News

• 24 April 2007
  AFRICA/GHANA - “A great celebration for all the people of God” northern Ghana evangelisation centenary comes to a close Accra (Agenzia Fides)- “Participation in the liturgy was intense and devout” said local sources in the Ghana diocese of Navrongo, where celebrations for the centenary of evangelisation in northern Ghana concluded yes ...
• 24 April 2007
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - “My most important project is to help the faith grow that Christ may be ever more widely known and live in the ever greater number of souls": interview with Bishop Athanasius Schneider, appointed auxiliary of Karaganda last year Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Athanasius Schneider was appointed auxiliary Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan only one year ago. He is from Kirguistan Central Asia, his parents were Germans deported as prisoners for forced ...
• 24 April 2007
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Church is not in favour of the extraction of mineral resources: this would impoverish and damage the country San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - “Plans to exploit minerals bring little development and much environmental, economic and social harm ”, said Caritas El Salvador. With this statement the organisation which supports th ...
• 24 April 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Plenary assembly of Bishops discuss consequences of new Education Law and Sexual Education Programme Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Argentina have gathered for the 93rd plenary assembly 23 to 28 April of which the central question for discussion is Education. The assembly opened with Mass presided by Card ...
• 23 April 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Vigevano and Pavia “I have come here above all to encourage you to be ardent witnesses of Christ to continue to proclaim to the men and women of our beloved Italy the news, old and ever new: Christ is risen! Christ lives! Christ is with us today and for ever!” Vigevano (Fides Service) - “Here in Vigevano, the only diocese not visited by my venerable Predecessor John Paul II, I wished to start this pastoral pilgrimage in Italy. In this way it is as if I were taking up the sam ...
• 23 April 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Vigevano and Pavia - “Let us thank God for the great light which radiates from the wisdom and humility of Saint Augustine and pray that the Lord may grant each of us day after day the necessary conversion and so lead us to true life” Pavia (Agenzia Fides) - At 9am on Sunday 22 April the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI paid a visit to San Matteo Hospital in Pavia where he met the hospital directors, doctors, patients and some family members. To the pati ...
• 23 April 2007
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Kindle Hope of Life” theme of spiritual week promoted by Fu Ren Catholic University Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - “Everyone, Christians and non Christians, is invited to meet Jesus. He will bring powerful emotion to your lives”. This is the invitation of an exhibition “When Life Encounters Jesus”, o ...
• 23 April 2007
  AFRICA/GHANA - “ We thank God for the countless graces he has given northern Ghana in the past hundred years ” says Cardinal Dias, Pope Benedict XVI's Special Envoy to close Celebrations for northern Ghana Evangelisation Centenary Navrongo (Agenzia Fides)- “Every Jubilee is an opportune occasion to look at the past with gratitude, to the present with joy, to the future with hope” said Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Eva ...
• 23 April 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Uncertainty with regard to regularity of presidential and legislative elections in Nigeria Lagos (Agenzia Fides)- While the candidate of the governing PDP People’s Democratic Party Umaru Yar'Adua, appears to be leading in the presidential elections in Nigerian on 21 April, the international community and loc ...
• 23 April 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Project for the weekly edition of the Osservatore Romano in Malayalam still being assessed Cochin (Agenzia Fides) - Work continues on the recently announced project for a Malayalam version of the weekly edition of the Osservatore Romano. Fr. Mathew Thundathil, director of the Carmel International Publishing Ho ...
• 23 April 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops commence plenary assembly on the theme “The Missionary Dimension of the Church” in preparation for the 3rd American Mission Congress and Mission Year 2008 Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Today 23 April the Catholic Bishops of Ecuador opened a five day Plenary Assembly on the theme “The Missionary Dimension of the Church”. This evening the Bishops will unite in prayer. On Tuesd ...
• 23 April 2007
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US Bishops express solidarity with Bishops and people of Zimbabwe in serious crisis, and appeal to international community Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of the United States have expressed closeness and solidarity to the people of Zimbabwe experiencing a situation of suffering. Bishop Thomas G. Wenski of the diocese of Or ...
• 23 April 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “Lay faithful, consecrated persons, priests and bishops must unite in bonds of charity and action for new evangelisation”: Bishops in Plenary Assembly issue message Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) -“Our pastoral duty is evangelisation, because we realise the urgency of God's Kingdom and the call to be apostles with our life-style. Our hope grows with the celebration of the 5th genera ...
• 23 April 2007
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Solidarity for the particular Church in Tierradentro after eruption of volcano Nevado de Huila Tierradentro (Agenzia Fides) - Following an eruption of the volcano Nevado de Huila, in the territory which includes the Vicariate Apostolic of Tierradentro in Colombia, Bishop Edgar H. Tirado, Vicar Apostolic of the are ...
• 23 April 2007
  AMERICA/CUBA - Bishop Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez of Pinar del Río denies closing of 'Vitral' magazine Pinar del Rìo (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Pinar del Río, Bishop Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez, has denied that anything was said about ‘closing’ the local Centre of Civic and Religious Formation, denying the news ...