News

• 19 July 2007
  ASIA/VIETNAM - 50 deacons ordained priests in northern Vietnam diocese of Bui Chu Bui Chu (Agenzia Fides) - Good news continues to arrive from the Catholic Church in Vietnam. Recently 50 deacons were ordained priests in the diocese of Bui Chu (suffragan of the archdiocese of Hanoi), in Nam Dinh Provin ...
• 19 July 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - “The Pope's Letter is a call to unity based on truth and charity. It is a source of light and strength” say Chinese priests Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “The Pope's Letter is a call to unity based on truth and charity. It is a source of light and strength” say Catholic priests in China referring to Pope Benedict XVI's Letter to the bishops, ...
• 19 July 2007
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Saint Filippo Smaldone Youth Centre in Anapolis: point of reference for formation, guidance and support for young people and pastoral care for deaf persons Anàpolis (Agenzia Fides) - On 24 July in Anàpolis, in the Brazilian state of Goias, the Archbishop of di Lecce, Italy. Archbishop Cosmo Francesco Ruppi and Sr Maria Longo the Mother General of the Salesian Sisters of ...
• 19 July 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Archbishop of Rosario calls for pro-life network: “Everyone can join this mission because commitment pro-life is not only for believers, it is for everyone" Rosario (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Rosario in Argentina, Archbishop. José Luis Mollaghan, in a recent pastoral letter expressed concern for cultural changes today including “an unexplainable change with regar ...
• 19 July 2007
  AFRICA/GHANA - Poverty and traditions, main causes of violence against women Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - Poverty and popular traditions are the principal causes of violence against women in Ghana, said Yakin Ertük, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women on a recent visit to the country. ...
• 19 July 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Southern Indian region of Kerala supports Argentinean HIV/AIDS activist for Nobel Peace Prize Nuova Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The candidacy for the Nobel Peace Prize of Argentinean HIV/AIDS activist Patricia Pérez, is being supported by the southern Indian state of Kerala where recently five HIV+ children were exp ...
• 19 July 2007
  AMERICA/ CASTRIES (SANTA LUCIA) - The Pope appoints Coadjutor Archbishop of Castries (Santa Lucia) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 19 July 2007 appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Castries (Santa Lucia) Bishop Robert Rivas, O.P., until now Bishop of the diocese of Kingstown (Saint Vi ...
• 18 July 2007
  VATICAN - Cardinal Nicora, Papal Legate for the Papal Basilicas of Assisi, a month after the visit by Pope Benedict XVI: “The Pope reminded us that the ‘mystery’ of Francis can only be understood in Jesus and starting from Jesus” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A month ago on June 17 Pope Benedict XVI made a one day pastoral visit to Assisi. In a preface to a collection of the Pope's addresses on that occasion Cardinal Attilio Nicora, Legate for t ...
• 18 July 2007
  VATICAN - Care for elderly patients: theme of 22nd International Conference organised by the Pontifical Council for Health Care Pastoral City (Agenzia Fides) - Experts from all over the world will meet in the Vatican from 15-17 November for the 22nd International Conference on the theme Care for elderly partients theme of 22nd International Conference or ...
• 18 July 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - Love dispels all fear - Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Love is always patient and kind; love is never jealous; love is not boastful or conceited, it is never rude and never seeks its own advantage, it does not take offence or store up grieva ...
• 18 July 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Xaverian Missionaries: to be ordained this Summer 13 young men from Indonesia, Mexico, Bangladesh, Cameroon and Spain Rome (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of a year of formation and study during the Summer 13 deacons of the Xaverian Missionaries will receive priestly ordination. The young men are from various different countries and comple ...
• 18 July 2007
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Angola soon a major telematic point in southern Africa Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- Angola, Namibia and Botswana have started contact to create an optical fibre network among their three countries. On 17 July in Luanda, members of the telecommunications ministries of the three co ...
• 18 July 2007
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Bobo-Dioulasso diocese marks 80th anniversary : “we thank God for the wonders worked in his people” Archbishop says Bobo-Dioulasso (Agenzia Fides)- This year the archdiocese of Bobo -Dioulasso, in Burkina Faso, is marking its 80th anniversary. In the homily during the Mass to close a series of celebrations the Archbishop Paul Y.Oued ...
• 18 July 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “Open your hearts and doors to the young pilgrims!”, says Bishop Anthony Fisher, Coordinator for 2008 World Youth Day in Sydney Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - This time next year Sydney will host the 23 World Youth Day. The opening concelebration of Mass will be presided by Cardinal George Pell, and concelebrated by bishops and priests from various par ...
• 18 July 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - In Tamil Nadu Caritas hands new homes to 300 Christian families whose homes were swept away by the 2004 tsunami tragedy Nagercoil (Agenzia Fides) - More than 300 Christian families in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, affected by the tragic tsunami on 26 December 2004, are starting a new life thanks to help from the local Catholic ...