News

• 5 April 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - A group of Beijing priests celebrates tenth anniversary of ordination and ministry mainly in evangelisation in rural communities Beijing (Fides Service) - “Ten years of priesthood have been long journey amidst many difficulties, temptations and challenges. But they have also been ten years of giving thanks to the Lord for choosing me and helping ...
• 5 April 2006
  AMERICA/CHILE - “Religious life was born in the Church as a prophetic reminder that our home is not the earth, we are on a pilgrimage towards a new earth and new heavens": Final message of national meeting of conference of major superiors Santiago (Fides Service) - A final message issued at the end of the 37th National Meeting of the Conference of Major Superiors of Chile CONFERRE said the present situation represents a challenge for the religious life. A ...
• 4 April 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - Ayacucho archdiocese launches “Great Mission” in view of Jubilee year 2009 to mark 400 years of foundation Ayacucho (Fides Service) - To prepare to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the foundation of Ayacucho ecclesastical circumscription (20 July 1609) with a Jubilee year in 2009 the archdiocese of Ayacucho has called a “ ...
• 4 April 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - In Holy Week two thousand young people will take part in missions of evangelisation and human promotion Yucatan (Fides Service) - About 2,000 young people members of 130 groups of apostolate are preparing for a mission of evangelisation and human promotion in villages in the Mexican state of Yucatan, known as “Diocesan H ...
• 4 April 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Pastoral Office in Geng Xin Catholic Hospital prepares minds and hearts of catechumens to receive the Sacraments of Christian initiation Taipei (Fides Service) - “Prepare minds and hearts to live Lent well and receive the sacraments of Christian initiation at Easter the pastoral office of Geng Xin Catholic Hospital in Taiwan organised a retreat for cat ...
• 4 April 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Tamil Nadu state honours John Paul II with a statue Chennai (Agenzia Fides) -Chennai city in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has chosen to honour the memory of Pope John Paul II on the first anniversary of his death erecting a bronze statue of the Pontiff in the c ...
• 4 April 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI’s homily during Mass on the first anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II: “We hear resounding in our soul his repeated calls to advance without fear along the path of fidelity to the Gospel as heralds and witnesses of Christ in the third millennium” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “This evening our thoughts look back with emotion to the moment of the death of our beloved Pope but at the same time our heart is somehow impelled to look forward. We hear resounding in ...
• 4 April 2006
  VATICAN - “Faced with political or ethnic tensions, bishops, priests and consecrated persons must be for all examples of brotherhood and charity to help build a united and reconciled society”: Pope Benedict XVI tells Bishops of Côte d'Ivoire Vatican City (Fides Service) - The responsibility of Catholics to help build a nation and a world at peace and reconciled was one of the principal matters treated by Pope Benedict XVI in his address to Bishops from Côte ...
• 4 April 2006
  VATICAN - Planning and building God’s house. Contribution by Bishop Mauro Piacenza, President of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church. “The Lecturn” Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the liturgical space of the sanctuary each piece of furniture is actually a “place” of encounter between God and his people. This is what Sacrosanctum Concilium says at paragraph. 7 ...
• 4 April 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “The World Meeting for Families will be a unique opportunity to rediscover and proclaim the beauty of the vocation to marriage”: Spanish Bishops issue message in view of 5th World Meeting for Families Madrid (Fides Service) - “We warmly encourage you to take part in the 5th World Meeting for Families in Valencia 1 to 9 July. Jesus Christ will be present through the working of the Holy Spirit to strengthen and fort ...
• 4 April 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - Augustinians in Kenya: a constantly growing young reality Nairobi (Fides Service)- 11 students in 1997, 20 in 2000, 30 in 2005. This is the progression of Augustinian vocations in Kenya where Augustinians have been only been present for about a decade. In 1995 the then vice pro ...
• 4 April 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - World Youth Day in Sydney 2008 an injection of spiritual values for young Australians, a remedy for data emerging from survey among young people Canberra (Fides Service) - The family still has decisive influence on the religion of young people but widespread relativism robs them of sound moral and spiritual reference points according to a survey by the Christian ...
• 4 April 2006
  ASIA/THAILAND - Elections marked by abstention while popular protest continues. Religious leaders call for national unity to avoid political chaos Bangkok (Fides Service) - Out-going premier Thaksin Shinawatra wins the elections but the opposition continues to call for his resignation. In a divided country on the edge of social, economic and political crisis religi ...
• 3 April 2006
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The Pope accepts resignation of Bishop of Diébougou and appoints Successor Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 3 April 2006, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Diébougou (Burkina Faso), presented by Bishop Jean-Baptiste Som ...
• 3 April 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “A thrilling dream forty years old”: Study Seminar on the impact of the Second Vatican Council on the life of the Church to help young Catholics deepen their faith Hong Kong (Fides Service) - “A thrilling dream forty years old - the transformation of the Church brought by Vatican II” was the theme of a study seminar organised by the Catholic Students Association of the Catholic ...