News

• 5 March 2008
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Following recent fighting, UN sends more “Blue Helmets” to South Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - At least 22 people were killed last week in Luozi, in the southeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in fighting that broke out between the military and members of a religious-polit ...
• 5 March 2008
  EUROPE/ITALIA - “Shed for you and for all”: March 24, 16th annual Day of Prayer and Fasting in memory of missionaries killed for the cause of the Gospel. Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Day of Fasting and Prayer is held March 24, as it is the date when Archbishop Oscar A. Romero of San Salvador was assassinated in 1980. The initiative was started in Italy by the Youth Movement ...
• 5 March 2008
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Increase in cocaine consumption in Africa. In Guinea Bissau, consumption of “crack” has caused an outbreak of violence (Agenzia Fides) - A growing percentage of the 300 tons of cocaine that is consumed each year in Europe alone passes through western Africa. This is what an official statement of 2007 from the International Narcotics Cont ...
• 4 March 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - New 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 January 4, 2008, appointed Rev. Felice Chech, M.I. National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
• 4 March 2008
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Days of Reflection on the teachings of John Paul II on marriage and the family on the 25th anniversary of his visit Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 5, the Church in Panama will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the visit of Servant of God, John Paul II, which took place on March 5, 1983. In commemoration of the event, there wil ...
• 4 March 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops ask for peace and to avoid confrontation with neighboring countries Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Roberto Luckert of Coro and Vice-President of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference, has made declarations to Union Radio saying that the Church is asking for reconciliation and peace, ...
• 4 March 2008
  AMERICA - The Great Continental Mission: “We must take advantage of this time of grace. We need a new Pentecost!”; during the CAM 3, missionary sending Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - On February 28 - March 2, the Second Congress of Church Movements and New Communities took place in the city of Bogota, Colombia. The event was organized by the Department for Ecclesial Communion ...
• 4 March 2008
  VATICAN - Message of the Holy Father for the Salesian General Chapter: “evangelization must be the principal and priority frontier of their mission today” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Following the example of your beloved Founder, the Salesians should be inflamed with apostolic zeal. Evangelization should be the principal and priority frontier of their mission today. ...
• 4 March 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - The message of hope from the Patron Saints of Europe: a contribution to the edification of “Europe’s soul,” based in the common Christian roots Siena (Agenzia Fides) - On March 8, in Siena, in the crypt of the Basilica of Saint Dominic, there will be a Congress entitled: “Anima Europae: Europe’s Christian roots and the spiritual message of its Patron Saints. ...
• 4 March 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - New edition of the Roman Missal in Chinese with simplified characters, to better meet current pastoral demands Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The editor Faith Press has published a new edition of the Roman Missal in simplified Chinese, with horizontal arrangement, in order to better meet the current needs of priests and faithfu ...
• 4 March 2008
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Forming consciences, sharing, evangelizing: three years of Radio Bosco Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - “Radio Bosco” is young, yet very popular and loved among the people. The Catholic radio station of the Solomon Islands is celebrating its third anniversary and once again challenges people t ...
• 4 March 2008
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - “We cannot remain silent before the outbreak of sexual violence,” say religious institutes of the Province of Katanga Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “Before this inhumane and unjust situation that continues to exist in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo and that is marked by all kinds of violence, repeated cases of sexua ...
• 4 March 2008
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - The Church working on dialogue with rebel groups: national reconciliation on the horizon Dili (Agenzia Fides) - Dialogue, repentance, reconciliation, and national peace are the objectives for the Catholic Church in East Timor, as it lives through this difficult situation of political and social tension. Over ...
• 3 March 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI, in the Angelus: “the tendency in man to construct an ideological system of security is strong,” with an exhortation to allow Jesus to heal us, “Jesus who can and wants to give us the light of God” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In this Sunday of Lent, the Gospel of John, from the reading Cycle A, we find “a true and real baptismal itinerary,” Pope Benedict XVI said, prior to the recitation of the Angelus with ...
• 3 March 2008
  VATICAN - Pope’s appeal for the release of the Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul, Iraq; an end to violence in the Holy Land; caring for the world’s children Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Following the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, March 2, the Holy Father Benedict XVI launched three appeals. “With profound sadness, I have followed the events surrounding the kidnapp ...