News

• 28 April 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Social Services Australia new network Sydney (Fides Service) - A fusion of names and symbols indicates renewed commitment in the field of social assistance. Various Catholic bodies operating in Australia, have merged to form Catholic Social Services Australi ...
• 28 April 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholic Women’s group inspired by Mother Teresa’s example makes God’s love visible through works of charity He Jian (Fides Service) - Mother Teresa Women’s Charity Group, started a couple of years ago in Mu Zhuang village near the town of He Jian, diocese of Xian Xian (today Cang Zhou) in the province of He Bei, has become a ...
• 28 April 2006
  ASIA/THAILAND - Documentation Centre of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences enlarged Bangkok (Fides Service) - More space, larger quantity of publications, better organisation for consultation, at the service of local Churches in Asia: with these objectives the Federation of the Asian Bishops’ Conferen ...
• 27 April 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops of southern Chile and Argentina meet to intensify mutual knowledge, consolidate brotherhood and discuss the migratory problem in the region San Carlos de Bariloche (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of southern Chile and Argentina met 18 and 19 April at San Carlos di Bariloche (Argentina) to intensify mutual knowledge and consolidate brotherhood among bi ...
• 27 April 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The importance of awareness of being and knowing for evangelisation : focus of 2nd national congress of Catholic Educators Bogota (Fides Service) - The 2nd national congress of Catholic Educators will take place at San Buenaventura University 9 to 11 May 2006 organised by the Colombian Bishops respective Commissions for Pastoral of Evangel ...
• 27 April 2006
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “The Eucharist: life of the community and source of mission”: slogan 1st Diocesan Eucharistic Congress in archdiocese of Mariana organised to mark the diocese’s 100th anniversary and in preparation for the National Eucharistic Congress Mariana (Fides Service) - As part of celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the archdiocese of Mariana in Brazil the 1st Diocesan Eucharistic Congress is being held 26 - 29 April in the town of Conselheiro Lafaiet ...
• 27 April 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope’s meditation at the weekly Audience: “Tradition is not the transmission of things or words, a collection of things long dead…it is a living river which connects us to the origins, the great river which leads us to the door of eternity” - Appeal for peace on the 20th anniversary of Chernobyl Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Communion in time: Tradition”. This was the theme Pope Benedict XVI chose for his meditation at the weekly general audience on Wednesday 27 April in St Peter’s Square. “Ecclesial C ...
• 27 April 2006
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The World Youth Day Cross in Senegal: “An event which gave new vitality to the Christian community ” National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies reports Dakar (Fides Service)- “An exceptional event involving the whole Christian community ” said Fr. Giuseppe Giordano, OMI, National Director of the Pontifical Mission in Senegal, describing the arrival in Dakar in Holy ...
• 27 April 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - “Church membership and Charity” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Church membership and Charity”. A priest, a missionary, indeed a Christian is authentic only if he or she operates as a member of the Body of Christ, the Church. What must a Christian ...
• 27 April 2006
  INSTRUMENTUM MENSIS MARTII PRO LECTURA MAGISTERII SUMMI PONTIFICI BENEDICTI XVI PRO EVANGELIZATIONE IN TERRIS MISSIONUM The month of March began for the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, with his Lenten Spiritual Exercises. In the papal Redemptoris Mater chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, with the members of the Curia the Pope list ...
• 26 April 2006
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - The Pope appoints new Metropolitan Archbishop of Bukavu Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 26 April 2006 appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Bukavu (Democratic Republic of Congo) Bishop François-Xavier Maroy, until now titular Bishop of T ...
• 26 April 2006
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Catholic Formation Centre educates children with a disability Phnom Penh (Fides Service) - According to Disability Action Council which offers assistance to persons with disabilities, Cambodia has between 50,000 and 60,000 children with a disability. Light of Mercy Catholic Centre ...
• 26 April 2006
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - “Bicycles are very Useful”: “Delegados de la Palabra” May Collection bicycles for catechists in mission lands Vienna (Fides Service) - Delegados de la Palabra is the title of a special collection organised by MIVA (Missions-Verkehrs-Arbeitsgemeinschaft) to help catechists in young Churches of Africa and Latin America move around ...
• 26 April 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Spain has 16,781 diocesan missionaries on mission all over the world: Diocesan Missionaries Day calls to mind their witness and supports their work of evangelisation Madrid (Fides Service) - At this time of the year many dioceses in Spain celebrate Diocesan Missionaries Day to express gratitude to their own local men and women missionaries working in many different parts of the world ...
• 26 April 2006
  VATICAN - Programme of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Poland 25 to 28 May Vatican City (Fides Service) - The programme of Pope Benedict XVI's forthcoming apostolic journey to Poland May 25 and 28 was made public today at the Holy See Press Room. The Holy Father will depart from Rome's Fiumicin ...