News
7 December 2005
ASIA/INDIA - The Pope establishes new diocese of Itanagar and appoints first bishop
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 7 December 2005, established the diocese of Itanagar (India), with territory taken from the diocese of Tezpur, making it suffragan of the metropolitan ...
7 December 2005
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Archbishop of Antananarivo resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 7 December accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Antananarivo (Madagascar), presented by Cardinal Armand Gaétan R ...
7 December 2005
VATICAN - “We must be certain that however burdensome and stormy are the trials that await us, we will never be left alone, we will never fall from the Lord's hands, the hands that created us and now follow us on life's itinerary”: Pope Benedict XVI explains Psalm 137
Vatican City (Fides Service) - In his reflection addressed to some 20,000 visitors at the Wednesday audience this morning in St Peter’s Square Pope Benedict XVI focused on Psalm 137 (“thanksgiving”) - vespers Tuesd ...
7 December 2005
EUROPE/POLAND - “Living the faith and communicating it to others” : 4th PMU National Meeting marks 85th anniversary of PMU Poland
Czestochowa (Fides Service) - “We hope this meeting will leave the Church in Poland stronger in missionary spirit ready for greater effort for mission ad gentes” said National director of the Pontifical Mission Socie ...
7 December 2005
ASIA/FILIPPINES - President and standing council of Catholic Bishops’ Conference take office
Manila (Fides Service) - The new Standing Council of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines began a two year mandate on 1 December with Archbishop Angel Lagdameo of Jaro as president and Bishop Antonio Led ...
7 December 2005
ASIA/PAKISTAN - As rigid Kashmir Winter sets in more mountain people may move to lower valleys
Lahore (Fides Service) - The UN High Commission for Refugees which has been operating in Pakistan to assist earthquake victims since the October 8 tragedy, is preparing for a possible exodus of mountain village people to ...
7 December 2005
ASIA/TAIWAN - Good Shepherd Catholic Foundation joins civil foundations to help integration of women immigrants
Taipei (Fides Service) - Life is not easy for women immigrants from Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines who marry local Taiwan husbands; they have to learn a new languages, new customs and bring their children up in a way th ...
7 December 2005
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Bishops of Australia plan to open New National Office for Evangelisation to mark the 30th anniversary of encyclical Evangelii Nuntiandi
Sydney (Fides Service) - To mark the 30th anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Evangelii Nuntiandi the Catholic Bishops of Australia announced they will consider setting up a National Office of Evangelisation, like ...
6 December 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Missionaries of Charity, Sisters and Brothers, care for people with AIDS at two Catholic centres in Calcutta
Calcutta (Fides Service) - In Calcutta Missionaries of Charity, Sisters and Brothers, spiritual sons and daughters of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta care for people with AIDS at two centres for people with AIDS and of ...
6 December 2005
ASIA/TAIWAN - Fu Ren Catholic University gives new students warm welcome in a spirit of Christian charity and brotherhood
Taipei (Fides Service) - Recently Fu Ren Catholic University in Taipei held a ceremony to welcome new students. The ceremony concluded with a blessing by the university chaplain.
According to Christian Life Weekly pub ...
6 December 2005
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “No to the death penalty”: Pontifical Mission Societies Australia supports world campaign to abolish capital punishment
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - “Australia should be more committed to saying NO to the death penalty and YES to life” said Fr Terry Bell, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Australia.
He said that ...
6 December 2005
VATICAN - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe concludes pastoral visit in Vietnam inaugurating new diocese of Bà Ria and installing first Bishop: the Church in Vietnam is living an important page in its history, a page of joy and hope
Bà Ria (Fides Service) - On the last lap of his pastoral visit to the Catholic Church in Vietnam Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples was present for the inauguration o ...
6 December 2005
AFRICA - Earthquake in central east Africa: fragmentary news from the epicentre zone, little damage but a lot of fear in Kenya, Burundi and the capital of Tanzania
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The earthquake which affected a vast area of East Africa caused much fear but little damage in Kenya, Burundi, and much of Tanzania, although there is still no precise news of the situation in east ...
6 December 2005
AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - The tragedy of AIDS in a divided country. Jesuit Refugee Service launches programme to help HIV/AIDS sufferers in Bouaké, in the rebelled controlled area
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- The AIDS emergency is one of the African tragedies which have plagued the continent for decades. According to the AIDS Epidemic Update 2005 issued on 21 November by the United Nations Joint Progr ...
6 December 2005
ASIA/INDIA - “Voice of Life”: new Catholic weekly in Kerala
Kochi (Fides Service) - Jeevanaadam or Voice of Life is the title of a new Catholic weekly in the local Malayalam language launched in Kerala. According to editor Fr. Feranandez the publication aims to promote cultural a ...
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