News

• 22 December 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Curia: “For the Church and for myself personally, the year now drawing to a close passed largely under the sign of Africa” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Another year rich in important events for the Church and for the world comes to an end. For the Church and for myself personally, the year now drawing to a close passed largely under the ...
• 21 December 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - “Catholics Come Home” to their parish for Christmas Atlanta (Agenzia Fides) – This Advent and Christmas season, the Catholic association Catholics Come Home, Inc. (CCH) is collaborating with Catholic dioceses across the United States, using television ads to encourage f ...
• 21 December 2009
  VATICAN - Pope at the Angelus: “the mystery of Christmas, the prophecy of peace for all mankind,” leads Christians to become “instruments and messengers of peace everywhere” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Taking up the invitation made in the liturgy, to turn our gaze towards Bethlehem, “the little town of Judea that is witness to the great event,” the Holy Father Benedict XVI began his ...
• 21 December 2009
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “ Today is a great day for the Catholic Church in Australia”: Sr. Mary MacKillop soon to be declared saint Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - “Today is a great day for the Catholic Church in Australia and for the Australian nation at large, with the issuing of the decree confirming the second miracle of Blessed Mary MacKillop, paving ...
• 21 December 2009
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christmas among tribal peoples, for children of Holy Childhood Association Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - A different Christmas, removed from the city lights, to go out and meet the poor children of the tribal villages...this is that the children of the Holy Childhood of Karachi in southern Pakistan ...
• 19 December 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Bishop John Tong of Hong Kong writes first Christmas Letter: “In the eight months that I have been the Bishop of Hong Kong, many shining stars have appeared in my pastoral ministry.” Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The community of the diocesan seminary, the priests, the spiritual director of the retreat for the Year for Priests, the three vicars, his predecessors, the pastoral staff, all people of goo ...
• 19 December 2009
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - “Come celebrate Christmas in Gaza!”: appeal from Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - “Come celebrate Christmas in Gaza!” This is the appeal being made by Archbishop Fouad Twal, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, who tomorrow, December 20, will travel to the Gaza Strip to celebr ...
• 19 December 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Preparing for the First Missionary Congress of the Diocese of Moron: missionary triduum to prepare for Christmas Moron (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, December 20, at 12pm, the Cathedral of Moron will hold a Mass with a "sending" of missionary groups, as an opportunity to thank the members of these groups for the effort made to brin ...
• 19 December 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - “We Tell the World: God is Love” - Holy Childhood Association in Poland helps children in Pakistan Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) – “We Tell the World: God is Love” is the theme for the Holy Childhood Association's activities for the pastoral year 2009/2010. Especially in their Christmas Campaign, starting December 26 a ...
• 19 December 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Salesians conclude 150th Anniversary celebrations: “We have a marvelous history of 150 years to tell, but also a beautiful story yet to tell” Turin (Agenzia Fides) - “We have experienced an authentic year of grace, a jubilee, where we have walked the path of spiritual renewal by rediscovering the inestimable value of our consecration...We have a marvellous h ...
• 19 December 2009
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “The political situation in our country has reached a crucial and decisive moment,” Bishops of Sudan affirm in Final Statement from Plenary Assembly Torit (Agenzia Fides) – At the close of their Plenary Assembly held in Torit, December 5-15, the Bishops of Sudan published a document addressed to Christians, political leaders, and all men of good will, entitled: “ ...
• 19 December 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishop of Nakuru appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on December 19, 2009, appointed as Bishop of Nakuru (Kenya) Father Maurice Muhatia Makumba of the clergy of the Diocese of Kakamega, Rector and Professor at th ...
• 18 December 2009
  VATICAN - Pope tells eight new diplomatic representatives: "At this moment in history religions must, through open and sincere dialogue, seek the path of purification in order to conform ever more closely to their true vocation.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Religions lived according to their profound essence have been, and still are, a force for reconciliation and peace. At this moment in history religions must, through open and sincere dia ...
• 18 December 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Bishops of Belarus: “It is of particular importance that you announce the perennial message of the Gospel with renewed enthusiasm, in a society which is not immune from the temptations of secularization...” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “It is of particular importance that you announce the perennial message of the Gospel with renewed enthusiasm, in a society which is not immune from the temptations of secularization, hed ...
• 18 December 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - “We are fearing a bloody Christmas, like that of 2008.” Bishop of Isiro-Niangara tells Fides his concerns Niangara (Agenzia Fides) - "We fear another massacre like that of Christmas 2008. We live in total insecurity," Fides was told by Bishop Julien Andavo Mbia, Bishop of Isiro-Niangara in the north-eastern part of the Democ ...