News

• 2 February 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Commenting attack on Catholic Bishop of Vasai, Cardinal Ivan Dias says: “It was an act of barbarism”. Reaction among local Catholics New Delhi (Fides Service) - More attacks on India’s Christians have been condemned by many leading members of the local Catholic Church. On 29 January Hindu extremists threw stones at the Catholic Bishop of Vasai, Bish ...
• 1 February 2006
  VATICAN - “We are not at the mercy of dark forces, nor are we alone with our freedom; rather we are entrusted to the action of the powerful and loving Lord”: the pope says a Pope Benedict’s weekly audience Vatican City (Fides Service) - In his teaching at the general audience in the Paul VI Hall this morning the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI reflected on Psalm 144 (Vespers Friday week 4) in which, he said, the Lord is exa ...
• 1 February 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI issues Message for Lent on the theme of development: “In the face of the terrible challenge of poverty afflicting so much of the world’s population, indifference and self-centred isolation stand in stark contrast to the “gaze” of Christ.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Jesus, at the sight of the crowds, was moved with pity” (Mt 9:36) is the theme of Pope Benedict XVI’s first message for Lent in which he focuses on the question of development. Here ...
• 1 February 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - The Pope creates dioceses of Nongstoin and Jowai and appoints first Bishops Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, in 28 January 2006, created the dioceses of Nongstoin and Jowai (India) with territory taken from the Archdiocese of Shillong, making them suffragan of ...
• 1 February 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Jalpaiguri Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 31 January 2006, appointed Bishop of Jalpaiguri (India), Rev. Clement Tirkey, Vicar General of the diocese of Bagdogra. The new Bishop was born on 12 ...
• 1 February 2006
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Holy Childhood Day dedicated to the theme “You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church”, living Missionary Rosary re-launched as source of spiritual impulse Caracas (Fides Service) - “You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church” was the theme of national Holy Childhood Day in Venezuela celebrated on Sunday 29 January. Holy Childhood children from parishes and ...
• 1 February 2006
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarchs and Church leaders in Jerusalem issue statement after the Palestinian election Jerusalem (Fides Service) - Following the Palestinian election, the Patriarchs and leaders of the Churches in Jerusalem issued a common statement. See the message in English http://www.evangelizatio.org/portale/adgente ...
• 1 February 2006
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Diocese opens initial stage of beatification process for Tanzania’s first president Julius Nyerere Dar-es-Salaam (Fides Service) - The diocesan stage of the beatification process for Tanzian’s first president Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere was opened with a solemn Mass presided by Cardinal Polycarp Pengo Archbisho ...
• 31 January 2006
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Catholic Bishops of Guatemala confirm commitment to proclaim with courage the Gospel of Peace and preferential option for poor and excluded people: statement after recent plenary assembly Guatemala (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Guatemala have reconfirmed their commitment to shoulder the serious responsibility given to the Church by Jesus Christ to proclaim with courage and firmness the Gospel ...
• 31 January 2006
  AFRICA - Centenary celebrations for Sisters of St. Augustine who spread Catholic literature and make vestments Rome (Fides Service)- The Sisters of St Augustine who this year are celebrating 100 years since their foundtion this year have been present in Africa since 1960. In Burkina Faso the Sisters have a Catholic Book Shop and ...
• 31 January 2006
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - St Paul’s parish in Azam Basti celebrates Feast of the Apostle’s Conversion Islamabad (Fides Service) - There were great festitivites in the Catholic parish of St Paul in the small town of Azam Basti in Pakistan on 25 January, the feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul which coincides with the co ...
• 31 January 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “Lay Catholics must unite if they are to have an impact on the life of the country” say delegates at National Forum of Lay Catholics Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “To evangelise society the Church must act at the level of culture and at the level of the institutions. The actors in this field are the laity called to be ‘salt of the earth’ and ‘ligh ...
• 31 January 2006
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The country needs harmony and peace says Catholic Archbishop of Colombo on the eve of Independence Day Colombo (Fides Service) - In a message issued on the eve of National Independence Day in Sri Lanka where a situation of uncertainty and tension persists, the Catholic Archbishop of Colombo, Mgr Oswald Gomis, said: “A j ...
• 30 January 2006
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Religious intolerance in Pakistan: causes and remedies”: civil and religious leaders unite in common efforts for harmony and peace Lahore (Fides Service) - Religious intolerance in Pakistan is an evil to monitor and to eradicate according to civil and religious leaders who gathered for a recent seminar held in Lahore organised by the “Commission f ...
• 30 January 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Overseas Chinese communities celebrate Lunar new year, Chinese Catholics with a Christian spirit Beijing (Fides Service) - Lunar New Year this year 29 January in the western calendar, was celebrated in China and in overseas Chinese communities all over the world. Chinese communities in the United States, United King ...