News

• 1 December 2007
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Jubilee Year for the 25th anniversary of the apparitions in Kibeho, presided by Cardinal Ivan Dias and a report on Rwanda's ecclesial situation Kibeho (Agenzia Fides)- “We are very grateful to Cardinal Ivan Dias prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples for coming to preside the Mass to close a special Jubilee year for the 25th anniversary ...
• 30 November 2007
  VATICAN - "Spe salvi" - 'in hope we were saved': second Encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI presented this morning Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The second Encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI with the title "Spe salvi" - 'in hope we were saved' was presented this morning, November 30 during a press conference at the John Paul II Hall o ...
• 30 November 2007
  VATICAN - Bishop Macram Max Gassis: Bakhita, an amazing sign for Africa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Macram Max Gassis, Catholic Bishop of El Obeid in Sudan, speaking to Fides on the occasion of the canonisation of Josephine Bakhita (1 October 2000), said: “Bakhita is a symbol of ...
• 30 November 2007
  VATICAN - John Paul II: the life of Saint Josephine Bakhita “ inspires the firm resolve to work effectively to free people from oppression and violence ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Addressing the Bishops of Sudan received for their ad limina visit on 15 December Pope John Paul II mentioned the figures of two intrepid witnesses to the faith, “two holy individuals who ...
• 30 November 2007
  VATICAN - “Without ignoring or downplaying our differences as Christians and Muslims, we can and therefore should look to what unites us,”: the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI relies to open letter from 138 Muslim religious leaders Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 13, for the occasion of the end of the Muslim month of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr), a group of 138 Muslim religious leaders sent an open letter to the Holy Father Benedict XVI and to o ...
• 30 November 2007
  VATICAN - Josephine Bakhita, the slave who became the first Sudanese saint, cited as an example in Pope Benedict XVI 's new encyclical Spe salvi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Josephine Bakhita, the first Saint of Sudan and the first African woman to be raised to the honour of the altars without being a martyr, is cited as an example in Spe salvi the second encyc ...
• 30 November 2007
  VATICAN - TODAY ON THE INTERNET - Thailand-Myanmar: a baby girl at the meat market is worth 15 euro - A new director for the Vatican Museums: Antonio Paolucci Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the web site “Dio: pace o dominio”: Testimony from a missionary in a village in northernThailand-Myanmar. Remember the teaching of Don Oreste? "Prostitution is the effect of the most ...
• 30 November 2007
  SPECIAL - WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello SPE SALVI, the second Encyclical of His Holiness Benedict XVI Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A magnificent fresco on Christian hope, the new Encyclical by Pope Benedict XVI: Spe Salvi facti sumus, “In hope we were saved” (Cf Rom 8,24) is the title and I wager it will occupy no ...
• 30 November 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Let us welcome Jesus into the world!” national Pontifical Society for Missionary Childhood promotes Christmas Novena Roma (Agenzia Fides) - “Let us welcome Jesus into the world!” is the title of a Christmas Novena prepared by the national office of the Pontifical Society for Missionary Childhood in Italy. From 16 December a daily ...
• 30 November 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Twelve associations stage abortion protest in front of the health ministry in Madrid Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - At 6.30pm this evening twelve associations will gather in front of the ministry of health in Madrid to call the government and parliament to guarantee rigorous obedience to the laws with regard t ...
• 30 November 2007
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Chaos reigns in Somalia but some come looking for oil Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- Somalia is in the grip of chaos but business continues as usual. While most of the people in the capital Mogadishu have fled the city because of fighting between the Ethiopian troops supporting ...
• 30 November 2007
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Promote “second generation” vegetable fuels advise experts meeting in the capital of Burkina Faso Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides)- Increase the use of fuels of African vegetable in view of the exhaustion of fossil fuels. This was advised by experts at a meeting which ended on 29 November in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkin ...
• 30 November 2007
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Civil society, international organisations and religious communities discuss climate change effects Bali (Agenzia Fides) - Bali will be the world capital of ecology for a few days when experts from all over the world meet to discuss climate and global warming from 3 to 14 December. The meeting is sponsored by the Unite ...
• 30 November 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Sanctification of the Family” Advent 2007 theme chosen by local Catholic Church Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The family is the first place for the handing on of the faith and education to spiritual life; a place where the child learns to pray and to live a relationship of love with other people; a place ...
• 30 November 2007
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops urge the people to put the good of the country before personal opinions and sentiments, to work to build true peace which comes with reconciliation Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Colombia faithful to the Church's mission and commitment " to be witnesses of hope even in times of difficulty" have issued a statement expressing the hope that confrontat ...