News

• 9 February 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cheju diocese to host first Korean Youth Day in August: Youth Day Cross arrives on 18 February Seoul (Fides Service) - A sort of all Korean World Youth Day, the dream of thousands of young Catholics in the peninsula of Korea is coming true. The Catholic Bishops’ Commission for Youth Pastoral is organising the F ...
• 9 February 2007
  AFRICA - Is Africa the new battle field in the war on terrorism? Rome (Fides Service)- Could Africa be the new battle field in the war waged by the United States and its allies against terrorism inspired by the figure of Bin Laden? This is the question which emerges when reading event ...
• 9 February 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - St John of God Hospital in Rome has first lay manager in five centuries Roma (Agenzia Fides) - This morning at the General House of the St John God Brothers in Rome there was the presentation of a new general director of the Order’s centuries old San Giovanni Calibita Hospital situated in ...
• 8 February 2007
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE The Fundamental Elements of the Roman Liturgy (2) Christian Worship Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Constitution on the Liturgy issued by the Second Vatican Council after describing the presence of Jesus Christ in the Church and in various ways in the Liturgy, above all the Eucharist ...
• 8 February 2007
  VATICAN - “We honour Aquila and Priscilla as examples of married life responsibly involved in serving the whole Christian community. And they are a pattern for the Church, the family of God in every epoch”: Pope Benedict XVI’s weekly Wednesday Audience teaching Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pope gave his General Wednesday Audience on 7 February first in St Peter’s where he met the Bishops of Lombardy in Rome for the ad limina visit accompanied by many Catholics from the ...
• 8 February 2007
  AMERICA - CELAM 5 will not discuss dogmatic questions, it will be entirely missionary and pastoral": final preparations Santiago del Chile (Agenzia Fides) - “Starting from Jesus Christ and his Revelation we attempted to see how the Spirit is calling us to be present in this culturally new America, and identify from a point of view of ec ...
• 8 February 2007
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Looking towards the Future: Truth and Friendship Commission promotes neighbourly relations between East Timor and Indonesia Dili (Agenzia Fides ) - Spread a spirit and mentality which looks towards the future with optimism and hope, remembering the past, but also acknowledging mistakes and difficulties and trying to heal painful scars: this i ...
• 8 February 2007
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Floods: Archbishop urges Catholics to help people in difficulty, many homeless find shelter at parish centres Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The consequences of torrential rains in northern Luanda, capital of Angola are ever more serious (see Fides 30 January 2007). The government has announced a death toll of at least 114, and over ...
• 8 February 2007
  ASIA/HONG KONG - God’s love for humanity and humanity’s response: over 120 young people take part in Prayer Meeting organised by the Diocesan Vocations Commission Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “I truly love you” was the theme of a Prayer Meeting held at St Andrews parish church and organised by the Hong Kong diocesan Commission for Vocations. The prayer meeting focused on God’ ...
• 7 February 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - The humble ‘power’ of Mary, Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “God gave Mary such great power over demons that many times and unwillingly they were forced to confess, through the mouths of the possessed, that they feared even one of her sighs in fav ...
• 7 February 2007
  EUROPA/SPAIN - 130 million of the world’s boys and girls will never have the chance to go to school: Manos Unidas Campaign to guarantee all children at least primary education to enable them to be the artificers of their development Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “You can’t read? We can change this" is the slogan of a campaign launched by Manos Unidas Catholic NGO in Spain which promotes development in poor countries. The Campaign aims to help reach t ...
• 7 February 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - In 2007 Carmelites will mark three important centenaries, General Chapter in September Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The year 2007 marks three important anniversaries for the members of the Carmelite Order all over the world: the 8th centenary of the “Formula di Vita” which Saint of Jerusalem gave to the herm ...
• 7 February 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Kenya refuses to allow negotiations between Ugandan rebels and Ugandan government to be moved to Nairobi Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- Kenya has refused a request from the Lord’s Resistance Army to host peace negotiations between the rebel group and the Ugandan government, hitherto held in Juba, Southern Sudan, in Nairobi. Ken ...
• 7 February 2007
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Radical groups oppose anti-terrorism measures proposed by Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s government Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The recent wave of bomb attacks in Pakistan could be a counter-offensive by radical groups and pro-Taliban militants, which disapprove of policies adopted by president Pervez Musharraf conside ...
• 7 February 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES -Ecumenical and Inter-religious Centre in the archdiocese of Davao on the island of Mindanao marks ten years of service to peace Davao (Agenzia Fides) - When it was opened it seemed to be a pioneer initiative destined to encounter many difficulties: ten years on the Ecumenical and Inter-religious Centre in the archdiocese of Davao is an institutio ...