News

• 20 December 2006
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Speaking out the Truth, working against evil and injustice and replacing the sin in the world with love, justice and social equality is what Christmas is about”, says missionary Fr Shay Cullen involved in social assistance Manila (Fides Service) - “The Kingdom of God is where justice is done, the poor have an equal share and no one suffers discrimination. This is the path Jesus walked, the one we strive to follow and it began in a stable ...
• 20 December 2006
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Towards CAM 3: 3rd American Mission Congress has theme and slogan; continental competition for official poster and hymn Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Preparations continue for the Third American Mission Congress, CAM 3, Fides is informed by CAM 3 Secretary Osvaldo Fierro Terán. The year 2007 will be important in preparation for CAM 3, due to b ...
• 20 December 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops of Patagonia-Comahue say all life must be protected and all children must be guaranteed adequate human and spiritual development Patagonia-Comahue (Agenzia Fides) - In a Christmas Message the Catholic Bishops of the Argentinean region of Patagonia-Comahue, dioceses of Alto Valle, Comodoro Rivadavia, Neuquén, Río Gallegos, San Carlos de Bariloche ...
• 19 December 2006
  VATICAN - At the Service of the Mysteries of Christ - Cardinal Francis Arinze gives Opening Address at a Colloquium to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the Institut Supérieur de Liturgie of the Institut Catholique de Paris, 26 October 2006 Vatican City (Fides Service) - We give below an address given by Cardinal Francis Arinze, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments at a Colloquium to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of ...
• 19 December 2006
  VATICAN - Saint Joseph: “Privileged witness to the birth of the Son of God into the world” (2) Vatican City (Fides Service) - Joseph was about thirty years old when he took his cousin Mary aged 15, daughter of Anna and Joachim as his betrothed spouse. Both descendents of David, their marriage was probably arranged ...
• 19 December 2006
  VATICAN - Walking towards Christmas: Christ announced by the Scriptures - Announcement and Fulfilment (9) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Good Shepherd. The Word of God is addressed to the prophet Ezekiel (chapter 34) against the shepherds of Israel who did not care for the flock which was prey to wild beasts. “Behold ...
• 19 December 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - It is more than ever necessary to rediscover the authentic sense of Christmas to calm the pain of the wounds and rebuild social tissue: Christmas Message from Archbishop of Oaxaca Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - “Is it worth celebrating Christmas in the present situation?" Archbishop José Luis Chávez Botello of Antequera-Oaxaca (Mexico), and his auxiliary Bishop Oscar Campos Contreras, ask in a Chris ...
• 19 December 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Christmas in Homes run by Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate: shelter, a hot meal, human warmth, affection and accompaniment in studies and professional formation for street youth Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of less fortunate youngsters in South Korea benefit all year round from programmes run by the local community of the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate. However in view of the Feast o ...
• 19 December 2006
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Growing concern for spread of synthetic drugs in Cape Town area Cape Town (Agenzia Fides) - There is growing concern in South Africa for the spread of synthetic drugs even more popular than Crack, the dangerous by-product of cocaine. The phenomenon is also because criminal gangs of C ...
• 19 December 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - The country’s only Catholic Radio receives UNESCO award Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “This is a great honour for us and a positive recognition of our station’s commitment to break the silence on HIV/AIDS,” Radio Waumini director Fr Martin Wanyoike told CISA Catholic Informa ...
• 19 December 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - In the footsteps of Peter and Paul, young members of Opera Don Orione join 14th “New Year’s Eve with a Difference” dedicated to Pope Benedict XVI Rome (Fides Service) - More than 500 young people aged 17 to 30 from Italy and other countries of Europe will take part in the 14th “New Year’s Eve with a Difference” event 29 December to 1 January 2007 promoted ...
• 19 December 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Forming pastoral workers for mission and sustaining evangelisation activity of the Church in Latin America: 2007 course at Cono Sud Missiology Centre, 25 years at the service of mission Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Juan Pablo II Cono Sud Missology Centre in Buenos Aires will offer its next course in Missiology 29 January to 17 February 2007. This centre for missionary animation and formation, ope ...
• 19 December 2006
  VATICAN - “The people of the Great Lakes region have suffered too much, too long”: Message from Pope Benedict XVI signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone, to 2nd session of the international conference on the Great Lakes Region Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, through Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B., sent a Message to Mwai Kibaki, president of the Republic of Kenya and current president of the International Co ...
• 18 December 2006
  VATICAN - Saint Joseph: “Privileged witness to the birth of the Son of God into the world” (I) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Joseph was a “privileged witness to the birth of the Son of God into the world on Christmas night in Bethlehem” Pope John Paul II writes in his apostolic exhortation “Redemptori ...
• 18 December 2006
  VATICAN - Walking towards Christmas: Christ announced by the Scriptures - Announcement and Fulfilment (8) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Messiah Saviour of the Nations. The Israelites leave Egypt and camp in the step-land of Moab. The King of Moab questions one of his prophets a pagan, a «false prophet», as he is calle ...