News

• 31 July 2008
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - The drama of the “sans papiers” in Belgium: Cardinal Danneels calls for a “policy that is realistic, just, and generous.” Brussels (Agenzia Fides) – It is the drama of the illegal workers, the so-called “sans papiers” (without documents), which has erupted in Belgium as well, where an illegal immigrant protesting on top of a crane at ...
• 31 July 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “I want my mom and I to have a house where rain and wind can’t get in.” (Luca De Mata writes from Spain - Part 3) Cuenca (Agenzia Fides) – I am almost at the end of my trip in Cuenca. The weather is a bit schizophrenic: on-and-off rain; on-and-off cloud cover. The colors shine and then are dulled, or completely vanish into the res ...
• 30 July 2008
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Prisonniers Sans Frontières,” a Christian organization for rehabilitation of inmates Maradi (Agenzia Fides) – In the prison and correctional facility in Maradi, Father Dondeynaz, of the Redemptorist Order, has spent years serving as a pioneer in prison ministry, especially with Christian inmates (mainl ...
• 30 July 2008
  OCEANIA/TAHITI - The Year of St. Paul in Papeete: “This jubilee year should be, above all, an occasion for us all to read or re-read the Acts of the Apostles and the Letters of Saint Paul” Papeete (Agenzia Fides) – “What could be the goal for this jubilee year, if it is not that of becoming more familiar with the teachings of Paul of Tarsus? Unfortunately, there are many Catholics who know nothing more ...
• 30 July 2008
  VATICAN - “AVE MARIA” by Mgr Luciano Alimandi - Renounce self and receive Jesus Vatican (Agenzia Fides) - “The kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in a field which someone has found; he hides it again, goes off in his joy, sells everything he owns and buys the field. 'Again, the kingdom of H ...
• 30 July 2008
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The President of Ivory Coast offers the Parliament of Burkina Faso an “Ivory Coast-Burkina Faso Axis” to stimulate regional collaboration Ougadougou (Agenzia Fides) – “I have come to tell you the storm has passed,” the President of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo said in his address to the Burkina Faso Parliament, one of the most important moments on his ...
• 30 July 2008
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Formation meeting for the mission ad gentes and Argentinean missionary meeting organized by the Pontifical Missionary Societies Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – On July 26-27, two encounters took place side-by-side at the Pontifical Missionary Societies (PMS) of Argentina headquarters: a formation meeting for the mission ad gentes and a meeting f ...
• 30 July 2008
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Continental Mission, 3rd National Pastoral Plan, the Year of St. Paul, and the election of the new directive team, are among the themes for the Plenary Assembly Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – During the celebration of the 46th Plenary Assembly of the Bishops’ Conference of the Dominican Republic (CED), which took place in early July 2008, a new directive team was elected: P ...
• 30 July 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - The Archbishop of Lima denounces pressures being made to legalize abortion in various Latin American countries, recalling that the right to life is the most fundamental right Lima (Agenzia Fides) – During the homily of the Te Deum Mass (in thanksgiving) for the 187th anniversary of Peru’s Independence, the Archbishop of Lima, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani encouraged the authorities of the c ...
• 30 July 2008
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Marijuana is the United States’ number one cash crop: a business worth $35.8 billion Washington (Agenzia Fides) – Unexpected have been the findings that the number one cash crop in the United States in not corn, wheat, or cotton, but marijuana. A report done, gathering information from various US feder ...
• 30 July 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The veiled face of an Algerian mother and a Moroccan volunteer from Caritas and the Red Crescent. Different cultures, different faiths...these are no longer barriers, but opportunities for progress and democracy. (correspondence from Spain from Luca De Mata - Part 2) Cuenca (Agenzia Fides) – It’s my second day in Cuenca, in the Spanish region of La Mancha. Landscapes. Small houses. White. The land fades into the mix of colors of work and sprawl. Mountains of stone. Castles and mi ...
• 29 July 2008
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Rector appointed for the Interdiocesan Major Seminary of the Archdiocese of Bertoua Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect for the Congregation of the Evangelization of Peoples, on April 25, 2008 appointed Fr. Dieudonné Espoir Atangana, of the clergy of the Diocese of Obala, Rector ...
• 29 July 2008
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “The Word of God in the Life of the Church in the Philippines”: Catholics prepare for Synod of Bishops Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Priests, religious, laity, heads of associations and movements, all met in Manila to reflect on the relationship between the Word of God and the life of the Filipino people. The initiative took ...
• 29 July 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - 43rd General Chapter of the Hospital Sisters of Mercy begins August 25 Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Hospital Sisters of Mercy were founded in Rome in 1821 by Princess Teresa Orsini. They will be celebrating their 43rd General Chapter from August 25 to September 15, 2008 in Loreto (Italy) on ...
• 29 July 2008
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Mission camps with the Daughters of Saint Camillus in Burkina Faso: hospitals, medical dispensaries, houses for the elderly, leper colonies Koupela (Agenzia Fides) – The Congregation of the Daughters of St. Camillus have a little less than 100 houses and nearly 900 religious worldwide, with novitiates in Italy, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, India, Ben ...