News

• 6 June 2008
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - June 8th Annual Collection for Caritas: “Inequality makes us suffer; let us revive our capacity to share.” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – With the theme: “Inequality makes us suffer; let us revive our capacity to share,” Caritas Argentina is inviting all faithful to participate in its Annual Collection, which will take ...
• 6 June 2008
  EUROPE/IRELAND - “A community that is founded on purely economic self interest will not last,” Bishops say, in regards to the referendum to be held on the Treaty of Lisbon Dublin (Agenzia Fides) – In preparation for the referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon set to take place on June 12, the Irish Bishops have published a Pastoral Letter entitled, “Fostering a community of values.” Irela ...
• 6 June 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 30 May 2008, appointed Rev. Andrea Bignotti of the Consolata Missionaries (IMC), National Director of ...
• 6 June 2008
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - New Rector appointed for the Interdiocesan Major Seminary “Our Lady of the Presentation” in Katiola Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect for the Congregation of the Evangelization of Peoples, on 2 February 2008 appointed Fr. Didier Maxime Marie Lefebvre, of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eud ...
• 6 June 2008
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Updates on the tragic results of Cyclone Nargis that devastated the country one month ago Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar on May 2-3, 2008, over one month ago. The United Nations estimates that 2.4 million people suffered severe losses, 1.4 of whom lived in the Irrawaddy Delta are ...
• 6 June 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Conclusion of the High-Level Conference on World Food Security in Rome, with substantial allocations of funds to meet the most urgent needs; many questions remain Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The High-Level Conference on World Food Security sponsored by the FAO in Rome from June 3 to 5, has finally concluded. It has been an intense meeting that has had to address many urgent issues on ...
• 6 June 2008
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “We want to expand the area of cultivated land to 4 million hectares by 2013,” Angola’s Foreign Affairs Minister announced in Rome Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Angola wants to increase cereals production between the 2009-2013 period, in about 4 million hectares of land, to produce over 15 million tons. This was its Foreign Affairs Minister, João Mirand ...
• 5 June 2008
  VATICAN - The Holy Father continues his catechesis on Saint Gregory the Great, who wishes “simply to be the mouth of Christ and of his Church on the way that must be followed to reach God.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Once again, in the General Audience held on Wednesday, June 4, the Holy Father Benedict XVI spoke of Saint Gregory the Great, who in spite of his commitments as Bishop of Rome, has left u ...
• 5 June 2008
  VATICAN - “Petrine-Pauline” Triduum celebration in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls for the inauguration of the Pauline Year Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The annual Triduum for the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, the two main patrons of the city of Rome, celebrated by the Benedictine monks of the Abbey of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, will b ...
• 5 June 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics continue working to help earthquake victims, following the Pope’s example Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic relief effort working to meet the needs of the victims from the quake that hit Sichuan continues. In fact, it has begun to intensify following the indications and example of Pope ...
• 5 June 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “There are no foreigners in the Church”: 500 Catholic immigrants from the Philippines and Indonesia express their gratitude for the pastoral care received from their dioceses Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – “Our foreign brothers and sisters, especially the immigrant workers, always remind me that in the Church, there are no foreigners. Everyone has a right to be treated as local parishioners, ...
• 5 June 2008
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - Colonialism and inculturation. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Colonialism and inculturation would appear to be opposites but in actual fact they are not. They often turn into oppression and mystification, both of which are the offspring of oppressive ...
• 5 June 2008
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Appeal from the Bishop of Humahuaca: “let us leave aside other ambitions and all work together to find solutions to the serious and urgent problems of our present situation” Humahuaca (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Pedro Olmedo of Humahuaca, in union with the priests of his diocese, has issued a statement expressing his “deep concern for the serious poverty, unemployment, and general lack of p ...
• 5 June 2008
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Archdiocese of Sao Paulo celebrates its Centennial Anniversary on June 8th: “a moment to thank God, renew our missionary commitment and our solidarity with those who suffer.” Sao Paulo (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Sao Paulo (Brazil) will commemorate the 100th anniversary of its creation on June 8, with an impressive event in the “Estadio de Pacaembu.” The theme of the event is � ...
• 5 June 2008
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Crowds attend the festival for Ugandan Martyrs Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – According to the local Church, the festivities held in honor of the Ugandan Martyrs (celebrated June 3) 1.2 million pilgrims, including many from Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Co ...