News

• 23 May 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - www.biblegujarat.org: Church in Gujarat launches web site offering information on Jesus Christ and the Bible Ahmedabad (Agenzia Fides) - A new web site www.biblegujarat.org recently inaugurated by the Church in Gujarat State will serve as a channel of communion for the different Catholic communities, a new means of evangelisati ...
• 23 May 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - More space and responsibility to women in the pastoral of the Church Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Working together in material and spiritual assistance for the disabled and the marginalised; responsibility in the field of catechesis and religious instruction especially for young people and fa ...
• 23 May 2006
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Between 2,500 and 3,000 people die every week. Three million people 24% suffer from AIDS Mutoko (Agenzia Fides) - The first hospital to introduce anti-retroviral drugs is a missionary structure opened by the Association of Women Missionary Doctors. It is situated in a corner of Zimbabwe’s Savannah at Mutok ...
• 22 May 2006
  VATICAN - “Consecrated persons have the task of bearing witness to the transforming presence of God in a world ever more disoriented and confused”: Pope Benedict XVI receives in audience Superiors of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I hope this encounter and profound communion with the Pope will be for each of you encouragement and comfort in a task ever more demanding and at times contrasted. The service of authori ...
• 22 May 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic School and Hong Kong Youth Association promote service for the elderly reaping unexpected fruits Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Service, use of talents of young people, promoting in them a sense of community, encouraging the spirit of commitment for society: these are the goals of a Service Project promoted by the Hong ...
• 22 May 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “We are disciples and missionaries of Jesus”: slogan of Holy Childhood day organised by PMS for month of May Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Every year the Pontifical Mission Societies in Colombia promote a Holy Childhood Day to foster greater missionary awareness among children and efforts to help less fortunate children by means o ...
• 22 May 2006
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Making Sunday Holy, set a day aside for Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, make communities more Eucharistic, act in all areas with the power of the Eucharist: of 15 National Eucharistic Congress resolutions Florianopolis (Agenzia Fides) - “We come from of the Congress filled with missionary spirit to say to everyone Come and See!” we read in a final Letter addressed to Catholics in Brazil to confirm faith in the Euchari ...
• 22 May 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI recalls at the Regina Cæli that the Feast of the Lord’s Ascension “reveals the lofty calling of every human person” and prompts use of the media “to spread the Gospel and promote solidarity among peoples” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The twofold significance of the Feast of the Ascension which will be celebrated on Thursday 25 May, and in some countries the following Sunday, was the theme of the reflection proposed to ...
• 22 May 2006
  VATICAN - “We can only give true social justice if this is done in view of genuine solidarity which demands living and operating always for each other and never against or to the disadvantage of others.”: the Pope addresses participants at a Meeting promoted by the Centesimus Annus Foundation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “We can only give true social justice if this is done in view of genuine solidarity which demands living and operating always for each other and never against or to the disadvantage of ot ...
• 22 May 2006
  EUROPE - Catholic women religious organise various initiatives of women to prevent prostitution during the World Football Championships in Germany Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Union of the European Conferences of Religious Major Superiors UCESM, is giving full support to initiatives promoted by a number of religious congregations of women to prevent sexual abuse an ...
• 22 May 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Anti-conversion law does not come into force in Rajasthan: Governor sends it back to legislative assembly Jaipur (Fides Service) - A small victory won by the Christian community in Rajasthan opens the door for hope: Mrs Pratibha Patil the state governor refused to sign an anti-conversion Bill sending it back to the state par ...
• 22 May 2006
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Growing numbers of Sri Lankan refugees reach safety in India. Call from religious leaders: “massacre of the innocents must stop” Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Over one thousand people fleeing war in northern Sri Lanka have arrived in the southern Indian region of Tamil Nadu, most of them by boat across the strait which separates the two countries. A w ...
• 22 May 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Catholic Church in Australia has called for more assistance for Aboriginal communities particularly victims of abuse Adelaide (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Australia has again raised its voice in support of Aboriginal Australians. The archdiocese of Adelaide has called on religious groups to do more to help indigenous communities af ...
• 22 May 2006
  AMERICA - Discuss and Study Catholic identity and mission in the world of Television: Latin American Conference on Catholic Television opens today Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Directors and producers of Catholic television programmes from more than 20 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are meeting in Medellin, Colombia, for the Latin American Confer ...
• 20 May 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI appoints Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe Archbishop of Naples, and Cardinal Ivan Dias as new Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 20 May 2006 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the metropolitan archdiocese of Naples, Italy, presented by Cardinal Michele Giorda ...