News
8 February 2007
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE
The Fundamental Elements of the Roman Liturgy (2) Christian Worship
Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello -
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Constitution on the Liturgy issued by the Second Vatican Council after describing the presence of Jesus Christ in the Church and in various ways in the Liturgy, above all the Eucharist ...
8 February 2007
VATICAN - “We honour Aquila and Priscilla as examples of married life responsibly involved in serving the whole Christian community. And they are a pattern for the Church, the family of God in every epoch”: Pope Benedict XVI’s weekly Wednesday Audience teaching
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pope gave his General Wednesday Audience on 7 February first in St Peter’s where he met the Bishops of Lombardy in Rome for the ad limina visit accompanied by many Catholics from the ...
8 February 2007
AMERICA - CELAM 5 will not discuss dogmatic questions, it will be entirely missionary and pastoral": final preparations
Santiago del Chile (Agenzia Fides) - “Starting from Jesus Christ and his Revelation we attempted to see how the Spirit is calling us to be present in this culturally new America, and identify from a point of view of ec ...
8 February 2007
ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Looking towards the Future: Truth and Friendship Commission promotes neighbourly relations between East Timor and Indonesia
Dili (Agenzia Fides ) - Spread a spirit and mentality which looks towards the future with optimism and hope, remembering the past, but also acknowledging mistakes and difficulties and trying to heal painful scars: this i ...
8 February 2007
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Floods: Archbishop urges Catholics to help people in difficulty, many homeless find shelter at parish centres
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The consequences of torrential rains in northern Luanda, capital of Angola are ever more serious (see Fides 30 January 2007). The government has announced a death toll of at least 114, and over ...
8 February 2007
ASIA/HONG KONG - God’s love for humanity and humanity’s response: over 120 young people take part in Prayer Meeting organised by the Diocesan Vocations Commission
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “I truly love you” was the theme of a Prayer Meeting held at St Andrews parish church and organised by the Hong Kong diocesan Commission for Vocations. The prayer meeting focused on God’ ...
7 February 2007
VATICAN - AVE MARIA - The humble ‘power’ of Mary, Rev. Luciano Alimandi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “God gave Mary such great power over demons that many times and unwillingly they were forced to confess, through the mouths of the possessed, that they feared even one of her sighs in fav ...
7 February 2007
EUROPA/SPAIN - 130 million of the world’s boys and girls will never have the chance to go to school: Manos Unidas Campaign to guarantee all children at least primary education to enable them to be the artificers of their development
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “You can’t read? We can change this" is the slogan of a campaign launched by Manos Unidas Catholic NGO in Spain which promotes development in poor countries. The Campaign aims to help reach t ...
7 February 2007
EUROPE/ITALY - In 2007 Carmelites will mark three important centenaries, General Chapter in September
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The year 2007 marks three important anniversaries for the members of the Carmelite Order all over the world: the 8th centenary of the “Formula di Vita” which Saint of Jerusalem gave to the herm ...
7 February 2007
AFRICA/UGANDA - Kenya refuses to allow negotiations between Ugandan rebels and Ugandan government to be moved to Nairobi
Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- Kenya has refused a request from the Lord’s Resistance Army to host peace negotiations between the rebel group and the Ugandan government, hitherto held in Juba, Southern Sudan, in Nairobi. Ken ...
7 February 2007
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Radical groups oppose anti-terrorism measures proposed by Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s government
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The recent wave of bomb attacks in Pakistan could be a counter-offensive by radical groups and pro-Taliban militants, which disapprove of policies adopted by president Pervez Musharraf conside ...
7 February 2007
ASIA/PHILIPPINES -Ecumenical and Inter-religious Centre in the archdiocese of Davao on the island of Mindanao marks ten years of service to peace
Davao (Agenzia Fides) - When it was opened it seemed to be a pioneer initiative destined to encounter many difficulties: ten years on the Ecumenical and Inter-religious Centre in the archdiocese of Davao is an institutio ...
7 February 2007
ASIA/TAIWAN - “I want to Evangelise” is the theme of annual March seminar at Tai Pei Archdiocesan Centre for the Promotion of Catechesis
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - “I want to Evangelise” is the theme of annual March seminar organised by the Tai Pei Archdiocesan Centre for the Promotion of Catechesis. According to the diocesan bulletin Christian Life We ...
7 February 2007
EUROPE/SPAIN - Pro Vida Spain supports Casa de la Vida in Guayaquil, Ecuador, for young people, pregnant women and people suffering from HIV-AIDS
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - During the 1st Pro Life and Family meeting in Ecuador there will be the consigning of a project ‘Home for Life, a concrete proposal to “spread the Gospel of Life in the darkness of the cultur ...
6 February 2007
AFRICA/BENIN - On the horizon Africa and the whole world await your missionary commitment…put out into the deep of the missionary Ocean: Cardinal Dias presides installation of the new Bishop of Porto Novo diocese
Porto Novo (Fides News Service) - “After giving thanks yesterday in Ouidah for the Golden Jubilee of Episcopate of our beloved patriarch, Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, today we have gathered here in this beautiful cathedr ...
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