News

• 28 November 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - A Catholic university one of the first in Africa Nairobi (Fides Service)- On October 10 Internet Lab, an international organisation specialised in scientific and technological and higher education research, classified the University of South Africa 7th as one of Africa ...
• 28 November 2005
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Elections in Egypt: Islamic candidates advance Cairo (Fides Service)- “I think these elections are an attempt to send the world a positive signal, a demonstration that Egypt’s democracy is making progress” said a local source in Cairo, capital of Egypt where ye ...
• 28 November 2005
  VATICAN - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples starts 9 day pastoral visit to Vietnam meeting priests and religious in Hanoi Cathedral: “may you live your consecration with pride and joy” Hanoi (Fides Service) - Today Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples started a nine day pastoral visit to the Church in Vietnam at the invitation of the Vietnamese bishops ...
• 28 November 2005
  VATICAN - “Advent is a time for Christians to increase their hope that it is possible with God’s help to build a new world” Pope Benedict XVI says at the Angelus Vatican City (Fides Service) - Advent, “a season of great religious beauty intrinsic with hope and spiritual expectation”, was the theme of Pope Benedict XVI’s reflection before the midday Angelus prayer on 27 Nove ...
• 28 November 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - “On the paths of Mission”: Convention on the founder of the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate Saint Eugene de Mazenod ten years after his canonisation Catanzaro (Fides Service) - To mark the tenth anniversary of the canonisation of Eugene De Mazenod, Bishop of Marseilles who founded the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate, OMI, the OMI community in Catanzaro, the ...
• 28 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics offer earthquake victims material and spiritual solidarity Jiu Jiang (Fides Service) - During a 5.7 Richter scale earthquake on 26 November 13 people were killed, 8,000 injured and 600,000 lost their homes, 18,000 buildings were destroyed and 150,000 were seriously damaged in th ...
• 28 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Bandits attack Catholic convent, some nuns seriously injured, arrival of police helps avoid a higher toll, authorities investigating to bring culprits to justice Xi An (Fides Service) - On 23 November in the diocese Xi An in Central China bandits broke into a convent of a diocesan congregation of the Sacred Heart and attacked the nuns injuring some of the Sisters. When the police ...
• 28 November 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - www.wyd2008.org: hosting Sydney archdiocese launches World Youth Day 2008 web site Sydney (Fides Service) - www.wyd2008.org is the address of web site opened by the hosting Catholic Church in Australia for the 23rd World Youth Day scheduled to take place in Sydney 15 - 20 July 2008. There is widespread ...
• 28 November 2005
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA “Indigenous leadership in the Christian inter-cultural perspective” focus of 4th National Meeting for Indigenous and Missionaries in Caracas Caracas (Fides Service) - The 4th National Meeting for Indigenous and Missionaries was held in Caracas from 24 - 26 November. The meeting, held every two years since 1996, is organised by Indigenous Communities and the N ...
• 28 November 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - “AIDS is not only a question of health it is a matter of morals”: Peruvian Bishops statement distributed in parishes in view of World AIDS Day 1 December Lima (Fides Service) - In view of World AIDS Day December 1 the Catholic Bishops of Peru issued a statement for distribution to every parish in which they express solidarity with people suffering from HIV/AIDS and their ...
• 28 November 2005
  AFRICA/MALI - Together for Africa: St John of God Brothers and Italian air force back in Mali to “restore the light” to 2 million blind people Rome (Fides Service) - On November 25, a team of doctors of AFMAL (l’Associazione con i Fatebenefratelli per i Malati Lontani) and Italian Air Force left for Gao in Mali to help children young people and adults regain ...
• 26 November 2005
  History of the Catholic Church in Vietnam The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, will visit Vietnam from November 28th to December 6th, upon invitation of the Bishops’ Conference of the Country. During his ...
• 25 November 2005
  VATICAN - “A very special day to be remembered in the years to come … a visible sign of continuity with a tradition so dear to the heart of our college: from Benedict XV to John Paul II”, Prof. Ornaghi welcomes Benedict XVI to the Università Cattolica for the inauguration of the academic year Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning Pope Benedict XVI went to the Medicine and Surgery Faculty of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome on the occasion of the inau ...
• 25 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Qi Zuang parishioners in Xian Xian diocese lively evangelisers with 300 baptisms in two years Cang Zhou (Fides Service) -“Our people evangelise with great joy and this attracts many new people to embrace the faith and to want share it with others” said Fr Li Guang Qi, parish priest in Qi Zhuang, in the dioces ...
• 25 November 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - “Keep away from addictions” Catholic Archbishop of Honiara urges young Confirmation candidates Honiara (Fides Service) - Every young person is called to encounter Jesus in prayer and follow him in service of others, Archbishop Adrian Smith of Honiara said in his homily before he conferred the sacrament of Confirma ...