News
22 February 2007
EUROPE/SCOTLAND - Catholic Bishop of Paisley calls for action to protect the religious freedom of the Catholic Church in the United Kingdom
Paisley (Agenzia Fides) - In a Pastoral Letter read out at all Masses in the Diocese of Paisley on Sunday (18 February 2007) Bishop Philip Tartaglia called for action to protect "the religious freedom of the Catholic Chu ...
21 February 2007
VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT: THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Rome (Fides News Service) The STATIONS OF THE CROSS (or Way of the Cross; in Latin, Via Crucis; also called the Via Dolorosa or Way of Sorrows, or simply, The Way) refers to the depiction of the final hours (or Passion) ...
21 February 2007
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Catholics at Nuestra Señora del Carmen parish celebrate 180th anniversary
Bella Vista (Agenzia Fides) - To celebrate its 180th anniversary the parish of Nuestra Señora del Carmen parish in Bella Vista, Argentina has organised various initiatives.
Among the different cultural activities alre ...
21 February 2007
AFRICA/CAPE VERDE - New National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 20 December 2006 appointed Rev. Jean A. Mendes Martins of the diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde, Nation ...
21 February 2007
VATICAN - Cardinal Paul Poupard visits Sheikh Mohamed Sayyed Tantawi, Grand Imam of al-Azhar al-Sharif
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On February 20 Cardinal Paul Poupard visited Sheikh Mohamed Sayyed Tantawi, Grand Imam of al-Azhar al-Sharif, in Cairo.The Holy See Press Office released the following communique: "Cardinal ...
21 February 2007
EUROPE/ITALY - Meeting for diocesan and regional Holy Childhood delegates. National Holy Childhood Meeting in June
Rome (Fides Service) - “Jesus is Risen: Mission has Started” is the title of a three day meeting for diocesan and regional Holy Childhood delegates next month in Rome from 2 to 4 March. The Meeting is an annual event ...
21 February 2007
VATICAN - “Indicate the foundation, specificity and duties of a conscience, illuminated by the faith, but aware of the necessity to dialogue with the secular and pluralist world of cultures” aim of 13th general assembly of the Pontifical Academy
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Christian conscience supports the right to life” is the theme of the 13th general assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life PAV to be held 23-24 February in the Vatican.
The Assemb ...
21 February 2007
VATICAN - AVE MARIA - Mary, Queen of the Beatitudes
Rev. Luciano Alimandi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “They came to Capernaum, and when he got into the house he asked them, ‘What were you arguing about on the road?’ They said nothing, because on the road they had been arguing which of ...
21 February 2007
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - “Love is the Only Light ” is the theme of a 2007 Collection for Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe, to build churches and support seminaries, social services, evangelisation
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - “Love is the Only Light ” is the theme of a 2007 Collection for Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe organised by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The theme dr ...
20 February 2007
VATICAN - Prayers for Lent: Ave Regina Caelorum Hymn
Hail, Queen of heaven;
Hail, Mistress of the Angels;
Hail, root of Jesse;
Hail, the gate through which the
Light rose over the earth.
Rejoice, Virgin most renowned
and of unsurpassed beauty,
and pray for ...
20 February 2007
VATICAN - “Christ has chosen us, dear priests, to be the only ones with the power to pardon sins in His name. This then, is a specific ecclesial service to which we must give priority.” Pope Benedict XVI addresses confessors of the four Roman Basilicas
Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the late morning of February 19 Pope Benedict XVI received Cardinal James F. Stafford, major penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary, prelates and officials of that tribunal, and fat ...
20 February 2007
ASIA/NEPAL - Springtime in the Nepali Catholic community and great expectations for the future of the Kingdom of Nepal: interview with Bishop elect Vicar Apostolic Anthony Sharma
Kathmandu (Fides Service) - In Nepal the Catholic community is appreciated for its valid service in education and social assistance and formation in the faith for young people and adults and there are great expectations ...
20 February 2007
AMERICA/PERU - Archbishop Piura offers a collection of reflections and suggestions to help the faithful live Lent as a time of grace and growth in the faith
Piura (Agenzia Fides) - “Lent is a time to confirm our faith in the Lord Jesus and our determination to announce his mystery of salvation with new zeal” Archbishop José Antonio Eguren Anselmi said in a Lenten Lette ...
20 February 2007
AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Fraternity and the Amazon” Fraternity Campaign 2007 calls attention to tragic situation of the Amazon peoples and their forests a ‘treasure to cherish’
Belem (Agenzia Fides) - Fraternity and the Amazon Region is the theme of the 2007 Lenten Fraternity Campaigned promoted and launched today Ash Wednesday 21 February by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Brazil. This y ...
20 February 2007
AFRICA/COTE D’IVOIRE - Radio Sanwi 15 years at the service of the local Stigmatine Mission for mainly non Christian listeners
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- Radio Paix Sanwi, a Catholic radio station promoted by the Stigmatine missionaries in Aboisso in the south of Cote d’Ivoire is celebrating 15 years of broadcasting, to mainly non Christian list ...
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