News

• 24 February 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - The Pope accepts resignation of the Bishop of Varanasi and appoints successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 24 February 2007 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Varanasi (India), presented by Bishop Patrick Paul D’Souza, ...
• 24 February 2007
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Parliament refuses President’s request to extend martial law Conakry (Fides Service)- The Guinean parliament refused a request from President Lansana Conté to extend martial law imposed on 12 February after the Unions announced a general strike following the appointment of Eugèn ...
• 24 February 2007
  March 2007: The Holy Father’s missionary prayer intention for March: That those responsible for the young Churches may give ongoing attention to the training of catechists and lay mission animators for the service of the Gospel Comment by Mgr Jerry Bitoon Officer of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - It is indeed well for us to bear in mind the condition and needs of young Churches all over the world, especially in mission countries. When we speak of young Churches in mission territor ...
• 24 February 2007
  VATICAN - In a meeting with his clergy of Rome diocese Pope Benedict XVI speaks about youth pastoral, knowledge of the Scriptures, the place of Church Movements, implementation of the Council, sacred art a channel for communicating the faith Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Thursday 22 February Pope Benedict XVI had his traditional meeting with his clergy of the diocese of Rome. After being greeted by Cardinal Vicar Camillo Ruini the Pope answered questions ...
• 24 February 2007
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - New baptisms in Darkhan bear witness to the growth of the local Catholic Church Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in Mongolia is growing beyond the capital Ulaanbaatar. The apostolic prefecture of Mongolia announced that during the Easter Vigil Mass on 7 April 23 children and youn ...
• 23 February 2007
  VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT, THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS ON GOOD FRIDAY, 25th OF MARCH 2005 AT THE COLOSSEUM IN ROME Rome (Fides News Service) - FIRST STATION: JESUS IS CONDEMNED TO DEATH V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Gospel according to Matthew 27:22 ...
• 23 February 2007
  VATICAN - Spiritual Exercises for the Roman Curia in the presence of the Holy Father Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 25, the first Sunday of Lent, the annual spiritual exercises of the Holy Father and the Roman Curia will begin in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace. ...
• 23 February 2007
  VATICAN - 500th anniversary of the foundation of the St Peter’s Basilica: Vatican Apostolic Library exhibition 'Tu es Petrus - the Basilica of Peter in the Medals of the Popes’ to be hosted for the first time also in St. Petersburg, Russia Vatican City (Fides Service) - As part of initiatives to mark the 500th anniversary of the foundation of the current Vatican Basilica, the Vatican Apostolic Library and the Numismatic Collections of Rome has organized ...
• 23 February 2007
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - Mixed Marriages and the Family in Europe : Annual Meeting of the Catholic Bishops' Conferences of South-East Europe Oradea (Agenzia Fides) - From 1st to 4th March 2007, the Presidents of the Catholic Bishops' Conferences of South-East Europe will meet for the seventh time in Oradea (Romania), along with a group of experts. Seven bish ...
• 23 February 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - National Directors Pontifical Mission Societies in Oceania aim to increase mission awareness among young people in view of WYD 2008 and consider a 1st Mission Congress hosted by Oceania Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - To share experience, impressions and ideas, intensify contact: in this spirit Father Terry Bell, National Director of Catholic Mission Australia, Father Paul Shannahan (New Zealand), Father Nick ...
• 23 February 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - In Lent Archbishop of Buenos Aires calls Catholics to “give impulse to new evangelisation, to go beyond known things, towards the fringes and frontiers where humanity suffers most” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, has urged Catholics of the archdiocese to "live the season of Lent as a Church which prays and reflects and does penance so that ...
• 23 February 2007
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocesan Commission for Catholic Education will promote a course on Morals and Religion in Catholic schools in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Schools of Hong Kong will offer a new optional course on Morals and Religion starting in 2009. According to the Hong Kong diocesan bulletin Kong Ko Bao the decision was taken by ...
• 23 February 2007
  VATICAN - The Church is to have five new Saints, exemplary educators, preachers, confessors, devoted to serving others and promoting ecumenism Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the course of an Ordinary Public Consistory held this morning in the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI established that on Friday, May 11, during the course of his Apostolic journey to Brazil, ...
• 23 February 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Latin America Day “as lively as ever Spanish Church’s concern for evangelisation in America: 800 of the 898 Spanish diocesan priests presently on mission serve in America Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - For the Church in Spain the first Sunday in March (this year March 4) is Latin America Day promoted by the Spanish Bishops’ Commission for Missions and Cooperation among Churches to recall the ...
• 23 February 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholics help curtail farmers’ suicide rates in the country New Delhi (Fides Service) - In the name of the sacredness of human life Caritas India, the largest national NGO of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI), has devised an integrated programme "Save Farmers-Save ...