News

• 31 July 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Preparing for World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid: official logo presented Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Preparations are already underway for the 26th World Youth Day (WYD) in Madrid, August 15-21, 2011, with the theme: “Rooted and Built Up in Jesus Christ, Firm in the Faith.” Yesterday, July ...
• 31 July 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - A special “holy card” for priests in honor of the Year for Priests Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – The Polish Catholic weekly magazine “Niedzela,” the most widely-read magazine in the country, based in Czestochowa, has recently prepared and published a special “holy card” of the ...
• 31 July 2009
  VATICAN - Sunday, September 6, Benedict XVI will make pastoral visit to Viterbo and Bagnoregio Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, September 6, the Holy Father Benedict XVI will make a pastoral visit to Viterbo and Bagnoregio. The program released by the Holy See Press Office says that at 9am, the Pope's h ...
• 30 July 2009
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Madhu being prepared,with special prayers for peace Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – With special prayers for peace in all the dioceses, the Church in Sri Lanka is preparing the customary annual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu (Diocese of Mannar), which will be h ...
• 30 July 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - A new Lay Center inaugurated New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - “The 'Santwana' (Consolation) Lay Movement is a great gift to the Church in India.” These were the words of Archbishop Vincent Concessao of Delhi, in inaugurating the new Lay Center, recen ...
• 30 July 2009
  OCEANIA/TAHITI - Year for Priests is the occasion to learn of the lives of holy priests, like Father Damian, and the missionaries who have spread the Gospel in Tahiti: Letter from the Archbishop of Papeete Papeete (Agenzia Fides) - “It is important that this Year for Priests be an occasion to discover the life of holy priests: the Cure of Ars above all, but also other priests, especially the missionaries of Oceania like ...
• 30 July 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - President of the Bishops' Commission for Catholic Education critiques the official guidelines on Sexual Education La Plata (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Hector Aguer of La Plata, President of the Bishops' Commission for Catholic Education, criticizes the official guidelines for teachers on giving sexual education, in a message enti ...
• 30 July 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “Suma tu voz,” an alliance of public and private organizations to speak out in defense of the dignity of the person Leon (Agenzia Fides) – The “Suma tu voz” (literally meaning “Unite your voice”) Association was founded in 2008 in the city of Leon (Mexico), as a response to the many attacks on life that have been occurring i ...
• 30 July 2009
  VATICAN - The Holy Father at the summer residence of Castel Gandolfo Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – On the afternoon of July 29, the Holy Father Benedict XVI left the summer residence in Les Combes (Introd) in Valle d'Aosta, where he had been since July 13, and traveled by helicopter ...
• 30 July 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - Conscience, the foundation of religion which conforms to reason (regarding a new book by Joseph Ratzinger, Benedict XVI “Elogio della coscienza”) [In Italian] Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Conscience leads the human person to seek a covenant with God by means of worship which is “logical”, that is, religion which conforms to reason. What does this mean? The entire person ...
• 29 July 2009
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Suicide terrorism using children: over 200 minors taken hostage by the Taliban Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The war operations of the Pakistani Army in the Swat Valley, in the North-West Frontier Province, are bearing fruit. In recent days, the soldiers have come upon a terrible phenomenon of ghas ...
• 29 July 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Zhang: a true testimony of faith lived in complete obedience to the Pope and the Catholic Church Kirin (Agenzia Fides) – On July 19, Bishop Damaso Zhang Hanmin of Kirin (Jilin), Administrator of the Diocese of Yenk (Yanji) in the Province of Jilin (mainland China), passed away at the age of 88. The Prelate was bor ...
• 29 July 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Dialogue begins in God and leads back to God: Sisilah is a movement of spirituality that knows how to meet the concrete challenges of history,” Fr. Sebastiano D'Ambra, PIME Missionary, tells Fides Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) – 25 years after its beginning, the “Sisilah” Movement for Dialogue (term from Islamic mysticism meaning “chain/link”) is now a solid reference point not only for the local Church, but ...
• 29 July 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 80th anniversary of Catholic Action in the country: “the Church needs laymen who are faithful to their vocation, willing to work together with their Pastors in the daily task of evangelization in all environments” Puebla (Agenzia Fides) – Catholic Action of Mexico recently celebrated its 80th anniversary of evangelization, spreading the values that allow an authentic development of the person and of communities. With this motive ...
• 29 July 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Centennial anniversary of the arrival of the Capuchin Friars Minor in the Brazilian Amazon Manaus (Agenzia Fides) – During these days, in Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian Amazon, is hosting the celebration of the centennial anniversary of the arrival Capuchin Friars Minor who came over from Umbria (Italy ...