News

• 18 May 2006
  VATICAN - “We too like Peter must continually convert, correct our course. We must follow Jesus, not precede Him: he shows us the way. It is the Lord who says to me, and says to you, follow me! We must have the courage and the humility to follow Jesus because He is the Way, the Truth and the Life”: Pope Benedict XVI chooses for his teaching the figure of St Peter Vatican City (Fides Service) - “In the new series of catechesis we started first of all by trying to understand better the Church, and the Lord’s idea about this new family of his - Pope Benedict XVI said as he began ...
• 17 May 2006
  AFRICA/TANZANIA -“We are all missionaries”: Radio Tumaini programmes support missionary activity of Basic Ecclesial Communities Dar es Salaam (Fides Service) - MAC, the “Mission Awareness Committee” of the Association of Religious Superiors in Tanzania, recently held its 23rd Meeting at Mbingu Conference Centre in Mahenge diocese, chaired by ...
• 17 May 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - First complete Bible in Konkani language spoken in Goa State Goa (Fides Service) - To render the Word of God accessible to as many people as possible especially people in Goa who speak only the local language Konkani, the Catholic archdiocese of Goa has arranged for the new editio ...
• 17 May 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - Compartir 2006: Peruvian Bishops launch campaign to alleviate suffering of children with genetic or acquired facial malformation Lima (Fides Service) - Today 17 May the Catholic Bishops of Peru are launching their Compartir Campaign 2006 dedicated to the tragic situation of children and adolescents with facial deformation. The campaign aims to pu ...
• 17 May 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Believe in the miracle of life, you can have your child adopted”: Christian Family Movement launches campaign in view of movement to legalise abortion Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - “If you are thinking of aborting, don’t do it. Believe in the miracle of life and give your child for adoption” is the idea behind a Campaign launched 15 May by the Christian Family M ...
• 17 May 2006
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The Pope accepts resignation of Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 17 May 2006, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Ban Mê Thuôt (Viêt Nam), presented by Bishop Joseph Nguyên Tich ...
• 17 May 2006
  AFRICA - A dream for Africa: Children without AIDS . International Meeting in Rome Rome (Fides Service) - 13 million AIDS orphans and almost 30 million adults infected with HIV/AIDS are a daily test of hope for the life and future of a whole continent. DREAM, one of the most effective international p ...
• 17 May 2006
  AMERICA/CANADA - With a meeting on the theme “Here I am Lord!” Canadian Catholic Youth start preparation for International Eucharistic Congress 2008 Quebec (Fides Service) - With a meeting in Quebec from 19 to 22 May Canada’s Catholic youth will start spiritual preparation for the 49th International Eucharistic Congress to be hosted by Quebec, in 2008 from 15 to 22 ...
• 17 May 2006
  AFRICA - Three million people in west African Sahel region risk famine: urgent appeal to international community from World Food Programme Dakar (Fides Service) - Food supplies for families in the west African region of Sahel are running short. The situation is very concerning and the UN World Food Programme has launched a appeal to the international comm ...
• 17 May 2006
  AFRICA - 24 projects in 14 different countries in Africa funded by Harambee 2002 solidarity initiative started on the occasion of canonisation of Opus Dei founder Rome (Fides Service) - In Sierra Leone a programme to rehabilitate with school and social re-insertion former child soldiers, in Uganda a library for a school, in Rwanda a farm for families who give a home to orphans. Fr ...
• 17 May 2006
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - City dwellers flee climate of fear and uncertainty, 5,000 displaced persons shelter with Salesian missionaries Dili (Fides Service) - “The atmosphere is one of uncertainty and waiting. Apparent calm which is more of a threat. Independence day, 20 May is approaching and people fear new outbreaks of violence. This is a difficult ...
• 16 May 2006
  AMERICA/CHILE - “Cold proposals of euthanasia cannot alleviate the suffering of the sick and their families, they merely indicate of a total lack of understanding and knowledge of the human person” says secretary of the Bishops’ Conference Santiago (Fides Service) - “Can death wilfully caused for example by a lethal injection be a 'happy death'? Is not natural death, with the use of scientific means to alleviate bodily pain and at the same time all the ...
• 16 May 2006
  VATICAN - “We live at a time when Christians are called to foster a style of open dialogue on the question of religion while not renouncing to present the Christian proposal consistent with their identity to interlocutors” Pope Benedict XVI said to plenary session of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The Catholic Church is ever more aware that inter-religious dialogue is part of her service to humanity in today’s world. This conviction has become, so to say, ‘daily bread’ for p ...
• 16 May 2006
  VATICAN - “Vita consecrata: Duc in altum!” Celebrating 10th anniversary of Post Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Vita Consecrata Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Saturday 20 May 2006, the Pontifical College Regina Apostolorum in Rome will host a conference on "Vita consecrata: Duc in altum!", organised by the College together with the Legionaries ...
• 16 May 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Christian initiation, a process for becoming Christians: conclusions of 10th Meeting of Bishops and National Directors for Catechesis in Europe Rome (Fides Service) - The necessity of differentiated paths which faithfully reflect and meet the many situations of individuals, the decisive role of the family, the great utility of ecclesial movements where there exi ...