News

• 5 October 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - The Regensburg Lecture and its importance for the Church’s ‘diplomacy’ Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of reaction to the Pope’s Lecture on 12 September in Germany from certain sectors of the Muslim world, the diplomacy of the Holy See, or the ‘the diplomacy of the Church ...
• 5 October 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI continues Audience catechesis on the Apostles: The figure of Saint Bartholomew is before us to say that we can live and bear witness as disciples of Jesus even without sensational deeds Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday morning October 4, Pope Benedict XVI returned to the Vatican after spending the Summer at Castel Gandolfo, and gave his customary general audience in St Peter’s square, where ...
• 4 October 2006
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Rev. Luciano Alimandi - “Queen of the Rosary” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In this month of October, dedicated to the prayer of the Rosary when parishes and communities intensify prayers for missionaries, on the roads of the world to proclaim the Gospel the pilgri ...
• 4 October 2006
  EUROPE/RUMANIA - Missionary Month of October: Oblates Missionaries of Mary Immaculate help children to understand and live the Pope’s message Bucharest (Agenzia Fides) - “Charity soul of mission” is the theme chosen for Mission Sunday this year, on 22 October, by Pope Benedict XVI who in his special Message for the occasion urges Christians to live and con ...
• 4 October 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Ever more mission-minded laity deserve better formation and more space for pastoral collaboration New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - To form lay Catholics in view of cooperation with pastoral work and ever more convincing Christian witness in society the Laity Commission of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India recent ...
• 4 October 2006
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - United Nations High Commission for Refugees says increasing violence in the south is causing number of internally displaced persons to rise Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - In Afghanistan growing instability and insecurity has brought the problem of refugees and internally displaced persons which troubled the country for years back to the surface. After the fall of t ...
• 4 October 2006
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Parish Renewal” is the theme of the 2nd Theological-Pastoral Week in preparation for the 5th General Conference of CELAM Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - As part of preparations for the 5th general conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences CELAM in May 2007 at Aparecida Brazil, and as a preparation for guidelines coming ...
• 4 October 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA -Bi-centenary celebrations in Salta continue with Archdiocesan Marian Congress Salta (Agenzia Fides) - The archdiocese of Salta, in Argentina has organised a Marian Congress 6-7 October to be held at Rosario de Lerma as part of celebrations for the bi-centenary of the local Church (see Fides 19/5/2 ...
• 4 October 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Belgian missionary sisters dies at the age of 106: 20 years on mission in Mongolia and 26 in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - A Belgian missionary Sister who spent many years of her life caring for Chinese refugees in Mongolia and in Hong Kong has died in her home country at the age of 106. According to Hong Kong dio ...
• 4 October 2006
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - “Finally, we call upon all Zambians to unite and rise above this most trying and divisive period” post-election statement from leaders of three principal Christian Churches in Zambia Lusaka (Agenzia Fides)- In a statement following the announcement that Zambia’s outgoing president Levy Mwanawasa had won the election on 28 September, (see Fides 3 October 2006) the leaders of the country’s three p ...
• 4 October 2006
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Darfur: talks and negotiations continue but civilians continue to die. Humanitarian agencies warn: “Our aid is seriously constrained and our desperation may seem intolerable, but it is nothing compared to that of the victims and millions of displaced” Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- “The Sudanese government continues to reject UN resolution 1706 but it is willing to talk with the United Nations Organisation of which it is a member”, said government media spokesman Manj ...
• 3 October 2006
  ASIA/CHINA -University students in Shanghai diocese reflect on “Mane Nobiscum Domine (Lk 24,29)” Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides) - “Mane Nobiscum Domine (Lk 24,29)” was the theme of a week long retreat for about 100 university Catholic and non Catholic students from every parish of Shanghai diocese. Six priests and th ...
• 3 October 2006
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Outgoing president Levy Mwanawasa, wins elections. Defeated candidate Michael Sata calls supporters to be calm after night of disorder Harare (Agenzia Fides)- Defeated candidate in Zambia’s presidential elections Michael Sata, leader of the Patriotic Front accepted the elections results on 28 September urging his supporters who had staged protests in ...
• 3 October 2006
  VATICAN - “STONES, SOUNDS AND COLOURS OF GOD’S HOUSE” Bishop Mauro Piacenza - The centre of the liturgical space the heart of human sacrality: Sanctuary and Crucifix (4) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - 9. Today we hear a frequently used term, happy in my opinion, “iconicity space”, to indicate the capacity of the architecturally arranged liturgical space or pieces furniture themselves ...
• 3 October 2006
  AFRICA/ CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Violence in northern Central Africa uproots 250,000 refugees. “each one is a person with a personal story” a Catholic nun working in the area tells Fides: “The important thing is to preserve their human dignity and self-respect” Bangui (Agenzia Fides)- Violence in the north of Central African Republic perpetrated by various armed groups including government troops has forced at least 250,000 people to abandon their homes. This was reported by To ...