News

• 1 April 2006
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - For the first time S. Egidio Community’s annual International Meeting of People and Religions will be held in the United States 26 and 27 April in Washington Rome (Fides Service) - In October 1986 Pope John Paul II convoked in Assisi a World Day of Prayer for Peace, an unprecedented historic event which saw representatives of the world’s great religions gathered around the ...
• 1 April 2006
  EUROPE/LUXEMBOURG - Holy Childhood European Conference “Children of Abraham-Inter-religious Dialogue” Luxembourg (Fides Service) - “Children of Abraham-Inter-religious Dialogue” was the timely topic discussed at a Holy Childhood European Conference (CEME) held from 26 to 29 March 2006 in Luxembourg. The meeting was ...
• 1 April 2006
  VATICAN - “Man cannot fully understand himself without God. This is why the religious dimension of human life cannot be overlooked as we undertake to build the Europe of the third millennium.”: the Pope addresses participants at Seminar organised by the Congregation for Catholic Education Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning Pope Benedict XVI received in a special audience in the Sala Clementina in the Vatican, participants from fifty different countries at a Seminar organised by the Congregation f ...
• 1 April 2006
  AMERICA/CHILE - Prayer vigils and masses all over the country to celebrate the legacy of John Paul II ; new edition of “He stays with us” book on the Pope’s visit to Chile in 1987 Santiago de Chile (Fides Service) - Catholics all over Chile will remember Pope John Paul II with prayer vigils and masses on the first anniversary of his passing to the Home of the Father. On Sunday 2 April Cardinal Fra ...
• 1 April 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexican Bishops statement a year from the death of Pope John Paul II: “His greatness was the fruit of his profound unity with Christ”: prayers and masses at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe Mexico City (Fides Service) - “We are filled with the treasure of grace of John Paul II who from his very first visit to our country triggered a process of pastoral dynamism which has fortified us enormously” the Bi ...
• 1 April 2006
  ASIA/INDONESIA - On mission in the rain forests of Papua: an Augustinian shares his experience Jayapura (Fides Service) - Hectares of rain forest, thick vegetation at times inaccessible, with sporadic human settlements of native tribes: in this scenario works Indian, Augustinian father Cornelis Bame in the diocese ...
• 31 March 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Over 700 people at Holy Saviour parish in Beijing daily Lenten retreat live this important Christian Season and commemorate Pope John Paul II Beijing (Fides Service) - Rosary and meditations led by priests who studied abroad in the morning and Rosary and Stations of the Cross in the afternoon: this is the programme of a 3 day retreat at Holy Saviour parish in ...
• 31 March 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - Solemn Mass in Lima and in dioceses all over Peru on 1st anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II Lima (Fides Service) - Catholics in the Peruvian capital have been invited to take part a special Mass of thanksgiving for the life of Pope John Paul II in Lima cathedral on Sunday 2 April at 11 am in memory of the ‘pi ...
• 31 March 2006
  VATICAN - “Christ the High Priest in his concern for the Church calls individuals to care for his people in every generation; in particular he calls to the priestly ministry men who exercise a paternal function which has its source in the paternity of God”: Pope Benedict XVI’s Message for Vocations Day Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The celebration of the next World Day of Prayer for Vocations gives me an opportunity to encourage the People of God to reflect on the theme of Vocations in the mystery of the Church” ...
• 31 March 2006
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Profound sadness for the murder of Italian missionary Mgr. Bruno Baldacci Vitória da Conquista (Fides Service) - The lifeless body of Bruno Baldacci, an Italian priest from the diocese of Las Spezia, was found on 30 March in the priest’s room at the parish of Nossa Senhora das Candeias of w ...
• 31 March 2006
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Gratitude of the Archdiocese of Rabat to the Church in Benin in the words of Archbishop Landel Rabat (Fides Service)- “The archdiocese of Rabat owes a debt of gratitude to the Church in Benin” writes Archbishop Vincent Landel of the diocese of Rabat, capital of Morocco in the diocesan bulletin Ensemble at the ...
• 31 March 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Kinshasa archdiocese holds triduum to commemorate John Paul II Rome (Fides Service) - A triduum in memory of John Paul II. This is how the archdiocese of Kinshasa, capital Democratic Republic of Congo intends to commemorate Pope John Paul II on the first anniversary of his death. T ...
• 31 March 2006
  ASIA - Combining rapid economic growth with the fight against poverty: a challenge for the Asian continent Singapore (Fides Service) - Asia will be the planet’s economic locomotive. Economic growth in Asian countries is constant and international trade is increasing. Since 2003 inter-Asian has doubled and trade with Europe ...
• 31 March 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops’ statement on USA/Mexico Migratory Agreement: “We join the Bishops of the United States in calling for a reform which is just and reasonable, does not exclude anyone and always recognises that these are laws which strike human beings” Mexico City (Fides Service) - “We join the Bishops of the United States in calling for a reform which is just and reasonable, does not exclude anyone and always recognises that these are laws which strike human beings� ...
• 31 March 2006
  EUROPA/RUSSIA - Every year in Russia 26,000 people die of TB Rome (Fides Service) - Every year in Russia 26,000 people die of TB and 110,000 new cases are registered. Russia is 12th on the list of the world’s 22 countries with high infection levels. The most affected are India, ...