News

• 25 April 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Love of God and China’s martyr saints in the light of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, theme of pilgrimage to Wu Feng Qi Marian Shrine organised by Catholic Hua Kuang Social Welfare Foundation Tai Pei (Fides Service) - To thank God for the fruits granted to the Catholic Hua Kuang Social Welfare Foundation; pray for the future of the Foundation and its members; renew commitment of service; commemorate God’s L ...
• 25 April 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Building a frontier of communion and peace as a place of encounter rather than division: Bishops of Colombia and Ecuador Villagarzón (Fides Service) - “We confirm our commitment to finding solutions to complex situations in border areas between Colombia and Ecuador” say the Bishops of frontier zone dioceses of Colombia and Ecuador in ...
• 25 April 2006
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Jesuit Refugee Service concerned for women forced into prostitution because of cuts in international funds for refugee camps Conakry (Fides Service)- The Jesuit Refugee Service in Guinea reports that cuts in funding to Liberian refugees has led many young women to turn to prostitution to pay for school fees. At the end of the school year 200 ...
• 25 April 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Two new churches dedicated to Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta New Delhi (Fides Service) - The charisma of Mother Teresa of Calcutta continues to live and bear fruits of love and service in India, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India said when it announced the dedication of t ...
• 25 April 2006
  AFRICA/REUNION - 204,000 people about one third of the population affected by chikungunya virus “bending disease” which strikes like dengue Moroni (Fides Service) - In the French island of Reunion, near Madagascar, already 5,049 cases of chikungunya have been registered in a serious outbreak of the virus which started in March 2005. According to the World H ...
• 24 April 2006
  VATICAN- Pope Benedict XVI recalls “the mystery of the loving mercy of God ” the centre of the Pontificate of John Paul II: “Divine Mercy is no secondary devotion, it is an integral dimension of Christian faith and prayer ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The apparitions of the Risen Jesus to the disciples and devotion to Divine Mercy central to the Pontificate of Pope John Paul II were the themes illustrated by the Holy Father Benedict XVI ...
• 24 April 2006
  AFRICA/REPUBLIC OF CONGO - The Bishop of Ouesso resigns Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 22 April 2006 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Ouesso (Republic of Congo), presented by Bishop Hervé Itoua, in co ...
• 24 April 2006
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Okigwe resigns and is succeeded Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 22 April 2006, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Okigwe (Nigeria), presented by Bishop. Anthony Ekezia Ilonu, in c ...
• 24 April 2006
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Mbulu Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 22 April 2006, appointed Bishop of Mbulu (Tanzania) Rev. Fr. Beatus Kinyaiya, O.F.M. Cap., formerly Provincial Superior for Tanzania. The Bishop elec ...
• 24 April 2006
  AMERICA - Pope Benedict XVI convokes 5th CELAM Conference in Brazil 13 - 31 May 2007 Vatican City (Fides Service) -"The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, taking into consideration the wish expressed by CELAM and for the good of the Church in the countries of Latin America has formally convoked for 13 to 31 ...
• 24 April 2006
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Commission established for Catholic Education Kampala (Fides Service- With a colourful and participated ceremony on 22 April at Cardinal Nsubuga Leadership Training Centre, the Church in Uganda established its own Commission for Catholic Education. Archbishop Paul B ...
• 24 April 2006
  ASIA/TURKEY - Living the fruits of Easter 2006 among Muslims and Jews: experience of the Franciscan Fraternity in Istanbul Istanbul (Fides Service) - “The joy of Easter floods human history with light. This certainty is announced wherever there are Christians. In our situation as a Christian minority in Turkey this joy is very special: th ...
• 24 April 2006
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Programme completed: 314,000 internally displaced Liberians return home Monrovia (Fides Service)- The UN High Commission for Refugees UNHCR operation to help about 314,000 internally displaced Liberians return to their districts of origin was completed last week. During civil war in Liberia ...
• 21 April 2006
  EUROPE - April 22 Triple Jubilee for the Society of Jesus all over the world celebrates, In St Peter’s meeting with the Pope Rome (Fides Service) - Saturday 22 April feast of the Virgin Mother of the Society of Jesus is the day chosen by Prepositor General Fr. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach for the celebration of a Triple Jubilee of the first three com ...
• 21 April 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Opening tomorrow in Rimini 29th National Meeting of Renewal in the Spirit: expected 20,000 participants from 1,900 groups from Italy and other countries Rimini (Fides Service) - Tomorrow 22 April at the Fiera di Rimini there will be the opening of the 29th National Meeting of Renewal in the Spirit on the theme: “You are the people God has won for himself to proclaim Hi ...