News
22 October 2007
ASIA/IRAQ - Release of two Catholic priest hostages in northern Iraq
Mosul (Agenzia Fides)- The two Catholic priests of Syro-Catholic rite taken hostage in Mosul, northern Iraq on 13 October (see Fides 15 and 16 October 2007) were released yesterday Sunday 21 October. The priests, Fr. Piu ...
22 October 2007
EUROPE/SPAIN - “Born to evangelise”: bi-centenary of Saint Antonio Maria Claret, a great apostle who undertook marvellous missionary work in his life
Barcelona (Agenzia Fides) - Celebrations to mark the bi-centenary of the birth of Saint Anthony Maria Claret, were officially opened 20 and 21 October in Sallent, Barcelona (Spain). The Claretian year will close in the S ...
22 October 2007
AFRICA - Africa rejoices for two new African Cardinals: the Archbishops of Dakar and Nairobi
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “I received the news of my appointment as Cardinal, as a call, a duty, to serve the Lord more and better” said Archbishop Théodore Adrien Sarr of Dakar in Senegal and President of the Bishops' ...
22 October 2007
ASIA/NEPAL - Nepalese Christians concerned for the country's future: instability threatens peace and the democratic process
Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in Nepal is concerned after the Maoists left the government. There is fear of more instability and chaos. The fact that the convocation of another constituent assembly ...
22 October 2007
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishops consider proposed constitutional reform morally unacceptable because “it violates the fundamental rights of the democratic system and of the person, threatening freedom and social harmony”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “Called to live in Freedom” is the title of a statement issued by the Catholic Bishops of Venezuela in which they analyse a proposed Bill of Constitutional Reform, presented to the nation on ...
22 October 2007
OCEANIA/FIJI ISLANDS - New Constitution and general elections in 2009, local Catholic Church called in to help
Suva (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Fiji will participate in the moral and civil reconstruction of the country which is starting a progress of normalisation after travailed years of civil war which caused seri ...
20 October 2007
Dossier Fides - 81st WORLD MISSION SUNDAY 2007
Sunday 21 october 2007 - Dossier Fides
Dossier Fides - 81st WORLD MISSION SUNDAY 2007
"All the Churches for all the world"
Index
Message of his holiness Benedict XVI for the 81st World Mission Sunday 2007
The ...
19 October 2007
VATICAN - “The daily chronicle reveals that society of our day faces many ethic and social emergencies which can undermine its stability and seriously jeopardise its future” Pope Benedict XVI says in a Message to Italy's 45th Catholic Social Week
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The importance of the theme chosen for the 45th Catholic Social Week being held in Pistoia and Pisa from the 18 to the 21 October - “The common good today: a commitment which comes from a ...
19 October 2007
EUROPE/ITALY - Meetings, events and a video illustrate World Mission Sunday contents
Roma (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church is missionary because it walks in step with humanity” says Rev Denis Kibangu Malanda in a video “All the Churches for all the World ” produced by Missio - Pontifical Mission Soc ...
19 October 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - “We are called to help spread the Gospel”: national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies says in letter for World Mission Sunday
Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- “World Mission Sunday is an opportunity to reflect on the urgency and importance of the Church's missionary activity, still today, 50 years since the Fide Donum Encyclical” Mgr Hypolite Adigwe, ...
19 October 2007
AFRICA/REPUBLIC OF CONGO - “Formation for young people, support for families and promotion of social justice: these are our priorities” says President of Catholic Bishops of Congo, in Rome for the ad limina visit
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “The formation of young people and support for the family are the main concern of the Catholic Church in the Republic of Congo” Bishop Louis Portella Mbuyu of Kinkala and President of the Bisho ...
19 October 2007
ASIA/CHINA - Intense preparation in the Chinese world in communion with the universal Church for Mission Sunday
Roma (Agenzia Fides) - The whole of the Chinese world is mobilising intensely to celebrate World Mission Sunday with the universal Church. According to reports sent to Fides from the continent, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwa ...
19 October 2007
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Salesian world boosts its presence in information and communications from Asia: commitment of ANS news service
Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - Boost service of information and communication in order to intensify communion within the Salesian world on one hand, and open ever wider and render visible the charisma of don Bosco in the univers ...
19 October 2007
AMERICA/BRAZIL - “God's love knows no frontiers: from the Amazon to the whole world”: theme of World Mission Sunday in Brazil in harmony with Fraternity Campaign 2007
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - “God's love knows no frontiers: from the Amazon to the whole world” is the theme chosen by the Catholic Church in Brazil to celebrate World Mission Sunday on 21 October. The theme also refe ...
19 October 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Archbishop of Melbourne issues Mission Sunday message: keep alive passion for mission in Australia
Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - 'All the faithful for all the world' is the title of a message for World Mission Sunday in which the Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart, calls for more mission awareness an ...
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