News

• 12 June 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Pontifical Mission Societies Taiwan call for full participation in 1st Asian Mission Congress Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The national office for the Pontifical Mission Societies in Taiwan has urged Catholics in Asia to take an active part in the 1st Asian Mission Congress to be held in Chiang Mai diocese in Thaila ...
• 12 June 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Religious congregations, Church movements and associations start preparation for World Youth Day in Sydney 2008: Kindling the fire of mission in young hearts Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - Religious congregations, Church movements and associations have started preparation for World Youth Day in Sydney 2008 with meetings of prayer and reflection, in order to become a point of ref ...
• 12 June 2006
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - 31st National Meeting for Catholic Laity hold: lay people involved in associations, movements and parishes discuss contributions to 5th General CELAM Conference Florida (Agenzia Fides) - As part of preparation for the 5th General CELAM Conference in May 2007 at Aparecida (Brazil), the Laity Commission DELAI of the Bishops of Uruguay has organised the 31st National Meeting for ...
• 12 June 2006
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Remember the Hippocratic Oath: always care for the sick” Cardinal Etsou, archbishop of Kinshasa says to hospital doctors on strike Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “You have the legitimate right to demand a worthy and adequate salary for the valid service you render the sick” Cardinal Frédéric Etsou, Archbishop of Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Cong ...
• 12 June 2006
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Appeal from NGOs: more funds needed to assist displaced persons Dili (Agenzia Fides) - NGOs operating in East Timor say more funds are needed to face the present emergency. The UN High Commission for Refugees, the Jesuit Refugee Service and the Italian NGO International Volunteers fo ...
• 12 June 2006
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - 250 million dollars for programmes in poor countries of Africa to fight infective diseases and promote energy infrastructures Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Russia and the World Bank have agreed to supply 250 million dollars for development in some of the poorest countries in Africa. The news was announced during the recent G8 Meeting Saint Petersbur ...
• 12 June 2006
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Italian Amici di Raoul Follereau and new NGO Idea adopt programme for prevention and treatment leprosy in Mozambique Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Twenty five years have passed since it became possible to treat leprosy: it suffices to take medicine for a year and in most cases the bacillus disappears completely. Nevertheless today leprosy is ...
• 12 June 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Lay members of Charismatic Renewal in Korea awaken the faith: survey in the archdiocese of Seoul Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Charismatic Renewal is a movement which uses prayer to heal hearts with the power of the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Church and of every Christian and is helping to rekindle and st ...
• 12 June 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Ambikapur Diocese committed to fighting trafficking of human persons mostly Tribals New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) -Ambikapur diocese in the central eastern State of Chhattisgarh is deeply committed to fighting human trafficking involving mainly poor Tribal people. This sad phenomenon abuses women and childr ...
• 10 June 2006
  INSTRUMENTUM MENSIS MAII PRO LECTURA MAGISTERII SUMMI PONTIFICI BENEDICTI XVI PRO EVANGELIZATIONE IN TERRIS MISSIONUM Pope’s Benedict’s month of May culminated with his memorable visit to Poland, his second apostolic journey outside of Italy. A journey which was “a pilgrimage to retrace the steps of John Paul II, a pilgrimage of f ...
• 9 June 2006
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - Two thousand Catholic, Orthodox and Muslim children take part in Holy Childhood festivities in Tirana Tirana (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 3 June at least 2,000 Catholic, Orthodox and Muslim children gathered in central Tirana for a party to mark the end of the school year. The children came from schools all over Albania ...
• 9 June 2006
  AFRICA/MAURITIUS - Rector appointed for inter-diocesan propaedeutic philosophy seminary in Port Louis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on June 2 appointed rev. p. Marc Whelan, of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit CSSp, Rector of the inter-diocesan propaedeutic philosoph ...
• 9 June 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - The Catholic Church in India “all you ever wanted to know”: Bishops give new look to information web site New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The information web site belonging to the Indian Catholic Bishops’ Conference has been updated in design, functionality, contents and links with the motto “The Church in India: all you eve ...
• 9 June 2006
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Blessed Marcoantonio Durando Orphanage in Fianarantsoa, run by the Nazarene Sisters is the only point of reference for 382 children victims of urbanisation Fianarantsoa (Agenzia Fides) - There is growing urbanisation in Madagascar as more and more individuals and whole families move from rural areas to towns and cities in search of a better life and future. However these ex ...
• 9 June 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Jesus Christ is Lord: Sonson-Rionegro Diocesan Mission in preparation of 50th anniversary of foundation Sonson-Rionegro (Agenzia Fides) - Sonson-Rionegro diocese in Colombia is preparing to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2007, we are informed by Mgr. Iván Cadavid head of diocesan pastoral care. To prepare well for this ...