News

• 31 March 2008
  EUROPE/PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 19 February 2008, appointed Rev. Patrick Keppel of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Monaco, National Dir ...
• 31 March 2008
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Celebration for the 50th anniversary of Caritas in thanksgiving for “the privilege of being His instruments” and in preparation for “the next 50 years” Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - This week, Caritas Bolivia will celebrate its 50th anniversary. Participating in the commemorative event on April 5-6 in Cochabamba are Bolivia’s 17 ecclesial jurisdictions, as well as gues ...
• 31 March 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops’ Plenary Assembly begins today, to more deeply understand and assimilate the New Evangelization according to the spirit of Aparecida Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican Bishops (CEM) will be holding their 85th Plenary Assembly from March 31 to April 4 at their headquarters in Cuautitlan (Mexico). The focus for the Assembly is “To deeply unders ...
• 31 March 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - On the way to CAM 3: event locations prepared, key-note speakers confirmed, preparatory celebrations of National Missionary Conferences in 10 countries Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The last minute preparations are being made for the Third American Missionary Congress (CAM 3), scheduled to take place in Quito (Ecuador) August 12-17, 2008. According to information sent to Agen ...
• 31 March 2008
  TODAY ON THE INTERNET/ITALY - “Peace is an arduous act that requires self-criticism.” Fr. Samir Khalil ...
• 31 March 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The opposition claims victory in March 29 elections, while official results are still unknown Harae (Agenzia Fides) - While the counting of votes continues, the opposition claims to have won the general elections that took place on Saturday, March 29 (see Fides 28/3/2008). In addition, they affirm that their pres ...
• 31 March 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “Politics cannot divorce itself from morality,” says the President of the Bishops’ Conference of Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “Political power only has meaning if its actions guarantee the common good of society, or at least the necessary conditions that allow access for all members of the community to an integral d ...
• 31 March 2008
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Archbishop of Yaoundé hospitalized in Paris following serious car accident Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - “Archbishop Tonye Bakot underwent a preliminary operation in Paris, the results of which were positive. However, he will have to undergo future operations,” sources from the Apostolic Nunci ...
• 29 March 2008
  Dossier - The Congregation for the Causes of Saints The Congregation for the Causes of Saints Introduction Some figures Brief history of the Congregation New norms for Beatification and Canonisation The “Saint factory” of the 20th century 2 Ma ...
• 29 March 2008
  Dossier - THE CRISIS OF THE FAMILY IN EUROPE(part one) THE CRISIS OF THE FAMILY IN EUROPE(part one) The population of Europe ageing birth rate abortion postponed maternity social costs the family and poverty child poverty. destruction o ...
• 28 March 2008
  VATICAN - “The document Dominus Iesus and the other religions” of Archbishop Angelo Amato, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (seventh 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 ...
• 28 March 2008
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Easter 2008: 23 baptisms of adults in the heart of the small Vietnamese community at Svay Pak, infamous for its prostitution, AIDS victims, drugs, and violence Svay Pak (Agenzia Fides) - The tiny village of Svay Pak, at about 15 kilometers to the north of Phnom Penh, celebrated Holy Week and Easter in the joy of a community blessed with the presence of 23 newly-baptized, all of ...
• 28 March 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - The first sister of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo will take vows March 31 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The first sister of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo will take temporal vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience on Monday, March 31, in the presence of the Superior General, Father Paolo ...
• 28 March 2008
  VATICAN - Mass for the third anniversary of the death of John Paul II Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At 10.30 a.m. on Wednesday 2 April, Benedict XVI will preside at Mass in the Vatican Basilica to mark the third anniversary of the death of Servant of God John Paul II. (SL) (Agenzia Fides ...
• 28 March 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Presentation of a 25-year investigation on the history of theology in Latin America, made by 29 specialists from 19 universities Navarra (Agenzia Fides) - The Theology Department at the University of Navarra (Spain) has seen the close of a 25-year-long investigation on the history of theology in Latin America, from its beginning in 1493 to 2001. T ...