News

• 29 September 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI receives Bishops of Malawi in visita ad limina: “a priest is called to live for others and not for himself, in imitation of Christ” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - This morning Pope Benedict XVI received the Bishops of Malawi, together as a conference for the ad limina visit after meeting each one individually over the past few days. The Pope remar ...
• 29 September 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Young Catholics of Madrid make pilgrimage to Convent of Guadalupe to prepare for “Youth Mission”; “look at Jesus Christ and let Him look at you and you will understand the true value of your life in the eyes of God " Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - More than 600 young Catholic from Madrid are taking part in a diocesan pilgrimage to the Convent of Guadalupe in the Estremadura region of Spain. The pilgrimage, 29 September - 1 October, organis ...
• 29 September 2006
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - Inter-diocesan workshops for Catholic Religious on appropriate relationships for celibate lives Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Recently Catholic Religious in Solomons Islands attended a series of workshops for Religious Women and for Priests and Religious men on the issue of appropriate relationships for their celibate ...
• 29 September 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Mother, we need to live as brothers and sisters”: this year’s Youth pilgrimage to Our Lady of Luján will be marked by “pro-life gesture” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “Mother we need to live as brothers and sisters” is the slogan of the 32nd Youth Pilgrimage to the Basilica of Our Lady of Lujan (60 km from the capital Buenos Aires) (30 September - 1 ...
• 29 September 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “We entrust to Mary the Cause for Life”: Chinese Regional Bishops Conference welcomes appeal from Fatima to unite with recitation of Rosary Prayer on Sunday 8 October Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - “Mary, to You we entrust the cause of Life” is the theme of the next meeting 4 - 8 October in Fatima, Portugal, organised by The World Apostolate of Fatima. The Apostolate has called for a wo ...
• 29 September 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - In tsunami affected Tamil Nadu life returns to normal with new homes and new schools Pondicherry (Agenzia Fides) - “We are working to help tsunami affected people in Tamil Nadu resume normal life rebuilding and repairing structures but also offering psychological care for traumatised people, mainly chi ...
• 28 September 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - “The threat of secularism and Christian missionaries” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “First fill their bellies and then speak about Christ”. This slogan heard in various missionary circles in recent decades has led no few missionary operators to think that funds collect ...
• 28 September 2006
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Elections. The Church: “Choose candidates who have the courage of truth, are committed to issues regarding justice and peace and the common good and in particular to meeting the needs of the poor” Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - Four million Zambians are voting today 28 September to elect a president, a parliament and local administration. The Monfort Fathers’ Malawi Newsletter informs Fides about this “important d ...
• 28 September 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Some 6,800 first year students at Fu Ren Catholic University attend academic year opening ceremony presided by Grand Chancellor, Archbishop Cheng Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - The Summer holidays over, some 6,800 first year students gathered at Fu Ren Catholic University on 15 September for the opening ceremony for the new academic year presided by the University’s G ...
• 28 September 2006
  ASIA/JAPAN - Children's letters and poems dedicated to Francis Xavier on show in Kagoshima to mark the 5th centenary of his birth: an opportunity to rediscover the Saint’s missionary charisma Kagoshima (Agenzia Fides) - “Dear Fr Francis thank you for looking after us” a little girl at a Catholic primary school in Kagoshima writes in a letter composed as part of thanksgiving celebrations to commemorate th ...
• 28 September 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Consolata missionary wins UNESCO education to peace award for “course in forgiveness and reconciliation” Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - A Colombian missionary of the Consolata (IMC) Father Leonel Narvaez Gomez received special mention at a ceremony in Paris for the presentation of the UNESCO Education to peace Award 2006. The awa ...
• 28 September 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Continental Pastoral Marian Meeting “discovering the inexhaustible riches of the missionary pastoral of Mary, first disciple and missionary of her Son and teacher of His disciples and missionaries” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - “At this time of grace as we are preparing for the Conference at Aparecida, we felt the pastoral necessity to celebrate this Congress to discover the inexhaustible riches of the missionar ...
• 28 September 2006
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Courageous witness of tiny Catholic community in Quetta, an impervious region of Pakistan bordering on Iran and Afghanistan Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - It is not easy, but the small Catholic community in Quetta keeps the flame of faith burning. Catholics in the apostolic prefecture of Quetta, which borders on Iran and Afghanistan, are mainly sub ...
• 27 September 2006
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Rev. Luciano Alimandi - “Where there is Jesus, there is also his Mother Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Encyclical “Ecclesia de Eucharistia” at paragraph 57 treats with the truth of the presence of the Blessed Virgin Mary at every Mass; a truth which gives joy to the heart and light t ...
• 27 September 2006
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - “THANK YOU, Holy Father for your words which moved us deeply and once again so clearly indicated the path of the Gospel” : Superior General of the Consolata Missionaries pays homage to Sr. Leonella Sgorbati “she offered her life as a martyrdom of love in the land of Somalia she so dearly loved ” Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Fides asked Sr. Gabriella Bono, Superior General of the Consolata Missionaries to comment on Pope Benedict XVI’s Angelus reflection on Sunday 24 September, when he remembered the Italian nun Sr Le ...