News

• 9 September 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Diocese of Ning Xia celebrates Congress of Year for Priests with their 98-year-old Bishop Yin Chuan (Agenzia Fides) – The celebration of the Year for Priests, in communion with the Universal Church and following the guidelines given by Pope Benedict XVI, continues to be a more widely participated event amon ...
• 9 September 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Archdiocese of Madrid begins pilgrimage of WYD Cross on September 14; Archbishop tells youth: “life your Christian vocation with faith” and rejoice “in the privilege of carrying the Cross of Christ and making it visible to everyone” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “Rejoice in the privilege of carrying the Cross of Christ and making it visible to everyone, without making exceptions.” This is what Cardinal Antonio M. Rouco Varela, Archbishop of Madrid, s ...
• 9 September 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Monsignor Enzo Serenelli, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Italy, for 15 years: a life spent for the missions Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Monsignor Enzo Serenelli died yesterday, September 8, at the age of 78, of an incurable disease. He had served as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Italy from 1983-1998. T ...
• 8 September 2009
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Pontifical Mission Societies contribute to evangelization of the youth through Catholic schools partnership Canberra (Agenzia Fides) – A partnership has been formed between Catholic Mission Australia (the Pontifical Mission Societies in Australia) and the Youth Ministry Conference of the Catholic schools, a group of profess ...
• 8 September 2009
  AFRICA/GABON - Calm returns to Gabon, but opposition calls for vote recount and international investigation on post-electoral violence Libreville (Agenzia Fides) – A vote recount and international investigation commission for the post-electoral violence...these are the requests being made by the opposition in Gabon, which continues to deny the victory ...
• 8 September 2009
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - State and Church launch appeals for national solidarity for over half a million victims of torrential rains in western Africa Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) – President Blaise Compaore has launched an appeal to the nation, to raise 1 billion CFA franks (1.5 million Euros) to help victims of flooding in the country, especially in the capital city ...
• 8 September 2009
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - President of Bishops' Conference on the bill for homosexual unions: the Church sees the family as “a value of utmost importance, to be defended from anything that could threaten its unity or existence” San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – Approve unions between persons of the same sex is an unconstitutional action. This is what was affirmed by Archbishop Hugo Barrantes Hurena of San Jose, President of the Costa Rican Bishops' ...
• 8 September 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - Archbishop of Lima on the Anniversary of the “Children's Fraternity of the Lord of the Miracles”: “May we all give thanks to God for the miracle of our own life, which is renewed in every moment.” Lima (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, September 6, at the Cathedral of Lima, the Archbishop of the city, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, celebrated a Mass at the beginning of the week of celebrations for the 358th anni ...
• 8 September 2009
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops of Ecuador, Venezuela, and Colombia tell governments: “Only through union and communion of our past, our talents, and our religious and moral patrimony, will we be able to overcome misery and poverty.” Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The Presidents of the Bishops' Conferences of Ecuador, Venezuela, and Colombia, in reaching the end of a meeting held this past Friday, September 4, exhorted their fellow citizens and governors ...
• 8 September 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Benedictine monks of Saint Ottilia celebrated centennial anniversary in Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – For one hundred years now, the lantern of prayer has burned bright at the Abbey of Waegwan, of the Order of Saint Benedict of Saint Ottilia. The monks will celebrate, the week of September 19-25 ...
• 8 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses first group of Brazilian Bishops on Ad Limina visit: “When our contemporaries come to us, they want to see something that they do not see elsewhere, namely, joy and the hope that springs from the fact that we are with the Risen Lord.” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - “As Successor of Peter and universal Pastor, I can assure you that my heart feels day by day your apostolic concerns and efforts, not ceasing to recall before God the challenges you fa ...
• 8 September 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Rector of Saint Peter Apostle Pontifical Interdiocesan Seminary in the Archdiocese of Bangalore appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on April 3, 2009, appointed Fr. Thomas Joseph Kochupurayil, of the Diocese of Ootacamund (India), Rector ...
• 8 September 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Rector of Saint Francis Xavier Regional Interdiocesan Seminary in the Archdiocese of Agra appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on March 6, 2009, appointed Fr. Sebastian Arockiam, of the Diocesan Clergy of Varanasi (India), Rector o ...
• 8 September 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Religious from various diocesan congregations in China making vows around the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Gui Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – In honor of the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, September 8, various feminine Congregations of the Chinese dioceses have celebrated profession of vows. According to informat ...
• 7 September 2009
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Salesians on the mission among youth immigrants Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) – Mission and immigration came together in Vietnam in recent days, on the celebration of the 150th of the founding of the Salesian Congregation. On September 2, the order celebrated the ...