News

• 7 September 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Priest who defended human rights killed Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The political crimes and executions, along with the plight suffered by human rights activists, which have been characterizing the Philippines have now affected a Catholic priest. Fr. Cecilio Lu ...
• 7 September 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - Archbishop of Lima at International Congress “Charity, Reconciliation, and Human Dignity”: “To contribute to a better world, we need to do perform good actions here and now.” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - “To contribute to a better world, we need to do perform good actions here and now, beginning with myself and with enthusiasm.” This is what Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, Archbishop of Lima, said ...
• 7 September 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Cardinal Bergoglio on the anniversary of the International Convention on the Rights of Immigrant Workers: “It's worth fighting for an end to slavery.” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “It's worth fighting for an end to slavery” and “crying out so that this infernal system of exclusion and marginalization may experience a change of heart.” This is what Cardinal Jo ...
• 7 September 2009
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Three days of fasting and prayer for peace in Sudan's Western Equatoria State Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - “People are sad, people are angry; there is a lot of fear and nobody wants to go home. We have to put courage in people. We have to turn to God, to love him and to discover ourselves in the l ...
• 7 September 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - Formation seminar for laity on: “You are the salt of the earth...You are the light of the world,” which we will be at the heart of the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishop for Africa Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The verse from St. Matthew's Gospel, “You are the salt of the earth...You are the light of the world,” which was chosen as the theme of the II Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for ...
• 7 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Bagnoregio (4) - “In this Year for Priests, I would like to invite priests especially to listen to this great doctor of the Church and to reflect more profoundly on his teaching of wisdom rooted in Christ.” Bagnoregio (Agenzia Fides) – Departing from the Shrine to the Madonna della Quercia, the Holy Father traveled in helicopter to Bagnoregio, where, in the Cathedral of San Nicola, he venerated the relics of the “Sacred ...
• 7 September 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Institute for Family Policies finds a child is aborted every 25 seconds in the European Union Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – In Europe, in 2007, over 1,200,000 abortions were registered, which is equal to one abortion every 25 seconds. In the past 10 years, over 13 million children have been “eliminated” by this ...
• 7 September 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Faithful of Shang Hai travel to the Shrine of Our Lady of She Shan to celebrate the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, praying to her for “new and holy priests,” as requested by the Bishop in Year for Priests message Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides) – Over 300 faithful from the Diocese of Shang Hai gathered in the Shrine of Our Lady of She Shan on Saturday, September 5, to celebrate a few days ahead of time, the feast of the Nativity of t ...
• 7 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Viterbo (3) - “You, as contemplative nuns, have a mission to be torches in the Church who, in the silence of your monasteries, burn in prayer and love for God.” Viterbo (Agenzia Fides) – On the afternoon of Sunday, September 6, the Holy Father Benedict XVI met with cloistered nuns from the diocese's 12 monasteries, who gathered in the Shrine of the “Madonna della Quercia,” ...
• 7 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Viterbo (2): “Viterbo has been justly named 'City of Popes,' and for you this constitutes a further stimulus to live and witness to the Christian faith;” greeting to participants in the International Congress “Men and Religions” Viterbo (Agenzia Fides) – At the close of the Mass celebrated on the esplanade of Valle Faul in Viterbo, on Sunday, September 6, the Holy Father gave a brief address prior to the recitation of the Angelus, recalling th ...
• 7 September 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Viterbo (1) - “The seasons succeed each other, social contexts change, but the vocation of Christians to live the Gospel in solidarity with the human family does not change or go out of fashion with the passing of time.” Viterbo (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, September 6, the Holy Father Benedict XVI traveled in helicopter from the Pontifical Villa in Castel Gandolfo to make a pastoral visit to Viterbo and Bagnoregio. In Viterbo, after b ...
• 5 September 2009
  Dossier - THE MAJOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS OF AFRICA (1) The African Development Bank AfDB Introduction Papa Benedict XVI and Africa The socio-economic situation as outlined in the Synod's Instrumentum Laboris African Development Bank Group: identity and mission ...
• 4 September 2009
  AFRICA/GABON - Tensions continue in Gabon, as newly elected President asks opposition to accept “the verdict of the polls” Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - “The desire for chaos that characterizes some candidates and their supporters, whose aim is to plunge the country into the abyss of political violence,” said an official statement from th ...
• 4 September 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Troubling tensions in eastern and western Kasai Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “We will not allow anyone to set fire to the center of our nation,” said Me Mutombo Bakafwa Nsenda, Vice-Prime Minister for Defense and Security of Congo, at the end of an inquiry mission i ...
• 4 September 2009
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Declaration of Intent for a Program of Fraternal Assistance signed between Church in Munich-Freising and Ecuador Quito (Agenzia Fides) – After a brief visit to the churches located in Quito's historic downtown, on September 1, Archbishop Reinhard Marx of Munich-Freising (Germany), and Archbishop Antonio Arregui of Guayaquil and P ...