News

• 13 July 2006
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Fierce, tragic and ever more concerning the fire in the Middle East. Interview with Israeli Franciscan Father David Jaeger, a jurist, unanimously recognised among the major experts on the complex situation in the Middle East. Now - he says - the re-convocation of the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference is more urgent than ever Hezbollah enters the field on the border between Lebanon and Israel... The most recent confrontation involving Israel and Lebanon started on Wednesday morning with an attack launched from Lebanese territory on military ...
• 13 July 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - “For a World of Peace - Religions and Cultures in Dialogue”: Assisi, 4 and 5 September International Meeting and Day of Prayer for Peace promoted by S. Egidio Community Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - In October 1986 Pope John Paul II convoked a World Day of Prayer for Peace in Assisi, an unprecedented history-making event which brought representatives of all the world’s great religions to p ...
• 13 July 2006
  VATICAN - "The Human Person, the Heart of Peace " theme chosen by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI for 40th World Peace Day 1 January 2007 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - ‘The Human Person, the Heart of Peace’ is the theme chosen by Pope Benedict XVI for the 40th World Peace Day on 1 January 2007. The theme for reflection chosen by the Holy Father expres ...
• 13 July 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “It is our duty to remind people of the primacy of God in our life, of the God who created us and by whom we will all be judged one day” say Catholic Bishops of Mexico after bomb attacks in Bombay Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - “With deep sadness we heard through the media the news of the bomb blasts in Bombay, and we wish to express our solidarity with all those affected by the tragedy and assure them of our spi ...
• 13 July 2006
  AFRICA/RWANDA - In countries such as Rwanda a water pump and a power stabiliser are great news: now 50,000 people have access to clean water Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In the Rwamiko region of Rwanda the Movement Against Hunger provided a new, safer and more powerful water pump which supplies continual flow of clean water to the aqueduct in service. Funds rais ...
• 13 July 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - “Violence must not lead to more violence”: secretary of Caritas Internationalis decries killings in Bombay Bombay (Agenzia Fides) - The danger is real: the recent bomb attacks in Bombay could stir up inter-religious hatred and unleash violence and retaliation. In a message of solidarity with the Indian people Caritas Internat ...
• 13 July 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Nuncio tells Catholics to "live Christianity" to face challenges facing the faith in Australia Albury (Fides Service) - Speaking last Tuesday in Albury to 60 priests and monks from the Australian Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, apostolic nuncio Archbishop Ambrose Battista De Paoli, emphasised the importance of " ...
• 13 July 2006
  AFRICA/SUDAN - 18 months on from the peace agreement southern Sudan begins to live again and hope for the future Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- “There are numerous signs of general increase of movement and trade in southern Sudan” said Noelle Fitzpatrick, regional head of Jesuit Refugee Service for East Africa. During a recent visit ...
• 13 July 2006
  AFRICA/D. CONGO - Kinshasa Hospital patients benefit from local Church’s civic education programme. Electoral campaign underway, candidates concerned for 5 million extra ballot papers Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Even hospital patients in Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Congo are benefiting from the programme of civic education offered by the Catholic archdiocese, thanks to Sr. Francine Buys, a Francisc ...
• 13 July 2006
  ASIA/CHINA- The Bible written in Chinese characters on a piece of silk 5,007 metres long has been given a place in the Guinness Book of Records Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - An authentic work of art, a Bible written on a piece of silk 5,007 metres long a combination of Chinese culture and Christianity has been given a place in the Guinness Book of Records. This long ...
• 12 July 2006
  VATICAN - Following yesterday’s bomb explosions in Bombay Cardinal Ivan Dias Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples sends telegramme of solidarity to diocesan Administrator of Bombay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples sent the following telegramme to the Diocesan Administrator of Bombay Bishop Bosco Penha. “Your Excelle ...
• 12 July 2006
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Rev. Luciano Alimandi - “Mother of Mercy”; ““Jesus came into the world through Mary, through Mary He must reign in the world.”” (St Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We might ask what is the greatest urgency of our day, the most pressing necessity for the individual and for the whole world. Of course we could make a list of priorities but in the end we ...
• 12 July 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and succession of the Archbishop of Imphal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 12 July 2006, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Imphal (India) presented by Archbishop Joseph Mittathany in con ...
• 12 July 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Following Bombay bomb blasts Christian organisations say fanaticism must stop Bombay (Agenzia Fides) - Fanaticism and terrorism must be eradicated from India. Citizens must unite to win the battle against hatred and intolerance. Christian organisations have condemned the bomb blasts on 11 July in ...
• 12 July 2006
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Annual Holy Childhood Celebration in Uganda. “Peace cannot wait” says Catholic Archbishop of Gulu in northern Uganda where children are the principal victims in 20 years of civil war Gulu - Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu in northern Uganda launched a call to the Ugandan government and the rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army to reach a peace agreement. The Catholic archbishop made the appeal ...