News

• 21 June 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI dedicates general audience to Saint Athanasius, “one of the most important and venerated Fathers of the early Church, enthusiastic theologian of the incarnation of the Logos” - appeal for World Refugee Day Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The general audience on Wednesday 20 June was held in two parts, first in St Peter's and then in the Paul VI Audience Hall. In his address to the visitors in St Peter's Pope Benedict XVI sa ...
• 21 June 2007
  VATICAN - Cardinal Martino celebrates 50th anniversary of priestly ordination Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “A long period of ministry, enriched by praiseworthy activity”: this was how Pope Benedict XVI described the 50 years of priesthood of Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino who celebrated hi ...
• 21 June 2007
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE : The Sacred Heart and the “ mystery of the human ”, Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - If it is true that the splendid icon of the Heart of Christ has been differently interpreted, oscillating between two extremes of sentimentalistic devotionalism and intellectualistic almost ...
• 21 June 2007
  EUROPE/POLAND - Holy Childhood diocesan Congresses, Meeting for Missionaries, Mission Symposium for Seminarians: some of the numerous activities which reflect Poland's spirit of mission Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - The months of May and June in Poland have been a time for intense activity mission animation which reflects the country's lively spirit of mission, the national director of the Pontifical Missio ...
• 21 June 2007
  EUROPE/IRELAND - National Office of Pontifical Mission Societies restores impulse to celebrate October as missionary month in the Church in Ireland Dublin (Agenzia Fides) - The Irish Missionary Union (IMU) in conjunction with the Pontifical Mission Societies National Office are now in the seventh year of a ten-year plan aiming to restore and celebrate October as the ...
• 21 June 2007
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “The important conquests of peace in recent years must not be called into question again” the new president of the Association of Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Central Africa warns Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “We need peace and stability to work in the interests of our peoples” said Rwandan Bishop Augustin Misago of Gikongoro one of the two vice presidents of Association of Catholic Bishops' Conf ...
• 21 June 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Archbishop of Oaxaca calls for reforms to meet needs and aspirations of all Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Oaxaca has appealed for national reforms to involve the authorities and the people in general in order to overcome the present "social emergency". Archbishop José Luis Chávez ...
• 21 June 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Full Participation of People with disability in the life of the Australian Catholic Church: new Australian Catholic Disability Council Canberra (Agenzia Fides) - The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) has given a new focus to the many gifts and blessings that people with disability and their families can bring to the life of the Church. The A ...
• 21 June 2007
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - To meet the problem of 'inaccessible' medicines the local Church suggests government should increase number of 'peoples pharmacies' Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The local Church in Santo Domingo has suggested that as a rapid solution to the problem of costly medicines inaccessible to the poorest citizens the government could open more 'peoples pha ...
• 20 June 2007
  VATICAN - Message from the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI to Cardinal Ivan Dias for Silver Jubilee of his ordination as a Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI sent a personal message to His Eminence Cardinal Ivan Dias prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on the occasion of the 25th anni ...
• 20 June 2007
  VATICAN - “I place these 25 years of Episcopal ministry in the Immaculate Heart of Mary, because Mary has sealed the whole of my Episcopate, and with her I say again to the Lord: I am your servant” - Cardinal Dias celebrates Mass for the Silver Jubilee of his Episcopate Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias the prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples presided a solemn concelebration of the Eucharist in the chapel of the Pontifical Urban College on June ...
• 20 June 2007
  VATICAN - Celebrations at the Papal Basilica of St Paul's outside the Walls for the feast of Saints Peter and Paul: Benedict XVI will call as “Pauline Year” to mark the 2000th anniversary of the birth of the Apostle of the Gentiles Rome (Agenzia Fides) - As every year on the 26, 27, 28 and 29 June the Papal Basilica of St Paul's outside the Walls will hold three days of celebrations in honour of Saints Peter and Paul, the founders of the Church in ...
• 20 June 2007
  VATICAN - “Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road”: mobility a characteristic of present day societies all over the world is a new horizon for evangelisation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The necessity to write a document on “Pastoral Care of the Road ” emerged during the 1st European Meeting for National Directors of Pastoral Care of the Road held in February 2003 at t ...
• 20 June 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA “Letting oneself be captured by Christ”, Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - «'You see this woman? I came into your house, and you poured no water over my feet, but she has poured out her tears over my feet and wiped them away with her hair. You gave me no kiss, bu ...
• 20 June 2007
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Minster of Education Mohmmad Hanif Atmar underlined the importance of the contribution and work of the Jesuits to develop education in the country Herat (Agenzia Fides) - The Afghan minister for education, Mohmmad Hanif Atmar, underlined the importance of the contribution of the Jesuit Refugee Service to promote literacy and education in the country. The minister w ...