News

• 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 ...
• 12 April 2007
  ASIA/IRAQ - At Easter Chaldean Catholic Sacred Heart parish youth group in Erbil prays for peace and looks forward to World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - In preparation for Easter some 80 young Catholics of the Chaldean Catholic Sacred Heart parish in Erbil took part in a spiritual retreat at a Marian Shrine in the same town. Besides special prayer ...
• 12 April 2007
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Catholic priest of German origin murdered in Brazil Belém (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic priest of German origin, Fr Wolfgang Hermann, was murdered by a young man who broke into his home probably to commit a robbery on 10 April at Belém in the north of Brazil. The man has ...
• 12 April 2007
  THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE- “The empty tomb is an essential sign ” (Catechism of the Catholic Church n. 640) By Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - With regard to the Gospel’s narration of the resurrection of Jesus the most widely read Italian Catholic weekly writes : «“Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also w ...
• 12 April 2007
  VATICAN - The four “Acts” basic Christian prayers The Act of Charity (2) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We must love God with all our heart and above everything. One day a doctor of the Law questioned Jesus to out him to the test: “Master which is the greatest of the commandments ?” (Matt ...
• 12 April 2007
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “This is a favourable time granted us by Divine Providence!”: in view of the Pope’s visit in May Bishops issue Message to the people of God in Brazil and launch nation-wide solidarity campaign involving young people Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - In a message addressed to the People of God in Brazil on the occasion of the forthcoming visit by Pope Benedict XVI the Catholic Bishops of that country write: "we rejoice for the visit of Po ...
• 12 April 2007
  AFRICA/TOGO - Following approval of law on Reproductive Health which envisages abortion in some cases, Catholic bishops reaffirm that every human life must be respected Lome (Agenzia Fides)- In a message with regard to a law on Reproductive Health passed in parliament on 22 December 2006, the Catholic Bishops of Togo say “this law goes against our conscience as Christians and deserves ...
• 12 April 2007
  VATICAN - programme of the Pope's forthcoming apostolic trip to Brazil in May Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy See Press Office released the programme of the Pope's forthcoming apostolic trip to Brazil, due to take place from May 9 to 14, for the occasion of the Fifth General Conference of ...
• 11 April 2007
  VATICAN - “Those who encounter the Risen Jesus and entrust themselves to him with docility need never fear again. This is the message which Christians are called to carry to the far corners of the earth”: Benedict XVI says at the midday prayer Regina Cæli on Easter Monday Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - The profound “spiritual joy” which comes from the celebration of Easter, the “unspeakable joy” experienced by Mary Magdalene and the other Mary when they saw the Risen Lord, the ...