News

• 8 March 2007
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Brazilian Symposium of Marian Pastoral 9 - 11 March and CELAM 5: gathered with Mary to invoke the Holy Spirit, discern God’s plans and set out for mission with faith and courage Belém do Pará (Fides Service) - From 9-11 March one of Brazil’s two main Marian Shrines the Basilica of Our Lady of Nazareth in Belém do Pará will host a Symposium of Marian Pastoral. The Symposium, which will bri ...
• 8 March 2007
  ASIA/THAILAND - 8 March: Jesuit Refugee Service says displaced women need protection and assistance Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Many women refugees from various countries, from neighbouring Myanmar and Laos, but also from as far away as Sudan seek shelter in Thailand. Some are alone but many come with children seeking a ...
• 8 March 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Saturday 10 March university students of Europe and Asia will pray with Pope Benedict XVI Rome (Fides Service) - Last minute preparations for traditional annual meeting between university students of Europe and Asia and the Pope on the occasion of the 5th European University Studay Day on the theme “Intelle ...
• 8 March 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Women and Abortion” international conference to educate, inform and mobilise civil society to address the drama of abortion Caceres (Fides Service) - “Women and Abortion” is the theme of an international Conference March 8 - 10 in Caceres, organised jointly by the Family Forum and the University of Estremadura. Expert speakers include Ben ...
• 8 March 2007
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “A good law, but the people must be properly informed about it”: Catholic archdiocese of Bukavu intends to publicise new law on sexual abuse Bukavu (Fides Service) - The Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic archdiocese of Bukavu in Democratic Congo has undertaken to promote information with regard to a new law on sexual abuse. The initiative announ ...
• 8 March 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholic women play an important part in the life of the Church, especially for evangelisation Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - At the first Mass early this morning March 8 International Women’s Day, at Beijing’s Holy Saviour Catholic parish church the priest expressed best wishes to all women and said: “I wish to ...
• 8 March 2007
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bible groups for prayer and study involve young and old Lahore (Fides Service) - Thanks to the activity of the Catholic Bible Commission of Pakistan a thriving movement of Bible Apostolate to encouraged study, interpersonal sharing and prayer on the basis of the Word of God i ...
• 8 March 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Salesian web site helps find missing children New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Salesians of Don Bosco have launched a web site to trace missing children in India. According to SAR NEWS the Don Bosco National Forum for Youth at Risk in association with UNICEF maintain ...
• 7 March 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT- THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 12th Station: JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS Rome (Fides News Service) - 12th Station: JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Gospel according to John 19:19-20 Pilate ...
• 7 March 2007
  ASIA/THAILAND - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Nakhon Sawan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 7 March 2007, appointed Rev. Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovitvanit Bishop of Nakhon Sawan in Thailand, until now the Bishop elect was parish priest at t ...
• 7 March 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - “True Love; Family and Educative Community; How to be good parents today”: themes of Pro Vita et Familia Pre-Congress to intensify evangelisation all over the country Quito (Agenzia Fides) - “True Love; Family and Educative Community; How to be good parents today” are three themes for reflection during a Pro Vita et Familia Pre-Congress organised in the archdiocese of Quito (Ecuad ...
• 7 March 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “We are One and we are Many”: archdiocese of Adelaide focuses Lenten Programme on Multi-Cultural richness Adelaide (Fides Service) - The society of Adelaide, the principal city of South Australia, is markedly multi-cultural with various generations of emigrants from many different European and Asian countries, and the local ...
• 7 March 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - Mary and ‘our dear Sister Death’ Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Season of Lent is particularly appropriate for meditating on the “Novissima” or “newest things” (Death, Judgement, Heaven, Hell), especially on death, not only on the significan ...
• 7 March 2007
  AFRICA/GHANA - Act of re-consecration of the country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Golden Jubilee Accra (Agenzia Fides)- “On the eve of Ghana’s independence in 1957, the then Bishops consecrated Ghana to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference deemed it appropriate to renew this consecration ...
• 6 March 2007
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Earthquake in Sumatra, society mobilised. Catholic Bishop of Padang: “With trust in Divine Providence let us help our brothers and sisters in difficulty” Padang (Fides Service) - “It was unexpected and terrible and left the people prostrate”, said a local church source in Padang with regard to the impact of a 6.3 Richter scale earthquake which struck the island of Sum ...