News

• 2 October 2007
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Archbishop Elias Chacour urges Christians of the world :“Visit the living stones of the Holy Land, the Christians who live there” Londra (Agenzia Fides) - A call for peace and brotherhood was launched by Greek Melkite Catholic Archbishop recently in Westminster Cathedral in London. Celebrating a Mass for the 60th anniversary of the Catholic aid ass ...
• 2 October 2007
  ASIA/IRAQ - New academic year at Babel Catholic College of Theology in Ankawa, Iraq: hope for seminarians, catechists and lay faithful Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - With a special Liturgy the new academic year was opened at Babel Catholic College of Theology in Ankawa , the only Catholic college for theology in Iraq run by the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate ...
• 2 October 2007
  ASIA/TAIWAN “Our Family of Immigrants” theme of 11th Immigrants Day organised by the Catholic community following the teaching of Pope John Paul II Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - Every year Immigrants Day in the diocese of Tai Pei is an opportunity for the people to encounter and share different cultures and customs, food and dancing and songs. 'Our Family of Immigrants ...
• 2 October 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Paraná celebrates 1st Family Day, amidst growing discussion since authorities allow abortion on a young girl with a mental disability Paraná (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Paraná celebrated its 1st Family Day on Sunday 30 September in a situation of heated debate after permission was granted for an abortion to be performed in Mar del Plata on a ...
• 2 October 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Italian born Comboni Missionary Fr. Cirillo Tescaroli, tireless missionary through press, radio and television founder of an important centre of missionary information and documentation, returns to the House of the Father Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Italian born Comboni Missionary Fr. Cirillo Tescaroli, tireless missionary through press, radio and television died on Sunday 30 September at the age of 84. Fr Tescaroli dedicated his life to anno ...
• 2 October 2007
  VATICAN - Bambino Gesù children's hospital in Rome recruits biomedical researchers: 600 applicants for 17 places Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Bambino Gesù children's hospital in Rome is looking for o 17 young researchers to be chosen from 600 candidates in an international recruitment programme in the field of biomedical researc ...
• 2 October 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 50th International Course in Leprology for Medical Personnel Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - The, Fontilles Association to Fight Leprosy, based in Valencia, Spain has organised 50th International Course in Leprology for Medical Personnel to be held at Sanatorio San Francisco de Borja, ...
• 1 October 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus: “Those forgotten by everyone are never forgotten by God; those worth nothing in the eyes of man, are precious in the eyes of the Lord”. A call to pray for Myanmar and Korea Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - During the last of his Summer Angelus reflections at Castel Gandolfo, before returning to the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI, stressed the importance to make generous use of the gifts of the ...
• 1 October 2007
  October: The Holy Father's missionary prayer intention for October “That World Mission Sunday may be an opportunity to deepen the missionary awareness of all the baptised ”. Comment by Fr. Vito Del Prete, PIME, Secretary general Pontifical Missionary Union Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "All the Churches for all the World ”, the theme of World Mission Sunday 2007, is the slogan with which Pope Benedict XVI “calls local Churches in every continent to consciously increa ...
• 1 October 2007
  VATICAN - “Bishops should be men of God, they should live oriented towards God. The Bishop must be a man of prayer, one who intercedes for all men and women” in St Peter's the Holy Father encourages newly ordained Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the feast day of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, on Saturday 29th September Pope Benedict XVI presided Mass in St Peter's during which he ordained six new bishops: Mgr Miecz ...
• 1 October 2007
  VATICAN - The feast-day of Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus, named patron saint of the missions 80 years ago, marks the beginning of the missionary month of October; Mass in the chapel of Propaganda Fide presided by Archbishop Sarah: “To evangelise is to carry God's Love to every man and woman” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The feast of the patron saint of the Missions Saint Therese of Lisieux, on October 1st , opens the missionary month which will culminate with the celebration of World Mission Sunday, the la ...
• 1 October 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Growing conscious objection to 'education to citizenship' school subject: every Catholic institution shares parents' delicate situation of conscience Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The new school year opened in Spain with the introduction of a new school subject 'Education to Citizenship', already in force in some Autonomous Communities. This highly controversial compulsory ...
• 1 October 2007
  AFRICA - Helping Africa join world trade to reduce its poverty: international meeting opens in Tanzania Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides)- Help Africa finds its place in international trade system and promote its economic development. This is the goal of a meeting for African ministers of the economy which opens today 1 Octobe ...
• 1 October 2007
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “An attack led by someone not invited to the peace talks” says a local source in Darfur with regard to attack on AU peacekeepers at AMIS base Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- “The attack was perpetrated by some faction not invited to the peace talks at the end of the month in Libya ” Fides was told by a local Church source near to where the AU peacekeepers were k ...
• 1 October 2007
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Local Christian Churches request government permission to hold special week of prayer for the nation Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Myanmar's Christians, like the rest of the population, are suffering because of the difficult situation in the country and wish to pray to God for the gift of reconciliation and peace. To do this ...