News
19 February 2007
VATICAN - Prayers for Lent
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Lent is an opportune time for Christians to convert themselves ever more deeply to Christ” Pope Benedict XVI recalled at the Angelus on Sunday 18 February. To help Catholics live this ...
19 February 2007
VATICAN - “Non violence for Christians does not mean resigning oneself to evil, but rather responding to evil with good, this breaks the chain of injustice” Pope Benedict XVI recalls during his Angelus meditation; an appeal for dialogue to end Guinean crisis
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Sunday 18 February in his meditation before the midday Angelus prayer Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the Sunday Gospel passage “one of the most typical and powerful statements of Jesus ...
19 February 2007
VATICAN - The Pope addresses his Apostolic Nuncios to Latin American countries: “Faced with the challenges of the present day our communities must consolidate their belonging to Christ in order to live a mature and joyous faith … truly enormous is the spiritual potential from which Latin America can draw”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 17 February Pope Benedict XVI received in audience Papal Nuncios from Latin American countries in Rome for a meeting organised by the Holy See in view of CELAM 5, the 5th Genera ...
19 February 2007
EUROPA/SPAIN - UCAM Catholic University in Murcia promotes school of formation for members of Confraternities
Murcia (Fides Service) - UCAM Catholic University in Murcia is promoting formation courses for members of Confraternities taking part in Murcia Holy Week.
The news was announced by the rector of the college José Luis M ...
19 February 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “Every Day with Jesus”: Brisbane archdiocese proposes multi media resource Lent preparation programme for all age groups
Brisbane (Agenzia Fides) - Every Day with Jesus is the title of a 2007 Lent to Pentecost programme made available by the Catholic archdiocese of Brisbane to encourage the faithful to spend a little time every day with Je ...
19 February 2007
AMERICA/CANADA - Joint delegation Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and Canadian Catholic Organisation for Development and Peace visits reconstruction programmes in tsunami stricken areas
Montreal (Fides Service) - A joint delegation of the Canadian Catholic Organisation for Development and Peace DP and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops CCCB is visiting Indonesia to review the successful reconst ...
19 February 2007
AFRICA/GUINEA - Thank you Holy Father for your comforting words, a source of encouragement for the whole Christian community: communications officer of Conakry archdiocese
Conakry (Fides Service)- “The Pope’s words brought comfort to the whole Christian community in Guinea” said Fr Come Traoré Communications Officer for Conakry archdiocese in Guinea. In Rome yesterday 18 February, a ...
19 February 2007
EUROPE/RUMANIA - Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate prepare for 3rd European Ecumenical Assembly
Bucharest (Fides Service) - In the Rumanian Transylvanian city of Sibiu, consecrated European Culture Capital 2007, the 3rd European Ecumenical Assembly EEA3 will be held from 4 to 9 September. Theses religious cultural ...
17 February 2007
EUROPE/PORTUGAL - “The Church will continue to be faithful to her mission to announce the Gospel of Life and denounce any attack on life” say Catholic Bishops at the end of special meeting to discuss abortion referendum outcome
Fatima (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Portugal held a special assembly in Fatima on 16 February in Fatima to discuss the results of the referendum 11 February which drew a yes vote to legalise abortion up to t ...
17 February 2007
EUROPE/SPAIN - “Where is Europe heading? Christians, value and hope for the future”: 4th Europe-Mediterranean FIAC meeting discusses evangelisation on the ‘old’ continent
Madrid (Fides Service) - From 1 to 4 March in Madrid there will be the 4th Europe-Mediterranean Meeting of the Catholic Action International Forum with the title “Where is Europe Heading? Christians, value and hope for ...
17 February 2007
AFRICA/UGANDA - Catholic Bishops ask government to reconsider decision not to host the Uganda peace talks that collapsed in Juba
Kampala (Fides Service)- “The cessation of hostilities between the two groups expires on February 28 and war could break out if the peace talks would not have resumed” Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu northern U ...
17 February 2007
ASIA/TAIWAN -In New Year Pastoral Letter Archbishop of Tai Pei calls for religious institutes and parishes to coordinate pastoral work and prayers for vocations
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - In a New Year Pastoral Letter the Archbishop of Tai Pei Joseph Cheng has asked for more intense coordination of pastoral work and prayers for vocations. The Letter, published in the diocesan bul ...
17 February 2007
ASIA/INDONESIA - Army offensive leaves five thousand hungry and desperate: humanitarian emergency in west Papua
Sorong (Agenzia Fides) - More than five thousand people forced to abandon their homes following an army offensive in the Papuan district in Puncak Jaya have been living in the forest since last December in a situation of ...
17 February 2007
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Ninety year old Italian Consolata missionary dies of injuries inflicted by robbers
Manizalez (Fides Service) - A ninety year old Italian Consolata missionary Fr Mario Bianco died in Manizales, Colombia, on 15 February after being attacked ten days earlier on 4 February by thieves. The bandits broke int ...
17 February 2007
AMERICA/PERU - In our times the Church calls us, priests especially, to bear witness to the cross the ‘sign of contradiction’: Cardinal Cipriani addresses Lenten Letter to Priests
Lima (Fides Service) - Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Archbishop of Lima and Primate of Peru, addressed a Lenten Letter to his priests reminding them that their mission in the Church demands " continual personal con ...
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