News

• 25 September 2009
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA: Mgr Luciano Alimandi - The power of Christ's forgiveness Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Recently we celebrated the feast of Saint Matthew the evangelist. In the light of God's infinite mercy, Matthew himself narrates the unforgettable event of his calling to follow Jesus: “A ...
• 25 September 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Archbishop of Czestochowa presents copy of Black Madonna icon to Orthodox Russian monks whose monastery was once used as a concentration camp, where over 6,000 Polish soldiers were killed Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – A delegation of monks from the Russian Orthodox Church, who are visiting Poland September 23-29, yesterday (September 24), participated in a time of Marian Prayer entitled “Jasna Gora Ap ...
• 25 September 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Priests and catechists of Granada meet to reflect on “Vocation and Catechesis,” in this Year for Priests Granada (Agenzia Fides) - “Vocation and catechesis” is the theme of the 9th Interdiocesan Encounter of priests and catechists of the Archdiocese of Granada, scheduled to begin today, September 25 and last until Sept ...
• 25 September 2009
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - After the success of the Year of St. Paul, Church organizes a new web conference on Saint Luke Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – The experiment carried out in the Year of St. Paul had a great success, far beyond expectations. This is why the Church in Australia has decided to continue exploring in the area of web confere ...
• 25 September 2009
  AFRICA/ERITREA - General Chapter of the Comboni Missionaries expresses “solidarity and communion” with the Church and Eritrean people Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - “'If God is with us, who can be against us?' (Rm. 8:31). With these words of St. Paul we, delegates of the 17th General Chapter, wish to express our solidarity and communion with all of you, de ...
• 25 September 2009
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Over 500 participants at the interreligious encounter for peace organized by the Community of Saint Egidio in Guinea Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - “It is surprising to see this kind of encounter in our country, with religious leaders and people from all walks of society. We hope that peace may become a way of life, that this reflects the ...
• 25 September 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Archbishop Crepaldi: “Peace and political and social stability are indispensable” for Africa's agricultural, human, and economic development Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Africa is the place that presents the challenge for the future of Catholicism: or we manage to spread the Gospel in that continent or we will suffer many more difficulties.” This is what newly ...
• 25 September 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “We cannot speak of missionary formation if there is no opportunity for an encounter with Jesus Christ.” Missionary Training for 80 missionary group leaders and III Encounter of the Secretaries of the Holy Childhood Association Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - “We cannot speak of missionary formation if there is no opportunity for an encounter with Jesus Christ.” This was the conclusion from the encounter of members of the Missionary Animators ...
• 25 September 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “We children have hunger and thirst for justice, too.” III Archdiocesan Seminar for Children's Ministry Medellin (Agenzia Fides) – Children's Ministry and the Department of Communications of the Archdiocese of Medellin, in collaboration with the Pontifical Bolivarian University (UPB), have organized the III Archdiocesan ...
• 25 September 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Shi Jingxian of Diocese of Kweiteh: a person of profound spiritual life, with a steadfast faith and outstanding intelligence Kweiteh (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday, September 16, Bishop Nicholas Shi Jingxian, OAR of the Diocese of Kweiteh (Shangqiu), in the Province of Henan (mainland China), passed away. His physical conditions had worsened ...
• 24 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the General Audience: “may the love of truth and the constant thirst for God, which marked the whole life of St. Anselm, be a stimulus for every Christian to seek without ever tiring an ever more profound union with Christ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Monk of intense spiritual life, excellent educator of youth, theologian with an extraordinary speculative capacity, wise man of government and intransigent defender of the 'libertas Eccl ...
• 24 September 2009
  VATICAN - New Members, Experts, and Auditors for the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed the members of the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, which will take place October 4-25 in the Vatican. Among them are: Ca ...
• 24 September 2009
  VATICAN - New Board of Superintendence and President of the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR) appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office has issued the following statement. The Commission of Cardinals which oversees the activities of the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR), chaired by Cardin ...
• 24 September 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - The anthropological turning point: the primacy of 'receiving' over 'acting' Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI's latest encyclical Caritas in Veritate, occupied the newspaper columns for several days: with attention mainly on any possible economic and social indications the text mi ...
• 24 September 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - First phase of the XVII General Chapter of the Comboni Missionaries ends: “Re-foundation, re-qualification, new plan” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The first phase of the XVII General Chapter of the Comboni Missionaries (see Fides 2/9/2009), which is being held in Rome at the General House of the missionary institute founded by Saint Daniel ...