News

• 1 December 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - The Church in China, led by Jinde Charities, has been working in the frontline in the battle against AIDS Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – For years now, the Catholic Church in China, led by the AIDS Prevention and Control Office of Jinde Charities (the Catholic charitable association), has been working on the frontline in ...
• 1 December 2008
  AFRICA - “AIDS is still a priority emergency in Africa,” the Jesuits' AIDS Network says Rome (Agenzia Fides) – We should be on alert, as the AIDS epidemic is not only not over, but it remains the leading cause of death in Africa. This is what the African Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN) says in their Message fo ...
• 1 December 2008
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Who are the ones encouraging the violence, through a cynical manipulation of religion?,” Archbishop of Abuja asks Nigerian authorities Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “Once again, lives and properties have been destroyed, causing great avoidable damage and misery to many families and communities. Of particularly grave concern is the targeting of places of wor ...
• 1 December 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope celebrates Mass in the Parish of San Lorenzo, on the 1,750th anniversary of his martyrdom: “holiness, namely, going out to meet Christ who comes continually to visit us, does not go out of fashion” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “At this beginning of Advent, what better message to receive from Saint Lawrence than that of holiness? He repeats to us that holiness, namely, going out to meet Christ who comes continually to v ...
• 1 December 2008
  VATICAN - Pope tells seminarians: “the Word of God that you must sow with your hands full and that carries eternal life, is Christ Himself, the only One who can change the human heart and renew the world” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In addressing a group of students from the Pontifical Seminaries of the Italian regions of the Marche ("Pio XI"), Puglie ("Pio XI"), Molfetta, and Chieti (“San Pio X”) received in an ...
• 1 December 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Conclusions from the First Latin American Meeting For Pastoral Care of the Road/Street, organized by the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, in collaboration with the Latin American Bishops' Council Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People has published the final document of the First Latin American Meeting For Pastoral Care of the Road/Street, which to ...
• 1 December 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops call the faithful on to the National Mission, centered on the evangelization and the family, at the close of their Plenary Assembly San Cristobal (Agenzia Fides) - “We, the Bishops of Ecuador, wish to continue encouraging the evangelization of our people, just as the Conference of Aparecida and the recent Third American Missionary Congress have ask ...
• 1 December 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “Help Your Church 2008” campaign is launched, in hopes to promote a community spirit and a greater awareness of the responsibility in the evangelizing work of the Church Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, November 30, First Sunday of Advent, the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference launched the Campaign “Help Your Church 2008.” As part of the Church's National Solidarity Plan, whose ob ...
• 1 December 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Followers of all the different religions unite in the fight against terrorism Lucknow (Agenzia Fides) – A large group of religious leaders came together in Lucknow, the capital of the Indian state Uttar Pradesh (northern India), the day after the attacks in Bombay, to give a clear sign against t ...
• 1 December 2008
  ASIA - “There is a need to prepare formators and clergy in the smaller Churches”: testimony of participants in the Course for Spiritual Directors, organized by CIAM Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “In Asia and in other continents, there is a great need to give formation to future priests. Spiritual direction is an essential part of their preparation: this allows for better priests ...
• 1 December 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrini Missionaries Meeting: the message and the method of St Paul offer a wealth of proposals for the Christian of the third millennium and for the promotion of intercultural dialogue Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “From proclaiming among cultures to communion among peoples: in the footsteps of Saint Paul”, was the theme of a meeting held at the Pontifical Urban University on 28 November organised by the ...
• 28 November 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Archbishop of Kisangani appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on November 28, 2008, appointed Marcel Utembi Tapa, Archbishop of Kisangani (Democratic Republic of Congo). Until now, he served as Bishop of Mahagi-Nioka. ( ...
• 28 November 2008
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Auxiliary Bishop of Makurdi appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on November 28, 2008, appointed Father William Avenya, of the clergy of Diocese of Makurdi, Secretary General of the AECWA, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Dioces ...
• 28 November 2008
  VATICAN - The Holy Father Benedict XVI launches an appeal “for an end to all acts of terrorism” in a telegram to the Archbishop of Bombay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Following the series of terrorist attacks in Bombay (Mumbai), the economic capital of India, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State, sent a telegram to the Archbishop of Bombay, Ca ...
• 28 November 2008
  VATICAN - On the eve of the Doha Conference, the Holy See calls for new guidelines for financial markets that favor poor countries; the grave problem of the offshore financial centers Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Intervene in the flight of capital in offshore financial centers which are an enormous diversion of resources through financial evasion; impose politics based on cooperation in favor of p ...