News

• 25 June 2007
  EUROPE/RUMANIA - First Don Orione Piccolo Cottolengo opened in the suburbs of Bucharest Bucharest (Agenzia Fides) - The first Don Orione Piccolo Cottolengo in Rumania was recently opened in the Bucharest suburb of Voluntari (population 130.000). In the vast area where a Charity Village is under construction ...
• 25 June 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Association of Bishops' Conference of Central Africa says “Protocol of Maputo constitutes a slow but relentless destruction of fundamental African values” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The Protocol Maputo introduces a contractual culture which constitutes a threat to the very meaning of love as a freely given gift” members of the ACEAC Association of the Bishops' Conference ...
• 25 June 2007
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Bishops say proposal to give same sex unions the status of the institution of marriage “is totally inopportune from the point of view of natural law, constitutional right and, for us as Christians, the law of God ” San José (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Costa Rica has issued a statement with regard to a proposal put forward by a few members of the national assembly to give unions between same sex couples th ...
• 25 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics in Shi Jia Zhuang diocese are deeply devoted to Adoration of Jesus in the Eucharistic and to his Sacred Heart Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - A call to set aside an “an hour a week to keep Jesus company in the Blessed Sacrament during the month of the Sacred Heart" launched in various parishes in the diocese of Shi Jia Zhuang ...
• 25 June 2007
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Bururi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 25 June 2007 appointed Rev. Venant Bacinoni of the clergy of Bururi, Professor at Jean Paul II major seminary in Gitega, Bishop of Bururi (Burundi). ...
• 25 June 2007
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Pope accepts resignation of Bishop of Taichung and appoints Successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 25 June 2007 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Taichung (Taiwan), presented by Bishop Joseph Wang Yu-jung in confo ...
• 25 June 2007
  AFRICA/NIGER - The Pope creates Ecclesiastical Province of Niamey and appoints first Metropolitan Archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 25 June 2007 elevated the diocese of Niamey (Niger) to the rank of Metropolitan See, with the diocese of Maradi as its only suffragan. The Holy Father ...
• 25 June 2007
  AMERICA/CANADA - The Pope appoints new Bishop Coadjutor of Mackenzie-Fort Smith Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 23 June 2007 appointed Rev. Murray Chatlain of the clergy of Saskatoon, parish priest at St. Patrick’s Church (Saskatoon), Coadjutor Bishop of the di ...
• 23 June 2007
  Pope Benedict XVI missionary prayer intention for July: “That all Christians, aware of their missionary dutt, may provide effective help for those involved in the evangelisation of peoples”. Comment by Fr Vito Del Prete, PIME, Secretary general of the Pontifical Missionary Union Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Church is the community of the men and women convoked by the Trinity. She is the Holy People of God, called to witness to and to proclaim the salvation brought by Christ. She exists fo ...
• 23 June 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses the Bishops of Togo: “Formation offered to Christians must equip them with the means to deepen their faith, so that they are in a condition to deal with the difficult situations which arise and transmit the contents of the faith through the witness of the life”. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday June 22 Pope Benedict XVI received in audience the Bishops of Togo on their ad limina visit. In his address the Holy Father expressed his gratitude “for your perseverance and c ...
• 23 June 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic prayers in the languages of the world: German (2) The Christian Roots of the Peoples of Europe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - History of Evangelisation. 678: Wilfrid in Friesland; 690: Willibrord of Northumbria lands in Friesland to evangelise the local people; 695: Willibrord is appointed Bishop of Utrecht in ...
• 23 June 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Cardinal Bertone will preside Mass for the 4th edition of the “Festa del Papa” organised by the Orionini Fathers and the Movimento dell'Amore Familiare on the theme: "The Pope Guide of the Family" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday 28 June at midday at the church of Traspontina, Via della Conciliazione in Rome, the Pope's Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone will preside a solemn Mass on the occasion of ...
• 23 June 2007
  EUROPE/CROATIA - “The Family: a place of vocation” - European Vocations Service Annual Meeting Zadar (Croatia) - From 28 June to 1 July in Zadar (Croatia), there will be the Annual Meeting of the European Vocations Service (EVS), which brings together the national Vocations' Offices of the 34 Bishops' Conferences ...
• 23 June 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Lord's Resistance Army rebels assume responsibilities for crimes committed in over 20 years of civil war in northern Uganda Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- The rebels of the Lord Resistance Army LRA have agreed to assume responsibility for the crimes committed against civilians in northern Uganda during more than 20 years of civil war. According to ...
• 23 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Shang Hai celebrates ordination of 10 deacons on the Feast of St Luigi Gonzaga Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides) - “This is a new beginning for us and the start of a path of service. The ordination of deacons on the feast of St. Luigi Gonzaga, patron of young people, is important and significant. We invo ...