News

• 7 April 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - WYD is steadily approaching and 4,000 volunteers are still needed Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The Organizing Committee of WYD in Sydney has launched a campaign in search of 4,000 more volunteers from around the world. Invoking “the spirit of service and donation towards one’s neighbor ...
• 4 April 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - International Encounter on the life and work of Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, American missionary and defender of the indigenous peoples Havana (Agenzia Fides) - In commemoration of the 280th anniversary of the founding of the University of Havana by the Dominican Order, an International Encounter will be held on the meaning of the life and work of Fray B ...
• 4 April 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Sunday, April 6, Interreligious Walk for peace and human values: “all the members of this community, no matter their religious beliefs, share in the desire for peace.” Monterrey (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jose Francisco Robles Ortega, Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico) has written a letter asking all Catholics to participate in the Walk for Peace and Human Values, an interreligious activ ...
• 4 April 2008
  VATICAN - Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) will hold their annual General Assembly May 15-21 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The 115 National Directors of Pontifical Mission Societies from all around the world will meet for the annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Rome, beginning May 15 ...
• 4 April 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN -Construction of a museum dedicated to Catholicism under study in Taiwan Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic Life Weekly, the weekly bulletin of the Archdiocese of Tai Pei, reports that local Catholics have felt inspired to construct a museum dedicated to Catholicism in Taiwan. According to th ...
• 4 April 2008
  VATICAN - “The document Dominus Iesus and the other religions” of Archbishop Angelo Amato, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (eighth and final part) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “L’Osservatore Romano” has made it possible for Agenzia Fides to publish the entire text of the speech given by Archbishop Angelo Amato, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine ...
• 4 April 2008
  VATICAN - Communique from the Press Office of the Holy See on the publication of the new "Oremus et pro Iudaeis" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A communique from the Press Office of the Holy See on the publication of the new "Oremus et pro Iudaeis" affirms the following. “Following the publication of the new Prayer for the Jews ...
• 4 April 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Mugabe and leaders of his party meet to decide his political and personal future Harare (Agenzia Fides) - In Zimbabwe political confrontation turns bitter between the Opposition which won a parliament majority and the government of outgoing President Robert Mugabe. While the MDC Opposition party (M ...
• 4 April 2008
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Ouahigouya Diocesan Jubilee will close with ordination of 7 new priests and the consecration of the Cathedral Ouahigouya (Agenzia Fides) - A jubilee year to celebrate the 50 years of the diocese of Ouahigouya, in Burkina Faso, will close in November on the Feast of Christ the King with a triduum of celebrations including the pri ...
• 4 April 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Suwon diocese in Korea sends first fidei donum missionaries to martyred Sudan Suwon (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Korea looks to Africa and has at heart the continent's most martyred regions and peoples. This is why yesterday 3 April three young Korean fidei donum priests departed for S ...
• 4 April 2008
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops' Conference President opens plenary assembly: “Bolivia must make every effort to become a builder of peace, filled with hope, love and freedom” Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - “More than ever today in the present situation of tension in our country, there resounds the promising greeting which the Risen Lord addressed to his Apostles: ‘Peace be with you'. Peace ...
• 4 April 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops committed to fighting AIDS: “such a massive task demands unity of all possible efforts” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mexico, gathered for their plenary assembly, have issued a statement on Pastoral Care for brothers and sisters experience the tragedy of HIV/AIDS. This phenomenon, the stateme ...
• 4 April 2008
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Church takes measures to save the Marian Shrine of Madhu from the current conflict Mannar (Agenzia Fides) - The Sri Lankan Church has been concerned for the gunshots and violent threats that have arisen in recent weeks around the area surrounding the Shrine to Our Lady of Madhu. In efforts to preserve ...
• 3 April 2008
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Bishops discuss: Pastoral Guidelines for next few years, Continental Mission, National Youth Day and participation at World Youth Day in Sydney Florida (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Uruguay (CEU) is holding its first plenary assembly of 2008, 2 - 9 April at the Jesus Good Shepherd Retreat House in Florida. The plenary opened with a spiri ...
• 3 April 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic and Anglican dioceses make history with ecumenical pact Broken Bay (Agenzia Fides) - Forget the divisions of the past and build a future of cooperation and collaboration in a spirit of genuine fraternity, charity and solidarity: in this spirit three dioceses in Australian rec ...