News

• 14 October 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops speak out against war in East Congo, with the message: “Innocent blood in the Democratic Republic of Congo” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “Thousands of deaths, peoples condemned to inhumane conditions, children who are kidnapped an forced in to armed groups, etc....It is truly a human drama that we see before our eyes and tha ...
• 14 October 2008
  AFRICA - Stealing from the African people: between 1970 and 2004, 607 billion dollars from sub-Saharan countries have been deposited in countries abroad Rome (Agenzia Fides) – While the world is witnessing a dramatic international financial crisis, very few are worrying about the fact that, according to the President of the World Bank, this economic situation “will p ...
• 14 October 2008
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A new era opens for Spiritan missionaries in the Philippines Manila (Agenzia Fides) – For over a decade, the Holy Ghost Fathers have been transmitting their testimony and charism in the Philippines. And the missions have progressed rapidly, thanks to their work, the collaboratio ...
• 13 October 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI canonizes four Saints: “Let us thank the Lord for the gift of sanctity... Jesus invites us all to follow him, like these saints, on the way of the cross, to inherit the eternal life that he, dying, made a gift to us.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On October 12, XXVIII Sunday in Ordinary Time, the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided the Mass held at Saint Peter’s Basilica, in which he canonized four Saints: Italian priest Gaetano E ...
• 13 October 2008
  VATICAN - Pope at the Angelus asks that the perpetrators of the violence “renounce these acts” and work together “in building a civilization of love,” and encourages all to pray for peace and reconciliation in North Kivu (Congo), Iraq, and India Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I urge the perpetrators of violence to renounce these acts and join with their brothers and sisters to work together in building a civilization of love.” These were the words of Pope ...
• 13 October 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI will make a pastoral visit to the Pontifical Shrine in Pompei, Sunday October 19 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, October 19, the Holy Father XVI will make a pastoral visit to the Pontifical Shrine of Pompei. According to the schedule issued by the Holy See Press Office, at 9am he will lea ...
• 13 October 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Archbishop Denis Hart calls new abortion law a “betrayal of humanity” Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) – It is a setback for life, society, and civil coexistence. It is an authentic “betrayal of our shared humanity, a betrayal of women, a betrayal of the innocent unborn child.” This was how ...
• 13 October 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Pastoral Plan for the Archdiocese of Madrid for the next three years is centered on the family, in order to respond to “public affronts, warning signs of its imminent disappearance, and evident attacks on its nature and stability.” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – The Cathedral of the Almudena held a Mass on October 11, which included the presentation of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Plan for the next three years, with the theme: “The family is alive; with ...
• 13 October 2008
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops speak out against the country’s main problems, “consequence of the exclusion of God from reality and from our actions, and a lack of moral principles in decision-making” Guatemala (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Guatemala have issued a statement at the end of their Plenary Assembly, in which they offer their “words as pastors, in response to some of the situations that the country i ...
• 13 October 2008
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - PMS Guide for Missionary Animation: “a didactic tool in helping our baptized faithful to grow in their faith, open their hearts to their neighbor, and commit their lives in solidarity.” Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) – “As head of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Honduras, I am counting on you to do all you can in fulfilling the wishes of our Holy Father, of animating and forming the missionary spir ...
• 13 October 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholics in Hong Kong celebrate the 350th anniversary of the foundation and missions in Asia of the Paris Foreign Missions Society Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Paris Foreign Missions Society (MEP) is celebrating this year its 350th anniversary of foundation of their Asian missions. According to a report from the Kong Ko Bao (the Chinese version ...
• 13 October 2008
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Church looks towards the new technologies: the Archdiocese of Karachi launches a new Web-TV Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – A TV on the Internet to offer information and formation for the faithful, thanks to modern technological means: this is the project developed by the Archdiocese of Karachi, which will be launc ...
• 13 October 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “The Holy Father’s appeal for Kivu sheds light on an area that is often left in darkness,” a missionary from East Congo tells Fides Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “I saw the Holy Father’s address at the Angelus, live on the television. My fellow brethren and I wish to give him our heartfelt thanks for the appeal for peace in Kivu,” one missionary ...
• 13 October 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Former South African President Mbeki in Zimbabwe to solve political crisis; however Mugabe proceeds unilaterally with the appointment of key Ministers Harare (Agenzia Fides) – Former South African President Thabo Mbeki will arrive today, October 13, in Zimbabwe to try and overcome the crisis occurring in the formation of the government of national unity, called for b ...
• 11 October 2008
  Instrumentum mensis Septembris pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum The Holy Father, as usual, spent the month of September at his Summer Residence in Castel Gandolfo, from where he returned to the Vatican on the 30th. The first half of the month was marked by two important events: on Su ...