News

• 3 June 2006
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Pope appoints new Auxiliary Bishop of Bougainville Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on June 1 2006, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the diocese of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) Rev. Bernard Unabali, Vicar General of the same diocese, assi ...
• 3 June 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Explaining the reason for mission”: theme of 25th Missionary Animation Meeting for diocesan priests Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Spanish Institute for Foreign Missions IEME has organised the 25th Missionary Animation Meeting for diocesan priests to be held 6 - 8 June in Madrid, as part of celebrations for the 5th cent ...
• 3 June 2006
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Caritas Australia in the field to assist the homeless: 1 million dollars worth humanitarian aid Dili (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Australia has begun humanitarian operations in Dili capital of East Timor Est a place of “terror and anarchy, sacking, shooting, killing and people in flight”, said Salesian deeply conc ...
• 3 June 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Pope Benedict XVI’s first Encyclical Deus Caritas Est now in Korean Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - To offer all Koreans the opportunity to read the message of God’s love explained at length and in depth in Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical ‘God is Love’, the Korean Catholic Bishops� ...
• 3 June 2006
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The experience of Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate in Pakistan Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The mission of fifteen Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate in Pakistan OMI Pakistan proceeds with joy and enthusiasm according to the Congregation’s bulletin OMIworld. The mission in Pakista ...
• 3 June 2006
  AFRICA - British Aid agency launches campaign to abolish health taxes Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The life of 285 thousand children in Africa could be saved every year if taxes on healthcare were lifted according to a British aid agency “Save the Children”. Without these taxes, which lea ...
• 3 June 2006
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - 700,000 children vaccinated against Measles Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - Out of a population of 1.4 million about 700,000 children aged 6 month to 14 years have been vaccinated against measles. After malaria, this illness is one of the main killers of children in Guin ...
• 3 June 2006
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Pope appoints Bishop of Mariannhill Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 3 June appointed Bishop of Mariannhill (South Africa) Bishop Pius Mlungisi Dlungwane until now titular bishop of Altino and auxiliary of Mariannhill. ...
• 3 June 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - “The medical profession is no longer dedicated to protecting life while a culture of death is spreading the idea that killing human lives is a solution to certain problems”: warns Catholic Archbishop of Bangalore Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Life faces new threats today. Crimes like abortion and euthanasia are protected by law and defended as new rights,” denounced Archbishop Bernard Moras president of the Indian Bishops’ Commis ...
• 3 June 2006
  AMERICA - World Environment Day: Christians on three continents call for help for most affected peoples Rome (Agenzia Fides) - June 5 is World Environment Day and Christians on 3 continents are calling for the earth to be protected. Climate change is a serious threat to the life and means of subsistence of the most vulner ...
• 2 June 2006
  VATICAN -Pope Benedict XVI’s Message for World Mission Sunday 2006: "Charity, the soul of mission" Vatican City (Fides Service) - We give below the full text in English of Pope Benedict XVI’s message for the 80th World Mission Sunday 2006 which the Church all over the world will celebrate on Sunday 22 October with t ...
• 2 June 2006
  VATICAN - Interview with His Eminence Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe: “My heart will always beat for mission” Vatican City (Fides) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe at the end of his five year mandate as head of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples was appointed Archbishop of Naples by the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI. H ...
• 2 June 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic community welcomes two new deacons who share their vocation experience on the eve of ordination Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “Once we answer the Lord’s call with perseverance we will reach our goal, because the Lord has prepared a banquet for those who love Him” said seminarian Ye Bao Lin one of two deacons t ...
• 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 ...