News

• 30 January 2006
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the midday Angelus prayer recalls “the importance of consecrated life as expression and school of charity” and on World Leprosy Day he encourages “missionaries, healthcare workers and volunteers working on this frontier of service to humanity” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The importance of consecrated life “expression and school of charity” was the principle theme of Pope Benedict XVI’s reflection before the recitation of the midday Angelus prayer on S ...
• 30 January 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - New look and new contents for Holy Childhood Society Italian branch monthly magazine Il Ponte d’Oro Rome (Fides Service) - The January issue of “Il ponte d’oro” (the golden bridge) the monthly magazine issued by the Pontifical Holy Childhood Society has a new look and new contents. Interesting features include � ...
• 30 January 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - School on Wheels Goa village education project sponsored by government and Don Bosco Salesians New Delhi (Fides) - Take education to children in villages where there are no schools and the illiteracy rate is very high: this is the objective of a project launched in the western Indian state of Goa by a community of ...
• 30 January 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - 1st meeting for Church Movements and New Communities in Latin America in preparation for 5th CELAM Conference in May 2007 Bogota (Fides Service) - ‘Disciples and Missionaries Today’ is the theme of the 1st meeting for Church Movements and New Communities in Latin America to be held from 9 to 12 March in Bogota (Colombia) in preparation ...
• 30 January 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic community in Rome celebrates Lunar New Year: commemoration of ancestors and Holy Mass presided by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Rome (Fides Service) - A message of joy and a commitment to witness to the light of Christ all through the new year in small daily gestures, were the main motives of the Lunar New Year celebrations organised by the Chine ...
• 30 January 2006
  AFRICA/CHAD - Chad land of refugees: first refugees from Darfur, now women and children refugees from Central African Republic N’Djamena (Fides Service)- Since the end of December 2005 about 1,000 refugees from the Central African Republic CAR, mostly women and children reached southern Chad fleeing what they described as rebel attacks in the ...
• 30 January 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “We can be more and better present among our people, Good Shepherds as the Church and the world expects” says Vice president of the Congolese Bishops’ Conference at Mass at the Tomb of St Peter Rome (Fides Service)- On Friday 27 January at the end of their ad limina visit to Rome a group of Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo, celebrated Mass at the Tomb of St Peter before returning to their country and ...
• 28 January 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - The Pope appoints new bishop of Gumla Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 28 January 2006 appointed Bishop of Gumla (India) Rev. Mgr Paul Alois Lakra, until now diocesan administrator of the same diocese. The new Bishop Paul ...
• 28 January 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The local Church is committed to finding new ways of assisting emigrants with responses of charity and evangelisation: 3rd national congress on “Migration, Multicultural societies and Pastoral of Culture, Conclusions Mexico City (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Mexico have stressed the need to create more awareness among political, social and church workers in view of a better and fairer response to the phenomenon of migrati ...
• 28 January 2006
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Towards the 50th anniversary of the Fidei Donum Encyclical: 30 January to 3 February meeting for Italian Fidei Donum priests in Latin America Salvador de Bahia (Fides Service) - As part of initiatives to mark the 50th anniversary of the Encylical Fidei Donum published by Pope Pius XII, (21 April 1957), in which the Pope urged Bishops of older dioceses to send ...
• 28 January 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict receives Bishops of Congo Kinshasa: “Church of God in the Democratic Republic of Congo, never lose the joy of believing and sharing the Gospel of Christ our Saviour! Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday 27 January Pope Benedict XVI received a group of Catholic Bishops from Democratic Congo. In his address the Pope said “In recent years your country has experienced bloody confli ...
• 28 January 2006
  AFRICA/ DR CONGO - “Integral and ongoing formation of all Catholics and the example of a life of holiness are the best ways to meet the challenge of evangelisation” says Bishop Tshishiku Vice president of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Congo Kinshasa Rome (Fides Service)- “Ongoing formation of clergy, religious and laity is the main road for the Church in Congo to face present-day challenges” says Bishop Tharcisse Tshibangu Tshishiku of Mbujmayi Vice president of ...
• 27 January 2006
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “Towards integral humanism of solidarity”: 6th National Laity Congress aims to help lay Catholics assume Christian attitudes and propose Christian solutions Caracas (Fides Service) - “Towards integral humanism of solidarity” is the title of the 6th National Laity Congress to be held 9 to 12 February at the UTAL building in S. Antonio de Los Altos. The aim of the congre ...
• 27 January 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Tai Yuan archdiocese closes Cathedral centenary celebrations with solemn Mass Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - The archdiocese of Tai Yuan, Tai Yuan is the main city in the Shan Xi province of China, closed the year 2005 thanking God for abundant fruits of evangelisation and the centenary of the consecr ...
• 27 January 2006
  The Pope’s Missionary Prayer Intention for February 2006: For lay Catholics in mission lands: may they serve their country with ever greater commitment in every field including politics and social assistance Comment by Archbishop Nicholas Cheong Jinsuk Archbishop of Seoul Rome ( Fides Service ) - The Church in mission lands is faced with a double challenge, namely to proclaim the Gospel to over two thirds of the world' s six billion people who live without yet knowing or recognising Jesus ...