News

• 3 February 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Mayor of Antananarivo relaunches protest, calling for the President's dismissal and announcing the establishment of a transitional government Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – Andry Rajoelina, the mayor of Antananarivo (capital of Madagascar) and main political opponent of President Marc Ravalomanana declared that he has presented a petition for the President's ...
• 3 February 2009
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Militias in the northeast resist peace, in order to maintain illegal revenue Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – While the UN Security Council has asked that the Ivory Coast set a date for presidential elections, an armed conflict has broken out in Man, in the northeastern part of the nation, showing the ...
• 2 February 2009
  VATICAN - The Holy Father tells members of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches: “The world needs a visible sign of the mystery of unity that binds the three divine Persons and, that two thousand years ago, with the Incarnation of the Son of God, was revealed to us.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the close of the Meeting held by the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Holy Father Benedict XV ...
• 2 February 2009
  VATICAN - Pope at the Angelus reminds faithful that “euthanasia is a false solution to the drama of suffering...The true answer cannot be putting someone to death, however “kindly,” but to bear witness to the love that helps us to face pain and agony in a human way.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, February 1, before reciting the Angelus with faithful gathered in Saint Peter's Square, the Holy Father Benedict XVI recalled that in the Sunday celebrations of this liturgical ...
• 2 February 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Organizing the goods”: the Daughters of Saint Paul restructure their presence in the world Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Restructuring” is today a common process occurring in many religious congregations and is a sign of a lucid analysis of their own situation, from a spiritual and apostolic viewpoint, and of th ...
• 2 February 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Salesians inaugurate 150th anniversary on the feast of Saint John Bosco; Europe is the new frontier for “relaunching the Salesian charism” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The members of the “Society of Saint Francis de Sales,” known as the Salesians, have begun their 150th anniversary celebrations of foundation, on the liturgical feast of their Founder, Saint ...
• 2 February 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Pastoral Letter from the Regional Bishops' Conference of Taiwan for the 150th anniversary of evangelization: imitating Saint Paul, on a mission of evangelization in every area Tai Nan (Agenzia Fides) – Authentic improvement in Christian formation, creative evangelization, a thorough work in neighborhoods, reaching out to the mainland, praying with devotion...these are the 5 main guidelines f ...
• 2 February 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - “The mayor's call on ministers to defect does not seem to have been followed: the majority of the offices are still open,” local sources of Fides reveal Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - “The appeal made by the Mayor of Antananarivo, Andry Rajoelina, to public workers not to go to work has not been followed by the grand majority of the population,” say Agenzia Fides sou ...
• 2 February 2009
  VATICAN - February 2, World Day of Consecrated Life: a treasure for the ecclesial community, in the variety of charisms and institutions Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation “Vita Consecrata,” published on March 25, 1996, gathering together the fruits of the Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops celebrated in ...
• 2 February 2009
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Bishop of Colon-Kuna Yala asks that every effort be made to fight the onslaught of violence in the region Colon-Kuna Yala (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in the Diocese of Colon-Kuna Yala has shown its concern for the increased violence in the area, with constant homicides carried out by gangs and delinquents. This is why it ...
• 2 February 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - I Congress on Sodalite Spirituality concludes: “that the flame of faith becomes a living torch that moves throughout the world setting hearts on fire, giving life to new initiatives in a world walking in darkness: this is our mission.” Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The I Congress on Sodalite Spirituality concluded on January 31, with great enthusiasm and gratitude for all the graces received in the event, which was attended by over 100,000 members of the sp ...
• 2 February 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells leaders from the Italian CISL Trade Union: “In order to overcome the economic and social crisis we are currently experiencing...what is needed is to overcome individual and sectorial interests, and unite to confront the difficulties affecting all areas of society, and particularly the world of work.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “In order to overcome the economic and social crisis we are currently experiencing, we know that free and responsible efforts must be made by everyone. In other words what is needed is to ...
• 2 February 2009
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - As fighting persists, the Church calls for peace and protection of Tamil civilians Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – Over 400 civilians have been killed and 1,000 wounded in the last 10 days. This is what is found in the statistics sent to Agenzia Fides from the “Justice and Peace” Commission of the Dioc ...
• 2 February 2009
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - As fighting persists, the Church calls for peace and protection of Tamil civilians Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – Over 400 civilians have been killed and 1,000 wounded in the last 10 days. This is what is found in the statistics sent to Agenzia Fides from the “Justice and Peace” Commission of the Dioc ...
• 2 February 2009
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The work of Xaverian missionaries in the human and social promotion of the Dalit Dacca (Agenzia Fides) – The Xaverian Missionaries have been working for over 40 years for the human, economic, and social promotion of the Dalit (“outcastes”) of Chuknagar and its surrounding area, in the western p ...