News

• 30 August 2005
  AFRICA/GHANA - Matthew 25 Centre run by the local Catholic Church offers assistance to people with AIDS Accra (Fides Service)- People in Ghana with AIDS find hope at Matthew 25 Centre which offers assistance to people with AIDS. The Centre was opened by the local Catholic Church in 2003 in the diocese of Koforidua in east ...
• 29 August 2005
  The Pope’s missionary intention for September " That the young Churches may proclaim the Christian message enabling it to penetrate and enrich every culture". Comment by Sr. Teresa Joseph of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Auxiliatrix. Rome (Fides Service) - The words of the Risen Lord "go into the whole world and proclaim the message of the Gospel to all peoples" (Mk 16, 15) resound in the Church’s memory. This mission, a gift and task for every Ch ...
• 29 August 2005
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI underlines a fundamental fact for evangelisation: “Wherever God is not given first place and recognised and adored as the supreme Being, the dignity of the human person is in danger. Therefore it is urgent to lead men and women of today to ‘discover’ the authentic face of God who has revealed himself to us in Jesus Christ”. Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) - “A wonderful Church experience, a providential event of grace for the whole Church”: this was how Pope Benedict XVI described the recent 20th World Youth Day event in Germany. He was ...
• 29 August 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Communicators in a changing world: Solomon’s young Catholics are introduced to Information Technology and the Internet Honiara (Fides Service) - To introduce young Catholic communicators to the potential and use of the media and modern information technolology, the Catholic Communications Commission Solomon Islands recently organised a s ...
• 29 August 2005
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Church’s mission and the centrality of the Eucharist in the present situation in Bolivia: theme of 1st Bolivian Missiology Symposium in Cochabamba Cochabamba (Fides Service) - “Eucharist, Mission and present Bolivian Situation was the theme of the 1st Bolivian Missiology Symposium held in Cochabamba from 18 to 21 August at Maryknoll Mission Centre in Cochabamba. ...
• 29 August 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Evangelisation on the streets” Summer esperience for new priests in Taegu Seoul (Fides Service) - During the Summer months of 2005 a group of new priests of the archdiocese of Taegu in South Korea embarked on a new experience of ‘evangelisation on the streets’. A team of 26 newly ordained ...
• 29 August 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Young Catholics from Hong Kong return from unforgettable experience of an encounter with Pope Benedict XVI and communion with the universal Church during the 20th World Youth Day in Germany Hong Kong (Fides Service) - The 200 young Catholics from Hong Kong who earlier this month took part in the 20th World Youth Day in Cologne Germany have unforgettable memories of their meeting with the Pope and young beli ...
• 29 August 2005
  VATICAN - Mgr Giuseppe Cavallotto Rector of the Pontifical Urban University appointed Bishop of Cuneo and Fossano Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedixt XVI has appointed Bisahop of the dioceses of Cuneo and Fossano (Italy), united “in the person of the bishop”, Mgr Giuseppe Cavallotto a member of the cl ...
• 29 August 2005
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The Catholic archbishop of Khartoum Cardinal Zubeir Wako is confident the peace process will continue but warns that Sudan’s stability depends on fair sharing of the country’s resources and respect for human rights Khartoum (Fides Service)- The Catholic archbishop of Khartoum Cardinal Zubeir Wako has appealed to Sudan’s political leaders to put the interests of the country first. In a press conference in Cologne organised by the ...
• 29 August 2005
  AFRICA/MAURITANIA - Catholic Bishop of Nouakchott appeals for food aid: “Half the population is hungry and many could die of starvation” Nouakchott (Fides Service)- Mauritania is affected by the serious food shortage felt in other Sahel belt countries especially Niger. The Catholic Bishop of Nouakchott Martin Happe has appealed for urgent international ai ...
• 30 July 2005
  INSTRUMENTUM MENSIS IULII PRO LECTURA MAGISTERII SUMMI PONTIFICI BENEDICTI XVI, PRO EVANGELIZATIONE IN TERRIS MISSIONUM In the month of July Pope Benedict XVI took a short holiday in the Alps, Les Combes (Val d’Aosta), in the same house where Pope John Paul II used to stay. A month marked by a number of terrorist attacks and once again ...
• 29 July 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New rector appointed for Christ the King major seminary in Karachi Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 22 April 2005 appointed Rector of Christ the King major seminary in the archdiocese of Karachi (Pak ...
• 29 July 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New rector for St Francis Xavier major seminary for philosophy in Lahore Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 1 July 2005 appointed Rector of St Francis Xavier major seminary for philosophy in Lahore (Pakistan ...
• 29 July 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Reach out to the Afro reality present in Colombia to understand and appreaciate it in view of planning specific pastoral care: 1st Meeting for Bishops and Afro-Colombians Bogota (Fides Service) - “The Bishops of the Commission for Mission Pastoral of the Colombian Bishops’ Conference at their last meeting in February this year underscored the importance to provide the country’s nume ...
• 29 July 2005
  AMERICA/PERU -“The Eucharist, Christ’s gift to the Church” theme of National Liturgy Days 2 to 4 August in Lima Lima (Fides Service) - In this ‘Year of the Eucharist’ the Commission for Liturgy of the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference chose as the theme for the 2005 National Liturgy Days “The Eucharist, Christ’s gift to the C ...