News

• 21 April 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA -President of Kenya announces national day of inter-religious prayer Nairobi (Fides Service) - The President of Kenya Mwai Kibaki announced a national day of inter-religious prayer for today 21 April to commemorate the victims of the air crash last week (see Fides 12 April 2006). On 10 Ap ...
• 21 April 2006
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Also in Burkina Faso the Lord is Risen! During the Easter Vigil 470 catechumens receive the Sacraments of Christian Initiation Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - Yes the Lord is truly risen also for the patients at Camillian Homes which care for the poor, the abandoned, the terminally ill and even people abandoned by their own family. The Lord is r ...
• 21 April 2006
  ASIA/NEPAL - Hospitals in Nepal overflowing with the wounded in need of blood transfusions, medicines etc. Abuse and discrimination of women continues. Kathmandu (Fides Service) - For centuries women in Nepal have been victims of a rigid social system of castes and classes which still exists in rural areas and villages. In 1992 on 8 March to stop sexual abuse of women ...
• 20 April 2006
  VATICAN - ‘Easter is the heart of our faith and it is on this announcement that the Church is founded and grows’ Pope Benedict XVI said during the general audience asking Catholics to pray that “God may help me be a meek and firm shepherd for His Church.” An appeal for the Middle East Vatican City (Fides Service) - “At the beginning of the general audience today in this joyous spirit of Easter, together with you I wish to thank the Lord who called me exactly one year ago to serve the Church as the S ...
• 20 April 2006
  VATICAN - Philatelic and Numismatic Initiatives to mark the 5th centenary of St Peter’s Basilica Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cultural activities to mark the 5th centenary of St Peter’s Basilica were presented at a press conference at the Holy See Press Office this morning. Bishop Vittorio Lanzani, delegate of t ...
• 20 April 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Nicola Bux and don Salvatore Vitello - “Unity” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Unity”. Reflection on God “One” and “Only One” leads us to dwell on the value and interpretation of the term unity and its proper use in the different ecclesial environments. F ...
• 20 April 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Go out to the whole world": reflecting on missionary vocation looking at St Francis Xavier: 3rd Missionary Youth Meeting organised by the Pontifical Mission Societies Javier (Fides Service) - “Go out to the whole world” is the theme of the 3rd national Missionary Youth Meeting organised in Spain by the Pontifical Mission Societies 21 - 23 April. This year the event will be held in ...
• 20 April 2006
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Young Christians in Bethlehem meet Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Bethlehem (Fides Service)- Recently in Bethlehem there was a meeting between His Beatitude Michel Sabbah, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem and young Palestinian Christians. The meeting organised by JUTHOURUNA Forum Bethlehem ...
• 20 April 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics live Easter according to tradition with a profound spiritual sense and a new initiative: the tree of faith Rome (Fides Service) - Chinese Catholics united with the universal Church lived an Easter impregnated with profound spirituality according to tradition, with new initiative to help the newly baptised recall the most impo ...
• 20 April 2006
  AFRICA/CHAD - Tension in Chad still high: fear for presidential elections in May N’Djamena (Fides Service)- “Despite the present situation of calm, civilians fear fighting may start again at any time” say local Church sources in N’Djamena capital of Chad. On 13 April in N'Djamena and in Adré ...
• 20 April 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Catechesis, as a privileged means of handing on the faith, concerns everyone”: Bishop of Merlo-Moreno issues pastoral letter in preparation for 1st Diocesan Meeting on Catechesis Merlo-Moreno (Fides Service) - Bishop Fernando María Bargalló of Merlo Moreno diocese in Argentina issued a pastoral letter in view of the 1st Diocesan Meeting on Catechesis for which the diocese has prepared over the ...
• 20 April 2006
  ASIA/THAILAND - Children at Rayong Camillian Center take part in original and moving Stations of the Cross Rayong (Fides Service) - On the main road from Bangkok to the border with Cambodia along the east coast Rayong city is at the heart of one of the main development poles of Thailand. A few kilometres from a popular touris ...
• 20 April 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - One thousand priests, deacons, seminarians from all over the world discuss challenges and opportunities in the life and mission of the priest Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) - About one thousand priests, deacons and seminarians, mainly Catholics but also of other Christian denominations have come to Italy from 50 countries including India, Thailand, South Afri ...
• 20 April 2006
  AFRICA/TOGO - Great Celebrations for diocesan World Youth Day in Lome archdiocese Lome (Fides Service)- Over 8,000 priests, religious and lay people took part in celebrations for diocesan World Youth Day in the archdiocese of Lome capital of Togo, held for the first time at Tsévié, 8 and 9 April. ...
• 20 April 2006
  AFRICA - First meeting of directors of Catholic cultural centres in Africa Vatican City (Fides Service) - The first meeting for directors of Catholic Cultural centres in Africa is taking place in Lusaka, Zambia 18- 22 April. Thirty four directors from different parts of Africa are reflecting on ...