News

• 22 January 2009
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - Interview with a missionary priest - from a Asian country … to Belgium (correspondence from Belgium, Luca De Mata - 12) Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - I arrived in Belgium a few days ago and, with the help of the local Caritas office, have already met immigrants of various nationalities. On Sunday I went to the ethnic market in a tunnel close ...
• 21 January 2009
  VATICAN - The Holy Father Benedict XVI's telegram to the 44th President of the United States of America, the Honorable Barack Obama Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI sent a telegram to the 44th President of the United States of America, the Honorable Barack Obama, on the occasion of his inauguration into the White House, i ...
• 21 January 2009
  VATICAN - Message for the 56th World Leprosy Day: on the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, may governments “pay special attention to children who are sick with leprosy and run the risk of seeing their futures mortgaged by the negative consequences of their illness” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In this year which marks the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, President of the Pastoral Council for Health Pastoral Care, me ...
• 21 January 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 442,000 Euros raised in the “Supporting China's Forgotten Catholics” Campaign sponsored by the COPE and “Aid to the Church in Need” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – The solidarity campaign “Supporting China's Forgotten Catholics,” which was organized by the COPE Group and the association “Aid to the Church in Need” at Christmas, raised 442,000 Euro ...
• 21 January 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - Archbishop Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte reelected as President of the Bishops' Conference at the start of the Plenary Assembly Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The 93rd Plenary Assembly of Peruvian Bishops, which will last until January 23, opened on January 19 with a Mass concelebrated by all the Bishops of Peru. The Mass took place at 9am, in Saint An ...
• 21 January 2009
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops call for thorough investigations following attack on the Nunciature Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “We, the Bishops forming the Presidential Council of the Bishops' Conference, wish to express our profound concern for the attack which took place early yesterday morning on the Apostolic Nunc ...
• 21 January 2009
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - Drawn towards Jesus Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The next day as John stood there again with two of his disciples, Jesus went past, and John looked towards him and said, 'Look, there is the lamb of God.' And the two disciples heard wha ...
• 21 January 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Reaffirming the commitment for “Life in dialogue,” the road to peace in Mindanao Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) – The “Sisilah” (meaning “chain”) Movement for dialogue, working in an area of the South Philippines where Christian and Muslims live in close contact, have launched a worldwide p ...
• 21 January 2009
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Process soon to be opened for leaders of the “Khmer Rouge” Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) – Decisive moments are approaching in the history of Cambodia: the legal process of the leaders of the “Khmer Rouge,” the group led by dictator Pol Pot, that controlled Cambodia from 1976 ...
• 21 January 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Catholic Church promotes savings and solidarity, excellent virtues in both the Chinese culture and Christian tradition, especially amidst the current international crisis Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “Everyone should place an emphasis on savings and solidarity: the traditional virtues that are highly considered by both the Chinese culture and Christianity, especially during this time of ...
• 21 January 2009
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The “factory for poverty” exporting diamonds Harare (Agenzia Fides) - “Zimbabwe has become a factory for poverty,” says a local newspaper. Over 75 percent of the people in crisis-riddled Zimbabwe are living in desperate poverty, with children bearing the brunt. ...
• 20 January 2009
  VATICAN - Pope's live televised Message at the close of the 6th World Meeting of Families: “Today more than ever is needed the testimony and public commitment of all the baptized to reaffirm the dignity and the unique and irreplaceable value of the family founded on the marriage of a man and a woman and open to life” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I have participated with joy and interest in this World Meeting, above all with my prayer, giving specific guidelines and attentively following its preparation and development. Today, th ...
• 20 January 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Ecumenical Delegation from Finland: “Together, let us thank God for all that has been achieved to date in Catholic-Lutheran relations, and let us pray that the Spirit of truth will guide us towards ever greater unity, in the service of the Gospel.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Dear distinguished Friends from Finland, it is with great joy that I welcome all of you on this annual visit to Rome for the feast of your patron, Saint Henrik...These pilgrimages are an ...
• 20 January 2009
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Erection of the Diocese of Rutana and appointment of first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on January 17, 2009, erected the new diocese of Rutana (area 2,180, population 378,387, Catholics 168,160, priests 23, religious 30) Burundi, with territory ...
• 20 January 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Auxiliary Bishops of Delhi appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on January 17, 2009, appointed Fr. Franco Mulakkal of the clergy of Jullundur, India, treasurer of the Apostolic Union of the Clergy and consultor of the Pon ...