News

• 23 January 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Biological colonialism is on our doorstep:harvesting ovarian human eggs in Africa will help meet the needs of embryonic stem cell research in industrialized countries,” says the Archbishop of Johannesburg Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - “The Global ethic is a challenge to the churches,” Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale of Johannesburg said in his opening address at the Plenary Assembly of the Southern African Catholic B ...
• 23 January 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Message for Chinese New Year from the six major religious groups of Hong Kong: solidarity, charity, moral principles, interior purification, and spirituality are the keys to overcoming the current crisis, to bring about peace and harmony Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Solidarity, charity, moral principles, interior purification, and spirituality are the key points that the leaders of the six major religious groups of the Special Administration of Hong Kong ...
• 23 January 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - General Nkunda, one of the main perpetrators in the war in North Kivu, arrested in Rwanda. One missionary tells Fides: “We are worried about the underhanded activity of the military operations.” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Congolese rebel General Laurent Nkunda was arrested yesterday (January 22) evening in Rwanda in a joint operation carried out by Rwandan and Congolese armed forces. Nkunda, who is accused of ...
• 23 January 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church says “No” to armed children in the South's conflict Basilan (Agenzia Fides) – Children and young men taking up arms is extremely dangerous and should be avoided at all costs. This is what the Catholic Church in South Philippines has said in observing the intensification ...
• 23 January 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - New ideas and projects for the future of youth in the First International Festival of Itineraries of the Spirit: International Day of Prayer with the theme: “We Want Peace in the Holy Land.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – A new collaboration has been established between the most important “Vacation Schools” in Europe, the “Accademia Britannica” and the youth of the National Association “Papa Boys,” fr ...
• 22 January 2009
  VATICAN - “Let us make our own the desire of St. Paul, who dedicated his entire life for the one Lord and for the unity of his mystical body, the Church, giving with his martyrdom, a supreme testimony of fidelity and love for Christ”: the Pope's catechesis dedicated to the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Four times, in His prayer to the Father from the Upper Room – before suffering His Passion – Jesus prays that his disciples may be “one,” and twice, He mentions the reason for thi ...
• 22 January 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Opposition to the Petrine Magisterium prevents Christian unity Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - No few Pastoral Letters, instead of citing the Pope as the touchstone of authenticity or guarantee of the catholicity of a bishop's teaching, name the current popular cardinal, theologian, ...
• 22 January 2009
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Caring for the newborns in Vietnam: the PMS of Australia's effort to counteract abortion Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Counteracting abortion by caring for newborns and new moms: this is what the Pontifical Missions Societies (PMS) of Australia are working to accomplish through their “Charity House” initiat ...
• 22 January 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Hispanic Alliance for Life and Family founded to provide pro-life information and educational material for Hispanics in the USA Washington (Agenzia Fides) – Following the first Hispanic National Pro-Life Congress that took place in Dallas, Texas September 19-21, 2008, several leaders have been working on the formation of a coalition of pro-life ...
• 22 January 2009
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Archdiocese of Caracas to launch Mission on January 24: “an opportunity to renew our Church structures and communities, to enliven the faith and religious practice of Catholics, and offer renewed strength to the evangelization effort” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “The evangelizing Mission will be, without a doubt, with the help of God and Our Lady of Coromoto, a perfect opportunity to renew our Church structures and communities, to enliven the faith an ...
• 22 January 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “With the children of Asia...we seek Jesus”: theme for the Holy Childhood Day, this Sunday, January 25 Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “With the children of Asia...we seek Jesus” is the theme of the Holy Childhood Day this year, being celebrated on Sunday, January 25. Holy Childhood is thus starting a project that will last ...
• 22 January 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - For the Year of St. Paul, the Diocese of Tainan will make a pilgrimage to the parish dedicated to Saint Paul, which holds an image of the Apostle in the native dress of the Pai Wan Tainan (Agenzia Fides) – Over 160 faithful of the Diocese of Tainan recently participated in a pilgrimage to the Parish of Saint Paul in the Diocese of Kaohsiung. It was one of the many initiatives in the calendar of t ...
• 22 January 2009
  AFRICA/SUDAN - More signs of war on the horizon in Darfur, as the UN-African Union peacekeeping forces await reinforcements Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The rebels of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) have threatened to respond with a bloodbath if government troops attack their posts in southern Darfur. The JEM is one of the main guerri ...
• 22 January 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Generous contribution to priestly formation made by Bishop Joseph Xu Zhixian of Wanhsien, dead at 92 years of age, who faithfully served his diocese until the end Wanxian (Agenzia Fides) – On December 8, 2008, Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Bishop Joseph Xu Zhixian of Wanhsien (Wanxian/Wanzhou) passed away at 92 years of age in the City of Chongqing (China mainland). T ...
• 22 January 2009
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The army takes command of the area and continues its offensive, while the number of refugees living in unstable conditions continues to rise Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – The scenes of the civil war in Sri Lanka are particularly bloody, however the government claims that thanks to the successive victories of the regular army, the conflict is nearing its end, in ...