News

• 24 June 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Guinea Equatorial comes to the aid of Mugabe Harare (Agenzia Fides)- Equatorial Guinea and Zimbabwe are negotiating an oil agreement to help Zimbabwe face a serious fuel shortage. Equatorial Guinea sources say the agreement is purely commercial, nothing to do wit ...
• 24 June 2008
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Catholic Bishops of the Brazil-Bolivia frontier region discuss drug trafficking, prison pastoral care, Great Continental Mission and the Amazon Region Guajara Mirin (Agenzia Fides) –Catholic Bishops of Brazil and Bolivia met for the 10th Meeting of Bishops of the Brazil-Bolivia frontier region held in Guajara Mirin (Brazil), 17 al 19 June. Issues for discussion inclu ...
• 24 June 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 1st Meeting of Bishops of Mexico, United States and Central America on the issue of illegal immigration and respect for the human rights of immigrants Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) – Twenty Catholic Bishops from Mexico, United States, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama, Cuba, Guatemala and Honduras, reflected with lay people and experts in the field, on the need to work toget ...
• 23 June 2008
  VATICAN - “Evil and the irrational do not have the last word, and Christ alone is the Lord of the world and life, the Incarnate Word of God,” the Pope said at the Angelus, encouraging all faithful “to celebrate with faith this Pauline Year” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The difference “between human fears and the fear of God” was the focus of reflection for the Holy Father Benedict XVI prior to the recitation of the Angelus with the faithful gathered ...
• 23 June 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope tells directors of Catholic radio stations: “The radio participates in the mission and visibility of the Church, but it also creates a new way of living, of being and of making the Church.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Dear friends, as you work in Catholic radio stations you are at the service of the Word. The words that you broadcast each day are an echo of that Eternal Word which became flesh. Your ...
• 23 June 2008
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Typhoon Fengshen hits the Philippines; the Church’s aid efforts Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The victims’ toll for Typhoon Fengshen, that recently hit the western coast of the Philippines, continues to rise. There are over 1,000 dead, over 500 missing, and 65,000 have fled their home ...
• 23 June 2008
  ASIA - Corruption is the continent’s “worst evil”: a Report from the United Nations Human Development Program Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – Corruption, on all levels of society, is an extremely wide-spread evil on the Asian continent and forms the root and primary cause of the poverty in which millions of people live. Effectively ...
• 23 June 2008
  VATICAN - Holy Father’s Letter to Cardinal Camillo Ruini, on his 25th anniversary of his Episcopal Ordination Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father wrote a Letter to Cardinal Camillo Ruini, his Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome, which was read during the Mass presided by Cardinal Ruini on the evening of Saturday, ...
• 23 June 2008
  VATICAN - “Do not be afraid to preach Christ among your peers”: exhortation of the Holy Father in his video-message to the youth gathered at the International Eucharistic Congress in Quebec Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “I encourage you to continually meditate on this ‘great mystery of faith,’ as we proclaim it in every Mass, following the consecration.” This was the invitation of the Holy Father ...
• 23 June 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - March for Life: “True laicism is that which listens to reason, not one that is dominated by irrational imposition of a political nature.” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – “We place ourselves at the feet of Our Lady of Guadalupe to thank her for the gift of life and reaffirm the truth of human life, in a world that ignores what science has proven: that the ...
• 23 June 2008
  AMERICA/CHILE - June 26, International Drugs Prevention Day, “The Christian World’s Commitment to Drug Prevention” will be implemented Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – The National Pastoral Office for Alcoholism and Drug Addiction (PANAD) has asked that all dioceses join in celebrating the International Drugs Prevention Day on June 26. The President and Dir ...
• 23 June 2008
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishop of Zarate-Campana: “the Pauline Year is a perfect time to confirm our faith, grow in the testimony of life, and reaffirm our belonging to the Church.” Zarate-Campana (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Oscar Domingo Sarlinga of the Diocese of Zarate-Campana (Argentina) has written a Pastoral Letter on the inauguration of the Pauline Year, which will take place on June 28. In hi ...
• 23 June 2008
  VATICAN - The identity and mission of Catholic radio Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Over 60 representatives from Catholic radio broadcasters from all over the world gathered in Rome on June 19-21 for a congress organized by the Pontifical Council for Social Communication ...
• 23 June 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Opposition leader’s announcement of withdrawal from the presidential race causes strong criticism of Mugabe regime Harare (Agenzia Fides) – “In present circumstances a free and fair vote is impossible.” With these words, the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Morgan Tsvangirai, announced on June 22 that he woul ...
• 23 June 2008
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - “Now, dialogue for tolerance and mutual respect,” Bishops plea, following the peace accord between the government and two main rebel forces in the country Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – “We hope and pray that political dialogue respects the established conditions that the parties have agreed to.” This is the wish of the Bishops of the Central African Republic expressed in ...