News

• 23 September 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - In his Pastoral Letter for the Year of St. Paul, the Bishop of Shang Hai encourage the faithful to deepen in their knowledge of Saint Paul, imitating his missionary zeal Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides) – In the Pastoral Letter on the Year of St. Paul, written by Bishop Jin Lu Xian of Shang Hai (92 years of age) and dated this past August 30, also his 70th anniversary as a Jesuit, the Bishop ...
• 23 September 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic priest who promoted Christian-Hindu dialogue is killed New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in India is morning the loss of a Catholic priest and a volunteer that lived in the village of Chota Rampur, in the Diocese of Meerut in the state of Uttarakhand (northern India). ...
• 23 September 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Evangelizing with the message of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina in the Diocese of Miao Miao (Agenzia Fides) – “Our work of evangelization is going along well. The missionary project called, “Padre Pio” has sparked public interest and the people want to know more about the life of this holy friar. I ...
• 23 September 2008
  AFRICA - “Africa’s development is a challenge and an opportunity for the whole world,” says the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the UN New York (Agenzia Fides) – “For the last 60 years Africa, with its historical and geographic particularities, has challenged the capacity of the United Nations to carry out the high ideals enshrined in its Charter of ...
• 23 September 2008
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Portuguese-speaking churches across the world meet in China, to foster mutual understanding, establish fraternal bonds, and encourage the missionary spirit Macao (Agenzia Fides) – The Presidents of the Bishops Conferences and local Bishops of Portuguese-speaking nations (Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guinea, Macao, Mozambique, Portugal, Santo Tome, and Timor) will meet in M ...
• 23 September 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops’ statement against the draft bill for euthanasia: “Creating legal norms allowing for the suppression of innocent human lives is contrary to the code of ethics and is socially misleading.” Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The Colombian Bishops’ Conference has issued a statement signed by the President of the Conference, Archbishop Ruben Salazar Gomez of Barranquilla, in relation to the draft bill 44 of 2008, w ...
• 23 September 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - First International Congress on Marian Theology in search of new developments and the current panorama on Marian thought Boyaca (Agenzia Fides) – September 24-27, the city of Chiquinquira (Boyaca) will host the First International Congress on Marian Theology at the National Marian Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary in Chiquinquira. Among ...
• 23 September 2008
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - “Youth Synod” on Saint Paul in the Vicariate of Phnom Penh Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) – Saint Paul, model of the missionary for the youth of today: this is the theme of the “Youth Synod” for the Year of St. Paul, which is being held in the Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh ...
• 23 September 2008
  AFRICA/CONGO - Ugandan rebels attack eastern Congo, forcing missionaries to flee the land and join the population taking refuge in a Sudan diocese Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “Fr. Mario Benedetti and Fr. Ferruccio Gobbi are fine. They are in Yambio, in southern Sudan and are preparing their documents to travel to Kampala, in Uganda, where we have our Provincial Hous ...
• 22 September 2008
  VATICAN - “Working for the Lord is already recompense on this earth,” says Benedict XVI at the Angelus; appeal for Caribbean countries and that the next UN meeting apply the necessary measures to eliminate poverty, hunger, lack of education, and pandemics Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – Before reciting the Angelus with the faithful gathered in the interior courtyard of the Apostolic Palace at Castel Gandolfo, on Sunday September 21, the Holy Father Benedict XVI commen ...
• 22 September 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope presides the Dedication of the Altar at the Cathedral of Albano: “May this altar upon which the sacrifice of the Lord will soon be renewed be for you, dear brothers and sisters, be a constant invitation to love.” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – In the morning, on Sunday, September 21, the Holy Father Benedict XVI traveled to Albano for the celebration of the Mass and Dedication of the Altar inside the Cathedral, which has rec ...
• 22 September 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Fourth Sunday in September is 9th Day of Migrants and Refugees, dedicated to “Youth Immigrants” Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – “Youth Immigrants” is the theme chosen for the 9th Day of Migrants and Refugees, which is being celebrated in Taiwan on the Fourth Sunday in September, September 28. The theme has been cho ...
• 22 September 2008
  AMERICA/CANADA - Among the themes for the Canadian Bishops’ Plenary Assembly opening today: Bishops’ Synod, Year of St. Paul, and the restructuring of the CCCB Ontario (Agenzia Fides) – Today, September 22, the Bishops of Canada will gather for the annual Plenary Assembly of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) in Ontario. About 90 Bishops will be present to dis ...
• 22 September 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - National Council for the Laity rejects the 26 most recent laws declared by the President and asks that all citizens participate responsibly in the November 23 elections Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The National Council for the Laity (CNL) in Venezuela expressed its rejection of the 26 laws that the President has recently approved, in a public statement presenting its position in regards ...
• 22 September 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - Activities and encounters in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Prelature of Ayaviri Ayaviri (Agenzia Fides) – With a large gathering of youth entitled “Riqch´Ariy Wayna,” “Youth, get up!,” the Prelature of Ayaviri held another one of its important activities during this jubilee year, on the o ...