21 Nov 09 - RV) Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to receive a group of artists from all around the globe, who work in every area of creative endeavour. One of the artists participating in the meeting is film director

21 Nov 09 - RV) The Catholic Bishops' of England and Wales held their Fall meeting this week in Leeds. We spoke with the Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols...

21 Nov 09 - RV) The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops held their Fall Plenary Assembly in Baltimore, Maryland. The Secretary of Communications at the USCCB, Helen Osman told us the bishops also voted to adopt a powerful statement

20 Nov 09 - RV) Pope Benedict XVI received the participants in a Vatican-sponsored conference on pastoral care for hearing and speech-impaired people. We have this report...

20 Nov 09 - RV) One of the central missions of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem is that of helping Christian communities to maintain a living presence in the Holy Land. Grand Master of the Order,

20 Nov 09 - RV) EU leaders elected Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the bloc's first President and Catherine Ashton as EU Foreign Minister on Thursday, two figures Prof. James Walston of the International Relations Dept. at the

20 Nov 09 - RV) A delegation of Catholic Bishops in India has called for high government officials to address the outstanding concerns of suffering and aggrieved Christian communities in thecountry. We heard from the spokesman of the CBCI, Fr.

20 Nov 09 - RV) Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone was invited as the guest of honor at a concert scheduled for Friday evening to Mark 20th Anniversary of Convention on the Rights of the Child and benefit the

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like

Jesus, I want to rejoice in you always. You are near. Let me have no anxiety, but in every concern by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving I wish to let my petitions be made known in my communing with God.May

On the afternoon of Saturday, November 21, Solemnity of Christ the King, Special Envoy of Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Jozef Tomko, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, will preside the closing celebration for the 150th anniversary

The Catholic Church in Taiwan: Population: 22,675,000: 299,000 Catholics; ecclesiastical circumscriptions: 8, 493 parishes, 59 mission stations, 17 bishops, 250 diocesan priests, 443 religious priests, 101 religious (not priests); 1026 religious, 32 female members of secular institutes, 56 major seminarians,

Manila (Agenzia Fides) The youth are "agents of true change and transformation before their respective church communities, families and friends..." hope for the Church's evangelization and for the future of Asia. With Asian Youth Day (AYD), it is hoped that

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) Korea needs bridges, not walls: there is an urgent need to work for "reconciliation with our brethren of the North," to end the "Cold War and the 'Iron Curtain', remnants of the last century." This is

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) At the close of the General Audience, on November 18, the Holy Father Benedict XVI gave a special greeting to the members of the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation of the Evangelization of Peoples, present at

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) On the afternoon of November 17, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received the President of Burundi, Mr. Pierre Nkurunziza. They then had an interview with Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State, who was accompanied by Archbishop

During the presentation of the website for World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid, the Archbishop of Madrid, Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, announced that the Congress of Deputies has declared World Youth Day an "event of general interest" and that

The few doctors who decide to remain in Malawi make heroic efforts, but that alone is not sufficient to cope with diseases such as AIDS. So, we started a project to help them," Fides was told by Fr. Alfonso Raimo,

For me, Bangladesh is the land of the Suffering Servant. Showing people the crucifix does not only imply a sign of faith, but a plausible answer to the big question of human suffering," said Xaverian missionary Fr. Silvano Garello, to

Quito (Agenzia Fides) On Saturday, November 14th, at the Office of the National Office of the PMS-Ecuador, a meeting was held for delegates of the Pontifical Holy Childhood Association on a national level. The main focus of this meeting was