News

• 30 October 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Caritas Korea will continue to provide aid for North Korea: principles for cooperation projects Seoul (Agenzia Fides) -In its latest report sent to Fides Caritas Korea says in view of aid programme 2007 for N. Korea, it formed a team and held Senior Working-level meetings with N. Korean counterparts, explaining tha ...
• 30 October 2006
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Tension and instability, violence in the streets for the formation of interim government in view of elections in 2007 Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - Difficult months led ahead as Bangladesh waits for general elections early in 2007. Recently violence exploded in the streets of Dacca between supporters of the main political coalitions Awami Le ...
• 28 October 2006
  The Pope’s Missionary Prayer intention for November 2006: “For believers everywhere: may they work to remove old and new barriers to Africa’s development”. Comment by Cardinal Peter Turkson, Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana Vatican City (Fides Service) - In 1994, at the Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, the rest of the Universal Church joined the African Church to take a candid, but a sympathetic look at the African conti ...
• 28 October 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI appoints Cardinal Ivan Dias member of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, as a member of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion o ...
• 28 October 2006
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Special study seminar reflects on the Catholic Church’s mission in east Africa Arusha (Agenzia Fides) - More than 125 philosophy seminarians and religious representing ten different congregations attended a special two day seminar 26-27 October at Senior Spiritan Seminary, Arusha, Tanzania. Accordi ...
• 28 October 2006
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Ecumenical visit where the Catholic faith first arrived 450 years ago Kompong Cham (Agenzia Fides) - Many in Cambodia including the public authorities, regard Christianity as a foreign religion imported by the French when the country was a French Protectorate from 1863 to 1953, or the Unit ...
• 28 October 2006
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Resignation and succession of the Archbishop of Lusaka Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 28 October 2006 accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Lusaka, Zambia, presented by Archbishop Medardo Joseph Mazomb ...
• 28 October 2006
  AFRICA/COTE D’IVOIRE - New Rector for the Inter-diocesan Seminar for Theology of Abidjan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 1 September 2006, appointed as Rector of the Inter-diocesan Seminar for Theology in Abidjan, Cote d’I ...
• 28 October 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - Solemnity of Señor de los Milagros: Bishops urge Peruvian Catholic emigrants to treasure and maintain their Catholic faith and identity Lima (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the Solemnity of Cristo Negro, El Señor de los Milagros, one the national Catholic feasts most loved by the people of Peru, the Catholic Bishops of Peru addressed a special mess ...
• 28 October 2006
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Amidst rising hopes although violence continues government and Tamil separatist rebels resume talks Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Hopes rise in Sri Lanka as the government and the Tamil separatists start a new two day session of talks 28 and 29 October in Geneva with the mediation of a delegation from Norway. The first ai ...
• 28 October 2006
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - Catholic Media Education produces “little film directors” Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Around 35 people gathered at SIBC Conference Hall, on 21st October, 2006 for the 2006 Media Education Presentation for School students. Teachers, facilitators, animators and special guests join ...
• 27 October 2006
  ASIA/TURKEY - Turkish edition of the summary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church in view of Pope Benedict’s visit next month Roma (Agenzia Fides) - "I Believe" is the title of a Turkish edition of the summary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church prepared by the aid agency of Pontifical right, Aid to the Church in Need, on the occasion of th ...
• 27 October 2006
  VATICAN - TOWARDS THE PRIESTHOOD, Mgr Massimo Camisasca - “Remaining in the presence of Christ, vicars of Christ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - There exists one chief aspect of the life of those whom Christ has chosen for the vocation of priests, an aspect overlooked by the majority. The priestly vocation fills life with responsibi ...
• 27 October 2006
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - "Brussels, All Saints 2006": 4th Congress on Evangelisation reflects on faith and modern culture to render the Church visible and close to all Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - From 28th October to 5 November Brussels will host a Congress on Evangelisation. The aim is “to render the Church visible and close to all” Cardinal Godfried Danneels Catholic Archbishop o ...
• 27 October 2006
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Catholics commemorate Archbishop Munzihirwa of Bukavu, murdered ten years ago. Two candidates in second round of elections for Presidency on Sunday Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - On 29 October the Catholic Church in Congo, particularly the archdiocese of Bukavu will commemorate Archbishop Munzihirwa of Bukavu shot dead in an ambush ten years ago. Cristophe Munzihirwa Mwen ...