News

• 2 October 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Good companions on the road to evangelization”: 50 year anniversary of the founding of the Catholic Laity Association Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – “The world today is in urgent need of evangelization. And of Catholic laity to assume their responsibility as evangelizers. So, when the call comes, respond and go out to the mission!” T ...
• 2 October 2008
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - “Opting for repression, instead of policies that guarantee basic rights for children and adolescents, does nothing more than worsen the problem”: Final Statement from the Encounter on gangs and youth violence Valle de Angeles (Agenzia Fides) – Various representatives from Caritas of Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Panama met on September 22-26 in Honduras, in an event organized by the CELAM’s ...
• 2 October 2008
  AMERICA - World Movement of Parliamentary Members and Governors for Life launches a website as a meeting point, a site for intercommunication and information Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The World Movement of Parliamentary Members and Governors for Life has launched a web page to serve as a meeting point, a site for intercommunication and information. The new web page recognizes ...
• 2 October 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - Campaign to finance 22 pastoral projects for Help for the Church in Need in Cuba comes to an end Havana (Agenzia Fides) – The Association of Pontifical Right, “Aid to the Church in Need” has completed its campaign of awareness and solidarity on behalf of the Catholic Church in Cuba. The campaign was entitled � ...
• 2 October 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Augustinians in India since 1572 Aluva Kerala (Agenzia Fides) – The Augustinian Order has been present on the Indian subcontinent since 1572, in the area of Goa and Cochin. In 1834, the Portuguese suppression of the religious orders led to the absence ...
• 2 October 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Always safeguard the value of human life, even the lives of criminals and murderers Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The III International Congress “No justice without life,” organized by the Community of Saint Egidio on the theme: “From Moratorium to the Abolition of Capital Punishment,” took place on ...
• 2 October 2008
  VATICAN - New incentive and hope for policies from the Social Doctrine of the Church: Cardinal Renato Martino in Chile and Guatemala Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – As a dangerous anti-political attitude continues to arise in many countries, it is extremely important to reaffirm that for Christians, politics – according to the spirit Paul VI – is ...
• 2 October 2008
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - As voters’ registration begins for November elections, tensions on the rise from soldiers’ mutiny Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – 91 soldiers were fired from the Ivory Coast Army for mutiny. This is what a statement from the Ivory Coast’s leadership said, informing that another 13 soldiers have deserted and “are acti ...
• 2 October 2008
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Two theories born of Biblicism Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Some say the post-Council Mass is richer in Readings and Eucharistic Prayers, compared with the Pius V Missal poorer and less accurate. The theory is anachronistic since it fails to conside ...
• 29 September 2008
  VATICAN - ADVISORY - Due to the fact that Agenzia Fides is changing the location of its offices, during these days there may be interruptions or setbacks in our services. We appreciate your patience and understanding. ...
• 29 September 2008
  VATICAN - “Jesus emphasizes his predilection for sinners who convert, and he teaches us that humility is essential for welcoming the gift of salvation,” says Benedict XVI in his Angelus address, remembering Pope John Paul I and encouraging all to “cultivate this same humility he had.” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – In his last Angelus address at the Apostolic Palace in Castel Gandolfo, on September 28, before returning to the Vatican, the Holy Father Benedict XVI reflected on humility, meditating ...
• 29 September 2008
  VATICAN - “The responsible management of creation is part of a healthy economy and supports tourism. On the contrary, the inappropriate use of nature and the abuse inflicted on the culture of the local people has damaging affects on the tourism industry as well.” The Pope speaks on the World Day of Tourism Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – “Experience shows that the responsible management of creation is part of a healthy economy and supports tourism. On the contrary, the inappropriate use of nature and the abuse inflic ...
• 29 September 2008
  VATICAN - In response to the modern-day crisis of separations and divorce, “I see you as guardians of a greater hope for the couples who have lost it”: the Holy Father addresses the International Meeting of the "Retrouvaille" Association Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – On September 26, in the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo, the Holy Father Benedict XVI met with participants in an international meeting of the "Retrouvaille" Association, which has ...
• 29 September 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - After a retreat, 40 religious, accompanied by priests and seminarians from the Catholic community of Si Chuan, visit the area hit by the earthquake in May Peng Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – Over 40 religious from 5 dioceses of Si Chuan, the region hit by the earthquake on May 12, 2008, went with their Retreat Director Fr. Luke Tsui Kam Yu, of the Diocese of Hong Kong, to visit ...
• 29 September 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Rector of the Interdiocesan Seminary “Khristo Jyoti Mahovidyaloyo” of the Diocese of Sambalpur appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect for the Congregation of the Evangelization of Peoples, on June 20, 2008, appointed Father Mathew Poovanpuzha, of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), Rector o ...