News

• 30 November 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “Double efforts to free humanity of most tragic form of poverty: ignorance of Jesus Christ and of humanity’s vocation and final destiny” Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples message to participants at Mexico’s 13th National Mission Congress Mérida-Yucatàn (Fides Service) - With an address of welcome by Archbishop Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán of Yucatán, and a solemn Mass presided by the Archbishop of Mexico City diocese Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carr ...
• 29 November 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI calls for resolve to help Sudan: “Today, I add my voice to the cry of the suffering and assure you that the Holy See, together with the Apostolic Nuncio in Khartoum, will continue to do everything possible to end the cycle of violence and misery" Vatican City (Fides Service) - On 28 November Pope Benedict XVI launched for Sudan when he received Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako, archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan, accompanied by a group of Sudanese pilgrims. The Pope addre ...
• 29 November 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope sends a message to young people in Holland for the 1st National Catholic Youth Day: “I encourage you to turn every day to the Lord who desires nothing but your true happiness” Vatican City (Fides Service) -Pope Benedict XVI sent a message to young Dutch participants in the first National Day of Catholic Youth, celebrated in Nieuwegein, Netherlands, on November 27 in which he said “With this ...
• 29 November 2005
  VATICAN - On a pastoral visit to the Church in Vietnam Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe ordains 57 new priests in Hanoi Cathedral and has meetings with Bishops of ecclesiastical province Hanoi and priests and religious of Hung Hoa diocese Hanoi (Fides Service) - This morning 29 November in Hanoi Cathedral Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples presided a solemn mass for the ordination of 57 new priests. Af ...
• 29 November 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - International Conference ‘Africa for Life. Africa without death penalty’ organised by S. Egidio Community is a success says Italian president Rome (Fides Service) - The Liberian minister of justice Kabineh Ja’neh has asked the European Union and S. Egidio Community to help “the new Liberia to undertake constitutional reforms to introduce natural respect fo ...
• 29 November 2005
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - First Catholic/Muslim Theological Conference marks 40th anniversary of Vatican II declaration “Nostra aetate” on relations with non Christian religions Moscow (Fides Service) - Speaking at a conference ‘Islam and Christianity: on the path of dialogue’ held in Moscow, 24 November, to mark the 40th anniversary of the Vatican II Declaration Nostra aetate on Relations ...
• 29 November 2005
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The Pope appoints auxiliary Bishop of Bùi Chu Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 29 November 2005 appointed auxiliary Bishop of the diocese of Bùi Chu in Viêt Nam, Rev. Pierre Nguyen Van De, S.D.B., Professor at Hà Noi major semi ...
• 29 November 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Theology Symposium in preparation for 13th National Mission Congress in Mexico focuses on Doctrinal principles of Redemptoris Missio encyclical Merida -Yucatán (Fides Service) - In preparation for the 13th National Mission Congress in Mexico, 30 November - 3 December, a Theology Symposium on the Encyclical Redemptoris missino was opened yesterday 28 November b ...
• 29 November 2005
  AMERICA/CHILE - Rediscovering marriage as good news, believing in love, self giving and faithfulness : Chilean Bishops issue pastoral letter on “Matrimony and Family, good news for humanity ” Santiago de Chile (Fides Service) - At the end of its 90th plenary assembly in Punta de Tralca 21 to 25 November, the Chilean Bishops’ Conference issued a Pastoral Letter “Matrimony and Family - Good News for Humani ...
• 29 November 2005
  ASIA/CINA - Catholic Sisters from Liao Ning visit clinic in Hebei run by other Catholic Sisters and share pastoral experience Beijing (Fides Service) - A group of Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus from the north eastern Chinese province of Liao Ning paid a visit to the Missionaries of Mary Mediatri ...
• 29 November 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Tension among government and Tamil community following presidential elections Colombo (Fides Service) - After presidential elections there is uncertainty in Sri Lanka with regards to the future. The new president Mahinda Rajapakse, has said he intends to revise the cease fire agreement signed in F ...
• 29 November 2005
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Visit to North Korea by German Catholic aid workers rare occasion for Mass in Pyongyang attended by 80 local Catholics Pyongyang (Fides Service) - Mass is a rare event in Pyongyang which only happens when Catholic priests or other church personnel come here from South Korea or other countries. Recently a visit to north Korea by German Ca ...
• 28 November 2005
  The Pope’s mission prayer intention December 2005: “For people all over the world searching for God and the truth: may they encounter the Lord Jesus” Comment by Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, Archbishop of Lima, Peru Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Now this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.” (Jn 17,3). Jesus Christ said this to God the Father while he was givin ...
• 28 November 2005
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Farafangana Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope Benedict XVI on 26 November 2005 appointed Bishop of Farafangana Madagascar Rev. Fr. Benjamin Marc Ramaroson C:M., provincial Superior of the Lazzarist Fathers in Madagascar. The new ...
• 28 November 2005
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - St John’s parish church in Kwentou marks 25th anniversary Bobo-Dioulasso (Fides Service)- St John parish in Kwentou in the archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso has celebrated its 25th anniversary. The parish was opened in 1967 when Fr. Emmanuel de Montjoye came to an a ...