News

• 28 February 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT- THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 6th Station: VERONICA WIPES THE FACE OF JESUS Vatican City (Fides News Service) 6th Station: VERONICA WIPES THE FACE OF JESUS V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Book of the Prophet Isaiah ...
• 28 February 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - In preparation for 5th European University Day, students at pontifical Universities in Rome welcome Pilgrimage of the Cross: March 1st, feast in honour of Don Bosco at UPS Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The 21 February, Ash Wednesday, marked the beginning of a Pilgrimage of the Cross to the various pontifical universities in Rome. For the students this Peregrinatio Crucis has become a significant ...
• 28 February 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - 1st meeting for Lay Missionaries in Bolivarian countries: accompanying, training and sending lay men and women to serve the Church’s universal mission Lima (Agenzia Fides) - “With Jesus Beyond Frontiers” is the slogan of the 1st Meeting for Bolivarian Lay Missionaries from Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Panama, organised jointly in Lima Peru, 1 - 4 ...
• 28 February 2007
  ASIA/HONG KONG - In Lent in the local diocesan Year of the Family, the diocesan commission for pastoral care for workers urges families to “Live the life of the Poor for a Week” Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in Hong Kong diocese, where this year is dedicated to the Family, have been encouraged to set aside a week in Lent to experience living on about 5 Euro a day 50 $HK, like so many po ...
• 28 February 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “I am confident that peace talks between the government and the rebels will continue” says Catholic Archbishop of Odama of Gulu diocese in northern Uganda Gulu (Agenzia Fides)- “I am confident that the parties will continue peace talks” said the Catholic Archbishop of Gulu diocese in northern Uganda Archbishop John Baptist Odama who is working with Acholi religious lea ...
• 28 February 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Recently opened Camillian House in Jinja will have mini Health Pastoral Centre Jinja (Agenzia Fides) - In the recently opened Camillian House in Jinja a project is taking shape to open a Camillian Health Pastoral Centre with the first two diocesan priests. Father Francis Nkalubo and Father Joseph ...
• 28 February 2007
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Lay people play leading role in Catholic education and social services Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The role of lay men and women in Catholic education and social services in Cambodia is becoming increasingly important. This emerged from a meeting in Phnom Penh organised by missionaries for ...
• 27 February 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT: THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS 5th Station: SIMON OF CYRENE HELPS JESUS TO CARRY HIS CROSS Rome (Fides News Service) - 5th Station: THE CYRENIAN HELPS JESUS CARRY THE CROSS V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Gospel according to Matthew. ...
• 27 February 2007
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The government promises to guarantee Catholic religious instruction at school and respect Church/State agreement on education La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of the Bolivian ministry of education and the country’s Bishops’ Commission for Catholic Education have ratified a state/Church agreement to guarantee Catholic religious instr ...
• 27 February 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Patriarch of Lisbon takes Message of Pope Benedict XVI as a guide for ‘living Lent with the Eucharist and Charity’ Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - The Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon José da Cruz Policarpo, took Pope Benedict XVI’s Lenten Message 2007 as a guide for a series of suggestions for living this Liturgical Season in preparation fo ...
• 27 February 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Called to Mission, called to Joy”: PMS Youth Movement builds network to encourage responsible commitment for mission Rome (Fides Service) - Every year the national office of the Youth Mission Movement YMM of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Italy in collaboration with regional offices and regional mission commissions organises forma ...
• 27 February 2007
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Don Orione mission in Kenya marks tenth anniversary with the ordination of a new deacon, sign of hope for the growing local Orionini community Kandisi (Agenzia Fides) - Don Orione missionaries have been present in Kenya since the arrival in 1997 of the first Italian priest Fr Giuseppe Vallauri, who had been resident in England for many years. Fr Vallauri settle ...
• 27 February 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The local Church commemorates Pope John Paul II’s first visit 25 years ago. Cardinal Dias urges Catholics to cherish and use the treasures of the Catholic faith: the Most Holy Eucharist and the Rosary Prayer” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - To mark the 25 anniversary of Pope John Paul II first visit to the country in February 1982, the Archdiocese of Onitsha oragnised a Symposium at the Bishop Shanahan Hall, Holy Trinity Compound. ...
• 27 February 2007
  VATICAN - “Editions of the Bible in the Context of Propaganda Fide”: the Word of God in 160 languages testifies missionary activity to spread and inculturate the faith Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Giovanni Rizzi, Docent of Sacred Scripture at the Pontifical Urban University, has completed a major study on the editions of the Bible preserved in the Library of the Pontifical Urban Universi ...
• 27 February 2007
  ASIA/VIETNAM - New outbreak of bid flu in the north, hundreds of chicken culled to prevent virus from spreading Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The Vietnamese health authorities have confirmed the news of another outbreak of bird flu in the north of the country with hundreds of infected chickens in a farm in the province of Hai Duong, 50 ...