News

• 10 October 2007
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - PMS handbook for the month of October: “May mission increasingly become a reality with the face and the name of many brothers born in our Christian communities” San José (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies in Costa Rica will celebration Mission Sunday on 21 October with the theme "With Christ: listen, learn and announce", Ms Elieth Robles, PMS national secretary ...
• 10 October 2007
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “Faced with initiatives of reform, the decision is in our hands”: Bishops launch campaign to encourage responsible participation of the laity Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "“Faced with initiatives of reform, the decision is in our hands” is the title of an information campaign launched by the Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of ...
• 10 October 2007
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Polemic over law to introduce handbooks on sexuality without any religious and moral values in school programmes Panama (Agenzia Fides) - Heated polemic continues in Panama with regard to a proposed Bill which intends to establish and guarantee human rights in questions of human sexuality and reproductive health, promote informatio ...
• 10 October 2007
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - “Pilgrims and Missionaries through the journey of life ”: young Catholics look forward to World Youth Day 2008 in Australia Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Young Catholics in Solomon Islands continue to prepare for World Youth Day in Sydney Australia in 2008 with prayers, reflection and sharing experience of volunteer work. Recently a special Mass ...
• 9 October 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI receives Chapter of St Peter's Papal Basilica in the Vatican: “May St Peter's Basilica be truly a place of prayer, adoration and praise to the Lord” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I rely heavily on you and on your ministry that St Peter's Basilica may truly be a place of prayer, adoration and praise to the Lord - Pope Benedict XVI said in his address to the Cha ...
• 9 October 2007
  VATICAN - Mgr Spreafico at the inauguration of the academic year: "The spirit of mission drives us to look beyond our narrow horizons to encounter the wide world where men and women, lost, fearful and suffering are in search of answers for situations often dramatic" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - ““The spirit of mission drives us to look beyond our narrow horizons to encounter the wide world where men and women, lost, fearful and suffering are in search of answers for situations ...
• 9 October 2007
  VATICAN - “The Church, as the depositary of the mystery of God Creator and Redeemer, of His word and His Sacraments, has a project of truth for man. She has the task to proclaim Him until the end of time”: Prolusion by Bishop Velasio De Paolis at the inauguration of the academic year at the Pontifical Urban University Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Velasio De Paolis, Secretary of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Segnatura and a docent at the Pontifical Urban University, have the prolusion to open the academic year 2007/20 ...
• 9 October 2007
  VATICAN - Santa Croce Pontifical University inaugurates 24th academic year; Mgr Echevarría: “Let us continue to accompany the Pope with filial love” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday 8 October Santa Croce Pontifical University in Rome inaugurated its 24th academic year with a solemn Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit, presided by the University's grand chancellor Mgr. Jav ...
• 9 October 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY- Regina Apostolorum Pontifical college offers video-conference Masters on the different Christian confessions, different religions and 'alternative' religious movements Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Why do Jehovah witnesses refuse blood transfusions? In what does their Sabbath consist ? It is true that followers of Scientology believe in reincarnation? What are imams? Why do some Christians re ...
• 9 October 2007
  AFRICA/CHAD - Glimmers of hope for peace after government, guerrilla and opposition parties peace reach agreement N’Djamena (Agenzia Fides)- As the European Union prepares to send peacekeepers to Chad and the Central African Republic (see Fides 27/9/2007), international observers question the impact of agreements which the governm ...
• 9 October 2007
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Fresh fierce fighting in north Kivu after more than a month of cease fire Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Fierce fighting has resumed in the eastern North Kivu region of Democratic Congo, between the regular army and troops loyal to rebel general Laurent Nkunda, who announced yesterday 8 October tha ...
• 9 October 2007
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Church in Rwanda holds 1st Catholic Bible Meeting to mark 40th anniversary of Dei Verbum: “The Bible in Christian life in Rwanda: achievements, challenges and prospects ” Kigali (Agenzia Fides)- “This has been the first Catholic Bible Meeting in the history of the Catholic Church in Rwanda” says the closing statement of the Bible Meeting held in Kabgayi 17 - 20 September. The stateme ...
• 9 October 2007
  ASIA/JAPAN - Beatification of 188 Japanese martyrs in Nagasaki on 24 November will be presided by Cardinal Saraiva Martins Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in Japan is waiting expectantly for the beatification of 188 Martyrs on 24 November. The Mass for the beatification will be presided by the Pope's representative Cardinal Jo ...
• 9 October 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cheongju diocese opens Synod on 50th anniversary of foundation Cheongju (Agenzia Fides) - Cheongju diocese opened a Diocesan Synod with a solemn Mass presided by Bishop Gabriel Chang Bong-hun. The diocese will celebrate the 50th anniversary of foundation in 2008. In a message “Jes ...
• 9 October 2007
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocesan Family Day part of traditional Chinese Autumn festival brings family members together Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - For the diocese of Hong Kong which has been celebrating 2007 as the Year of the Family, the traditional Autumn Chinese festival dedicated to family unity was also Diocesan Family Day, to stres ...