News

• 10 July 2009
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Another Taliban intimidation campaign against Christian communities and institutions Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Although the Pakistan army continues its offensive against Taleban militants in the Swat Valley, to restore state control of the territory and stop the imposition of fundamentalist Islamic prac ...
• 9 July 2009
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Crisis in Honduras: Costa Rica bridge of dialogue to restore peace in the region San José (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Costa Rica have issued a statement assuring solidarity with Honduras, and especially with the Catholic Church in that country “guided by our brother Bishops, in these ...
• 9 July 2009
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Crisis in Honduras: ““The fight we see should not increase violence instead it should be a new departure for dialogue, consensus, reconciliation ” Bishops say Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement “Building on the Crisis”, issued by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Honduras after events on 28 June, the Bishops express the necessity for explanations regarding what ...
• 9 July 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Missionary mandate to 86 teachers of catechism of the diocese of Shang Hai at the end of the 12th Formation Course, lay participants increasing Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides) – “We are people who unite, we are Christians, we are evangelisers, we are light, we are salt”: this was the theme of the 12th Formation Course for teachers of catechism in the diocese of ...
• 9 July 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - “Adopt a priest on-line ”: Salesian campaign for the Year of the Priesthood Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – An example of how modern media can serve the fruitfully faith, in this case the Year of the Priesthood: Adopt a priest on-line is the title of a campaign launched by the Vishwadeep Salesian ...
• 9 July 2009
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - 45th plenary assembly: Catholic Bishops of Congo discuss among other things, the ministry of the priest Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The situation in the county is concerning, said the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Democratic Republic of Congo , Bishop Nicolas Djomo who is bishop of Tshumbe, during his homi ...
• 9 July 2009
  EUROPE/GERMANY - MISSION AND EMIGRATION - “The suitcase tied with string”: “They promised me I would go to university here in Germany. But actually they took away my passport. They wanted me to be a prostitute and I was already pregnant …” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Prostitution, abuse … immigration besides being a dramatic reality is also a demonstration of the evil which grips the whole of the planet. Everywhere we heard terrible stories like this one ...
• 9 July 2009
  VATICAN - Ave Maria: Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - God's power is revealed in weakness Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The root of our rebellion against the Lord is pride which, we might say, makes us want to do without God, to feel self-sufficient, capable of running our own lives and sometimes, even the l ...
• 9 July 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Caritas in veritate, in continuity Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Heart and reason: heart, as the centre of human personality, and reason as the indispensable condition for all authentically personal behaviour. These would appear to be the great coordinat ...
• 9 July 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI presents at the general audience his third encyclical “Caritas in veritate”: “Charity in truth is the principal propelling force for the authentic development of every human person and of the whole of humanity ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “ Charity in truth is the principal propelling force for the authentic development of every human person and of the whole of humanity . This is why the Social Doctrine of the Church rot ...
• 9 July 2009
  VATICAN - Letter in the form of a Motu proprio “Ecclesiae unitatem” by the Holy Father Benedict XVI on the new structure of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “ The duty to safeguard the unity of the Church, with the solicitude to offer everyone help in responding appropriately to this vocation and divine grace, is the particular responsibili ...
• 9 July 2009
  EUROPE - MISSION AND EMIGRATION - “The suitcase tied with string”: poor people frighten us, because poverty can be just around the corner Rome (Agenzia Fides) – It is easy to judge a persons who holds out his hand begging for a coin, or the drunk who falls asleep on the pavement, of the drug addict who reels aimlessly here and there among the crowds. Po ...
• 7 July 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Capuchin Fonte Colombo Fraternity at Porto Alegre has cared for HIV positive persons since 1996 Porto Alegre (Agenzia Fides) - One most important events in the conversion of St Francis of Assisi was his meeting with a man suffering from leprosy. From then on Saint Francis lived in profound communion with the exclud ...
• 7 July 2009
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence against Christians in Punjab: Justice and Peace Commission launches appeal Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Churches in Pakistan are concern about fresh episodes of anti-Christian violence by Islamic fundamentalists in Punjab. The most serious recent episode happened on 30 June when a mob of some 600 ...
• 7 July 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Conclusion of “Hundred Days of Bible Reading ” and a Sacred Scripture competition in the parish of Dong Ding, province of Hei Long Jiang Hei Long Jiang (Agenzia Fides) – To meditate deeply on Sacred Scripture, become more familiar with the Word of God so that Sacred Scripture becomes the “daily bread” of the faithful: this was the goal of an initiat ...