News

• 27 November 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Tuition-free education at risk. Another negative consequence of the rise in food costs, as a result of speculation Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Kenya is planning to increase tuition costs in January. The association of high school principals has presented a proposal with the new costs to the Education Minister, asking that if the gove ...
• 26 November 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Rector of the Interdiocesan Seminary “Khrist Premalaya Philosophate,” Archdiocese of Bhopal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 30 September 2008, appointed Fr. Thomas Chacko Ezhuparayil, of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), Re ...
• 26 November 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Rector of the Interdiocesan Seminary “Khrist Premalaya Theologate,” Archdiocese of Bhopal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 30 September 2008, appointed Fr. Clarence Srambical of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), Rector of ...
• 26 November 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 23 years after its legalization, abortion is now the leading cause of death and the number one form of violence against women in Spain Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Coinciding with the International Day of Violence Against Women, November 25, the Institute for Family Policies (IFP) a report entitled: “Abortion in Spain: 23 years later (1985-2008)” in t ...
• 26 November 2008
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Report on the impact of metal mining on health and the environment: mining activity implies a high cost with little profit San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The social organizations in the campaign “I Reject Metal Mining,” including Caritas El Salvador, have presented a scientific study showing the impact that metal mining would have on ...
• 26 November 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Third International Symposium on Missiology, to analyze the CAM 3 conclusions and study the American Missionary Project Quito (Agenzia Fides) – December 8-12, Quito (Ecuador) will be hosting the Third International Symposium on Missiology, on the theme: “On a mission for humanity.” The main objective of the encounter will be to refl ...
• 26 November 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - “We condemn the corrupt individuals who have created an artificial food shortage,” the Archbishop of Mombasa declares Mombasa (Agenzia Fides) - “We are shocked to learn that senior government officials and businessmen are responsible...[for] an artificial shortage of maize and maize flour...in the country,” says a statement sent to ...
• 26 November 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - The presence of Jesus Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Then he got into the boat followed by his disciples. Suddenly a storm broke over the lake, so violent that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But he was asleep. So they went to him ...
• 26 November 2008
  VATICAN - Pope's Message to the Pontifical Academy: “our announcement of the Gospel should be perceived in its beauty and novelty, our daily mission should be an eloquent manifestation of the beauty of God's love” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The urgent need for a renewed dialogue between aesthetics and ethics, between beauty, truth and goodness,” was addressed by the Holy Father Benedict XVI in his Message sent to the Pres ...
• 26 November 2008
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Caritas Jerusalem makes an appeal for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas Jerusalem has recently issued an appeal in response to the recent block on the Gaza Strip declared by the Israeli government. They say that there is an urgent need to end the siege o ...
• 26 November 2008
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Murdered reporter may have had important information; even if he did not, a threatening sign has been sent out to all those thinking of revealing the truth behind the war in Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “Just before his murder, Didace Namujimbo had handed over a report to the MONUC on the death of his colleague from Radio Okapi, Serge Maheshe, assassinated in Bukavu on June 13, 2007. Perhaps ...
• 26 November 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “Keep the WYD spirit alive,” Apostolic Nuncio tells Australian youth Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - “World Youth Day in Sydney was a moment of great grace. And now, it is very important that the WYD spirit remains alive through creative initiatives, designed to promote and renew youth ministr ...
• 25 November 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI tells Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenians: “Surely the growth in understanding, respect and cooperation which has emerged from ecumenical dialogue promises much for the proclamation of the Gospel in our time.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, November 24, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenians, in an audience. After the private audience and that of the Bisho ...
• 25 November 2008
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Metropolitan Archbishop of Pretoria and Military Ordinary of South Africa resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on November 24, 2008, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Pretoria, and the Office of Military Ordinary for South A ...
• 25 November 2008
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Apostolic Vicar of Ingwavuma appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on November 24, 2008, appointed Fr. Jose Luis Gerardo Ponce de Leon I.M.C., Secretary General and Procurator general of the Consolata Missionaries, as Apostoli ...