News

• 12 February 2007
  VATICAN - The Holy Father addresses the sick gathered in St Peter’s Basilica: “May no one, especially those who suffer, feel alone and abandoned” Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the afternoon of Sunday 11 February, the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes marked by the Church as World Day for the Sick, thousands of Italian sick people and voluntary helpers who usually ...
• 12 February 2007
  VATICAN - Annuario Pontificio 2007 presented to the Pope, more Catholics in Africa, Asia and America; more priests in Africa and Asia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This morning, Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. presented the Holy Father with the 2007 edition of the "Annuario Pontificio," or pontifical yearbook. Also present were Ar ...
• 12 February 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - The culture of communications and its challenges: Daughters of St Paul Sisters hold a study day Rome (Fides Service) - To study and promote a progressive programme/path for the study of communications a group of forty women religious, Daughters of St Paul DSP from various different countries are in Rome to take par ...
• 12 February 2007
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - The Catholic Bishops of Congo call for a serious investigation after clashes in Bas-Congo Province Kinshasa (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Congo have expressed serious concern after “tragic events over the past weeks particularly in the Bas-Congo province”. In a statement released at the end of a meetin ...
• 12 February 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - New Salesian Institute in Manila puts latest IT at the service of didactics and formation Manila (Fides Service) - A new Don Bosco Communications and Information Technology Institute opened in Makati, the financial centre of Manila City by the Salesian Fathers, is a centre of interest. The Institute was open ...
• 12 February 2007
  AFRICA/GUINEA - General strike resumes after appointment of Premier rejected by Opposition and unions Conakry (Agenzia Fides)- Guinea is again in a state of general strike. Unions and Opposition members announced the strike today 12 February after clashes between police and demonstrators protesting against the appointmen ...
• 12 February 2007
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Thousands of Catholic children, announcers of peace and love, celebrate Holy Childhood Day Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Recent celebrations for Holy Childhood Day in Pakistan, organised by the national office of the Pontifical Mission Societies were a great success. Thousands of children took part with lively fait ...
• 12 February 2007
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Catholic Friends of the Sick Association, marks ten years of loving care for the sick Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Friends of the Sick Association combined the World Day of the Sick with celebrations for its 10 years of service on 2 and 3 February in the diocese of Chia Yi. According to the bull ...
• 12 February 2007
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Military Junta and Karen people reach agreement Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Military Junta says it has reached an agreement with Karen rebels fighting for over fifty years for more autonomy, justice and respect for human rights. Yangon said the agreement was signed i ...
• 10 February 2007
  Instrumentum mensis Januarii pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontifici Benedicti XVI pro evangelizatione in terris missionum One major appointment for the Holy Father in the month of January was the annual Audience granted to the members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See for an exchange of New Year good wishes. In his address ...
• 9 February 2007
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Pontifical Mission Societies in Zambia opens new website for formation and mission animation Lusaka (Agenzia Fides)- The Pontifical Mission Societies Office in Zambia has launched its new website. www.pmszambia.org . The site has interesting information classified in the following topics: Home Mission Appeal; Ma ...
• 9 February 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope receives Bishops, Friends of the Focolari Movement and the Community S. Egidio: “The original brotherhood which exists between you and the Movements of which you are friends, leads you to carry ‘one another’s burdens (Gal 6,2), as the Apostle says, above all with regard to evangelisation, love for the poor and the cause for peace” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 February Pope Benedict XVI received participants in the annual meeting of bishops, Friends of the "Focolare" movement, who are considering the theme: "Christ crucified and abandoned, ...
• 9 February 2007
  VATICAN - Peace, violence and religions at the centre of a visit to Malta by Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Vatican City (Fides Service) - The need for more solidarity in a world increasingly intolerant and violent will be the theme of a visit 16 to 18 February which the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peac ...
• 9 February 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World: traditional prayers at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, celebrated every year on February 11 the date of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Bernadette in 1858, in spiritual com ...
• 9 February 2007
  AFRICA - Severe flooding in southern Africa: critical situation in Mozambique Rome (Fides Service)- Torrential rains continue to lash Southern Africa. Besides Angola (see Fides 8 February 2007) serious floods are reported in Mozambique and Madagascar. In Mozambique at least thirty people are sai ...