News

• 2 May 2006
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Humanitarian agencies alarmed for thousands of homeless in Trincomalee district Colombo (Fides Service) - Thousands of people in the district of Trincomalee forced out of their homes by military operations against Tamil rebel positions in north east Sri Lanka are in urgent need of assistance, accord ...
• 2 May 2006
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Catholics young and old welcome Baucau diocese new radio station Baucau (Fides Service) - Baucau diocese can now use its own radio station Radio Fini Lorosae to spread the Gospel. The radio began to broadcast a month ago: “We are deeply grateful to God for this gift”, said East Ti ...
• 2 May 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “The voice of vulnerable workers in the changing world of work”: Australian Catholic Social Justice Council pastoral letter signed by Bishop Christopher Saunders Canberra (Fides Service) - “The voice of vulnerable workers in the changing world of work” is the title of a pastoral letter issued to mark the feast of St Joseph the Worker May 1 by the Australian Catholic Social Ju ...
• 2 May 2006
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops of Chile reaffirm three basic principles for human progress: protect life, recognise family founded on marriage, rights of parents to educate children Santiago (Fides Service) - At the end of its 91st plenary assembly the Chilean Bishops Conference issued a message with the title “New Life in Christ” in which they dwell on four priorities to take into consideration ...
• 2 May 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - The world of work in India, problems and prospects: Message from Bishops Commission for Labour New Delhi (Fides Service) - The importance of pastoral care for workers, respect for their rights and duties, promotion of social justice were the main issues treated in a Message issued for 1 May, feast of St Joseph the ...
• 2 May 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Revision of Bishops’ Conference structures, national general elections and situation of miners and migrants: issues treated at Mexican Bishops plenary assembly Lake Guadalupe (Fides Service) - In a statement issued at the end of a recent plenary assembly the Bishops of Mexico shared their concerns and explained the questions discussed during the meeting. The Message was signed ...
• 28 April 2006
  May 2006: “That in mission countries those responsible for public institutions may promote and protect human life from conception to natural end with adequate legislation ” Missionary Prayer Intention indicated by the Holy Father comment by Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) Guadalajara (Fides Service) - That in mission countries… “Go therefore and teach all nations baptising them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit ” (Mt. 28,19). The Lord’s command is ever presen ...
• 28 April 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope sends telegramme of sympathy for Italian troops killed in Nassiriya, Iraq: “firm condemnation for yet another act of violence in Iraq which is another obstacle on the path to harmony and recovery of that tormented country.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI , through the Holy See’s secretary of state Cardinal Angelo Sodano, addressed to the Military Ordinary for Italy Archbishop Angelo Bagnasco, a telegram ...
• 28 April 2006
  VATICAN - General Annual Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies 4 to 12 May Vatican City (Fides Service) - The General Annual Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies will start on May 4 with an opening address by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of ...
• 28 April 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - First Regional Meeting to intensify evangelisation among communities in the interior called by the Bishops’ Commission for Catechesis, Biblical and Indigenous Pastoral San Ramon (Fides Service) - To intensify evangelisation and spread of the Word of God among communities in the interior of Peru, the Peruvian Bishops’ Commission for Catechesis, Biblical and Indigenous Pastoral organis ...
• 28 April 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - National Missionary Youth Meeting: “Witnesses of Hope in the World” Rome (Fides Service) - Some 270 young people involved in missionary activity and animation have gathered for the National Missionary Youth Meeting organised by the Pontifical Mission Societies which opens today 28 April ...
• 28 April 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - ‘Handbook for Bishop’s Mission Delegate and Diocesan Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies’ gives guidance and fosters co-ordination for this important task in Spanish dioceses Madrid (Fides Service) - CEM, the Missions Commission of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference, and the PMS Pontifical Mission Societies in Spain have issued a Handbook for the Bishop’s Mission Delegate and Diocesan Direct ...
• 28 April 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Hospitality: a charisma to witness”, 19th General Chapter, Hospitaller Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Rome (Fides Service) - From 5 to 29 in Rome May the Hospitaller Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus will hold their 19th General Chapter on the theme “God’s Healing, good news for the men and women of today”. The ...
• 28 April 2006
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Go north young man!”: history of Jesuits in Southern Africa Pretoria (Fides Service) - The Bishop of Grahamstown in the Cape Province, South Africa, in 1879 asked for Jesuits. He offered them a school in Grahamstown in the hope this would serve as a springboard for the missionary ...
• 28 April 2006
  AMERICA - Form authentic missionary disciples to announce the faith with courage and conviction: aims of 3rd Latin American Catechesis Week Bogota (Fides Service) - As part of preparations for the 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences CELAM next year 2007, 13 to 31 May in Aparecida, Brazil, with the theme ““Discip ...