News

• 17 April 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI presides special Concelebration of the Eucharist on the occasion of his 80th birthday: “The shadow of Peter through the community of the Catholic Church has lain over my life since the beginning, and I have realised that it is a good shadow, a shadow which redeems because ultimately it comes from Christ himself” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday April 15 the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI presided a special Mass in St Peter’s Square to celebrate his 80th birthday which was the next day the 16th . With the Pope there were ...
• 17 April 2007
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - “Christians must be active in politics to promote the Gospel values of honesty, sincerity and justice”: Bishops’ message in view of May elections Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides)- In a Message in view of elections on 6 May the Catholic Bishops of Burkina Faso warn the people to be careful: “do not let yourselves be misled by demagogic promises of electoral campaigns. ...
• 17 April 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - New ways for evangelisation: Catholics in Karnataka prepare for Mission Congress later in the year Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - What are the most effective ways and means to evangelise today? How can the needs and expectations of Karnataka be best met? What are the best ways and means for adequate Christian witness? Th ...
• 17 April 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “As a missionary Church we are called to recognise the challenges to new evangelisation in America presented by modernity, in a complex process of globalisation": Bishops start Plenary Assembly Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On 16 April the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Mexico began a five day plenary assembly (see Fides 12/4/2007). In the opening address, the Conference President Bishop Carlos Aguiar Retes ...
• 17 April 2007
  ASIA/IRAQ - International Conference on grave humanitarian situation of displaced Iraqis Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - A meeting to discuss the dramatic humanitarian situation of displaced Iraqis opens today in Geneva organised by the UN High Commission for Refugees UNHCR. The opening address by High Commission ...
• 14 April 2007
  Instrumentum mensis Martii pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontifici Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum The month of March included among other events, two important interventions on the part of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI: the publication of the post synodal apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis on the Euchari ...
• 13 April 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Young people invited to express their Christian faith with artistic creativity during Youth Festival at World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Talented young people from anywhere in the world have been invited to put their art at the service of the 2008 World Youth Day in Sydney. WYD organisers have asked young artists, musicians, singe ...
• 13 April 2007
  VATICAN - The four “Acts” basic Christian prayers The Act of Charity (3) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “You shall love your neighbour as yourself”. One day a doctor of the Law questioned Jesus to put him to the test: “Master which is the greatest of the commandments?” (Matthew 22, 36 ...
• 13 April 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Fire seriously damages Asia’s largest Benedictine monastery at Waegwan Waegwan (Agenzia Fides) - On Holy Thursday 5 April a fire broke out during the night in the largest Benedictine Monastery in Asia situated Waegwan in South Korea. The building was seriously damaged. The disaster was repo ...
• 13 April 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Objection to abortion “is not merely a position of faith, or sentiment or compassion, it is a human and anthropological question”: Bishops of Province of Hidalgo issue message to promote respect for the value of life Hidalgo (Agenzia Fides) - In the present context of the debate in Mexico with regard to penal code reforms to de-penalise abortion up to 14 weeks, the Catholic Bishops of the province of Hidalgo issued an Easter Message ...
• 13 April 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Evangelisation in the light of Deus Caritas Est encyclical: Bishop of Shang Hai issues Easter message Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The teaching of Jesus, Pope Benedict XVI’s Encyclical Deus Caritas Est, the diocesan and social situation, urgency and responsibility in the fields of evangelisation and pastoral care, combat ...
• 13 April 2007
  EUROPE/GEORGIA - Redemptor hominis Catholic social and healthcare Centre offers free diagnosis and medical treatment as well as homecare and food and clothes for about 300 poor people Tbilisi (Agenzia Fides) - To address the healthcare and social needs of poor people in Tbilisi in 1998 Redemptoris Hominis medical centre was opened with the support of the then president of Georgia, Edvard Shevardnadze, ...
• 13 April 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New Catholic Centre for Nigerian women victims of human trafficking will be ready in July Lagos (Agenzia Fides)- “During my last visit to Nigeria in June 2005, I realised yet again the necessity of a centre to combat human trafficking and help women and minors trapped in this criminal activity ” Consolata ...
• 13 April 2007
  VATICAN - Beatification of Rev. Luigi Boccardo, apostle of confession and Sr Maria Maddalena of the Passion who founded the Compassionist Sisters Rome (Agenzia Fides) - With the approval of Pope Benedict XVI local beatifications will take place in Turin and in Naples respectively on 14 and 15 of April presided by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Co ...
• 12 April 2007
  VATICAN - “We too, like Mary of Magdala, Thomas and the other apostles, are called to be witnesses to Christ’s death and resurrection. We cannot keep such great news to ourselves. We must share it with the whole world”: the Pope’s Wednesday Audience teaching Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pope came from Castel Gandolfo, where he is resting after a busy Easter schedule, to give his weekly general audience to about 35,000 visitors gathered in St Peter’s Square on April 1 ...