News

• 11 September 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - “At least 50,000 people flee fighting in east Congo” says Italian Volunteer Service AVSI which has worked in the area for years Goma (Agenzia Fides)- At least 50,000 are fleeing their homes to escape violence in north Kivu in Democratic Congo, caused by fighting between the regular army and rebels led by Laurent Nkunda which started at the end of ...
• 11 September 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - South Korea death penalty “abolitionist de facto” if this year ends with no execution having been carried out Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Awareness campaigns promoted by the local Catholic Church, other religious communities, civil associations, and the media with regard to the need to abolish the death penalty, have brought good re ...
• 11 September 2007
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - “Don't forget Sri Lanka!”: Sri Lanka's Christians call on international community to remember the travailed island of the Indian subcontinent. Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Christians of Sri Lanka have urged the international community not to forget the travailed Island of the Indian subcontinent, where civil conflict is causing unbearable suffering and the dea ...
• 11 September 2007
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Catholic Bishops concerned about atmosphere of political conflict, demand dialogue the best path to peaceful and democratic social harmony" El Alto (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Bolivia, meeting in Trinidad for the ordination of Bishop Francisco Focardi OFM, appointed auxiliary bishop of Beni, issued a pastoral statement, "Dialogue and the Common ...
• 11 September 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The Family and the Future of Humanity”: Family Congress 12 - 15 September La Plata (Agenzia Fides) - " The Family and the Future of Humanity” is the theme of a Family Congress to be held from Wednesday 12 September to Saturday 15 September in La Plata Argentina, organised by the Archdiocese ...
• 11 September 2007
  AMERICA - The social communicator profession and its challenges in Latin America Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - To offer space for reflection on the social communicator profession and the ethical challenges posed by the context of Latin America, a Latin American Congress on the Ethics of Communication is b ...
• 11 September 2007
  OCEANIA/TAHITI - Young Tahitians pray and dream of World Youth Day next year in Sydney Papeete (Agenzia Fides) - Dreaming of WYD. Young Tahitians, still edified and enthusiastic after welcoming and hosting the pilgrim youth Day Cross and Marian Icon, in May this year, are praying and working with all their ...
• 11 September 2007
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The Pope accepts resignation of Archbishop of Bulawayo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 11 September 2007, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe), presented by Archbishop Pius Alick ...
• 10 September 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict in Austria - “Show us Jesus!” It was with this plea to the Mother of the Lord that we set off on our journey here. This same plea will accompany us as we return to our daily lives. And we know that Mary hears our prayer” Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - Saturday 8 September the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI travelled to the Marian Shrine of Mariazell, in the Austrian Alps, where he presided an outdoor Concelebration of the Eucharist to mark the ...
• 10 September 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Austria - “The heart of the mission of Jesus Christ and of all Christians is to announce the Kingdom of God. This announcement in the name of Christ means for the Church, the priests, the religious and all the baptised, commitment to be present in the world as His witnesses.” Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - In the afternoon of Saturday 8 September inside the Basilica of Mariazell the Holy Father presided the celebration of Second Vespers of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary with ...
• 10 September 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Austria - “We too need access to the Risen one, who sustains us through and beyond death. We need this encounter which brings us together, which gives us space for freedom, which lets us see beyond the bustle of everyday life to God’s creative love, from which we come and towards which we are travelling ” Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday 9 September, at 10am the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI presided a Celebration of the Eucharist at Vienna's St Stephen's Cathedral. In his homily the Pope illustrated the meaning of Sun ...
• 10 September 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Austria - “I appreciate your efforts as members of Holy Childhood. I see you are little collaborators in the service which the Pope offers the Church and the world: you help me with your prayers and with your efforts to spread the Gospel” Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 9 September after the recitation of the Angelus prayer in front of the St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna Pope Benedict XVI said a few words to Austrian Catholic children members of the ...
• 10 September 2007
  EUROPE/POLAND - IACM Missiological Conference and Third Plenary Assembly: Indian Divine Word Missionary Fr Lazarus Stanislaus Thanizraj elected new President Pieniezno (Agenzia Fides) - The International Association of Catholic Missiologists (IACM) hold a missiological conference from August 28 to September 2 at the SVD Seminary in Pieniężno, Poland. The theme of th ...
• 10 September 2007
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Ordination of new Catholic Bishop of Bururi: among those present Burundi's principal authorities Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- A joyful crowd welcomed the new Bishop of Bururi, in Burundi. Bishop Venant Bacinoni who was ordained on Saturday 8 September in Kabuye sports stadium. Civic authorities present for the occa ...
• 10 September 2007
  AFRICA - International Telecommunication Union secretary general wants “Marshal Plan" for telecommunications in Africa Roma (Agenzia Fides) - A “Marshal Plan" for telecommunications is what the Secretary General of the Geneva based International Telecommunication Union hopes for Africa. Mali born Hamadoun Touré said this when he prese ...