News

• 3 February 2006
  VATICAN - Day of Consecrated Life: Pope Benedict XVI encourages men and women religious “like lighted candles, irradiate always and everywhere the love of Christ, light of the world ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - In his homily during 5.30pm evening Mass in St Peter’s on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord at the Temple, February 2, also known as Candlemass, and celebrated by the Church as th ...
• 3 February 2006
  VATICAN - Pontifical Academy for Life: International Congress on “The Human Embryo before Implantation” 27 and 28 February followed by 12 general assembly Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Human Embryo before Implantation” is the theme of an international congress to be held in the Vatican 27 and 28 February 2006 at the New Synod Hall, organised by the Pontifical A ...
• 3 February 2006
  AMERICA/CHILE - Lenten Fraternity Campaign 2006 in aid of 200,000 children in Chile under six living in conditions of vulnerability and social risk Santiago (Fides Service) - “Don’t shut us out” is the slogan of the annual Lenten Fraternity Campaign promoted by the Catholic Church in Chile which this year 2006 will be in aid of children violated in their right ...
• 3 February 2006
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bolivian Bishops call for solidarity with victims of natural disaster: “No Bolivian can be indifferent in the face of so much suffering and desperation” La Paz (Fides Service) - “In various regions of our country the people are living the negative effects of nature: overflowing rivers, loss of life, harvests, animals, spreading disease, lack of food and medicine, the m ...
• 3 February 2006
  ASIA/KOREA - The Pope appoints Coadjutor Archbishop of Daegu Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 3 February 2006, appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Daegu, Mgr. John Choi Young-soo, until now titular Bishop of Sitifi and auxiliary of the same archdi ...
• 3 February 2006
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - New national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 5 January 2006 appointed national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Honduras for a f ...
• 3 February 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Divine Word missionaries inaugurate new religious province in north east India New Delhi (Fides Service) - The Society of the Divine Word has instituted a new religious province in north east India which covers the states of Arnachal Pradesh, Assam and Tripura. The official inauguration took place ...
• 2 February 2006
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Catholic Bishops (South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland) united in the Bishops Conference of Southern Africa have issued 4 statements on the urgency to restore hope to the people, give more value to the role of teachers, firmly oppose ‘marriage’ of persons of the same sex and condemn trafficking of sex slaves Pretoria (Fides Service) - Political and social situation; trafficking of women and children; valorisation of role of teachers; same sex “marriage” were four questions discussed in separate statements issued at the e ...
• 2 February 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 5th World Meeting of Families in July 2006 in Valencia: official prayer and prayer intentions Valencia (Fides Service) - The official prayer in view of the 5th World Meeting of Families WMF in July 2006 in Valencia can be seen at http://www.wmf2006.org. The prayer was composed by the Spanish Bishops’ commission ...
• 2 February 2006
  AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - Cautious optimism after mission sent by South African president Thabo Mbeki Abidjan (Fides Service) - “We are moderately optimistic” say local observers in Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire with regard to the outcome of a mission to the west African country concluded yesterday ...
• 2 February 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Come and See” workshop to help lay Catholics to take a more active part in the life of the Church Hong Kong (Fides Service) - “Come and See” was the invitation made to Catholics in Hong Kong diocese by Italian PIME missionary Fr Giovanni Giampietro in view of a workshop aimed at helping the laity take a more acti ...
• 2 February 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Belgaum Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 2 February 2006, appointed Bishop of Belgaum (India) Rev. Peter Machado, of the clergy of Karwar, until now parish priest at Kone. The new Bishop was ...
• 2 February 2006
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - “Religious life today: our spiritual life and the challenges facing Europe” theme of next general assembly in Fatima of the Union of European Conferences of Major Religious Superiors representing Europe’s 400,000 men and women Catholic Religious Fatima (Fides Service) - “Religious life today: our spiritual life and the challenges facing Europe today” is the theme of next general assembly of the Union of European Conferences of Major Religious Superiors UCESM ...
• 2 February 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - The Church in Peru gives children in need a home and loving care in Catholic homes, medical centres and feeding centres Lima (Fides Service) - The Church in Peru gives children in need a home and loving care in Catholic homes, medical centres and feeding centres all over the country says Bishop Adriano Tomasi, auxiliary of Lima. There are ...
• 2 February 2006
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Seminar on the Church, the media and announcing the Gospel Port Moresby (Fides Service) - The Church lives her mission also in the media, a world in which lay Catholics are called to render present the message of God. In Papua New Guinea the local Church is determined to intensi ...