News

• 24 October 2005
  AMERICA/CHILE - Pope Benedict XVI canonises Chile’s first male Saint: Alberto Hurtado, “a contemplative in action” who devoted his life to helping the poor, promoting vocations and forming the laity Santiago (Fides) - Saint Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga was a priest for only 15 years, but those were years of intense spiritual and apostolic activity, the expression of his love for Christ. He dedicated himself to helping t ...
• 24 October 2005
  VATICAN - The Synod Fathers at the 11th Ordinary Synod address a letter to the four Chinese prelates absent from the synodal assembly Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Synod Fathers at the 11th Ordinary Synod addressed a letter to the four Chinese prelates absent from the synodal assembly Bishops Anthony Li Duan, Xi'an; Luke Li Jingfeng, Fengxiang; Al ...
• 24 October 2005
  VATICAN - On World Mission Sunday Pope Benedict XVI closes the Year of the Eucharist and the Synod of Bishops with the canonisation of five new saints: “the Eucharist is the source of holiness and spiritual nourishment for our mission in the world”. Brotherly greetings to the Bishops of the Church in China Vatican City (Fides Service) - “On this 30th Sunday in ordinary time... the Year of the Eucharist and the Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, dedicated precisely to the mystery of the Eucharist in the Church’s ...
• 24 October 2005
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Muslims and Christians work together to help children from Cairo's refuse collectors village Cairo (Fides Service) - ‘Refuse collectors village’ children in Cairo look forward to a healthier, cleaner and brighter future thanks to an Italian Comboni missionary. “When I began gathering the children my idea w ...
• 24 October 2005
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Politicians offer words instead of food …in famine stricken Malawi Mission Sunday Mass collection offers four plates of mango Lilongwe (Fides Service)- “Yesterday 23 October we celebrated World Mission Sunday and collections in every parish will be sent directly to the Pope to help the universal Church ” said a Catholic missionary in famine ...
• 24 October 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “The challenge now is to co-ordinate aid” said head of Caritas Pakistan Bishop Joseph Coutts Islamabad (Fides Service) - Bishop Joseph Coutts, director of Caritas Pakistan has just returned from a visit to people in areas affected by the October 8 earthquake. Reporting from Caritas base in Rawalpindi the Bishops ...
• 24 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Melbourne’s oldest Catholic Church St Francis marks 160th anniversary: busy parish, centre of propulsion for evangelisation and vocations Melbourne (Fides Service) - On 23 October Melbourne’s oldest Catholic Church, St Francis, busy parish, centre of propulsion for mission and seedbed of vocations, celebrated its 160th anniversary. The anniversary coinci ...
• 24 October 2005
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Serabu marks centenary of evangelisation. Many couples chose to get married on this important date Freetown (Fides Service) - Recently crowds of Catholics gathered at Sacred Heart parish church for the conclusion of celebrations to mark the centenary of evangelisation in Serabu, in town in the central southern part of ...
• 24 October 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Take note of the signs of the times, listen to the “flock of the faithful”: Manila archdiocese closet pastoral assembly with 2,000 delegates Manila (Fides Service) - At the end of a general pastoral assembly organised by the archdiocese of Manila, yesterday 23 October, Archbishop Gaudencio B. Rosales said on behalf of the whole community “We wish to be a pe ...
• 22 October 2005
  VATICAN - Interview with Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on the occasion of WORLD MISSION SUNDAY 2005 Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of World Mission Sunday, which falls this year on 23 October, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe kindly agreed to giv ...
• 22 October 2005
  ACTIVITY OF THE PONTIFICAL MISSIONARY SOCIETIES FOR MISSIONARY ANIMATION AND COOPERATION ACTIVITY OF THE PONTIFICAL MISSIONARY SOCIETIES FOR MISSIONARY ANIMATION AND COOPERATION ...
• 21 October 2005
  World Mission Sunday 2005: Catholic Church Statistics Vatican City (Fides Service) - Here is Fides annual report on Catholic Church statistics which is prepared every year in view of World Mission Sunday 23 October. Figures regarding members of the Church, church structures ...
• 20 October 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In the wake of CAM 2 the 1st Mission Congress for Amazonia and Roraima opens tomorrow in Manaus with the slogan “Church in the Amazon, our life is mission” Manaus (Fides Service) - Brazil’s 1st North Regional Mission Congress (for the states of Amazonia and Roraima,) opens tomorrow 21 October in Manaus, Amazionia State in the far north of Brazil. The aim of the congress i ...
• 20 October 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “The main concern now is reconstruction because so many people have lost their homes and the fields which provide their livelihood” says Archbishop Víctor Hugo Martines Quetzaltenango (Fides Service) - Over two weeks have past since the fury of Hurricane Stan swept Guatemala leaving destruction and death in its wake. According to the local press and national Red Cross organisation many ...
• 20 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Australian Christians give generously to special collections and other efforts of solidarity for earthquake victims in Pakistan Sydney (Fides Service) - “We are with them as they help those stricken people start a new life”, said Fr Terence Bell, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Australia, explaining how PMS Australia ...