News
13 June 2007
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Course of missionary animation and spirituality for young people: it is a necessity and a priority to know foundations and criteria for evangelisation
Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - Some 60 youth leaders from parishes in Guatemala City will take part in a Course of missionary animation and spirituality for young people organised by the Pontifical Mission Socities in ...
13 June 2007
AMERICA/CHILE - Sunday 1 July Communications Day in Chile: “necessity of moral judgement with regard to the quality of programmes watched by children adolescents and the impact these programmes have ”
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday 1 July Chile will mark the annual Communications Day with the same theme for reflection used in the rest of the Church "Children and the Media: a challenge to Education". To help diocese ...
13 June 2007
AFRICA/CONGO - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 14 April 2007 appointed Rev. Yvon Bienvenu Mabanza, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Brazzaville, Nat ...
12 June 2007
VATICAN - For the first time Caritas Internationalis has a lady secretary general: “Priority to humanitarian emergencies, integral development and peace building, ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The humanitarian aid offered by Caritas Internationalis speaks in the feminine voice: Lesley-Anne Knight, age 51, from Zimbabwe and of British nationality, is the new secretary general of t ...
12 June 2007
VATICAN - For the first time in history Orthodox Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos II visits the Vatican
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Starting today 12 June 2007, the Orthodox Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos II is visiting the Vatican and Rome. The visit will conclude with a private audience with Pope Benedict XVI on S ...
12 June 2007
VATICAN - Populorum Progressio Foundation Council of administration meeting
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The members of the Council of Administration of the Populorum Progressio Foundation at the service of indigenous peoples, Afro-Americans, poor mixed race peasants in Latin America, will mee ...
12 June 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI receives Document of Aparecida. CELAM general assembly in July will discuss the Great Continental Mission
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday 11 June Pope Benedict XVI was presented with the Final Document of the 5th General Conference of the Council of Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean held in Ap ...
12 June 2007
EUROPE/ITALY - Jesuits in the world 19,216: latest statistics confirm constant general decline in numbers but slight increase in Africa and Asia-Oceania
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - According to information supplied by the General Curia of the Society of Jesus, 1 January 2007, there are a total number of 19.216 Jesuits in the world: 13.491 priests (- 248 than in 2006), 3.049 s ...
12 June 2007
EUROPE/SPAIN - Cardinal Cañizares reminds parents of their right to defend their choice of education for their children with every legitimate means: pastoral letter offers guidelines with regard to the controversial issue of “Education to Citizenship ”
Toledo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church with independence, authority and moral responsibility, without invading fields which do not belong to her, and by virtue of her vocation in the social field, can and must teach the gr ...
12 June 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - “Take the path of reconciliation and forgiveness ” says the Catholic Bishop of Yendi, in northern Ghana, where the succession of the traditional king is a cause of dispute
Accra (Agenzia Fides) - No to “punitive” justice founded on revenge, yes to justice founded on reconciliation and pardon. This appeal was launched by Bishop Vincent Sowah Boi-Nai, the Catholic Bishop of Yendi, in nor ...
12 June 2007
AFRICA/MALAWI - “The funeral of First Lady could build new unity in Malawi” says a Monfort missionary
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides)- “On June 9 2007 the whole of Malawi stopped for the funeral of the First Lady Ethel Mutharika, wife of President Bingu wa Mutharika who died on 28 May” Monfort missionary Fr Piergiorgio Gamb ...
12 June 2007
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales Archbishop of Manila,: “The people who abducted Fr. Bossi could be common criminals. Islam is not to be blamed”
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - “Another missionary taken hostage! This is very sad. He is not the only one: in the past other priests and missionaries were taken hostage and some were killed. In Mindanao there are groups of ...
12 June 2007
ASIA/INDIA - Blessed Sister Alfonsa will be India's first Saint
Cochin (Agenzia Fides) - Blessed Alfonsa, a sister from Kerala, will be India's first Saint. Pope Benedict XVI signed the decree for canonisation on June 1. Catholics in Kerala have welcomed the news which spread quickl ...
12 June 2007
ASIA/TAIWAN - Catholics live month of the Sacred Heart with deep devotion and in memory of John Paul II
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in Taiwan are living June, the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with deep devotion and in grateful memory of the beloved Pope John Paul II. According to the Tai Pei diocesan bulleti ...
12 June 2007
AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops call on Supreme Court to verify with impartiality according to the law, the unconstitutionality of the recent legislation to legalise abortion
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Mexico has issued a statement "The dignity of human life and justice" calling on the Supreme Court of Mexico to act with impartiality and according to the ...
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