News

• 29 May 2007
  Pope Benedict XVI's prayer intention for the month of June “That through its presence and deeds the Church in north Africa may bear witness to God's love for every human person and for all peoples”. Comment by Fr. Vito Del Prete, PIME, secretary general of the Pontifical Missionary Union Vatican City (Fides Service) - The mission of the Churches' present in the many countries which form the vast region of North Africa is to bear witness to God who is love and who cares for all his children especially the ...
• 29 May 2007
  VATICAN - The Month of Mary - Marian Shrines in Africa (5) : Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique Vatican City (Fides Service) - Ethiopia. Ethiopia is one of the world's most Marian countries. Saint Frumentius (4th century) called the first church built in Axum, the capital, Edda Mariam, which means House of Mary. Ma ...
• 29 May 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Fr Marco Tasca 119th successor of St Francis to guide the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, present in 63 countries Assisi (Fides Service) - Fr Marco Tasca, of the Padova Province of Sant'Antonio, has been elected 119th minister general of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. He was elected by 97 chapter members representing 4,528 pr ...
• 29 May 2007
  AFRICA/KENYA - “There can be no reconciliation without justice but there can be no peace without a desire and disposition to forgive” say Catholic religious superiors in Kenya in a statement on the roots of the present violence in the country Nairobi (Fides Service)- At least 50 people have been arrested in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, in connection with investigations into shooting on Sunday 27 May in Kariobangi slum in which 5 people including a little girl o ...
• 29 May 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics live month of May with special prayers, pilgrimages, witness of faith and charity work Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The Month of May for Chinese Catholics, deeply devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary, is always a deeply spiritual time. Favourite feast days include Our Lady Of Fatima, May 13, Our Lady of China o ...
• 29 May 2007
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Civil war is having disastrous effect on children humanitarian organisations warn Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Non declared but real civil war in Sri Lanka - with vast military operations on both sides - is having a disastrous effect on children according to local NGOs and UNICEF. The humanitarian o ...
• 29 May 2007
  ASIA - Global warming and scarcity of water intensify migration and refugee crisis Christian Aid Report London (Agenzia Fides) - At least 1 billion people will be forced from their homes between now and 2050 as the effects of climate change deepen an already burgeoning global migration crisis, according to new report "Huma ...
• 29 May 2007
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - President Josè Ramos Horta installed: the nation hopes for a new start Dili (Fides Service) - East Timor's civil society, the Catholic community as well as international bodes hope the installation of the new president and approaching general elections will mark a new start and a future of ...
• 29 May 2007
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 5th General Conference of the Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean in Aparecida - Final week, 31 May official Message. International Eucharistic Congress next year wonderful impulse for Great Continental Mission Aparecida (Fides Service) - The 5th General Conference of the Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean inaugurated by Pope Benedict XVI in Aparecida, Brazil on 13 May is in its last stages this week: the f ...
• 29 May 2007
  AMERICA - 5th General Conference of the Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean in Aparecida - The most important thing is for Aparecida to be an evangelising event to give new impulse to evangelisation…to make the light of the Gospel penetrate the hearts, structures and lives of Latin Americans”: interview with Bishop Cipriano Calderón Polo, emeritus vice president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Since he was young priest Bishop Cipriano Calderón Polo has always been fascinated by the Catholic vitality and pastoral potential of the Churches in Latin America. Through the years he ha ...
• 28 May 2007
  VATICAN - “The Church is by nature missionary and since the day of Pentecost the Holy Spirit never ceases to guide her along the roads of the world, to the ends of the earth, until the end of time” Pope Benedict XVI says at the midday Regina Cæli prayer on Pentecost Sunday Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The essential and qualifying traits of the Church" was the subject of Pope Benedict XVI's reflection at midday on Sunday 27 May the “great feast of Pentecost”, fifty days after Easte ...
• 28 May 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses Bishops of Mozambique: “Try to ensure that missionary proclamation has first place in your priorities and tell those who have the grace of being Christians that they must help accomplish this task” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “ Try to ensure that missionary proclamation has first place in your priorities and tell those who have the grace of being Christians that they must help accomplish this task”, Pope Ben ...
• 28 May 2007
  VATICAN - The Month of Mary - Marian Shrines in Africa (4) : Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt Vatican City (Fides Service) - CAMEROON: Shrine of Our Lady of the Apostles in Mvolye Hill in Yaoundé. REPUBLIC OF CONGO. At Linzolo, at one of the first missions opened in 1883 by Spiritan Missionaries a few km from ...
• 28 May 2007
  AFRICA/ COTE D'IVOIRE - Orionini Fathers lay foundation stone for new Seminary at Anyama Abidjan (Fides Service) - Saturday 26 May will be a day to remember for the Orionini family in Africa. In Cote D'Ivoire in Anyama the foundation stone was laid for a new Orionini seminary. The Congregation of Saint Luigi ...
• 28 May 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Newly baptised Christians play major role at Pentecost; Pentecost charity party in Tai Pei park Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics received into the Church at Easter played a major part in liturgies on Pentecost Sunday in China, especially in Beijing. During a solemn Mass on Sunday 27 May the newly baptised receiv ...