News

• 16 January 2006
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Once again this year Germany’s Holy Childhood Sternsingers win ‘donation seal’ for responsible donation management issued by German Central Institute for Social Issues Aachen (Fides Service) - For accurate and responsible management of donations received, once again this year the Holy Childhood initiative Sternsingers (Star Singers) campaign has won the ‘donation seal’ given by the ...
• 16 January 2006
  VATICAN - “Christ is the same, yesterday, today and always, but we, the world and history, are never the same and He comes to give us his communion and the fullness of life”: seek Christ and find him says Pope Benedict XVI at Sunday’s midday Angelus prayer Vatican City (Fides Service) - In his reflection before the midday Angelus prayer on Sunday 15 January Pope Benedict XVI dwelt on two verbs of ‘special significance’ “seeking” and “finding” taken from the Su ...
• 16 January 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A year of important anniversaries for the Missionaries of Guadalupe: 50th anniversary for Minor Missions Seminary, Centenary of the birth of Bishop Escalante, 50 years of mission in Japan and 25 year of mission in Angola Guadalajara (Fides Service) - With a solemn Mass on 11 January to mark the 50th anniversary of their Minor Seminary for Missions in Guadalajara, the Missionaries of Guadalupe started a year rich in important anniversari ...
• 16 January 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Kiayi Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 16 January 2006 appointed Bishop of Kiayi (Taiwan) Rev. Fr. John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D., until now headmaster of Kiayi Catholic School and Professor ...
• 16 January 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - Official Catholic/WCC booklet 'Resources for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity' circulated in English and Kiswahili: “follow ecumenism principles in all activities” Nairobi (Fides Service) - Christians of different confessions in Kenya have planned various initiatives for the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18-25 January) with the theme this year “When two or three are ...
• 16 January 2006
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Agreement for the repatriation of Sudanese refugees from Kenya. “We welcome such agreements but these returnees need infrastructures. In much of the area the only schools and medical centres are those opened and run by Catholics” say missionaries in Sudan Khartoum (Fides Service)- “The situation of Sudanese refugees who return to southern Sudan is still very precarious and it is too early to express an opinion with regard to agreements with hosting countries for their r ...
• 16 January 2006
  ASIA/TURKEY - Ecumenism makes progress and hope grows for a visit by Pope Benedict XVI Istanbul (Fides Service) - “Ecumenism is making progress in Turkey and we hope this will continue and grow”, said Franciscan Friar Ruben Tierrablanca OFM., Superior of the International Francsican Fraternity opened l ...
• 16 January 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Ignatian Spirituality Centres in Australia share web site Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Ignatian spirituality is spreading on the Newest of the continents thanks to Spirituality Centres, Spiritual Exercises, Days of Reflection and now also via the Internet. A new web site dedicated ...
• 16 January 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Taiwan Regional Bishops’ Conference issues Pastoral Letter 2006: The Eucharist, source and summit of the life and mission of every Catholic parish and association Taipei (Fides Service) - “The Eucharist, source and summit of the life and mission of every Catholic parish and association is the title of a Pastoral Letter issued by the Taiwan Regional Bishops’ Conference. Accordi ...
• 16 January 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Evangelising with cinema: 15 million people frequent 13,000 cinemas every week New Delhi (Fides Service) - The new frontiers of world cinema include Bollywood Film Studios where Indian films and films of other Asian countries are made. Cinema, an important media of our day, can also be a path for e ...
• 16 January 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Kinshasa Diocesan Congress on the theme Living Basic Ecclesial Communities CEVB Kinshasa (Fides Service) - ‘CEVB foundation of the Church-Family-of-God’ is the theme of the first session 17-20 January of a Diocesan Congress on Living Ecclesial Communities CEVB organised by the archdiocese of Kin ...
• 13 January 2006
  VATICAN - Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: St Paul’s Basilica to hold special daily Vespers at tomb of the Apostle, Pope Benedict XVI present for closing solemn Vespers Vatican City (Fides Service) - This year the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 18 to 25 January, theme “Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am with them” (Mt 18,18-20), will be celebrated with speci ...
• 13 January 2006
  VATICAN - Spirituality of Communion theme of annual retreat for priest-students at Pontifical College San Paolo in Rome Vatican City (Fides Service) - Spirituality of Communion was the theme of the annual retreat organised 2-6 January for priest-students from mission territories residing for the academic year 2005-2006 at the Pontifical ...
• 13 January 2006
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Confirmed National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies (Propagation of the Faith, St Peter Apostle, Pontifical Mission Union) Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 20 December 2005 confirmed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Propagation of t ...
• 13 January 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Laity must be more active in the Church, in civil society and in politics for the common good: Salta Diocesan Lay Congress issues guidelines Salta (Fides Service) - Guidelines for lay participation the Church, in civil society and politics were contained in conclusions issued following a Laity Congress organised by the archdiocese of Salta in Argentina 12-13 ...