News
28 April 2006
AMERICA/PERU - First Regional Meeting to intensify evangelisation among communities in the interior called by the Bishops’ Commission for Catechesis, Biblical and Indigenous Pastoral
San Ramon (Fides Service) - To intensify evangelisation and spread of the Word of God among communities in the interior of Peru, the Peruvian Bishops’ Commission for Catechesis, Biblical and Indigenous Pastoral organis ...
28 April 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - National Missionary Youth Meeting: “Witnesses of Hope in the World”
Rome (Fides Service) - Some 270 young people involved in missionary activity and animation have gathered for the National Missionary Youth Meeting organised by the Pontifical Mission Societies which opens today 28 April ...
28 April 2006
EUROPE/SPAIN - ‘Handbook for Bishop’s Mission Delegate and Diocesan Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies’ gives guidance and fosters co-ordination for this important task in Spanish dioceses
Madrid (Fides Service) - CEM, the Missions Commission of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference, and the PMS Pontifical Mission Societies in Spain have issued a Handbook for the Bishop’s Mission Delegate and Diocesan Direct ...
28 April 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - “Hospitality: a charisma to witness”, 19th General Chapter, Hospitaller Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Rome (Fides Service) - From 5 to 29 in Rome May the Hospitaller Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus will hold their 19th General Chapter on the theme “God’s Healing, good news for the men and women of today”. The ...
28 April 2006
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Go north young man!”: history of Jesuits in Southern Africa
Pretoria (Fides Service) - The Bishop of Grahamstown in the Cape Province, South Africa, in 1879 asked for Jesuits. He offered them a school in Grahamstown in the hope this would serve as a springboard for the missionary ...
28 April 2006
AMERICA - Form authentic missionary disciples to announce the faith with courage and conviction: aims of 3rd Latin American Catechesis Week
Bogota (Fides Service) - As part of preparations for the 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences CELAM next year 2007, 13 to 31 May in Aparecida, Brazil, with the theme ““Discip ...
28 April 2006
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Social Services Australia new network
Sydney (Fides Service) - A fusion of names and symbols indicates renewed commitment in the field of social assistance. Various Catholic bodies operating in Australia, have merged to form Catholic Social Services Australi ...
28 April 2006
ASIA/CHINA - Catholic Women’s group inspired by Mother Teresa’s example makes God’s love visible through works of charity
He Jian (Fides Service) - Mother Teresa Women’s Charity Group, started a couple of years ago in Mu Zhuang village near the town of He Jian, diocese of Xian Xian (today Cang Zhou) in the province of He Bei, has become a ...
28 April 2006
ASIA/THAILAND - Documentation Centre of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences enlarged
Bangkok (Fides Service) - More space, larger quantity of publications, better organisation for consultation, at the service of local Churches in Asia: with these objectives the Federation of the Asian Bishops’ Conferen ...
27 April 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops of southern Chile and Argentina meet to intensify mutual knowledge, consolidate brotherhood and discuss the migratory problem in the region
San Carlos de Bariloche (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of southern Chile and Argentina met 18 and 19 April at San Carlos di Bariloche (Argentina) to intensify mutual knowledge and consolidate brotherhood among bi ...
27 April 2006
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The importance of awareness of being and knowing for evangelisation : focus of 2nd national congress of Catholic Educators
Bogota (Fides Service) - The 2nd national congress of Catholic Educators will take place at San Buenaventura University 9 to 11 May 2006 organised by the Colombian Bishops respective Commissions for Pastoral of Evangel ...
27 April 2006
AMERICA/BRAZIL - “The Eucharist: life of the community and source of mission”: slogan 1st Diocesan Eucharistic Congress in archdiocese of Mariana organised to mark the diocese’s 100th anniversary and in preparation for the National Eucharistic Congress
Mariana (Fides Service) - As part of celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the archdiocese of Mariana in Brazil the 1st Diocesan Eucharistic Congress is being held 26 - 29 April in the town of Conselheiro Lafaiet ...
27 April 2006
VATICAN - The Pope’s meditation at the weekly Audience: “Tradition is not the transmission of things or words, a collection of things long dead…it is a living river which connects us to the origins, the great river which leads us to the door of eternity” - Appeal for peace on the 20th anniversary of Chernobyl
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Communion in time: Tradition”. This was the theme Pope Benedict XVI chose for his meditation at the weekly general audience on Wednesday 27 April in St Peter’s Square. “Ecclesial C ...
27 April 2006
AFRICA/SENEGAL - The World Youth Day Cross in Senegal: “An event which gave new vitality to the Christian community ” National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies reports
Dakar (Fides Service)- “An exceptional event involving the whole Christian community ” said Fr. Giuseppe Giordano, OMI, National Director of the Pontifical Mission in Senegal, describing the arrival in Dakar in Holy ...
27 April 2006
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - “Church membership and Charity”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Church membership and Charity”. A priest, a missionary, indeed a Christian is authentic only if he or she operates as a member of the Body of Christ, the Church. What must a Christian ...
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