News

• 11 March 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Encounter of Bishops and leaders of the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches in Oceania Canberra (Agenzia Fides) - Bishops and leaders of the Eastern Rite Catholic communities in Australia recently met in order to establish stronger ties of communion and cooperation. The Church in Australia (with about 5.1 ...
• 11 March 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Opus Dei: Study Day for the 25th anniversary of the Catholic Prelature Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The only existing Personal Prelature in the Catholic Church celebrates is 25th anniversary as a prelature. Opus Dei is currently present in 61 countries in the world, with over 85,000 members. It w ...
• 10 March 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the Angelus: Christ “is the image, indeed, the incarnation of God who is love, mercy, and paternal and maternal tenderness, of the God who is Life”; additional appeal for the Holy Land and Iraq Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The resurrection of Lazarus, narrated in the Gospel for the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Liturgical Cycle A, says Benedict XVI, is “the last great sign worked by Jesus, after which the high prie ...
• 10 March 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells participants of the Course from the Apostolic Penitentiary: “The heart of the sacrament’s celebration is not in the sin, but in the mercy of God, that is infinitely greater than any of our sins.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Those who trust in themselves and in their own merits are, as it were, blinded by their own ‘I’ and their hearts harden in sin. On the other hand, those who recognize themselves as w ...
• 10 March 2008
  VATICAN - The Holy Father offers condolences for the death of Cardinal Peter Poreku Dery, retired archbishop of Tamale, one of the first Catholics of the northwestern region of Ghana Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Peter Poreku Dery, retired archbishop of Tamale (Ghana) died March 6, at 89 years of age. The Holy Father Benedict XVI expressed his condolences and prayers in a telegram, sent to ...
• 10 March 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope calls for “an untiring and generous mission to face, in the area of dialogue and in the encounter with the various cultures, preaching the Gospel and testimony, the concerning threat from secularism” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Secularization, which often leads to secularism when it strays from the positive acceptance of the secular, is an arduous trial for faithful and pastors in living their Christian life,� ...
• 10 March 2008
  VATICAN - Meeting for the commission established by Pope Benedict XVI to study life of the Church in China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See Press Office has released the following communique: “The commission established by Pope Benedict XVI to study the most important questions concerning the life of the Church i ...
• 10 March 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Meeting and walking together with the Lord: Youth Encounter on marriage, organized by the Diocese of Fen Yang Fen Yang (Agenzia Fides) - “Keeping the faith, knowing truth, meeting the Lord, walking together in Love, establishing the true value of marriage” is the theme for the Youth Encounter in the Diocese of Fen Yang, in t ...
• 10 March 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - Visit of the Secretary General of Missionary Childhood to groups of children and adolescents from the country’s 11 dioceses Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Patricio Byrne, Secretary General of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood, visited the various dioceses of Cuba February 25-March 5, according to a statement made to Agenzia Fides b ...
• 10 March 2008
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “A living Church with an abundance of vocations, over 2,000 catechists, and 23 martyrs, despite today’s numerous problems and challenges...” - Interview with the Apostolic Vicar of Izabal. Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Guatemala is divided into 12 diocese and 2 Apostolic Vicariates, one of which is the Apostolic Vicariate of Izabal, that depends on the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its Apostolic ...
• 10 March 2008
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Caritas New Zealand comes to the aid of African countries in need ...
• 10 March 2008
  VATICAN - Positivism and materialism “have led to a boundless enthusiasm for progress” and the past appears “as a dark backdrop against which the present and future glitter with misleading promise,” Pope tells the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis of historiography, that must “fight for its very existence in a society ruled by positivism and materialism,” was denounced by the Holy Father Benedict XVI in an audience he ...
• 10 March 2008
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Summit talks begin for the Economic Community of Central African States, regarding Chad Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - An extraordinary summit meeting has been held for the heads of state and government of the Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC), regarding the crisis in Chad, in the wake of a f ...
• 10 March 2008
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Proliferation of arms: Tanzania, the country least affected by the crisis, promotes a regional initiative Arusha (Agenzia Fides) - The problem of the uncontrolled spread of firearms and weapons of war has been the focus of a meeting held by members of Parliament from eastern African countries, which took place in Arusha, Tan ...
• 10 March 2008
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Election results show the rise of the opposition; government is called to work for dialogue, equality, and respect among the diverse ethnic communities Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - General elections in Malaysia have sealed the victory for the National Front coalition, led by Adullah Balawi. The coalition, which until now, has held a strong two-thirds majority in Parli ...