News

• 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 ...
• 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 ...