News

• 30 July 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - The Archbishop of Lima denounces pressures being made to legalize abortion in various Latin American countries, recalling that the right to life is the most fundamental right Lima (Agenzia Fides) – During the homily of the Te Deum Mass (in thanksgiving) for the 187th anniversary of Peru’s Independence, the Archbishop of Lima, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani encouraged the authorities of the c ...
• 30 July 2008
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Marijuana is the United States’ number one cash crop: a business worth $35.8 billion Washington (Agenzia Fides) – Unexpected have been the findings that the number one cash crop in the United States in not corn, wheat, or cotton, but marijuana. A report done, gathering information from various US feder ...
• 30 July 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The veiled face of an Algerian mother and a Moroccan volunteer from Caritas and the Red Crescent. Different cultures, different faiths...these are no longer barriers, but opportunities for progress and democracy. (correspondence from Spain from Luca De Mata - Part 2) Cuenca (Agenzia Fides) – It’s my second day in Cuenca, in the Spanish region of La Mancha. Landscapes. Small houses. White. The land fades into the mix of colors of work and sprawl. Mountains of stone. Castles and mi ...
• 29 July 2008
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Rector appointed for the Interdiocesan Major Seminary of the Archdiocese of Bertoua Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect for the Congregation of the Evangelization of Peoples, on April 25, 2008 appointed Fr. Dieudonné Espoir Atangana, of the clergy of the Diocese of Obala, Rector ...
• 29 July 2008
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “The Word of God in the Life of the Church in the Philippines”: Catholics prepare for Synod of Bishops Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Priests, religious, laity, heads of associations and movements, all met in Manila to reflect on the relationship between the Word of God and the life of the Filipino people. The initiative took ...
• 29 July 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - 43rd General Chapter of the Hospital Sisters of Mercy begins August 25 Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Hospital Sisters of Mercy were founded in Rome in 1821 by Princess Teresa Orsini. They will be celebrating their 43rd General Chapter from August 25 to September 15, 2008 in Loreto (Italy) on ...
• 29 July 2008
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Mission camps with the Daughters of Saint Camillus in Burkina Faso: hospitals, medical dispensaries, houses for the elderly, leper colonies Koupela (Agenzia Fides) – The Congregation of the Daughters of St. Camillus have a little less than 100 houses and nearly 900 religious worldwide, with novitiates in Italy, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, India, Ben ...
• 29 July 2008
  MISSIONARY PRAYER INTENTION - The Pope’s Missionary Intention for August 2008: “That the answer of the entire people of God to the common calling to holiness and mission may be promoted and fostered by means of careful discernment of charisma and constant commitment to spiritual and cultural formation.” Commentary. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Second Vatican Council was an effort to help the every member of the Church realize his vocation to holiness. The fifth chapter of the Constitution Lumen Gentium is dedicated to the u ...
• 29 July 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Talks published from the Seminar on the role of women religious in fighting human trafficking Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Modern slavery forces a 13 year-old African girl to become a prostitute for 400 dollars per hour, raking in up to 9,600 dollars per day for her exploiter. Then there are the over 23,000 young gir ...
• 29 July 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops say the new version of the Constitution “violate non-negotiable principles.” Public referendum is scheduled for September to determine final approval. Quito (Agenzia Fides) – “As Bishops, it is not our place to adopt political attitudes. Rather, it is our role to illumine Catholic consciences with the doctrine of the Gospel, encouraging them to make responsible and ...
• 29 July 2008
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Church and sectors of society worried about mining that would affect the country’s main water reserve San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – Various social, religious, and academic groups in the country and on an international level are extremely concerned about the risky proceedings being carried out by mining companies in re ...
• 29 July 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The countries of central Africa are looking for a common strategy in resolving the food crisis Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Finding a common strategy for fighting the food crisis is the focus of the meeting that has begun July 28 in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing together the M ...
• 28 July 2008
  VATICAN - At the Angelus, the Pope recalls World Youth Day, which “was transformed into a new Pentecost, from which the mission of the young people, called to be apostles to their contemporaries, was relaunched.” Salutations to all those on vacations and prayers for those who are not able to take a time of rest. Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - “On Monday I returned from Sydney, Australia, the site of the 23rd World Youth Day. I still have this extraordinary occasion, in which I experienced the youthful face of the Church, on ...
• 28 July 2008
  VATICAN - Communique from the Holy See Press Office on the audience granted by the Holy Father to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The following communique was released on July 25 by the Holy See Press Office: "Today in the Apostolic Palace of Castelgandolfo, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received in audience Nouri Ka ...
• 28 July 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Saint Paul is adopted as a “traveling companion” by youth from the Oblates’ Costruire Youth Movement on their trip to Uruguay Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Seven members of the “Costruire Youth Movement” (in Italian, MGC) will take a missionary trip to Uruguay July 30-August 21. The event has been taking place for several years, thanks to the Mi ...