News

• 13 December 2006
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Christian mayor of Bethlehem issues customary Christmas Message: in the town where Jesus Christ was born citizens face serious economic and social difficulties Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - As Christmas draws near the town of Bethlehem is living one of the ‘most difficult periods in its history’, said the mayor Dr Victor Batarseh in his customary Christmas Message. The ‘wa ...
• 13 December 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Religious leaders say education must include transcendent values for authentic integral development of the human person Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of the main religious confessions in Argentina met with the parliamentary Education Commission to defend articles which they consider indispensable and insist that ‘transc ...
• 12 December 2006
  VATICAN - Walking towards Christmas: Christ Announced by the Scriptures- Announcement and Fulfilment (3) Rome (Fides Service) - A FUTURE KING The Patriarch Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham blesses his children before he dies. To Juda, his fourth son he says: « The sceptre shall not pass from Judah, nor the ruler's sta ...
• 12 December 2006
  VATICAN - STONES, SOUNDS, COLOURS OF GOD’S HOUSE: Ecclesiastic Archives (4) Bishop Mauro Piacenza Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Ecclesiastic Archives «a treasure in vases of clay». The importance indeed essentiality of archives for the very mission of the Church is directly in proportion to their complexity and fr ...
• 12 December 2006
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - On the feast of the Immaculate Conception local Camillan celebrated three important events Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Although in the capital of Burkina 8 December is not a Bank Holiday on the feast of the Immaculate Conception the Camillan Community in Burkina Faso celebrated three important events. The fi ...
• 12 December 2006
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Perverse spiral of war, extremism and natural disasters. Islamic Courts ultimatum: “Ethiopian troops out by the end of the week or it will be war ” Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - With the humanitarian emergency caused by floods affecting vast areas of Somalia in recent months still critical, threatening clouds of war now appear on the horizon. Both the national interim ...
• 12 December 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Message for the World Day of Peace 2007: “The human person, the heart of peace”. “I am convinced that respect for the person promotes peace and that, in building peace, the foundations are laid for an authentic integral humanism”. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pope’s annual Message for the World Day of Peace, 1 January 2007 was made public this morning at the Holy See press office. “The human person, the heart of peace” is the theme cho ...
• 12 December 2006
  AMERICA/CANADA - Debate on Redefining Marriage not Over: For Catholics, marriage is an issue intimately related to human nature which has been created male and female. Catholic teaching on this remains consistent and constant: marriage is the exclusive union of one man and one woman. Ottawa (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Canada, together with the members of the majority of faith communities and with many Canadians who have no particular religious affiliation, have voiced disappointment th ...
• 12 December 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops thank German Catholics for dedicating Advent Campaign to Mexico and the difficulties of emigrants Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mexico sent a message to the people of Germany thanking them for dedicating this year’s Adveniat national Advent Campaign to Mexico and in particular to the issue of emigrat ...
• 12 December 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Bishops’ biannual plenary: family pastoral, youth, inter-religious relations Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Pastoral care for families was the central theme of a recent biannual conference of the Catholic Bishops of Australia in Sydney during which the Bishops approved the publication of a booklet “D ...
• 12 December 2006
  ASIA/LAOS - New local priests welcomed by small Catholic community as a sign of hope Thakhek (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in Laos are rejoicing for the ordination of two new local priests. Deacons Pierre Wilaiphorn Phonasa and Lucas Sukpaphorn Duangchansai were ordained priests by Bishop Jean Sommeng Wora ...
• 12 December 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Jesuit missionary Robert De Nobili, a religious, linguistic and cultural revolutionary New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Robert De Nobili, popularly known in Tamil Nadu as a philosophical preacher, was a religious, linguistic and cultural revolutionary said Father M. Devadoss Jesuit Madurai Provincial, when he i ...
• 12 December 2006
  AFRICA - Africa’s oil and Africa’s future Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Pope Benedict XVI’s warning with reward to disregard for the environment and damage caused by the oil rush describe with dramatic precision the situation in Africa where new and old powers fight ...
• 11 December 2006
  VATICAN - Walking towards Christmas - Christ announced by the Scriptures - Announcement and fulfilment (2) Rome (Fides Service) - THE WOMAN, HER OFFSPRING. VICTORY OVER THE EVIL ONE, SALVATION OF MANKIND After the sin and fall of Adam and Eve, God announces salvation and says to the serpent: « I shall put enmity between you ...
• 11 December 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus: “Preparing for Christmas means striving to build ‘God’s dwelling place among us. No one is excluded; everyone can and must help to make this home of communion spacious and beautiful” - appeal for the Middle East and Lebanon Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 10 December, as Bishop of Rome, Pope Benedict XVI went to consecrate a new parish church in the outskirts of Rome dedicated to Mary, Star of Evangelisation. Before the Angelus pra ...