News

• 25 November 2008
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Bishop of Toamasina 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 Diocese of Toamasina (Madagascar), presented by Bishop René Rakotondrabé ...
• 25 November 2008
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Berge appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on November 24, 2008, appointed Fr. Georges Varkey Puthiyakulangara, M.E.P., Diocesan Director of Catholic Education, of the Diocese of Mahajanga, as Coadjut ...
• 25 November 2008
  MISSIONARY PRAYER INTENTION - The Pope's Missionary Intention for December 2008: “That especially in mission countries Christians may show with acts of fraternal love that the Child born in the stable at Bethlehem is the luminous Hope of the world.” Commentary. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – We are truly witnessing a loss of the Christian roots characteristic of Europe and of those countries of long-standing Christian tradition. The City Council of Oxford (England) has decide ...
• 25 November 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Cardinal Rouco Varela, President of the Bishops' Conference, issues an alert on the risk of a breakdown in the nation's peaceful co-existence, and on the responsibility and moral demands in the face of the economic crisis. Study of the document: “The current relevance of the mission ad gentes in Spain” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, in Madrid, the 92nd Plenary Assembly of the Spanish Conference of Bishops (CEE) began. The Assembly will last until Friday, November 28. Among the topics of discussion is the study a ...
• 25 November 2008
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Thousands of faithful participate in the Eucharistic Processions held throughout the country, to pray for peace amidst the post-election crisis unleashed November 9 anagua (Agenzia Fides) – This past Sunday, Feast of Christ the King, hundreds of Catholics participated in processions for peace, following the petition made by the Bishops' Conference in their most recent statement, i ...
• 25 November 2008
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Annual meeting of the Secretariat of Bishops of Central America to analyze Continental Mission San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – From November 24-27, the city of El Salvador will be hosting the annual meeting of the Secretariat of Bishops of Central America (SEDAC), says a statement sent to Agenzia Fides from Bisho ...
• 25 November 2008
  AFRICA/SWAZILAND - “The recent bombings are thus a manifestation of the failure by the ruling elite to engage in serious and honest dialogue,” says the Bishop of Manzini, condemning the wave of terrorism passing through Swaziland in recent months Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - “The Constitution was adopted and a significant portion of the Swazi people was left out of the process. We believe that it was due to being marginalized that led some people to adopt crude an ...
• 25 November 2008
  ASIA/KUWAIT - “We are a small, young, and dynamic community, and we live on peaceful terms with the Muslim majority,” the Apostolic Vicar of Kuwait tells Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “We have freedom of worship and maintain healthy relations with the other religions and with the Muslim majority,” Bishop Camillo Ballin, Apostolic Vicar of Kuwait, told Agenzia Fides. “The ...
• 25 November 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - World prayer campaign ends with 481,525 Rosaries offered for the victims of anti-Christian violence Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – It has been a giant change enveloping the whole world, entrusting the victims of the anti-Christian persecution in India to the Blessed Virgin Mother...and now the prayer initiative, that su ...
• 25 November 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Church strengthens her commitment to reconciliation and evangelization in North Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Reconciliation, continuing with humanitarian aids, bringing the Gospel to the brethren of North Korea...these are all pastoral priorities of the Church in South Korea, as the Reconciliation Comm ...
• 25 November 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Vocational call to the newly-ordained priests of Hong Kong, one of them at 52 years of age: “pray for all the young people and the not-so-young people.” Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Over 1,600 faithful of Hong Kong participated in the Mass and celebration held for the ordination of three new priests, which took place on November 15, in Immaculate Conception Cathedral (s ...
• 25 November 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Church asks Parliament for a stronger stance against the death penalty Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Australia has asked Parliament to take a firmer stance against the death penalty in the debate on the issue. As the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council (ACSJC) of the Au ...
• 24 November 2008
  VATICAN - Agenzia Fides launches its 8th language: new on-line version in Arabic, dedicated to the Pope's Teachings Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Just days before the celebration of the feast of Saint Francis Xavier, Patron of the Missions (December 3), also Agenzia Fides' 81st birthday, its website (www.fides.org) will now feature ...
• 24 November 2008
  VATICAN - On the Solemnity of Christ the King, the Pope recalls that “the Kingdom of God is not a question of honors and appearances...God will accept into his eternal kingdom those who have made the effort every day to put his word into practice.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The kingship of Christ is, indeed, the revelation and the implementation of the kingship of God the Father, who governs all things with love and with justice. The Father entrusted the So ...
• 24 November 2008
  ASIA/JAPAN - “The Beatification of the 188 martyrs is an event of grace, the hidden treasure, an occasion to rediscover and bear witness to the faith.” Interview with Archbishop Joseph Takami of Nagasaki Nagasaki (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Joseph Takami has served as the President of the Executive Committee for the Beatification of the 188 Japanese martyrs. The Beatification will take place today, November 24, in Nag ...