News
9 April 2008
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Renewed urgent call from Bishops: an openness to dialogue and an illumination of reason in truth is needed for the country to overcome its difficulties
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - “We are extremely worried about the progressive segregation occurring among the various regions, social classes, and ethnic groups, the ideological polarization, the excessive attention giv ...
9 April 2008
ASIA/CHINA - According to the preliminary provisory statistics, over 13,000 people were baptized on Easter in continental China
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In the 80 dioceses of continental China, 13,608 people were baptized in the Easter Vigil 2008. In addition to the Sacrament of Baptism, the catechumens also received the other two sacraments of ini ...
9 April 2008
ASIA/MONGOLIA - “The proclamation of Christ returned to Mongolia 15 years ago, but the Lord has always been with the Mongol people who today receive the Gospel with faith and hope.” - Interview with Bishop Wenceslao Padilla, Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar
Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - In just 15 years of active presence, the small Catholic community of Mongolia has made great progress. With the proclamation of the Gospel and the love of God, made manifest mainly through t ...
9 April 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - “Kenya cannot withstand another crisis,” missionary tells Fides
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The worst incidents were seen in Kibera, the largest of the slums near the capital city and one which serves as electoral stronghold for Odinga, as well as in Kisumu, his hometown,” Agenzia ...
9 April 2008
AFRICA - “The 21st century will be the century of Africa and Asia” says Indian Prime Minister in his opening address at the India-Africa Summit
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Investments, businesses, energy security, climate changes, reform of the United Nations, and peacekeeping. These were the main topics of discussion in the first India-Africa Summit that began ...
8 April 2008
VATICAN - Cardinal Cordes, President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” attends Plenary Assembly of Catholic Bishops of England and Wales
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See Press Office has issued a statement saying that, upon the invitation of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (CBEW), Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, president of ...
8 April 2008
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Migration, missionary activity, renewal of the Catechesis for Christian Initiation are among discussion topics for the Plenary Assembly
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Argentina have begun their 95th Plenary Assembly, taking place April 7-12. The Assembly opened with a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos ...
8 April 2008
EUROPE/SPAIN - Presentation of the new Catechism for Christian Initiation “Jesus is Lord”: “more than a book, it is a treasure because it contains the Good News that our Holy Mother Church teaches us.”
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Javier Salinas Viñals of Tortosa, Vice-President of the Bishops’ Committee on Education and Catechesis for the Spanish Bishops’ Conference (CEE), yesterday presented the catechetical ...
8 April 2008
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Third National Missionary Congress in preparation for the CAM 3, to spread missionary awareness among the baptized; commencement of the National Missionary Project, promoted by the Plenary Council
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - With the theme, “Venezuela, now is the time to be missionary apostles,” the Third National Missionary Congress (CONAMI) will be held April 9-13. The event is being organized by the Venezuela ...
8 April 2008
AMERICA/CHILE - Distribution of the “morning after pill” is outlawed in public health centers, after a long court battle: this “reaffirms the Law in recognizing that our justice system protects life.”
Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - Following a long court battle, the Constitutional Tribunal of Chile has declared as public and official the court settlement that will give way to the declaration of unconstitutionalit ...
8 April 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI: “The Church has the primary duty of approaching these persons with love and delicacy, with maternal care and attention, to announce the merciful nearness of God in Jesus Christ” to all those wounded by divorce and abortion
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Divorce and abortion are decisions that are sometimes undertaken in difficult circumstances, they often bring trauma and are causes of deep suffering for those who make them.” These we ...
8 April 2008
VATICAN - The Pope visits the Basilica of Saint Bartholomew for “a pilgrimage in memory of the martyrs of the 20th century”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Apparently it would seem that violence, totalitarianisms, persecution and blind brutality show themselves to be stronger, silencing the voice of the witnesses of the faith, who can seem ...
8 April 2008
ASIA/INDONESIA - General elections 2009: Christian presence in politics expected
Yakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The democratic process in Indonesia continues to make progress, albeit slowly and in the midst of many different obstacles. The Islamic country with the most population (over 220 million people, ...
8 April 2008
EUROPE/ITALIA - Franciscans organize “Third Chapter of the Poor”
Bari (Agenzia Fides) - “In a changing world, there are always poor,” is the theme for the reflections that will be made during the “Third Chapter for the Poor,” an event organized by the Franciscan Friars Minor o ...
8 April 2008
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Australia is ready for WYD 2008!
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - 225,000 people are now expected to attend the 23rd World Youth Day in Sydney. In a press conference held in Rome on April 7, the Australian Ambassadors to Italy and to the Holy See announced that ...
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