News

• 3 October 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Silsilah Movement for Dialogue plans new Centre of Harmony and Peace in southern Philippines and support for Filipinos abroad, messengers of dialogue and peace Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - Silsilah Movement for Dialogue started 23 years ago in Zamboanga, Mindanao by an Italian PIME missionary Fr Sebastiano D’Ambra plans to intensify efforts for dialogue and peace in the countr ...
• 3 October 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - The local Church consolidates mission dynamism during Mission Month of October; 23 - 25 October 1 National Mission Congress on 50 years of “Fidei Donum” Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - Chile "has a dynamic missionary movement especially at home, in which lay people are the main participants developing a spirituality of service thanks to this experience" said Fr Jorge Patricio ...
• 3 October 2007
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - A month since his death at the Eucharistic Shrine he founded a Mass will be said to commemorate Fr Antonio Bernasconi, PMS National Director, 30 years Fidei donum missionary in Guatemala Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 7 and 8 Holy Masses for the repose of the soul of Fr Antonio Bernasconi will be celebrated in Guatemala City, 40 days since his death. The Masses will be celebrated at the Euch ...
• 3 October 2007
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Consolidate regional Mission Groups, open Missionary Formation Centres, increase awareness of being “the Missionary Church”: 1st Regional Mission Congress conclusions Tarija (Agenzia Fides) - Some 140 young people from all over the Los Valles region took part in the 1st Regional Mission Congress in 25 to 30 September in Tarija (Bolivia) organised by the Bishops' Mission Commission and ...
• 2 October 2007
  VATICAN - In a Letter for the Lisieux Year of Mission Pope Benedict XVI mentions Fidei Donum encyclical and the proclamation of Saint Therese as patron saint of the missions: “the Popes have never failed to recall the connection between prayer, charity and the Church's missionary activity”. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Made public on the October 1st, the feast day of Saint Therese of Lisieux patron saint of the Missions, a letter from Pope Benedict XVI addressed to Cardinal Ivan Dias the Prefect of the C ...
• 2 October 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Ecumenism, marriage and family on the working agenda for European Bishops as well as collaboration with Latin American and African Bishops Fatima (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidents of the bishops' Conferences of Europe are gathering in Fatima, Portugal from 4th to 7th October 2007, following an invitation by Mgr. Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga, President of t ...
• 2 October 2007
  EUROPE/IRELAND - Pontifical Holy Childhood Mission Society organises first National Day of Prayer for Children 12 October Dublin (Agenzia Fides) - The national office of the Pontifical Holy Childhood Mission Society in Ireland has organised the first National Day of Prayer for Children to be held on Friday October 12. The news was communica ...
• 2 October 2007
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - A tribute to Cardinal Adam Kozłowiecki: first Bishop of Lusaka, then for 20 years national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Zambia Lusaka (Agenzia Fides)-“I would recall Cardinal Adam Kozłowiecki with the words used by the French Ambassador in 2006, when he presented the Cardinal with the Legion of d' Honneur: “Your life, Your Eminence, is ...
• 2 October 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Because of floods the people in Gulu, for years victims of cruel civil strife, depend again on international aid Kampala (Agenzia Fides)-“The rains have stopped for the moment but the waters have not subsided and most of the country is isolated due to a break down in communications” said local Church sources in Uganda, one of s ...
• 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 ...