News

• 19 October 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Salesian world boosts its presence in information and communications from Asia: commitment of ANS news service Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - Boost service of information and communication in order to intensify communion within the Salesian world on one hand, and open ever wider and render visible the charisma of don Bosco in the univers ...
• 19 October 2007
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “God's love knows no frontiers: from the Amazon to the whole world”: theme of World Mission Sunday in Brazil in harmony with Fraternity Campaign 2007 Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - “God's love knows no frontiers: from the Amazon to the whole world” is the theme chosen by the Catholic Church in Brazil to celebrate World Mission Sunday on 21 October. The theme also refe ...
• 19 October 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Archbishop of Melbourne issues Mission Sunday message: keep alive passion for mission in Australia Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - 'All the faithful for all the world' is the title of a message for World Mission Sunday in which the Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart, calls for more mission awareness an ...
• 19 October 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - An experience of life: young Catholics in Manabì organise “Youth Mission” to evangelise their friends Porto Viejo (Agenzia Fides) - This was the experience in this month of October, dedicated to the missions, of young people in Porto Viejo diocese in the province of Manabí, Ecuador. To stem the invasion of religious sec ...
• 18 October 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI catechesis on St Eusebius of Vercelli: “he governed the diocese with the testimony of his life” - Appeal “to increase efforts to eradicate the causes of poverty and its tragic consequences ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - St Eusebius of Vercelli, the first Bishop of northern Italy of whom we have reliable information, was the theme of the catechesis given by the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI during his Wed ...
• 18 October 2007
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE From the “spirit” to the “ghost” of the Council, Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - If, when the Lord sent his disciples into the world, he had given them an agenda of problems with regard to the relationship they should have with societies and cultures, the poor men woul ...
• 18 October 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - World Mission Sunday: “We want to help all the faithful live the month of mission intensely and make the whole year, a time for mission without frontiers " Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - The national office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Portugal has distributed a Handbook for October Mission Month 2007 prepared with the help of various missionary institutes in view of th ...
• 18 October 2007
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Government reshuffle to convince the southern leadership to resume its place in the coalition cabinet Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- The President of Sudan Omar Hassan al-Bashir has approved a cabinet reshuffle, one of the conditions posed by the former Southern Sudan rebels, if they resume their place in the national transit ...
• 18 October 2007
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “We remain united to negotiate a trade system more favourable for poor countries” say India Brazil and South Africa Pretoria (Agenzia Fides)- Brazil, India and South Africa have called on developing countries to remain united to form a common front in Doha talks on the future of world. The call was launched by heads of state and gover ...
• 18 October 2007
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Sandakan diocese created and first Bishop of ordained Sandakan (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in Malaysia recently celebrated an historic event the foundation of a new diocese of Sandakan and the ordination of the first Bishop of Sandakan, Mgr Julius Dusin Gitom. Sandakan, a c ...
• 18 October 2007
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Special anniversary Mass to mark 80th anniversary of Pyongyang diocese: commitment to revivify the Catholic community in North Korea New York (Agenzia Fides) - During a special anniversary Mass celebrated in New York to mark the 80th anniversary of the Catholic diocese of Pyongyang, capital city of North Korea, prayer intentions included a desire to b ...
• 18 October 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - On Mission Sunday in Bei Tang Cathedral five new priests will be ordained by the new Bishop of Beijing Pechino (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 21 October the diocese of Beijing, which will be celebrating the annual Mission Sunday in communion with the universal Church, will mark the date with a great event, the ordination of ...
• 18 October 2007
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - World Mission Sunday: “We must be missionary cooperators not only on Mission Sunday, we offer our spiritual and material efforts that Jesus Christ may be known by everyone" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The theme of our Mission Sunday poster this year is ‘All the Churches for all the world’, the theme chosen by the Pope to invite Catholics to help promote, form, send and support missionarie ...
• 18 October 2007
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Social Friendship Mission serving neighbours without discrimination marks 54th anniversary Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Social Friendship Mission has just celebrated is 54th anniversary in Paraguay with the motto: ‘Building Life, Serving the Lord'. The organisation was started in the United States by the ...
• 18 October 2007
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Catholics mobilise against “Bill to defend the right to sexual and reproductive health ” which includes abortion Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in Uruguay have mobilised rapidly to prevent the legalisation of abortion in their country. Four days early than expected Parliament announced that on 16 October the plenary assembl ...