News

• 8 January 2007
  VATICAN - “The Epiphany of Christ is also the epiphany of the Church” Pope Benedict XVI says in his reflection at the midday Angelus prayer on 6 January. On the annual Day of Holy Childhood he mentions children “valuable co-operators of the Gospel and apostles of Christian solidarity” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday January 6th, before reciting the midday Angelus prayer with the people gathered in St Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the Feast of the Epiphany which, he recall ...
• 8 January 2007
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “The Lord has planned a wonderful day for me”: last words of Cardinal Etsou, Archbishop of Kinshasa. His spiritual legacy: to work that Congo may be united in industrious peace Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “Cardinal Etsou lived the last hours of his earthly life peacefully and serenely” said Father Valer Shango who assisted to the end Cardinal Frédérick Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, Archbishop of Kins ...
• 8 January 2007
  VATICAN - “Christ is light, and light cannot darken it can only illuminate, brighten, reveal. No one therefore should be afraid of Christ and his message!”: Pope Benedict XVI’s homily on the Feast of the Epiphany Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “In what sense can Christ be still today lumen gentium, a light for the nations? Who were the Wise Men? How can we interpret these mysterious Gospel figures considering the world today?� ...
• 8 January 2007
  VATICAN - The Holy Father has appointed new members of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Cardinals Re, Sebastiani, Grocholewski, Levada, Rodé, Vallini and Archbishop De Andrea Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI has appointed as new members of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Cardinals: Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishop ...
• 8 January 2007
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Christmas Eve first broadcast of new Catholic Radio Bakhita 91 FM, Voice of the Church, the first station of a network to serve every diocese in Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides)- The Catholic Church in southern Sudan has a new voice: a radio station named after the country’s first saint Josephine Bakhita. The headquarters of Radio Bakhita, 91 FM are situated in Juba, capi ...
• 8 January 2007
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Kompong Cham diocese gives priority to human formation for children, adolescents and adults Kompong Cham (Fides Service) - For the Catholic diocese of Kompong Cham in Cambodia Human Formation for children young people and adults is a priority. Since 2002 the diocese has undertaken education to conscious and hap ...
• 8 January 2007
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - In New Year Message Catholic bishops urge all Bolivians of good will to work tirelessly to promote peace and to defend the human person and inalienable human rights La Paz (Fides Service) - Pope Benedict XVI’s Message for World Day of Peace 2007 was the subject of a New Year Message addressed by the Catholic Bishops of Bolivia to all Bolivians. The Message was signed by the Bisho ...
• 8 January 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics celebrate Christmas with deep devotion and a spirit of mission and charity Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Chinese Catholics everywhere in the world celebrated Christmas with deep devotion in a spirit of mission and charity. According to Fides sources Catholics in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Ta ...
• 6 January 2007
  Special Fides Day of Missionary Childhood: The Exploitation of Child Labour DAY OF MISSIONARY CHILDHOOD THE EXPLOITATION OF CHILD LABOUR INTRODUCTION “The child of Bethlehem is crying out to us…” Since 1843 “children help the children” with the Pontifical Society of Missiona ...
• 4 January 2007
  The Pope’s missionary prayer intention for January 2007: “That the Church in Africa may bear ever more authentic witness to the Good News of Christ and promote reconciliation and peace in every country”. Comment by Fr Vito Del Prete, P.I.M.E. Pontifical Missionary Union General Secretary Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the opening address at the Special Synod of Bishops for Africa held in Rome 1994, Cardinal Arinze declared: “The Hour has Come;” the hour in which Jesus Christ calls Africa; the hour ...
• 4 January 2007
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Epiphany of solidarity with African Churches Paris (Fides Service) - The poor of Africa will benefit from special collections in churches all over France on the Feast of the Epiphany (Sunday 7 January in France). “We have asked Catholics to make a gesture of so ...
• 4 January 2007
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - “Support the Pontifical Mission Society of Holy Childhood on its feast-day the Epiphany” message from PMS national director Lusaka (Fides Service)- “Epiphany Sunday, the feast of the manifestation of the Lord’s Jesus, is at hand. I would ask all the brothers and sisters to continue a pray for the success of the Church’s missionary activ ...
• 4 January 2007
  AFRICA/SUDAN - SMS to help build hospital Turalei, in Africa’s most difficult port-war situation Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In Turalei, southern Sudan, not without difficulty, the Missionaries of Charity, sisters of Mother Teresa of Calcutta run a small medical dispensary with the help of a few volunteer doctors members ...
• 4 January 2007
  VATICAN - CATHOLIC PRAYERS IN THE LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD: ARABIC Rome (Fides Service) - CHRISTIANITY IN THE HOLY LAND Besides being a small Church, the Christians of the Holy Land are of many different confessions. Today we are 13 different Churches: each with its own independent jur ...
• 3 January 2007
  VATICAN -The advent of the Messiah is the most important event in human history. On New Year’s Eve in Saint Peter's Pope Benedict XVI presides celebration of Vespers and Te Deum of thanksgiving Vatican City (Fides Service) - Two are the characteristics of the celebration of Vespers and the Te Deum: the conclusion of the civil year and the liturgical memory of the Mother of God. The first offers the Holy Fathe ...