News

• 16 March 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “We must reawaken interest for Jesus Christ and his Gospel, we must start again from Christ” say participants at 1st Meeting for Church Movements and new Communities in a letter to Pope Benedict XVI Bogota (Fides Service) - Some 122 leaders of 45 Church Movements and new Communities from 23 different countries in Latin America, 32 bishops, the presidency of CELAM (Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences) an ...
• 16 March 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Come and protect the life of the unborn child”: slogan of pro-life pilgrimage scheduled for 2 April in Bogota Bogota (Fides Service) - To assume commitment to protect human life and work tirelessly to guarantee every human person including the unborn child the right to life and a dignified life a pro life pilgrimage has been org ...
• 16 March 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Fides Service) - Culture and Inter-religious Dialogue. Some see the arrival of Muslims in Europe as a ‘sign of the times’; it could be in the framework of a vast migratory movement of non Christians who ...
• 16 March 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Interview with Fr Justo Lacunza-Balda, rector of the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, moderator at “2nd International Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace” in Seville Rome (Fides Service) - The 2nd International Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace will be held in Spain in Seville 19 - 22 March. The Meeting is organised by the Hommes du Parole Foundation which aims to use human spe ...
• 16 March 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Forming pastoral workers in theology, pastoral, anthropology and culture from the point of view of mission” - 24th anniversary of Missiology Course promoted by the Pontifical Mission Societies Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - The South Horn Missology Course organised by the Pontifical Mission Societies in Argentina marks its 24 anniversary this year. It aims is to “Form pastoral workers in theology, pastoral ...
• 16 March 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Profound educational significance of Lenten charity: joint open letter from Caritas and Bishops’ Commission for Social Development Taipei (Fides Service) - The Taiwan Bishops’ Commission for Social Development and Caritas issued a joint open letter for Lent calling Catholics to exercise charity. “During Lent the faithful should be encouraged to ...
• 16 March 2006
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Archdiocese Singapore to open new Divine Mercy parish Singapore (Fides Service) - Catholics in the tiny city-state of Singapore (166,000 in a population of 4.5 million) are celebrating the news that a new parish will be opened and it will be dedicated to Divine Mercy. The t ...
• 16 March 2006
  ASIA/NEPAL - Peace ever more urgent for people ever more impoverished: Catholics help refugee families Kathmandu (Fides Service) - “We need lasting peace. We continue to shelter homeless impoverished families in our churches, pastoral centres and schools. We are concerned for the people in the grip of poverty. We suf ...
• 16 March 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Migration in southern Asia : a challenge for society and for the Church Bangalore (Fides Service) - Migration, globalisation, human rights, security and poverty were the main issues discussed at a recent seminar in Bangalore organised by the Indian Social Institute and local branch of the Je ...
• 16 March 2006
  AFRICA/CHAD - Internal strife in the president’s clan and external influence at the origin of coup attempt N’Djamena (Fides Service)- “The situation is calm, traffic is normal and people have gone to work as usual today. But the apparent calm hides deep concern for the future” say local Church sources in N’Djamena, ca ...
• 16 March 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Now also in Italy Semper Altius Foundation: charity which transforms, for formation, education and development among the poorest of the poor Rome (Fides Service) - Semper Altius Foundation started by the Legionaries of Christ has begun to operate also in Italy. Its mission is to transform the life of the poor with a service of education, healthcare and develo ...
• 16 March 2006
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Political and institutional crisis ever more complicated involving Constitutional Court Lilongwe (Fides)- “The last move in the battle between the president and vice president might appear ridiculous but it is true ” said a missionary who has worked for years in Malawi, a country suffering from months o ...
• 15 March 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. “A place for liturgy” Vatican City (Fides Service) - When Jesus asked his disciples to prepare for the last paschal supper he said: he [a man] will show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Make the preparations for us there.” (Mk 14 ...
• 15 March 2006
  VATICAN - “Being missionaries today”: interview with Cardinal Joachim Meisner Vatican City (Fides Service) - German Cardinal Joachim Meisner Archbishop of Koln was one of the speakers at a recent International Convention to mark the 40th anniversary of Vatican II’s Ad Gentes decree on missionary ...
• 15 March 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI begins new cycle of catechesis dedicated to the mystery of the relationship between Christ and the Church: the light of the face of Christ is reflected in the face of the Church “despite the limits and shadows of our fragile and sinful humanity” Vatican City (Fides Service) - In today's general audience, held in St. Peter's Square in the presence of 30,000 people, Benedict XVI began a new cycle of catechesis dedicated to the mystery of the relationship between C ...