News
25 July 2007
ASIA/CAMBODIA - Special Court to try Red Khmer crimes in 2008
Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Observers, relations of the victims, NGOs., religious communities in Cambodia, the man in the street, welcome the news that the International Cambodia Court instituted to examine war crimes c ...
25 July 2007
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Hydroelectric power stations: Bishops say errors of the past must be avoided, people must receive fair retribution for property, and be given homes and land to work
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "For the good of the Family and the development of the country " is the title of a statement issued by the Bishops of El Salvador with regard to a plan to construct new dams and hydroelectr ...
25 July 2007
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - "A Life Project" National Youth Day 28 July closes Youth Month: some 10,000 young people will take part
San José (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 28 July the Catholic Church in Costa Rica will celebrate the annual National Youth Day organised by the local Church. Some 10,000 young people will take part in special prayers, re ...
25 July 2007
OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - Marist Superior General Visits Solomon Islands
Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Jan Hulshof sm, Superior General of the Marist Fathers and Brothers made a pastoral visit to Honiara bearing a message of hope for the local people and to find new paths for evangelisation i ...
24 July 2007
VATICAN - Message of deepest sympathy to Archbishop Robert Sarah, secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples upon the death of his mother
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - To Archbishop Robert Sarah Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples whose mother Mrs Claire Sarah, passed away on Saturday 21 July, Fides expresses deepest sympathy a ...
24 July 2007
VATICAN - Catholic prayers in the languages of the world: Bodo (Boro) - Diocese of Bongaigaon Assam State, India
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bodo language (pronounced Bo-ro) of Tibetan-Burmese ethnic-linguistic origin, is one of various official languages spoken in India by about 600,000 people: in the state of Assam, on th ...
24 July 2007
EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Increasing numbers of young Catholics choose mission holidays: 263 ready to give a hand in Portuguese speaking missions
Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - Missions are still on the horizon for young Catholics in Portugal. According to the Foundation for the Evangelisation of Cultures this year again many will be taking part in mission projects. In ...
24 July 2007
EUROPE/SPAIN - Education to Citizenship: “Every responsible family has the obligation to refuse this school subject. This is a matter of freedom, to defend the basic and highest right to educate our children in keeping with our own principles”
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - As from September every school in Spain will include the new Education to Citizenship subject as part of the compulsory curriculum set by the Ministry of Education. The subject involves the forma ...
24 July 2007
EUROPE/ITALY - Assisi will host young Franciscans from all over the continent for a European Franciscan Meeting
Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - Assisi is ready to welcome young people to the European Franciscan Meeting organised by the Union of Friars Minor of Europe. The meeting with the slogan “Go Francis, repair my … Europe” wil ...
24 July 2007
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Catholic parish in east Congo works to rehabilitate child soldiers
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Congo has numerous former child-soldiers in need of help to find their place in society. In Bunyuka in the east of Democratic Congo where the problem is especially felt, a local Catholic parish ...
24 July 2007
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Stigmatine Fathers mark forty years of service in parishes, youth centres, schools, healthcare and radio
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Forty years ago on 22 October 1967, the first two Italian Stigmatine Fathers Fr. Oscar Zamburlini and Fr. Alberto Fontana arrived in Abidjan at the request of Bishop Yago to take over the pastor ...
24 July 2007
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Cardinal Ivan Dias prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples ends visit to Angola. “It was an opportunity to demonstrate the excellent relations which exist between state and Church and to strengthen the local Catholic community's spiritual closeness with the Pope ” said a local Church source
Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- “Cardinal Dias' visit to Angola was closely covered by the local press and television: this showed how in Angola the Church is close to the people” a local Church source told Fides from Luanda ...
24 July 2007
ASIA/INDIA - India's Catholics congratulate the country's first woman president Pratibha Patil asking her to safeguard the nation's secular character
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in India welcomed the election of Pratibha Patil former governor of Rajasthan as India's first woman president with satisfaction, congratulations and a call to preserve ...
24 July 2007
ASIA - Monfort Missionaries in Asia
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In India, Philippines, Indonesia the missionaries of the Society of Mary, Monfort Missionaries, are helping with the work of evangelisation as well as pastoral care of local Catholic communities ...
24 July 2007
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The present situation of violence can be overcome by “hearts made new and converted to God” says Archbishop Arancedo calling a day of prayer, fasting and reflection on Friday 27 July
Santa Fe (Agenzia Fides) - Concerned at the present situation of violence in Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz Archbishop José María Arancedo and the council of priests have stated their commitment to promote peace of heart and ...
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