News

• 17 June 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - National Days for Diocesan Missions Delegates and Diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies Meeting in the framework of the 5th centenary of the birth of Saint Francis Xavier Javier (Agenzia Fides) - From 20 -22 June in Javier in the framework of the 5th centenary of the birth of Saint Francis Xavier there will be the National Days for Diocesan Missions Delegates and Diocesan Directors of the ...
• 17 June 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Sacred Heart Cathedral in archdiocese of Ji Nan, copy of Cologne Cathedral now national heritage monument Ji Nan (Agenzia Fides) - Sacred Heart Cathedral in archdiocese of Ji Nan, in the eastern coastal province of Shan Dong has been proclaimed a national heritage monument. Sacred Heart cathedral known to the local people si ...
• 16 June 2006
  AFRICA/TOGO - “May the Youth Cross be a sign of peace and hope for all the people of Togo” says Archbishop Lome, as he welcomes the World Youth Day Cross on its pilgrimage across Africa Lome (Agenzia Fides)- “We welcome with open hearts and arms the World Youth Day Cross Christ, may it take root in our cultures, traditions and society so the people of Togo realise they are brothers and sisters who can ...
• 16 June 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI on the solemnity of Corpus Christi: “The Host is our manna with which the Lord nourishes us, it is truly Bread from heaven, in which he gives Himself” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday June 15 Solemnity of Corpus Christi Pope Benedict XVI celebrated an open air Mass in front of the Cathedral of Rome St John’s and then presided the Procession with the Blessed ...
• 16 June 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Nicola Bux and Salvatore Vitiello - “Ecumenism, Unity and Primacy of Peter” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Ecumenism, Unity and Primacy of Peter” are intrinsically connected realities which live of and in each other and which can never be artificially placed in dialectic contraposition. Wh ...
• 16 June 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - “Eucharist source and summit of the life and mission of the Church”: 2nd Symposium on the Eucharist in Lima from 19 to 23 June Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Following a successful 1st Symposium on the Eucharist organised in Barranco, a district of Lima, in June 2005 to mark the Year of the Eucharist, a second Symposium has been convoked with the “Eu ...
• 16 June 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Church concerned for social situation: poverty and maginalisation only slightly reduced Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The social situation in Argentina is still concerning because of the high percentage of poor people” said Bishop Jorge Casaretto president of both the Argentinean Bishops’ Commission for Soc ...
• 16 June 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Meeting of Italian Missionaries in Angola ends today: two Churches listen to each other to grow in mission sensitivity Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - A Meeting for Italian Missionaries in Angola organised by the Italian Bishops’ office for missionary collaboration between Churches and the Angolan Bishops’ Conference closes today. Some 60 m ...
• 14 June 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - 4th European Symposium for University Docents: 250 docents from 25 different countries will discuss “Enterprise and Building a new Humanism” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Enterprise and Building a new Humanism” is the title of the 4th European Symposium for University Docents to be held in Rome 22 - 25 June 2006 promoted by the Rome diocese office for Universit ...
• 14 June 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Salesian receives national award for helping street children “off the Streets” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Rev. Chris Riley received the Order of Australia award. He is the third Salesian to receive this honour in recent years. The Order of Australia is assigned to praiseworthy citizens every year on ...
• 14 June 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Oblate Missionary Sisters of the Holy Family celebrate 50 years of mission in Taiwan Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - It is fifty years since the first Oblate Missionary Sisters of the Holy Family OHF arrived in Taiwan. The congregation was founded in mainland China by Saint Josef Freinademetz the first Divine ...
• 14 June 2006
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - On the solemnity of Corpus Christi in Belo Horizonte beatification of Dutch born missionary Fr Eustaquio Van Lieshout who devoted his life to serving the poor and the suffering Belo Horizonte (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday 15 June, Solemnity of Corpus Christi, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints will preside Mass for the ...
• 14 June 2006
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - In July an International Convention of Priests, promoted by the Southern African Council of Priests Durban (Agenzia Fides)- An International Convention of Priests, promoted by the Southern African Council of Priests (SACOP) will take place at the Edgewood Campus of the University of Kwa Zulu Natal from 10-14 July 2006. ...
• 14 June 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict continues his catechesis on the Apostles: “Saint Andrew the Apostle teaches us to follow Jesus promptly, to speak enthusiastically about him to those we meet and above all to establish with Him a relationship of authentic familiarity” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI dedicated his weekly Audience teaching on Wednesday 14 June to the Apostle Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter. After reflecting on Saint Peter the Pope said he wished to � ...
• 14 June 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - “We want to find new paths for our missionary activity” says director of the Mission Office of the archdiocese of Trent which has years of mission experience in Chad Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “We are determined to continue our missionary work despite difficulties connected with the general crisis in vocations in Europe” says Rev. Carlo Speccher director of the Mission Office of the a ...