News

• 19 October 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Eucharist, Bread of salvation and love” theme of 10th Regional Holy Childhood Meeting with 650 participants Jussara (Fides Service) - “Eucharist, Bread of salvation and love” was the theme of 10th Regional Holy Childhood Meeting held 7 to 9 October in Jussara, Goiàs state, Brazil, the theme was chosen in keeping with th ...
• 19 October 2005
  EUROPE/LITHUANIA - “It is amazing to see how frequent communion brings peace and joy not only to the bedridden but to the whole family and the community” said Fr Marco Mikalonis from Argentina on mission in Lithuania Pumpenai (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Marco Mikalonis a young priest from Argentina, member of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, presently on mission in Lithuania, sent this message to Fides: “Here is a brief report on our ...
• 19 October 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI to preside Mission Sunday Mass in St Peter’s Square for dolmen closing of Synod of Bishops and canonisation of five new Saints Vatican City (Fides Service) - At 9.30 a.m. on Sunday October 23, World Mission Day, the Holy Father will preside at a Eucharistic concelebration in St. Peter's Square with the Synod Fathers for the conclusion of the Ele ...
• 19 October 2005
  AFRICA/REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Movement of Catholic Spouses: a lively reality in Congo Brazzaville (Fides Service)- “The Movement of Catholic Spouses is a form of apostolate which has attracted me since I was a novice” said Sr Rolande Milandou, a young Franciscan Missionary of Mary an animator of this ...
• 19 October 2005
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - Catholic Archbishop of Algiers presents new pastoral year priroties Algiers (Fides Service)- The Catholic Archbishop of Algiers Henri Teissier has described pastoral work in Algeria as a common mission with Muslims. Presenting pastoral activity for the coming year in the local Church bul ...
• 19 October 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Sister relationship between Catholic schools in Solomons and Australia Honiara (Fides Service) - Bishop Epalle School in Rove Honiara and Trinity School in Sale in Australia have established a new sister relationship which ties a double knot between the schools, pupils and teachers and hel ...
• 19 October 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Priests and religious in Andhra Pradesh close year of the Eucharist with a Special Retreat Hyderabad (Fides Service) - About a hundred priests and men and women religious in Hyderabad diocese who took part in a special retreat to reflect on the Year of the Eucharist and identify pastoral priorities, expressed ...
• 19 October 2005
  VATICAN - “Traditio ecclesiae in intercultural dialogue: reflections on the art of the catacombs”. Exhibition organised by the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology: a photograph of religious reality of Roman society from the 2nd to the 5th centuries Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 25 September a small exhibition was opened in the west part of St. Callisto catacomb on the Appian Way. The exhibition is part of initiatives organised on the occasion of European Herita ...
• 19 October 2005
  VATICAN - At his General weekly Audience the Pope teaches on Psalm 129: “God is not an inexorable sovereign who condemns the guilty, instead he is a loving father whom we should love not for fear of punishment, but because of his goodness and readiness to forgive”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - “This is one of the most famous and loved psalms for Christian tradition: the ‘De profundis’, called after its opening words in Latin with the ‘Miserere’ has become a favourite p ...
• 18 October 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Marian capital of Brazil, Aparecida (São Paolo), will host 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences in May 2007 Rome (Fides Service) - On the way towards the 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences, CELAM on October 14 Pope Benedict XVI received in audience Cardinal Francisco Javier Erraz ...
• 18 October 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Forty years after Vatican II: context, institutions and challenges for the Church in Brazil today. Seminar in February 2006 to re-visit and implement that exceptional ecumenical event Brasilia (Fides Service) - Vatican II: context, institutions and challenges for the Church in Brazil today is the theme of a Seminar organised by the Catholic Bishops of Brazil through the National Pastoral Institute. Th ...
• 18 October 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Christians are the custodians of “the greatest of all treasures in heaven and on earth”: the Eucharist Rome (Fides Service) - In these twelve months of the Year of the Eucharist Catholics all over the world have reflected in the significance and importance of the Eucharist, this great gift of God, renewed their faith in t ...
• 18 October 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - New National Director for Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 15 July 2005, appointed Rev. John Hung Shan-chuan of the Society of the Divine World (SVD), Nation ...
• 18 October 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Peter Zhang Bairen of Hanyang dies at the age of 90: a man of faith and courage, proud of his loyalty to the Pope Hanyang (Fides Service) - On October 12 Bishop Peter Zhang Bairen of Hanyang, Hubei province mainland China, died of heart failure at the age of 90. Born on 14 February 1915 in Zhangjiazhuang, Xiantao district, 1,230 km ...
• 18 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Eucharist, source and summit of Christian life: Catholic Australia new site feature Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - “For Catholics, Holy Mass is not only a sacrifice offered it is the Holy Supper. Because Jesus chose to offer himself to us as food and drink. In this way we experience God’s love for us, acc ...