News

• 30 September 2009
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Archbishop of San Juan intervenes in case of mass lay-offs of state workers: many families will lose “security, peace, tranquility, and hope” San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - “A scene of profound desolation and uncertainty for thousands of Puerto Rican families,” is what Archbishop Roberto Gonzalez of San Juan (Puerto Rico) has announced in a Pastoral Note sent ...
• 30 September 2009
  AFRICA/BOTSWANA - “We use our right to vote in order to choose a government which will facilitate the coming of the kingdom of God on earth here and now,” say Bishops of Botswana, as they await Presidential elections next month Gaborone (Agenzia Fides) - “It is our duty as responsible citizens to exercise our right to choose the leaders and government that will respect human dignity and create better life for all,” the Bishops of Botswana a ...
• 30 September 2009
  MISSIONARY INTENTION - Holy Father's Missionary Intention for October 2009: “That the entire People of God, to whom Christ entrusted the mandate to go and preach the Gospel to every creature, may eagerly assume their own missionary responsibility and consider it the highest service they can offer humanity.” Commentary. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Jesus Christ was sent by the Father for the salvation of mankind. “Because God did not send His Son into the world to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him� ...
• 30 September 2009
  ASIA/JAPAN - Bishop Joseph Fukahori: a life spent for the Gospel in Japan Takamatsu (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Antonello Iapicca, of the clergy of the Diocese of Takamatsu, sent the following memories of Bishop Joseph Fukahori, Emeritus Bishop of the Diocese, to Agenzia Fides. “He left this wo ...
• 29 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the Czech Republic (8) - Feast of St. Wenceslaus, “who had the courage to prefer the kingdom of heaven to the enticement of worldly power. His gaze never moved away from Jesus Christ, who suffered for us, leaving us an example that we should follow in his steps.” Prague (Agenzia Fides) – On the morning of Monday, September 28, the Holy Father Benedict XVI traveled to the Church of St. Wenceslaus in Stara Boleslav. After a moment of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, he visite ...
• 29 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the Czech Republic (9) - Message to the Youth: “The Pope asks you to live your faith with joy and enthusiasm; to grow in unity among yourselves and with Christ.” Prague (Agenzia Fides) – At the close of the Mass celebrated on the esplanade on the way to Melnik in Stara Boleslav, on September 28, the Holy Father Benedict XVI addressed the youth that had come the evening before i ...
• 29 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the Czech Republic (10) - Farewell Ceremony: “The Church in this country has been truly blessed with a remarkable array of missionaries and martyrs, as well as contemplative saints.” Prague (Agenzia Fides) – At 5:15pm, on Monday, September 28, at the Stara Ruzyne Airport, a Farewell Ceremony was held for the Holy Father as he left the Czech Republic. After the speech given by the President of the R ...
• 29 September 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Parish Pastor of Saint Louis Marie de Montfort in Villavicencio found dead in rectory Villavicencio (Agenzia Fides) – The lifeless body of Fr. Oscar Danilo Cardozo Ossa was found on Sunday, September 27, in the rectory at the Parish Church of Saint Louis Marie de Montfort in Villavicencio (Colombia), wh ...
• 29 September 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Encounter for Vicars and Delegates of Religious Life Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – Beginning Wednesday, September 30, until Wednesday, October 3, at the Meeting House of the Colombian Bishops' Conference (CEC), there will be a National Encounter for Vicars and Delegates of Co ...
• 29 September 2009
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Family Week, October 4-10 on the theme: “The Family, Home for Human and Christian Values” Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – October 4-10, the Church in Uruguay will celebrate Family Week on the theme “The Family, Home for Human and Christian Values.” For the occasion, the National Commission for Family Apost ...
• 29 September 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Priest killed by kidnappers in Santa Caterina Cacador (Agenzia Fides) – A 33-year-old priest, Fr. Evaldo Martiol from the Diocese of Cacador was killed in Santa Caterina on the evening of September 26, by two young men of 21 and 15 years of age, uncle and nephew r ...
• 29 September 2009
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Victim assessment of demonstration in Conakry; a witness briefs Fides on recent events Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – The number of victims is now at 128 following the repression of the demonstration held yesterday, September 28 in Conakry, the capital of the Republic of Guinea. This is what was affirmed by a ...
• 29 September 2009
  AFRICA/GUINEA - On the eve of the demonstration that turned bloody, Bishops launched appeal to everyone: “If the house of Guinea is set on fire, we will all be held accountable.” Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – On September 23, shortly prior to the demonstration held yesterday, September 28 which later turned bloody, the Catholic Bishops of Guinea launched an appeal to all concerned, asking them to r ...
• 29 September 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - New Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity visits Hong Kong, affirming the desire to carry out service “to the poorest of the poor” on the mainland as well, according to the desires of Mother Teresa Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – During her recent pastoral trip to Hong Kong, which took place September 16-21, Sister Mary Prema, new Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity founded by Blessed Mother Teresa of Cal ...
• 28 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the Czech Republic (1) - Welcoming Ceremony: “I call upon all the citizens of this Republic to rediscover the Christian traditions which have shaped their culture, and I invite the Christian community to continue to make its voice heard” Prague (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI began his 13th Apostolic Journey, this time to the Czech Republic, with a Welcoming Ceremony held at the Stara Ruzyne International Airport in Prague, at 11:30 on S ...