News

• 23 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Hong Ya parish at Si Chuan celebrates Fathers Day with devotion to the Sacred Heart Le Shan (Fides Service) - Catholics at Hong Ya parish in the diocese of Le Shan (formerly Jia Ding) in Si Chuan Province celebrated Fathers' Day on June 17 with devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. According to the loc ...
• 23 June 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - One of the oldest and most prestigious Christian Colleges in Delhi assigns 10% of available places to Dalit Christians Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A prestigious Christian institution in the national capital has announced reservation of seats for Christians discriminated on the basis of caste, according to SAR News. St. Stephen’s College p ...
• 22 June 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World , German (I) - The Christian Roots of the Peoples of Europe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Geography. Germany has a population of 82,532 million and an area of 357,030,32 km² , density 231 inhabitants per km² (source: “Statistiche Ämter des Bundes und der Länder”, 25/2/20 ...
• 22 June 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Prospects for mission among Italian emigrants: Symposium in Nice Roma (Agenzia Fides) - The National Office for the Pastoral Care of Italians abroad of the Fondazione Migrantes, in collaboration with National Coordinators of Italian Missionaries in emigration, promoted a Symposium on ...
• 22 June 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “When what is at stake is a fundamental right like freedom of conscience and teaching - everyone, Catholics in particular, must unite in its defence": Bishops' second statement on new education law Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - A second statement on Spain's new education law was issued by the country's Catholic Bishops at the end of a Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Bishops Conference held in Madrid 19 to 21 Ju ...
• 22 June 2007
  EUROPE/AZERBAIJAN - After the opening of the only Catholic Church in the country a Catholic web site has been opened to provide information and news Baku (Agenzia Fides) - Salesians from della Slovenia, serving at the "Missio sui iurus" in Azerbaijan, have just opened a web site which offers information on the Catholic Church. The initiative, coordinated with the he ...
• 22 June 2007
  AFRICA/TOGO - “Our priority is the formation of the faithful” says the president of the Bishops' Conference of Togo in Rome for their ad limina visit Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “The Church in Togo is maturing slowly but surely” Bishop Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba of the diocese of Sokodé and president of the Togo Bishops' Conference told Fides. The Bishops are in Rome for ...
• 22 June 2007
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Common effort for education in Catholic social doctrine and education to peace ” Bishops of Central Africa announce Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- A decision to make a common effort to promote the Catholic Social Doctrine at grass roots level was taken by the Bishops of the Association of Catholic Bishops of Central Africa ACEAC after thei ...
• 22 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - More than 10,000 take part in Eucharistic Procession on June 15 in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the diocese of Chang Zhi Pechino (Agenzia Fides) - More than 10,000 take part in Eucharistic Procession in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus organised by Ma Guang parish in the diocese of Chang Zhi province of Shan Xi, on the feast of the Sacr ...
• 22 June 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - The spectre of the 2004 Tsunami returns for fisherfolk in the district of Kanyakumari, hit by unusual high tides and giant waves Madras (Agenzia Fides) - The coastal parishes of Kottar and Trivandrum dioceses in the Southernmost Kanyakumari district have been heavily eroded during the past week resulting in hardship to the parishioners. With the ...
• 22 June 2007
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Catholic Bishops denounce corruption which discredits politics and institutions and call for a radical reform in the present political system Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - 'Democracy and Ethics' was the title of a statement issued by the Catholic Bishops of Brazil at the end of a meeting of the Standing Council in which they reflected on the political situation a ...
• 22 June 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Church in Chile will mark “International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking” confirming its commitment in this field Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - With the slogan "For life, all voices, all hands... ", the Catholic Bishops' office for pastoral care of alcoholism and drug abuse PANAD has called on Catholics all over the country to mark the ...
• 22 June 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Religious pay tribute to Indigenous Australians Canberra (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Religious of Australia have paid tribute to this country’s Indigenous peoples, thanking them for their resilience and for the richness their cultures bring to Australian life whi ...
• 22 June 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Every year 10,000 Argentineans die of work related diseases Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - According to a report issued by the Argentinean Association for Respiratory Medicine, every year in Argentina about 10,000 people die of diseases connected with work which were not diagnose ...
• 21 June 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope addresses Meeting of Aid Agencies for the Eastern Catholic Churches (ROACO): “The Holy Land, Iraq and Lebanon are present, with urgency and constancy they deserve in the prayer and activity of the Apostolic See and the whole Church ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The presence of the venerable Eastern Bishops allows me to share the pain and concern for the delicate situation in vast areas of the Middle East. Peace, so implored and longed for, is s ...