News

• 1 June 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope tells visitors at the General Audience about his visit to Poland: “May men and women once again recognise that God is the Father of all and He calls all of us to build together a world of justice, truth and peace!” - Appeal for reconciliation in East Timor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the general audience on Wednesday 31 May, Pope Benedict XVI retraced the principal laps of his recent apostolic visit to Poland. First of all he thanked the Polish Bishops, the President ...
• 1 June 2006
  VATICAN - “Carry the light of Christ to every social and cultural environment in which you live…illuminate the darkness of a world bewildered by the contradictory messages of ideologies!”: Pope Benedict XVI Message to World Congress of New Church Movements and Communities Vatican City (Fides Service) - “As we look forward to the meeting on Saturday June 3 in St Peter’s Square with the members of more than 100 new Church movements and communities, I am happy to offer you, the represent ...
• 1 June 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Nicola Bux and Salvatore Vitiello - “Church, a Community of Love” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Church, a Community of love”. The second part of the encyclical «Deus Caritas Est» bears the title: « Caritas - The practice of Love by the Church as a “Community of Love”». ...
• 31 May 2006
  VATICAN - 2nd International Conference and a series of Prayer Vigils in preparation for Pope Benedict's Pentecost meeting with new Church movements and Communities Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At a press conference to present a meeting which Pope Benedict XVI will have with new Church movements and communities in St. Peter's Square on Saturday June 3, the eve of Pentecost, Archbi ...
• 31 May 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Anthony Li Du’an dies at the age of 81 active to the very end in pastoral work and formation of priests and religious Xi’an (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Anthony Li Du’an of the archdiocese of Xi’an, province of Shaanxi, died on 25 May, Ascension Thursday, at the age of 80. Born on 13 June 1927 and ordained a priest on 11 April 195 ...
• 31 May 2006
  AMERICA/CHILE - Valdivia lives Diocesan Year of Mission 2006 with enthusiasm, mission in work places offers a path of Christian initiation Valdivia (Agenzia Fides) - The Chilean diocese of Valdivia is living a special year, Diocesan Year of Mission 2006 Fides was informed by Ms Karin Retting secretary of the diocesan pastoral office. The mission has the slo ...
• 31 May 2006
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Young people brave cold and discomfort for a Weekend Mission to bear witness to God’s Word and Love for all men and women San José (Agenzia Fides) - Last weekend 70 young members of Youth Pastoral from various towns in the diocese of San José, visited 150 families in the area of Cañada Grande. The young people lived an authentic mission ...
• 31 May 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Families prepare to take part in World Meeting of Families in Spain Canberra (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic families from a number of Australian dioceses are preparing to take part in the 5th World Meeting for Families to be held in Spain in the city of Valencia in July. There is fervid acti ...
• 31 May 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - Augustinian Fathers open first polyclinic in archdiocese of Cusco Cusco (Agenzia Fides) - At last the archdiocese of Cusco has a new polyclinic dedicated to Santa Rita da Cascia opened by the Augustinian Fathers. Situated in Larapa thanks to the Augustinian Association Apurimac the cl ...
• 31 May 2006
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO Rector appointed for Saints Peter and Paul Major Seminary in the archdiocese of Ouagadougou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 April Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples appointed Rector of Saints Peter and Paul Major Seminary in the archdiocese of Ouagadougo ...
• 31 May 2006
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Bishop of Idiofa resigns Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 31 May 2006 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Idiofa (Democratic Republic of Congo) presented by Bishop Louis Mbwô ...
• 31 May 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - In Rome gathered around Pope Benedict XVI to live a new Pentecost: Charismatic Renewal starts preparations for 40th anniversary Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic Charismatic Renewal will be among the many movements which accepted with enthusiasm Pope Benedict XVI’s invitation to the Pentecost Prayer Vigil on June 3 in St Peter’s Square. For th ...
• 31 May 2006
  AFRICA/TOGO - In Lome a Parish Social Forum, the first of its kind, tackles problems of work and development Lome (Agenzia Fides) - The parish of Notre Dame de la Rédemption at Bè-Klikamé in the archdiocese of Lome has just held a Parish Social Forum for young Catholics. The theme of the Forum, the first of its kind, was � ...
• 31 May 2006
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - New NGO offers children in difficulty hope for a better life Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- “Hope for Children” is a new non profit organisation in aid of children in Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire is one of Africa’s richer countries but because of instability and civil war the ...
• 31 May 2006
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Social political crisis ever more serious. Salesian Mission in Dili sheltering the homeless attacked by militia Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The Salesian Mission in Dili has not been spared in the violence in East Timor. A gang of militia broke into the mission situated a few km from the capital in search of food. The Salesian compound ...