News

• 10 November 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “Reviving awareness of the mission to proclaim the Gospel to all peoples, starting out from the Eucharist”: 13th National Mission Congress will reflect on “Eucharist, source and centre of Church communion and mission ” Merida-Yucatan (Fides Service) - ‘Eucharist, source and centre of Church communion and mission’ is the theme of Mexico’s 13th National Mission Congress launched with the slogan ‘In communion with Christ, let us g ...
• 10 November 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Evangelisation of Youth” central theme of 44th general assembly of the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference in May 2006 Brasilia (Fides Service) - “The importance of intense and effective evangelisation of youth is unquestionable. Young people are the future of the Church’s life and mission. Their evangelisation is important first and ...
• 9 November 2005
  AFRICA - 2,50 dollars a month is enough to save a life in southern Africa where 9.7 million people rely on humanitarian agencies for food Rome (Fides Service) - According to the World Food Programme WFP 2,50 dollars a month is enough to save a life in six of the poorest countries in southern Africa where 9.7 million people rely on humanitarian agencies for ...
• 9 November 2005
  VATICAN - “God does not appear in the Bible as an immovable and implacable sovereign or some obscure and indecipherable being...he reveals himself as a person who loves his creatures, watches over them and follows their progress in history”: Pope Benedict XVI teaches on Psalm 135 Vatican City (Fides Service) - Part one of psalm 135 as it is divided in the liturgy of Vespers is called «the great Hallel», that is the great and solemn praise sung by Judaism during the paschal liturgy. Dwelling in ...
• 9 November 2005
  VATICAN - Sequela Christi: new magazine launched by Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life recently published the first issue of its new magazine Sequela Christi which replaces the bulletin Inform ...
• 9 November 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - St Joseph the Worker in Nairobi marks 20 years of cooperation between priests and laity and community solidarity Nairobi (Fides Service)- Thousands of Catholics gathered at St. Joseph the Worker Parish Kangemi, in Nairobi, on Sunday, November 6, 2005, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the parish. The Archbishop ...
• 9 November 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Looking back at 50 years of experience of “Fidei donum” to re-launch this missionary commitment in the Church in Italy to meet new needs and challenges Rome (Fides Service) - “Drawing courageous prospects from rich memories” is the title of a conference which opened yesterday 8 November in Chianciano near Sienna with the aim of gathering precious personal and eccles ...
• 9 November 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Bishops of Catalogna: “The proposed organic education law overlooks fundamental rights which every democratic and pluralistic society must guarantee, and which must be accompanied by freedom of religion and conscience” Tarragona (Fides Service) - The Bishops of Catalogna have issued a statement expressing support for the November 12 protest against education law reforms in which they say the proposed Organic Education Law “overlooks ...
• 9 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - In Beijing a seminar on ‘Catholic Social Doctrine and Modern Society’ highlights contribution of Christianity to present day Chinese society Beijing (Fides Service) - ‘Catholic Social Doctrine and Modern Society’ is the theme of a seminar organised by the Beijing Institute for the Study of Catholicism and Culture to be held in Beijing 5 to 7 December. A s ...
• 9 November 2005
  AMERICA - AIDS in Latin America has the face of a child: 2.1 million Latin Americans infected Rome (Fides Service) - In Latin America and the Caribbean 2.1 million people are infected with the HIV/AIDS virus and 80 per cent of those infected are under 30 years of age. In the last decade infection has increased ...
• 9 November 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - 40,000 megawatt from the River Congo and Africa’s industrialisation would take off: this and other discoveries can be found in the booklet Le Monde dans ma Poche ‘The world in my pocket’ edited by Afriquespoir mission magazine Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “The World in my Pocket ”, is the title of a handbook of information on the world edited by Afriquespoir quarterly published by the Comboni missionaries in Kinshasa, capital of the Democrati ...
• 9 November 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Globalised world reveals a deep longing for God the creator and great transcendent anxieties”: meeting of executive committee of the International Council of Catholic Men Buenos Aires (Fides Service)- Social commitment in a globalised world was the theme of a meeting of the executive committee of the international Council of Catholic Men held in October in Buenos Aires. The meeting was a ...
• 9 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - One month after the earthquake aid still coming from all over the world, but more effort needed Islamabad (Fides Service)- One month after the earthquake in Pakistan, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR is preparing to assist the exodus of people from the most remote valleys spurred on by the fact ...
• 8 November 2005
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - “Maria model of holiness for a new society” theme of Marian Symposium 29 - 30 November in Loja Loja (Fides Service) - To revive devotion to Mary, which has waned in many sectors of society, among intellectuals in particular, and as part of celebrations for the 75th anniversary of the crowning of Our Lady of Cisne ...
• 8 November 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Towards 11th National Mission Congress in 2006: lay missionaries conclude national meeting on “Lay Missionaries: bread broken for the world” Paipa-Boyacá (Fides Service) - Over 100 lay people, delegates of mission apostolate groups attended the National Meeting of Lay Missionaries on the theme Lay Missionaries: ‘bread broken for the Life of the World.’ T ...