Yaoundé hospitalized in Paris following serious car accident
Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - “Archbishop Tonye Bakot underwent a preliminary operation in Paris, the results of which were positive. However, he will have to undergo future operations,” sources from the Apostolic Nunci ...
29 March 2008
Dossier - The Congregation for the Causes of Saints
The Congregation for the Causes of Saints
Introduction
Some figures
Brief history of the Congregation
New norms for Beatification and Canonisation
The “Saint factory” of the 20th century
2 Ma ...
29 March 2008
Dossier - THE CRISIS OF THE FAMILY IN EUROPE(part one)
THE CRISIS OF THE FAMILY IN EUROPE(part one)
The population of Europe
ageing
birth rate
abortion
postponed maternity
social costs
the family and poverty
child poverty.
destruction o ...
28 March 2008
VATICAN - “The document Dominus Iesus and the other religions” of Archbishop Angelo Amato, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (seventh part)
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “L’Osservatore Romano” has made it possible for Agenzia Fides to publish the entire text of the speech given by Archbishop Angelo Amato, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine ...
28 March 2008
ASIA/CAMBODIA - Easter 2008: 23 baptisms of adults in the heart of the small Vietnamese community at Svay Pak, infamous for its prostitution, AIDS victims, drugs, and violence
Svay Pak (Agenzia Fides) - The tiny village of Svay Pak, at about 15 kilometers to the north of Phnom Penh, celebrated Holy Week and Easter in the joy of a community blessed with the presence of 23 newly-baptized, all of ...
28 March 2008
EUROPE/ITALY - The first sister of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo will take vows March 31
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The first sister of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo will take temporal vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience on Monday, March 31, in the presence of the Superior General, Father Paolo ...
28 March 2008
VATICAN - Mass for the third anniversary of the death of John Paul II
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At 10.30 a.m. on Wednesday 2 April, Benedict XVI will preside at Mass in the Vatican Basilica to mark the third anniversary of the death of Servant of God John Paul II. (SL) (Agenzia Fides ...
28 March 2008
EUROPE/SPAIN - Presentation of a 25-year investigation on the history of theology in Latin America, made by 29 specialists from 19 universities
Navarra (Agenzia Fides) - The Theology Department at the University of Navarra (Spain) has seen the close of a 25-year-long investigation on the history of theology in Latin America, from its beginning in 1493 to 2001. T ...
28 March 2008
AMERICA/MEXICO - Presentation of the “Diocesan Procedure in the Mission of Permanent Evangelization”: the best service we can offer man “is in offering Christ Himself, through the testimony of our own lives”
Toluca (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Francisco Javier Chavolla Ramos of Toluca (Mexico) recently issued a Pastoral Letter entitled, “Our diocesan path as missionary disciples of Jesus Christ.” In the document, he conveys ...
28 March 2008
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Church appeals for dialogue and prayer to resolve conflict between farmers and the national government
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Countless numbers of Bishops and Church organizations are showing their concern for the situation that has arisen in the country following the outbreak of a conflict between farmers and the ...
28 March 2008
VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Catholic impact on the life of the world depends on being Church
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From America to Europe, passing by way of China - as we were reminded by this year's meditations for the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday composed by the Archbishop of Hong Kong - in th ...
28 March 2008
Dossier: The martyrs of the Spanish Civil War and the repercussions on the missionary world
General introduction
MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS MARTYRS AND EVANGELISATION
In the meantime what was happening in the missions?
The testimonial of a Claretian
THE CHURCH WAS AGAINST THE WAR
WAR AGAINST RELIGI ...
28 March 2008
AFRICA/UGANDA - Awaiting the peace signing with guerillas in north Uganda
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - “A peace accord has been reached. We are only waiting for the signatures of President Yoweri Museveni and LRA leader Joseph Kony. The ceremony was expected to take place this week, however it ...
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