News

• 17 November 2005
  VATICAN - Official inauguration of Master’s Degree in Management for Development for young African university graduates promoted by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples in collaboration with the Catholic University Sacro Cuore Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning at the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples in Rome a new Master’s Degree in Management for Development for young African university graduates promoted by the Congr ...
• 17 November 2005
  VATICAN - “We realise we are being given responsibility: we want to give a voice to the voiceless:” say young Africans in Rome to study in Management for Development Vatican City (Fides Service)- The group of young Africans from 17 different countries who have come to Rome to study for a Master’s Degree in Management of Development are enthusiastic and excited. “We want to help b ...
• 17 November 2005
  VATICAN - “Human Genome - biological, medical and human prospects”: 20th International Conference organised by the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care Vatican City (Fides Service) - Some 700 experts from 81 different countries will attend the 20th International Conference organised by the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care in the Vatican 17- 19 November. The t ...
• 17 November 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Union of Superiors Major of women religious in Democratic Congo end their 14th plenary assembly Kinshasa (Fides Service) - The week long 14th plenary assembly of the Union of Superiors Major of women religious in Democratic Congo ended on 13 November. A total 140 general and provincial superiors of congregations ...
• 17 November 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - “The Church is called to carry on the great work of discerning and prophetic orientating undertaken so fruitfully by Vatican II”: Message to youth from Italian Bishops to mark the Council’s 40th anniversary Assisi (Fides Service) - In a special message to mark the 40th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council the Catholic Bishops of Italy entrusted the heritage of the Council to the new generations. “We fe ...
• 16 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Korean ethnic Catholics in Yan Ji active and committed Yan Ji (Fides Service) - The community of 4,000 Catholics in Yan Ji in the north eastern Ji Ling province of mainland China is 80% Korean ethnic origin. The lively community, clergy and lay people is active in catechism, ...
• 16 November 2005
  VATICAN - Rome’s University students prepare for Christmas with Pope Benedict XVI on 15 December Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Thursday 15 December in St Peter’s Basilica students at Rome’s universities will have their first meeting with Pope Benedict XVI. The tradition of meeting university students before ...
• 16 November 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI weekly Catechesis: “Certainly the Lord is transcendent as creator and arbiter of the being; but he is also close to his creatures and enters space and time, indeed his presence among us reaches its apex in the Incarnation of Christ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - At his weekly audience this morning in St Peter’s Square Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the second part of Psalm 135 (verses 10-26, “Thanksgiving for God’s work of salvation”, vesp ...
• 16 November 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - First Sunday of Advent special prayers for peace in the Great Lakes region Kinshasa (Fides Service) - Catholics all over the world have been asked by Archbishop Laurent Pasinya Monsengwo of Kisangani president of the Bishops’ Conference and vice-president of Pax Christi International to offer ...
• 16 November 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Gregorian University’s Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Communications marks 15th anniversary: 17 November symposium on Communication and Participation Rome (Fides Service) - Activity of didactics, formation, research; study for a Christian perspective on the media and information system; instruction of thousands of students, religious and lay working in print media, r ...
• 16 November 2005
  AFRICA - “The African world is no longer limited by geographical boundaries and we are ready for apostolic commitments outside Africa, at the service of the African world and we want to be present where important decisions are made for Africa" says new Superior General of the White Sisters Rome (Fides Service) - Spanish born Sr Maria Pilar Benavente Serrano was elected in July the new Superior General of the Missionaries of Our Lady of Africa, known also as the White Sisters engaged in evangelisation on t ...
• 16 November 2005
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - “Listen to the people who want a constituent assembly”: Zambia’s Bishops tell government Harare (Agenzia Fides)- “We call on the government to immediately start the process of enacting legislation to set up this constituent assembly”. This appeal was launched by the Catholic Bishops of Zambia in a pastor ...
• 16 November 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The country looks towards presidential elections amidst fears of more conflict with Tamil minority. Local Church calls for national reconciliation Colombo (Fides Service) - Sri Lanka stands at a turning point: in presidential elections on 17 November citizens of what Marco Polo described as “the most beautiful island in the world” (13 million eligible voters) w ...
• 16 November 2005
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Salesians open new Home for orphans and street children near the border with Thailand an area of poverty and criminality Phnom Phen (Fides Service) - To give concrete help and promote education in an area of poverty and marginalisation the Salesians Fathers in Cambodia have opened a new Home for orphans and street children in Poipet, provi ...
• 15 November 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Salesians celebrate 100 years of mission in China Hong Kong (Fides Service) - The great Salesian family of Don Bosco organised a charity evening to celebrate 100 years of mission in China and pay tribute to the many fathers who took part in this past century of Salesia ...