News

• 30 September 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Australians prepare for “Anti-Poverty Week ” 17-22 October which includes UN anti-poverty day and for Catholics will culminate World Mission Sunday Sydney (Fides Service) - Australia is soon to mark Anti-Poverty Week with events and initiatives concerning the wellbeing of vulnerable individuals and families in Australia and around the world organised by parishes, mo ...
• 30 September 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - “The Compendium of the Catechism must not be the news of one day, it must be the good news which illuminates and guides the days and work of bishops and faithful all over the world” said Archbishop Amato, secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Rome (Fides Service) - “An exceptional opportunity for maturing in the faith and apostolic commitment”: this was how Archbishop Angelo Amato, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, described the ...
• 30 September 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses Mexican Bishops: “The bishop’s duty to teach consists of handing on the Gospel of Christ and its moral and religious values keeping in mind the different emerging realities and aspirations in present day society”. Vatican City (Fides) - ““The bishop’s duty to teach consists of handing on the Gospel of Christ and its moral and religious values keeping in mind the different realities and aspirations which emerge in present day ...
• 30 September 2005
  VATICAN - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples appoints new Pontifical Mission Societies general secretaries Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples called a meeting with the staff of the Pontifical Mission Societies to announce the appointment of Se ...
• 30 September 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Vatican II and the Church in Korea: international symposium at the Korean Catholic University in Seoul Seoul (Fides Service) - The new impulse which the Second Vatican Council impressed on the life of the Church in the 20th century revived the Catholic community in Korea causing a flourishing of vocations, evangelisation, ...
• 29 September 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - “The Second Vatican Council and Europe. Future directions?" theme of plenary assembly of Europe’s Catholics Bishops’ Conference presidents opening today Rome (Fides Service) - From today September 29, the plenary assembly of the Presidents of Europe's Catholic Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) will open in the "Salesianum" center in Rome. The gathering will reflect on the t ...
• 29 September 2005
  VATICAN - Tomorrow 30 September Pope Benedict XVI will visit Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital Vatican City (Fides Service) - Tomorrow 30 September Pope Benedict XVI will visit Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital on the Giancolo Hill in Rome. The Pope will visit children in various wards including emergency, obser ...
• 29 September 2005
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - October month of the Eucharist and Mission: “Let us allow ourselves to be touched by the grace this sacrament of communion” say Swiss Bishops Friburg (Fides Service) - “Every year in October we are asked to pray and reflect and act to support the universal mission of the Church”, said Abbot of St. Maurice Joseph Roduit head of the Missions Commission of th ...
• 29 September 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Father Werenfried Centre inaugurated to preserve Bacon Priest’s legacy “Aid to the Church in Need” which serves the Church in 130 different countries Konigstein (Fides Servce) - The Father Werenfried Centre at the international headquarters of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) was inaugurated September 26. Calling Fr Werenfried (1913 - 2003), the Dutch Norbertine pries ...
• 29 September 2005
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - State and Church agree to open Ethiopia’s first Catholic University Addis Ababa (Fides Service)- “For some time the Catholic Bishops of Ethiopia have been working on this project and now at last it is taking shape” said local Church sources in Addis Ababa where the government and the ...
• 29 September 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Catholic Archbishop of New Orleans writes a letter to his people: “a fellow evacuee, I share in your sufferings, hold you in prayer and want to serve you in your needs." Archdiocese web site keeps dispersed people connected New Orleans (Agenzia Fides) - “As the archbishop of New Orleans, and a fellow evacuee, I share in your sufferings, hold you in prayer and want to serve you in your needs” said archbishop Alfred Hughes presently a gue ...
• 29 September 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Australian Biblist on the eve of the Synod of Bishops in the Vatican: “We will reflect on the true essence of the Eucharist. The Church is not just a body of believers, but rather, a Eucharistic people." Sydney (Fides Service) - Australian biblical scholar Salesian Fr Frank Moloney, from Melbourne who will attend the Synod of Bishops focussed on The Eucharist: Source and Summit of the Life and Mission of the Church, 2-2 ...
• 29 September 2005
  ASIA - Camillians open new centre for people with a disability in Taiwan and a nurses training school in the Philippines Rome (Fides Service) - A new Camillian Centre for Centre for People with Disabilities was recently opened in Taipei by the Archbishop of Taipei Mgr Joseph Cheng. Guests included the secretary of the President of Taiwan a ...
• 29 September 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Sisters of St Joseph bear witness the Christ offering free medical check-up for people in Cao Wan village Shi Jia Zhuang (Fides Service) - More than 200 people living in Ye Cao Ean dek village in Zan Huang district, Hebei province, recently had a free medical check-up thanks to a visiting group of Sisters of St Joseph dioces ...
• 29 September 2005
  VATICAN - “The Media: A Network for Communication, Communion and Cooperation" is the theme chosen by Pope Benedict XVI for the 40th World Communications Day 2006 Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The Media: A Network for Communication, Communion and Cooperation" is the theme chosen by Pope Benedict XVI for the 40th World Communications Day 2006 as announced by Archbishop John P. ...