News

• 30 November 2005
  VATICAN - Made public the "Instruction Concerning the Criteria for the Discernment of Vocations with regard to Persons with Homosexual Tendencies in view of their Admission to the Seminary and to Holy Orders." Vatican City (Fides Service) - Made public today was the document: "Instruction Concerning the Criteria for the Discernment of Vocations with regard to Persons with Homosexual Tendencies in view of their Admission to the ...
• 30 November 2005
  VATICAN - Message from Pope Benedict XVI to His Holiness Bartholomew I Archbishop of Constantinople Ecumenical Patriarch on the occasion of the Feast of St Andrei the Apostle: “the Catholic Church remains irrevocably committed to promoting all suitable and helpful initiatives to strengthen charity, solidarity and theological dialogue between us.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the Feast of Saint Andrew 30 November Pope Benedict XVI entrusted to a Delegation of the Holy See which will be present on 30 November in the patriarchal church of St Ge ...
• 30 November 2005
  VATICAN - Cardinal Sepe celebrates St Andrew’s day with the students at Hanoi major seminary and encourages them to be ever more ‘missionary in heart and mind’ Hanoi (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on a pastoral visit to Vietnam this morning 30 November, celebrated the feast of Saint Andrew with students ...
• 30 November 2005
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholics in Myanmar hold first National Pastoral Meeting as part of celebrations for 50th anniversary of the institution of the hierarchy Yangon (Fides Service) - The year 1995, Year of the Eucharist, has been very special Jubilee for Catholics in Vietnam, besides celebrating the 50th anniversary of the institution of the local hierarchy in 1955 they held ...
• 30 November 2005
  ASIA/MYANMAR - “Abide in me”: Vision and Mission statement of the Church in Myanmar on the occasion of 1st National Pastoral Assembly Yangon (Fides) - In a message at the end of the 1st National Pastoral Assembly of the Catholic Church in Myanmar the Bishops say the way forward is to be ‘Church as Communion through Reconciliation’ a people of the E ...
• 30 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Alarm in earthquake affected areas: first deaths due to cold weather Lahore (Fides Service) - With the arrival of Winter conditions in camps for earthquake victims in Kashmir since the major quake on October 8 become more critical. The first deaths due to cold have been reported and these ...
• 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 ...