News

• 21 April 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In view of elections in May Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales addresses Pastoral Letter to the Catholics of Manila archdiocese Manila (Agenzia Fides) - “The elections are a process in which we choose leaders committed to working with the people to achieve the common good” wrote Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales Archbishop of Manila in a Pastoral Le ...
• 21 April 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Human life from conception to natural end must be respected Bishops launch National Peace and Justice Crusade to fight present situation of violence Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In several statements issued during their recent plenary assembly the Catholic Bishops of Mexico expressed serious concern for the tragedy of abortion, at present the subject of nation wide ...
• 21 April 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops demand more attention for the poor, youth and education and policies for the integral good of the person and the common good Punta de Tralca (Agenzia Fides) - "Restoring Hope in Chile" is the title of a statement issued by the Bishops of Chile at the end of their 93rd Assembly held 16 to 20 April which marked the beginning of a path of prepara ...
• 21 April 2007
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “Hand in Hand with Jesus on Mission" Holy (Missionary) Childhood and Adolescence Day La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "Hand in Hand with Jesus on mission" is the slogan of Holy Childhood Day in Bolivia on Sunday 22 April. The theme is in keeping with the path of formation undertaken in the last two years: 2005 ...
• 20 April 2007
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - Local Catholics say farewell to World Youth Day Cross and Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary after intense and moving experience Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - “Solomon Islands has witnessed great excitement these past ten days with the presence of the World Youth Day Cross and Icon of our Blessed Mother”, said Bishop Chris Cardone op, Bishop of Au ...
• 20 April 2007
  VATICAN - Clement of Alexandria “continues to mark with decision the path of those who intend to ‘explain the reason’ for their faith in Jesus Christ. He is an example for Christians, catechists and theologians of our day”: the Pope’s General Audience catechesis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After reflecting on the Twelve Apostles and then on the disciples of the latter, Pope Benedict XVI continues to focus his teaching during the weekly General Audiences on major figures in th ...
• 20 April 2007
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Regional agreement to stop “negative forces” and army offensive against guerrilla groups in southern Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Violence continues in southern Kivu (Democratic Republic of Congo), where the regular army and the UN peace keeping mission MONUC have launched a military operation to try to stop the guerrilla ...
• 20 April 2007
  VATICAN - A first approach to the “Jesus of Nazareth” of Benedict XVI, Rev. Nicola Bux and Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Fourteen years ago Jacob Neusner the world’s most renowned scholar on Judaism in the first centuries of the Christian era, published with the title A Rabbi talks with Jesus, which the the ...
• 18 April 2007
  VATICAN - “Our time, our days, the events of our life, our destiny, our actions are all in the loving hands of the Lord. It is with this great confidence that we go forward”: Benedict XVI addresses the College of Cardinals on his birthday Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 16 April his eightieth birthday, during a special lunch with the Cardinals who reside in Rome Pope Benedict XVI said “The real gift today is prayer which gives me the certainty that I ...
• 18 April 2007
  VATICAN - “Dialogue in airport chaplaincies as a response to terrorism" is the theme of the 13th world seminar of Catholic chaplains and members of civil aviation chaplaincies Roma (Agenzia Fides) - “Dialogue in airport chaplaincies as a response to terrorism" is the theme of the 13th world seminar of Catholic chaplains and members of civil aviation chaplaincies, due to be held in Rome from ...
• 18 April 2007
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Catholics pray and fast for national peace Harare (Agenzia Fides)- “We are here to pray for peace and to denounce oppression” said the Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo Pius Ncube during one of two prayer meetings organised last week by the Catholic community o ...
• 18 April 2007
  AMERICA - Towards CELAM 5: “We must share our hope based not on human, social, economic objectives etc., but on the concrete person of Christ”. Interview with the late Archbishop Luis Robles Díaz, vice president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 May Pope Benedict XVI will open the 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences CELAM at the Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil. Here ...
• 18 April 2007
  ASIA/JAPAN - The Church in Japan prays and awaits decree for the Beatification of 188 Japanese Christian martyrs Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholics of Japan are awaiting joyful news: Holy See approval for the beatification of 188 Japanese martyrs. The Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome has completed its work of invest ...
• 18 April 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA “It is the Lord!” by Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “When it was already light, there stood Jesus on the shore, though the disciples did not realise that it was Jesus. 5Jesus called out, 'Haven't you caught anything, friends?' And when th ...
• 18 April 2007
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Pope appoints new Coadjutor Archbishop of Port Moresby Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 16 April 2007 appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) Bishop John Ribat, M.S.C., until now Bishop of Bereina (Papua New Guinea ...