News
26 February 2007
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - UN report charges Philippines army with complicity in long series of summary executions
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Philippines army is under pressure from public opinion since UN envoy Philip Alston accused the military of being responsible for many of the killings of journalist, activists, politicians an ...
26 February 2007
ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Ramos-Horta candidate for Presidency in April elections
Dili (Agenzia Fides) - Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta, present prime minister of East Timor, has announced his intention to run for presidency in elections in April.
Ramos-Horta who led the Timor executive in ...
26 February 2007
ASIA/CHINA - Overseas Chinese Catholics celebrate Lunar New Year with harmony, solidarity and inculturation
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Overseas Chinese Catholics in many parts of the world celebrated Lunar New Year under the banner of harmony, solidarity and inculturation and evangelisation. According to Chinese sources in London, ...
24 February 2007
VATICAN PRAYERS FOR LENT - THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS
3rd station: JESUS FALLS FOR THE FIRST TIME
Rome (Fides News Service)
V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi.
R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum.
From the Book of the Prophet Isaiah. 53:4-6
Surely he has born our grief and carried our ...
24 February 2007
ASIA/INDIA - The Pope accepts resignation of the Bishop of Jullundur and appoints successor
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope Benedict XVI on 24 February 2007 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Jullundur (India), presented by Bishop Symphorian Thomas Keeprath, OFM Cap, in ...
24 February 2007
ASIA/INDIA The Pope accepts resignation of the Bishop of Karwar and appoints successor
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope Benedict XVI on 24 February 2007 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Karwar (India), presented by Bishop William Leonard D’Mello, in conformity w ...
24 February 2007
ASIA/INDIA - The Pope accepts resignation of the Bishop of Varanasi and appoints successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 24 February 2007 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Varanasi (India), presented by Bishop Patrick Paul D’Souza, ...
24 February 2007
AFRICA/GUINEA - Parliament refuses President’s request to extend martial law
Conakry (Fides Service)- The Guinean parliament refused a request from President Lansana Conté to extend martial law imposed on 12 February after the Unions announced a general strike following the appointment of Eugèn ...
24 February 2007
March 2007: The Holy Father’s missionary prayer intention for March: That those responsible for the young Churches may give ongoing attention to the training of catechists and lay mission animators for the service of the Gospel
Comment by Mgr Jerry Bitoon Officer of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - It is indeed well for us to bear in mind the condition and needs of young Churches all over the world, especially in mission countries. When we speak of young Churches in mission territor ...
24 February 2007
VATICAN - In a meeting with his clergy of Rome diocese Pope Benedict XVI speaks about youth pastoral, knowledge of the Scriptures, the place of Church Movements, implementation of the Council, sacred art a channel for communicating the faith
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Thursday 22 February Pope Benedict XVI had his traditional meeting with his clergy of the diocese of Rome. After being greeted by Cardinal Vicar Camillo Ruini the Pope answered questions ...
24 February 2007
ASIA/MONGOLIA - New baptisms in Darkhan bear witness to the growth of the local Catholic Church
Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in Mongolia is growing beyond the capital Ulaanbaatar. The apostolic prefecture of Mongolia announced that during the Easter Vigil Mass on 7 April 23 children and youn ...
23 February 2007
VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT, THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS ON GOOD FRIDAY, 25th OF MARCH 2005 AT THE COLOSSEUM IN ROME
Rome (Fides News Service) - FIRST STATION: JESUS IS CONDEMNED TO DEATH
V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi.
R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum.
From the Gospel according to Matthew 27:22 ...
23 February 2007
VATICAN - Spiritual Exercises for the Roman Curia in the presence of the Holy Father
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 25, the first Sunday of Lent, the annual spiritual exercises of the Holy Father and the Roman Curia will begin in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace. ...
23 February 2007
VATICAN - 500th anniversary of the foundation of the St Peter’s Basilica: Vatican Apostolic Library exhibition 'Tu es Petrus - the Basilica of Peter in the Medals of the Popes’ to be hosted for the first time also in St. Petersburg, Russia
Vatican City (Fides Service) - As part of initiatives to mark the 500th anniversary of the foundation of the current Vatican Basilica, the Vatican Apostolic Library and the Numismatic Collections of Rome has organized ...
23 February 2007
EUROPE/ROMANIA - Mixed Marriages and the Family in Europe : Annual Meeting of the Catholic Bishops' Conferences of South-East Europe
Oradea (Agenzia Fides) - From 1st to 4th March 2007, the Presidents of the Catholic Bishops' Conferences of South-East Europe will meet for the seventh time in Oradea (Romania), along with a group of experts. Seven bish ...
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