News

• 7 October 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Letter from Bishop Chung to the youth, inviting them to participate in Taiwan’s Youth Day: “Come along with your friends for this beautiful experience.” Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – “Pentecost, the point of departure for the Church’s mission...The Holy Spirit, soul of the Church and principle of communion.” These quotes taken from the Holy Father Benedict XVI’s Me ...
• 7 October 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Church looks to the future and decides to go digital Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The new project of digitalization and automation for administering and managing various projects and all that encompasses the Catholic community was launched by the Korean Church. The announceme ...
• 7 October 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses the President of the Italian Republic: “the Quirinal and the Vatican are not two hills that ignore one another or face one another acrimoniously; rather that they are places symbolizing mutual respect for the sovereignty of the State and of the Church” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Today, we can observe with satisfaction that in the city of Rome, the Italian State and the Holy See coexist and collaborate in peace. This visit also serves to confirm the fact that t ...
• 7 October 2008
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Jesuits founding a house in Abidjan in a School of Moral and Political Sciences, for the students of Western Africa Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – Form an elite African people so they can take on important leadership roles in the public and private sector, according to the Church’s social doctrine. This is the objective behind the Scho ...
• 7 October 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Missionary Congress in Lucknow: “The youth, protagonists of the mission.” Lucknow (Agenzia Fides) – Form a missionary community, bringing the love of Christ to our neighbor: with this spirit the Diocese of Lucknow, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, celebrated its first Diocesan Missionary Congr ...
• 6 October 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI opens the Synod of Bishops at the Basilica of Saint Paul: “if preaching the Gospel is the reason behind her existence and mission, it is indispensable that the Church know and live that which she preaches, so that her preaching can be credible, in spite of the weaknesses and poverty of the men that she is made up of.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, October 5, in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided a Mass concelebrated with the Synodal Fathers, for the opening of the XII Gene ...
• 6 October 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus says: “I invite all of you to support the work of the synod with your prayer, especially invoking the maternal intercession of the Virgin Mary, perfect disciple of the divine Word.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “I invite all of you to support the work of the synod with your prayer,” the Holy Father Benedict XVI said in his Angelus address on Sunday, October 5. In his brief address before the ...
• 6 October 2008
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Bishop of Dundo appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on October 6, 2008, appointed Father José Manuel Imbamba, of the clergy of the Diocese of Lwena, Secretary General of the Catholic University of Luanda and ...
• 6 October 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Nearly 500 faithful participate in the celebration of perpetual vows of two sisters from the Congregation of the Immaculate Conception in the Diocese of Zhou Cun Zhou Cun (Agenzia Fides) – Nearly 500 faithful participated in the rite of solemn profession of perpetual vows for two religious sisters of the the Congregation of the Immaculate Conception in the Diocese of Zhou Cun, ...
• 6 October 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Thousands of faithful march for life, against the law on abortion Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) – Thousands of Catholics, Christians of other denominations, and members of social movements and associations marched through the streets of Melbourne yesterday, participating in the “Day of ...
• 6 October 2008
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The Bishop of Escuintla expresses his concern for the high rate of violence and insecurity in the state: “history cannot be left in the hands of evil. We must conquer evil with good.” Escuintla (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Victor Hugo Palma Paul of the Diocese of Escuintla of the Immaculate Conception (Guatemala) has written a Pastoral Message to all citizens, especially the Catholic faithful, on the oc ...
• 6 October 2008
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Family Week, with the theme: “My family: a meeting place.” Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops’ Conference of Uruguay has been celebrating since yesterday, October 5, Family Week 2008 with the theme: “My family: a meeting place.” The National Commission for Family ...
• 6 October 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - World Mission Sunday, with the theme: “You are God’s voice: Preach,” a continuation of CAM 3 Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The National Office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Ecuador, once the celebration of the Third American Missionary Congress (CAM 3) ended, began preparing their annual campaign for World ...
• 6 October 2008
  ASIA/TURKEY - Year of St. Paul seeing a rise in the number of Christian pilgrims from all over the world Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – Bishops’ Conferences, parishes, movements, Church associations from all over the world are organizing pilgrimages to Turkey, to walk in the footsteps of Saint Paul. “We are seeing a real ...
• 6 October 2008
  AFRICA - From “Angolagate” to “Faina”: the mysteries of arms trafficking in Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) – While the cargo ship “Faina” remains blocked and surrounded by ships from other countries such as the US and Russia, with its arms in the hands of Somali pirates, the Court in Paris is openin ...