News

• 27 January 2007
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - New National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 30 December 2006 appointed Rev. Edgar Orozco Alfaro National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societie ...
• 27 January 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - “Solidarity in action. Peru is everyone’s concern and the country’s needs are our needs”: Bishops encourage generous offerings to 25 February nation wide collection in aid of flood victims Lima (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement issued yesterday 26 January at the end of their 89th plenary assembly the Catholic Bishops of Peru (see Fides 23/1/2007) say they are deeply saddened by situation of thousands of fam ...
• 27 January 2007
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - 23rd meeting Youth Vocation Pastoral: “25 years forming disciples and missionaries” leading young people to build up the Kingdom of God Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - “25 years forming disciples and missionaries” is the title of the 23rd National Meeting for Youth Vocation Pastoral taking place 26 to 28 January at the House for Retreats and Youth Pasto ...
• 27 January 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - A man of profound humility and deep devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Death of Bishop Giuseppe Zheng Changcheng, Bishop in Foochow (Fuzhou) Fuzhou (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Giuseppe Zheng Changcheng, Bishop in Foochow (Fuzhou) in the Chinese province of Fujian 1,6000 km south east of Beiejing, died on 18 December 2006 at the age of 94. The elderly Bishop had ...
• 27 January 2007
  EUROPA/ITALY - Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate (OMI): 4,384 “evangelise the poor” on the different fronts of the mission on all continents Rome (Agenzia Fides) - According to Omiworld January 2007, in the world there are 4,384 Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate, 6 more than last year: 1 cardinal, 10 archbishops, 32 bishops, 2 apostolic prefects, 3,173 p ...
• 27 January 2007
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Over 400 Christians pray for unity in Hong Kong’s Methodist church in live link with similar ecumenical prayer gathering in Macao Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “An open heart is fundamental on the path of ecumenism. This prayer meeting is a way to express our desire for ecumenism”: this motivation led 400 Catholics, Orthodox Christians, Anglicans ...
• 27 January 2007
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Marist Brothers mission at the service of education of young generations Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - Their mission is education for children and young people as a means of growth of the person and diffusion of Gospel values. The Marist Brothers have worked in Singapore since 1949, but were a ...
• 27 January 2007
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Amidst many difficulties, Burmese Catholics see signs of hope Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Life is a struggle against poverty, suffering, restricted freedom. But with small steps the little Catholic community in Myanmar continues its mission. The Church has gradually grown and develope ...
• 26 January 2007
  VATICAN - Holy See Press Office Statement: Pope Benedict XVI receives Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viêt Nam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This morning the Holy See Press Office issued the following statement: “This morning, Thursday January 25, 2007, Nguyen Tan Dang, prime minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, was ...
• 26 January 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI hopes coming Synod will help “rediscover the importance of the Word of God in the lives of all Christians, and of all ecclesial and civil communities and rediscover the missionary dynamism contained in the Word of God”: Audience to members of the ordinary Council of the General Secretariat for the Synod of Bishops Vatican City (Fides Service) - “On 25 January Pope Benedict XVI received the members of the ordinary council of the General Secretariat for the Synod of Bishops. The Council is currently preparing the 12th Ordinary Gen ...
• 26 January 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI concludes Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: “We must ask ourselves: have we Christians become too silent? Do we perhaps lack the courage to speak out and bear witness like those who witnessed the healing of the deaf and dumb man? Our world needs this witness; it waits especially for the common witness of Christians” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Division and incommunicability, consequences of sin, are contrary to God’s plan for humanity… "speaking" and "listening are essential conditions for building the civilisation of love ...
• 26 January 2007
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Koupéla Diocesan Bulletin new graphics, first issue, focus Catholic Schools Koupéla (Agenzia Fides) - New graphics for Kugpεεl-Kibare Bulletin published by the archdiocese of Koupéla in Burkina Faso. Fifteen pages in magazine form with a cover in colour, the bulletin intends to remai ...
• 26 January 2007
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Harsh blasphemy laws may be modified: Christians hopeful Lahore (Agenzia Fides) -Pakistan may modify its blasphemy law after the forthcoming national election scheduled for the end of 2007 or early next year. This was announced by Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed secretary of th ...
• 26 January 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Seoul opens School for the Religious Formation of the Laity Seoul(Agenzia Fides) - A School for the Laity, specialised in formation of lay Catholics in theology, Catholic Social Doctrine, catechesis, and a course on the Second Vatican Councilm is the latest project launched by th ...
• 26 January 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - Caritas Peru launches aid campaign for homeless families affected by torrential rains: 14 people reported dead, many more still missing Chanchamayo (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas-Peru has launched an aid campaign to provide prompt relief to families made homeless when torrential rains caused mudslides and flooding of the Rivers Tulumayo, Chacrapuquio and Tarm ...