News

• 10 October 2008
  VATICAN - “While we pray that the cause of beatification of the Servant of God Pius XII may continue smoothly, it is good to remember that sanctity was his ideal, an ideal he never failed to propose to everyone”: Benedict XVI on the 50th anniversary of his death, recalls the “notable impulse” of Pius XII in the Church’s missionary activity. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The passage of the book of Sirach, in which it says that those who follow the Lord will find trials, difficulties and suffering, and the prologue of the First Letter of Saint Peter, in wh ...
• 10 October 2008
  ASIA/KOREA - Coadjutor Bishop of Suwon appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedic XVI, on October 10, 2008, named Fr. Matthias Ri Iong-hoon, auxiliary of Suwon, Korea, as coadjutor of the same diocese. (SL) (Agenzia Fides 10/10/2008) ...
• 10 October 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Canonization of Narcisa of Jesus: an event that raises spirits amidst preparations for World Mission Day Rome (Agenzia Fides) – This October 12, the Holy Father Benedict XVI will canonize Ecuadorian Narcisa of Jesus Martillo, who was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1992, along with three other people. She will become th ...
• 10 October 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - Numerous activities in missionary October, with the theme: “The disciple of Jesus is the missionary of hope.” Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) – Starting in September, various different events have been organized in Poland for missionary animation, says National Director of the Pontifical Missionary Societies (PMS) in Poland, Jan Piotro ...
• 10 October 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Guarantee food for Kenyans”: exhortation from the Catholic Church to the leaders of the country Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Kenya is showing its great concern for the situation of internal refugees and the sharp rise in the price of food products, which is threatening the lives of millions of ...
• 10 October 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church rejoices at the canonization of its first Indian saint: Sister Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Amidst a moment of suffering, the Church in India has a great reason to rejoice, as the first Indian saint in the history of the Church is canonized. Her name is Sister Alphonsa of the Immac ...
• 10 October 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Attacks on Christians in India continue; a Jesuit explains Hindu ideology New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The violence has not ended. In spite of international pressure and measures taken by the federal government, in various states of India, Christians are still a target. During the Synod of B ...
• 10 October 2008
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The literacy rate is on the rise, however drastic differences still exist between national and regional areas: the slow progress being made in Sub-Sahara Africa and parts of Asia New York (Agenzia Fides) – The literacy rate is growing on a worldwide level, however the situation in South and West Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa is cause for concern and the financial aid for literacy programs is stil ...
• 10 October 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “As in Darfur, here there are over a million people who have lost their homes, and yet there is no public opinion group working to help them. Why not?” says a missionary from east Congo, currently at risk for war Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “I don’t think that there will be a great war after another invasion of both Kivus. My impression is that they are limiting themselves to conquering several strategic locations in the nor ...
• 9 October 2008
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello Pius XII, fifty years after his death: no discontinuity with the Church of the Council Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “A Church which is silent, when she should speak; a Church which waters down the law of God, adapting it to the taste of human desires, when she should nobly proclaim and defend it; a Chu ...
• 9 October 2008
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Sunday, October 12, the Church in Argentina celebrates World Missions Day; a chain of prayer for the missions in the entire country, during the month of October 2008 Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Argentina will be celebrating World Missions Day this coming Sunday, October 12, as a sign of brotherhood and universal solidarity and as a central activity during missionar ...
• 9 October 2008
  VATICAN - “The words and actions of Jesus for Paul do not pertain to a historic time, to the past. Jesus lives now and speaks with us now, and lives for us”: catechesis of the Pope in the General Audience Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – After speaking in the most recent General Audiences on Saint Paul’s encounter with the Risen Christ and his relationship with the 12 Apostles and the Church of Jerusalem, in his cateche ...
• 9 October 2008
  VATICAN - Message from Benedict XVI for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees: “Today too the message of salvation must be presented with the same approach as that of the Apostle to the Gentiles, taking into account the different social and cultural situations and special difficulties of each one as a consequence of his or her condition as a migrant or itinerant person.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The life and preaching of Saint Paul “were wholly directed to making Jesus known and loved by all, for all persons are called to become a single people in him. This is the mission of th ...
• 9 October 2008
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Mary in the Land of the Gulag: a Cathedral-Sanctuary dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima, in honor of the victims of the persecution Karaganda (Agenzia Fides) – For over 50 years, the light of the faith was fought, in an attempt to silence it. For half a century, those Christians who were not afraid to testify to their faith in Christ have paid with ...
• 9 October 2008
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Do not forget the drama of more than 3 million Somalis! Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The international community continues to fix its gaze on the ship “Faina,” the Ukrainian cargo ship being held hostage by Somali pirates that remain under permanent surveillance by ships ...