News

• 2 July 2007
  EUROPE/GEORGIA - “The Catholic community in Georgia is small but active and united ” says Mgr. Giuseppe Pasotto, Apostolic Administrator of the Caucuses of the Latins Tbilisi (Agenzia Fides)- “I invited the John XXIII Community to work in Georgia to put its special charisma at the service of the marginalised in the light of the love of Christ and at the disposal of our Church and lo ...
• 2 July 2007
  EUROPE/GEORGIA - "John XXIII Community arrived ten days ago and is and already in action ”: Fides speaks with project leader Tbilisi (Agenzia Fides)- The John XXIII Community has only just arrived in Georgia but it is already at work to provide assistance and promote development. “We started our activity about 10 days ago at Georgia's main p ...
• 2 July 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Sixty years ago it opened as a book shop, today ATC is an important publishing house which promotes Christian literature in India Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - From book shop specialised in selling prayer books, missals and Christian literature for seminaries and institutes of formation sixty years ago, the ATC (Asian Trading Corporation) today is an ...
• 2 July 2007
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Dominican Province of the Philippines is set to open a Catholic university in Colombo which will depend on the University of Santo Tomas in Manila Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - According to provincial, Father Edmund C. Nantes, O.P., the Dominican Province of the Philippines in cooperation with the archdiocese of Colombo and its Archbishop Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis is ...
• 2 July 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Faith Magazine editor tells Fides: “The Papal Letter is an historic event for the Church in China and for relations between China and the Holy See. The Letter will promote unity among Catholics in China” Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “The Papal Letter is an historic event for the Church in China and for relations between China and the Holy See. It will also affect the future of the Church in China and promote unity among a ...
• 2 July 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Happy Chinese Catholics work to propagate Papal Letter Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “Thank you Holy Father for giving us this Manual. Thank you for publishing it in Chinese on-line and in a booklet”. These were the first reactions of Catholics in Beijing when they received ...
• 2 July 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Immaculate Conception parish in Beijing celebrates 262 baptisms on Sunday 1 July, the day after the Papal Letter to the Catholics of China was made public Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - No less than 262 catechumens received the sacraments of Baptism, first Holy Communion and Confirmation at Immaculate Conception parish in Beijing on Sunday 1 July the day after the Papal Letter ...
• 2 July 2007
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Catholic Bishops present proposals to Constituent Assembly; National Day of Prayer 27 July Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - In a press conference on 30 June the standing committee of the Bishops' Conference of Bolivia presented the local Church's proposal and explained how it intends to have it accepted by the Co ...
• 2 July 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Catholics who live their faith can never be in favour of euthanasia or vote for its legalisation in our country" says Bishop of Celaya Celaya (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Lázaro Pérez Jiménez of the diocese of Celaya (Mexico), addressed a Letter to his people with regard to a debate in the country about euthanasia since the Federal District Legislative ...
• 2 July 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - The Pope appoints Bishop of Kottar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 30 June 2007, appointed Mgr Peter Remigius Bishop of Kottar (India), until now Mgr Remigius was Bishop of Kumbakonam (India). (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 2/7 ...
• 2 July 2007
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Pope appoints Auxiliary Bishop of Aitape Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 2 July 2007 appointed Rev. Otto Separy chancellor of the diocese of Wewak, Auxiliary Bishop of Aitape (Papua New Guinea) assigning to him the Titular S ...
• 30 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI at St Paul's Basilica: “Still today Christ needs apostles ready to sacrifice themselves. He needs witnesses and martyrs like Saint Paul … We will dedicate a special Year to Saint Paul from 28 June 2008 to 29June 2009 to mark two thousand years since his birth Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “At these first Vespers of the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul with gratitude we commemorate these Apostles whose blood together wit that of many other witnesses to the Gospel, rendere ...
• 30 June 2007
  VATICAN - “In Peter's profession of faith we can feel we are one, despite the divisions which down through the centuries have lacerated the unity of the Church with consequences which still persist ”: the Pope on the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Today's feast day offers me an opportunity to return once again to meditate on the confession of Peter, a decisive moment as the disciples walked with Jesus… inseparable from the pasto ...
• 30 June 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus: “The feast day of the Apostles Peter and Paul is a special call to pray intensely and act with conviction to promote the cause of the unity of all Christ's disciples” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The feast day of the Apostles Peter and Paul is a special call to pray intensely and act with conviction to promote the cause of the unity of all Christ's disciples” said Pope Benedict ...
• 30 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses Papal Letter to Bishops, Priests, consecrated person and lay faithful of the Catholic Church in the Peoples Republic of China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A Papal Letter addressed by Pope Benedict XVI to Bishops, Priests, consecrated person and lay faithful of the Catholic Church in the Peoples Republic of China was made public today 30 June ...