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9 May 2006
VATICAN - General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies: “Let us make this meeting an apostolic Upper Room” says president Archbishop Henryk Hoser
Rome (Fides Service) - Today May 9 the President of the Pontifical Mission Societies Archbishop Henryk Hoser opened the second part of the Annual General Assembly during which 114 national directors will listen to report ...
9 May 2006
ASIA/MYANMAR - Memorable event for the Church in Myanmar: ordination of Bishop Felix Lian Khen Thang auxiliary in the remote diocese of Kalay Myo
Kalay Myo (Fides Service) - On May 5 in Kalay Myo, diocese of Hakha (north of Yangon, close to the border with India) crowds of people, Catholics, other Christians, and members of other religions welcomed Archbishop Salv ...
8 May 2006
VATICAN - At the Regina Caeli the Pope prays “for a growing number of people who respond to Christ’s call to follow Him on the path to priesthood or consecrated life... and that that the seeds of vocation which God sows in the heart of the faithful may mature and bear fruits of holiness in the Church and in the world”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Sunday 7 May Pope Benedict XVI addressed thousands of people gathered in St Peter’s Square to pray the midday Regina Caeli prayer. “On this 4th Sunday of Easter, Good Shepherd Sunda ...
8 May 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - Holy Childhood children messengers of Hope in Europe. Following in the footsteps of Pope John Paul II
Rome (Fides Service) - Italian children members of the Pontifical Society for Holy Childhood will set out as messengers of Hope in the footsteps of Pope John Paul II along the roads of mission from 24 June to 1 July 200 ...
8 May 2006
ASIA/CHINA - Catholics pray for vocations and for those entrusted with the formation of future priests
Beijing (Fides Service) - In communion with the universal Church, Catholics in Beijing celebrated Good Shepherd Sunday, May 7, 4th Sunday of Easter as the Day of Prayer for Vocations. Chinese Catholics are deeply aware o ...
8 May 2006
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI receives in audience participants at the Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies: “I encourage you to work to help Christians grow in awareness that the spiritual dynamic of baptism involves them in missionary activity gathering them in communion around Christ to participate in his mission”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning in the Sala Clementina in the Vatican the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI granted an audience to the participants at the Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Socie ...
8 May 2006
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI ordains 15 new priests: “the priest is totally inserted in Christ so that starting from him and acting in view of Him and in communion with him he may carry out the service of the one Shepherd Jesus, in whom God made man, wishes to be our Shepherd”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - In St Peter’s Basilica on Sunday 7 May, the 4th Sunday of Easter and annual Day of Prayer for Vocations Pope Benedict XVI presided Mass and ordained 13 deacons of the diocese of Rome and ...
6 May 2006
AMERICA/PERU - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed
Vatican City (Fides) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 26 April 2006 confirmed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Peru for a second five ye ...
6 May 2006
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI presides special Mass for the 5th Centenary of the Foundation of the Pontifical Swiss Guard: “To be a Swiss Guard means to be loyal without reserve to Christ and the Church and ready to give one’s life for this”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning, May 6th 2006, in St Peter’s Basilica Pope Benedict XVI presided a special concelebration of Mass to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Pontifical Swis ...
6 May 2006
VATICAN - PMS General Assembly: “Being credible witnesses to the Risen Christ, with respect for others, seeking dialogue but above all loving as we are loved by Christ”
Rome (Fides Service) - Concluding the first two days 4 and 5 May of the Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies during which national PMS directors from all over the world reflected on missionary acti ...
5 May 2006
VATICAN - “Buddhists and Christians at the service of humanity”: the Message of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious dialogue for the Day of Vesakh 2006
Vatican City (Fides Agency) - The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue sent a message to the Buddhists for the Day of Vesakh, the most important Buddhist celebration. This year the countries of Theravada tradit ...
5 May 2006
VATICAN - PMS General Assembly: the National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies reflect on the proclamation of the Gospel in a multicultural society
Rome (Fides Agency) - The proclamation of the Gospel in a multicultural society was the theme faced by the 114 National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), representing as many countries in the world, on ...
5 May 2006
EUROPE/SPAIN - Three thousand families of Latin-American immigrants will take part in the fifth Meeting of American Peoples next Sunday, at the Shrine of Torreciudad
Huesca (Fides Agency) - About three thousand Latin-American families coming from the various Spanish regions, will gather next Sunday, 7 May, for a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Torreciudad (Huesca), to take part in the fi ...
5 May 2006
EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - There are now 250 million children exploited all over the world: the International Labour Organisation publishes “The end of child labour: within reach”, its new report on child labour
Rome (Fides Agency) - For the first time child-labourers in the world are diminishing, and the phenomenon in its worst forms may be eliminated in the next ten years: it is what the ILO says in its latest report on child ...
5 May 2006
AFRICA/SUDAN - The main group of rebels in the Darfur signs the peace agreement presented by the international mediators
Khartoum (Fides Agency)- After a series of sudden surprises, a partial agreement was reached at Abuja (Nigeria) to bring back peace to the Darfur, the tormented region of western Sudan, the setting of a tragic civil conf ...
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