News

• 10 January 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (MIC) institute a new Asian Province uniting communities in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan Hong Kong (Fides Service) - According to Hong Kong diocesan bulletin Kong Ko Bao the congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception MIC has united its communities in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan to fo ...
• 10 January 2006
  VATICAN - “The Church’s task is none other than to spread the message of Christ, who came, as Saint Paul writes in the Letter to the Ephesians, to proclaim peace to those who are far away and to those who are near”: The Pope’s address to the Diplomatic Corps Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Monday 9 January the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI granted the traditional New Year audience to the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See. In his address the Pope underlined the � ...
• 10 January 2006
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “Sudan is the country with the second highest number of refugees and displaced persons in the world” says Laura Boldrini of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees Rome (Fides Service)- “Sudan is the world’s second largest “producer” of refugees after Afghanistan” says Laura Boldrini, of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR. “At present there are over 7 ...
• 10 January 2006
  AMERICA/CHILE - “Here I am Lord for a holy Chile”: over two thousand students bear witness to the faith all over the country Santiago (Fides Service) - Some 2,084 students are taking part in a month long annual National Mission initiative, the third in the series. The mission lasts the whole month of January and is more intense from 2 to 12. T ...
• 10 January 2006
  "The 11th Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops ", Conference at the Lateran University Rome (Fides Service) - Tomorrow 11 January 2006, at the Lateran University there will be a conference organised by the Peruvian Embassy to the Holy See on the subject “The 11th Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishop ...
• 9 January 2006
  AFRICA/D.R.CONGO - Bishop of Luebo appointed Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 7 January 2006 appointed Bishop of Luebo (DR Congo) Rev. Pierre-Célestin Tshitoko Mamba of the clergy of Kananga, until now rector of the Inter-dio ...
• 9 January 2006
  AMERICA/CANADA - Bishop of Whitehorse appointed Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 5 January 2006 appointed Bishop of Whitehorse (Canada) Rev. Gary Gordon of the clergy of Vancouver, until now parish priest and the Archbishop’s deleg ...
• 9 January 2006
  VATICAN - May the feast of the Baptism of the Lord be an opportune occasion for Christians to rediscover with joy the beauty of their Baptism which, if lived with faith, is a reality always relevant: Pope Benedict XVI says at the Angelus prayer Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the Sunday on which the Church celebrates the feast of the Baptism of Jesus, at the end of the liturgical season of Christmas, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI called Christians to cont ...
• 9 January 2006
  VATICAN - Another name added to those of pastoral workers killed on mission in 2005 Vatican City (Fides Service) - The number of pastoral workers killed while on mission in 2005 has risen to 27. Another name must be added to the list of 26 issued by Fides on 30 December, that of a nun killed on December ...
• 9 January 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Legionaries of Christ present in twenty countries with over 600 priests and 2,500 seminarians Rome (Fides Service) - The Institute of the Legionaries of Christ today is present in twenty countries with more than 600 priests and 2500 seminarians. The Legion of Christ has 92 centre of formation and apostolate in t ...
• 9 January 2006
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Military Ordinary of Indonesia resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 2 January 2006 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Military Ordinariate of Indonesia presented by Cardinal Julius Riyadi Darmaa ...
• 9 January 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Bishop of Kaohsiung resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 5 January 2006 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Kaohsiung (Taiwan) presented by Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-shi, S.I., ...
• 9 January 2006
  ASIA/KOREA - New Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul appointed Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 3 January 2006 appointed auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of 2006 of Seoul (Korea) Rev. Basilio Cho Kyu-man, Professor at the Major Seminary of Seo ...
• 9 January 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - “We appreciate the government’s decision to declare a state of emergency for the food shortage in the north east regions of the country” says President of the Bishops’ Conference Kenya Nairobi (Fides Service)- “We appreciate the government’s decision to declare a national state of emergency” said Bishop Cornelius Kipng’eno Arap Korir, Catholic Bishop of Eldoret and President of the Bishops' Ke ...
• 9 January 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - For many Chinese Catholics Christmas was an opportunity to meet non Christians and share with them the true significance of the festivity Rome (Fides Service) - Christmas festivities were lived with solemnity among Chinese believers at home and overseas. Many Catholic communities made Christmas an opportunity to meet non Christians: at intervals between li ...