News

• 15 January 2009
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Bishop of Mansa resigns Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 15 January 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Mansa (Zambia) presented by Bishop Andrew Aaron Chisha, in conf ...
• 15 January 2009
  ASIA - “Living the Eucharist in Asia”: next Plenary Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC) to be held in the Philippines Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – An official statement from FABC offices in Bangkok says that the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC) will celebrate its 9th Plenary Assembly from August 10-16, 2009 in Manila. The ...
• 15 January 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 6th World Meeting of Families (1) - Welcoming Message from Cardinal Norberto Rivera: the encounter is a challenge to make our commitment to support the family Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Archdiocese of Mexico greets the 6th World Meeting of Families and welcomes all the participants, not only those here visiting but also those who will follow this event through the ma ...
• 15 January 2009
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 6th World Meeting of Families (2) - “In this encounter, one thing is certain: the family represents a great value for the person and for society,” says Cardinal Ennio Antonelli in the event's presentation Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – In the presence of over 6,000 people, among them Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, present as Papal Legate; the President of the Pontifical Council for the Family, Card ...
• 15 January 2009
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops officially launch the Great Continental Mission in the country: “a great plan of renewal in our institutional, pastoral, personal, and community life.” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Venezuela officially launched the Great Continental Mission in the country yesterday, January 14, in Barquisimeto, in a Mass presided by Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop ...
• 15 January 2009
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Supporting the family is an authentic mission Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Mexico is presently hosting the 6th World Meeting for Families, which reminds the Church and the world of the unique centrality of this natural, creatural institution, which Jesus Christ ra ...
• 15 January 2009
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - “Radical Missionaries” like Saint Paul Honiara (Agenzia Fides) – The experience of Saint Paul is a call to “radicality” for the entire Church. This is what various members of the Church in the Solomon Islands have been reiterating in reflecting on this ...
• 15 January 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Bishops and pastoral ministers are concerned for the growth of population and number of Catholics as it demands a proper pastoral response, in logistical terms as well Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The parishes of Hong Kong are gathering abundant fruits of evangelization and the number of faithful increases, however the urban development and population growth also require a proper past ...
• 15 January 2009
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Attack on the Salesian community in Goma, eastern Congo, in the heart of the civil war, result of “the atmosphere of instability and insecurity that persists in the city of Goma,” Fr. Lacedonio of ANS tells Fides Goma (Agenzia Fides) - During the night between 14 and 15 January, the Salesian community at the Industrial Technical Institute in Goma (capital of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo) suffered a violent attac ...
• 15 January 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Sunday, January 18: 95th World Day of Migrants and Refugees dedicated to Saint Paul, “Apostle of migrants and a migrant himself” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “St Paul migrant, ‘Apostle of the peoples’ - No longer strangers nor guests, but family of God”: it is from the letter of Saint Paul to the Ephesians that the 95th World Day of Migrants and ...
• 15 January 2009
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Former ideologist of the regime, who encouraged President to hand himself in to the International Crime Court for crimes in Darfur, is arrested Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The disputed former ideologist of the Sudanese regime, Hassan al-Turabi, was arrested in Khartoum by security forces, two days after having said in an interview that the President of Sudan, O ...
• 14 January 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Rector of the Interdiocesan Seminary of Saint John M. Vianney, Archdiocese of Pretoria appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 26 September 2008, appointed Fr. Enrico Valentino Parry, of the clergy of the Diocese of Oudtshoorn (So ...
• 14 January 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - Third “window of life” in Poland inaugurated in Czestochowa, where mothers can place their newborns that they do not want to or cannot care for Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – The “Window of Life of Blessed Edmund Bojanowski” was inaugurated in Czestochowa during the Feast of the Holy Family of Nazareth, by Archbishop Stanislaw Nowak of Czestochowa, the Arch ...
• 14 January 2009
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Pontifical Mission Societies of Australia supporting those of Nigeria who are “forgotten by mankind” Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Australia are offering their support for small ecclesial and social entities in various African nations. Among its many projects which it maintains i ...
• 14 January 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the funeral Mass for Cardinal Laghi: “We give thanks to God for the gift of this friend and brother of ours, and for all the good that with the help of divine grace he was able to carry out in the various areas in which he offered a valuable pastoral and diplomatic activity.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “We give thanks to God for the gift of this friend and brother of ours, and for all the good that with the help of divine grace he was able to carry out in the various areas in which he o ...