News
13 June 2006
EUROPE/SPAIN - ‘Mission Young People’ launched in Madrid aims to help young practising Catholics to strengthen their faith and draw other young people back to Jesus Christ
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - ‘Mission Young People’, a fruit of the 3rd diocesan Synod in Madrid celebrated last year, is the title of an initiative launched by Cardinal Antonio Mª Rouco Varela Archbishop of Madrid on P ...
13 June 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - Legionaries of Christ Semper Altius Foundation builds a school for poor children in Guatemala
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A school being built in a poor district of Guatemala by the Semper Altius Foundation www.altius.org of the Legionaries of Christ should be ready by January 2007. It joins 23 other schools with a to ...
13 June 2006
ASIA/CHINA - New churches opened in various dioceses
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - In just over three months from north to the south of mainland China several new churches were opened and a 60mt. high bell tower was inaugurated. In the month of May over 2.000 Catholics were p ...
13 June 2006
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - An Orionino missionary in Korea shares first impressions: “at the side of poor and rich, helping them to discover in Jesus the meaning of life ”
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Piccola Opera della Divina Provvidenza started its presence in South Korea on 21 April with the arrival in Seoul of Argentinean Fr. Luciano Felloni and Korean Fr Bernardo Seo Yong-Tae. A humbl ...
13 June 2006
AFRICA/SUDAN - We must help the Church and the people of southern Sudan at this crucial moment in their history: appeal from Major Superiors
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)-. At the request of the local Bishops and to see for themselves the situation of the people and the church and assess needs in view of concrete assistance and in the month of March a delegation o ...
12 June 2006
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI at the Angelus on the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity: Among the different analogies of the ineffable mystery of God, Three in One, which believers are able to perceive, I would mention that of the family called to be a community of love and life
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The whole of the universe, for those who have faith, speaks of God, Three in One. From inter-star space to microscopic particles, everything which exists points to a Being who communicat ...
12 June 2006
VATICAN - Feast of Corpus Christi: Pope Benedict XVI reminds Romans and visitors of the Holy Mass and Blessed Sacrament Procession, the Major Basilica of St Mary organises Forty Hours Adoration
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday 15 June, solemnity of the Corpus Christi, at 7pm Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate Mass in front of his Cathedral of St John in the Lateran in Rome. Immediately after Mass the Ho ...
12 June 2006
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Social and pastoral zeal in the young Catholic diocese of Emdeber where people suffer from prolonged food crisis
Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides)- “The food crisis is ever more serious and we have to rely on aid from other countries” Bishop Musie Ghebreghiorghis of the diocese of Emdeber in Ethiopia, told a delegation of ‘Aid to t ...
12 June 2006
ASIA/TAIWAN - Pontifical Mission Societies Taiwan call for full participation in 1st Asian Mission Congress
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The national office for the Pontifical Mission Societies in Taiwan has urged Catholics in Asia to take an active part in the 1st Asian Mission Congress to be held in Chiang Mai diocese in Thaila ...
12 June 2006
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Religious congregations, Church movements and associations start preparation for World Youth Day in Sydney 2008: Kindling the fire of mission in young hearts
Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - Religious congregations, Church movements and associations have started preparation for World Youth Day in Sydney 2008 with meetings of prayer and reflection, in order to become a point of ref ...
12 June 2006
AMERICA/URUGUAY - 31st National Meeting for Catholic Laity hold: lay people involved in associations, movements and parishes discuss contributions to 5th General CELAM Conference
Florida (Agenzia Fides) - As part of preparation for the 5th General CELAM Conference in May 2007 at Aparecida (Brazil), the Laity Commission DELAI of the Bishops of Uruguay has organised the 31st National Meeting for ...
12 June 2006
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Remember the Hippocratic Oath: always care for the sick” Cardinal Etsou, archbishop of Kinshasa says to hospital doctors on strike
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “You have the legitimate right to demand a worthy and adequate salary for the valid service you render the sick” Cardinal Frédéric Etsou, Archbishop of Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Cong ...
12 June 2006
ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Appeal from NGOs: more funds needed to assist displaced persons
Dili (Agenzia Fides) - NGOs operating in East Timor say more funds are needed to face the present emergency. The UN High Commission for Refugees, the Jesuit Refugee Service and the Italian NGO International Volunteers fo ...
12 June 2006
EUROPE/RUSSIA - 250 million dollars for programmes in poor countries of Africa to fight infective diseases and promote energy infrastructures
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Russia and the World Bank have agreed to supply 250 million dollars for development in some of the poorest countries in Africa. The news was announced during the recent G8 Meeting Saint Petersbur ...
12 June 2006
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Italian Amici di Raoul Follereau and new NGO Idea adopt programme for prevention and treatment leprosy in Mozambique
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Twenty five years have passed since it became possible to treat leprosy: it suffices to take medicine for a year and in most cases the bacillus disappears completely. Nevertheless today leprosy is ...
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