News

• 17 March 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI tells participants at a course promoted by Apostolic Penitentiary: “the task of the priest and the confessor is principally this: to lead every man and woman to experience the personal love Christ has for them, to meet Him on the path of life as Paul met Him on the road to Damascus” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Today’s meeting offers us the opportunity to reflect together on the importance also in the present day of the sacrament of Penance and the necessity for priests to prepare as they pro ...
• 17 March 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT: the Act of Contrition (2) Vatican City (Fides Service) - When we make an Act of Faith, Hope, Charity and Contrition we begin with the words «O My God», we address a Person in whom we believe! «I believe in God» («credo in Deum», the Creed. ...
• 17 March 2007
  AFRICA/CONGO - International speculation assaults Congo Brazzaville Brazzaville (Fides Service) - “Vulture funds” are assaulting the resources of Congo Brazzaville. Reportedly speculative funds are buying poor countries’ foreign debts for next to nothing (ten cents per dollar) beca ...
• 17 March 2007
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino receives Honorary Degree in Philosophy from Fu-jen Catholic University of Taiwan Taiwan (Agenzia Fides) - The Fu-jen Catholic University of Taiwan has conferred an honorary degree in philosophy on Cardinal Renato R. Martino for his outstanding contribution to the elaboration of thought particularly ...
• 17 March 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - 26th edition of Youth Easter Mission offers young people an opportunity to live Easter in a spirit of mission: “it is not enough to be Christ’s disciples we must be his missionaries” Lima (Fides Service) - To increase missionary awareness and spirit among young Peruvian Catholics the national Office of the Pontifical Mission Societies PMS and its Youth Without Frontiers Movement JSF, is organising th ...
• 17 March 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "We are the Church it is time to share": 3rd national Church-support campaign 17 and 18 March in dioceses throughout the country Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - "We are the Church it is time to share" is the theme of the 3rd national Church-Support campaign next weekend in dioceses throughout the country 17 and 18 March promoted by the Argentinean ...
• 17 March 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - the Catholic community celebrates St Joseph patron saint of missions in China: Chinese Catholics are deeply devoted to St Joseph Beijing (Fides Service) - Catholics in China dedicate the whole of the month of March to Saint Joseph and flock in their thousands to St Joseph’s Mount Pin Yin Shrine to venerate the spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ...
• 17 March 2007
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - “Dialogue is the only way to end this crisis”: joint statement from the country’s Christian leaders Harare (Agenzia Fides)- The leaders of Christian Churches in Zimbabwe have appealed to the nation to dialogue as a means of resolving the current crisis. An Ecumenical Peace Initiative statement sent to Fides reads “Ou ...
• 17 March 2007
  VATICAN - “the Christian is called to mobilise to face increasing attacks on the right to life”: final statement from 13th general assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Christian Conscience to Support the Right to Life” was the theme of the 13th general assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life held 23 and 24 February in the Vatican to discuss ...
• 17 March 2007
  ASIA/ISRAEL - New emergency service in six towns in the Gaza Strip Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - “First Aid Centres in Gaza Strip” is the name of a new project launched by Caritas Jerusalem to give emergency aid in places where healthcare is precarious or non existent. The project in col ...
• 17 March 2007
  Owen Chadwick - “GRAN BRETAGNA E VATICANO DURANTE LA SECONDA GUERRA MONDIALE” Ed. San Paolo - (original title Britain and the Vatican during the Second World War, 1986 Cambridge University Press) Rome (Fides Service) - The book, in Italian, reconstructs the relations between Britain and the Holy See between 1935 and 1945 with the help of the diary of Godolphin D'Arcy Osborne, appointed British minister to the Hol ...
• 16 March 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI Apostolic Visit to Brazil officially announced Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy See Press Office announced this morning that Pope Benedict XVI will journey to Brazil 9 - 14 May 2007 and visit the archdioceses of São Paulo and Aparecida on the occasion of the ...
• 16 March 2007
  VATICAN - In Solemnitate Sancti Joseph «Protector Sanctae Ecclesiae», Eum deprecemur pro Beatissimo Papa Nostro Benedicto XVI, olim Cardinalis Josephus Ratzinger Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the Feast of St Joseph chaste Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Patron Saint of the Universal Church on 19 March, Fides suggests the recitation of this prayer to St J ...
• 16 March 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 18 March Basque Mission Sunday: dioceses confirm mission cooperation in Africa and Latin America and welcome new forms of involvement despite drop in vocations San Sebastian (Fides Service) - Sunday 18 March is Basque Mission Day promoted by the Spanish dioceses of Bilbao, San Sebastian and Vitoria to increase missionary spirit and commitment, sustain missionaries who work to h ...
• 16 March 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Comboni Missionary Sisters open web site on Founder’s birthday Rome (Fides Service) - The world is on the web and so are the Comboni Missionary Sisters as from today. The community opened its own official web site www.comboniane.org. yesterday 15 March the birthday of the Founder, S ...