News

• 18 October 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI receives Bishops of Ethiopia and Eritrea on ad limina visit: “Your people have experienced famine, oppression and warfare. Help them to discover in the Eucharist the central act of transformation that alone can truly renew the world” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Monday 17 October Pope Benedict XVI received the Catholic Bishops of Ethiopia and of Eritrea on their ad limina visit to the See of Peter not in his library as usual but at the Pontifica ...
• 18 October 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishops’ Residence in Neyyatinkara, Kerala attacked by four unidentified gunmen Cochi (Fides Service) - Catholics in the southern Indian state of Kerala are deeply shocked after the residence of the Bishop of Neyyatinkara diocese was attacked by four gunmen as yet unidentified. During the night last ...
• 18 October 2005
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - “The future for the Church in Afghanistan is promising”, says Papal Nuncio on a pastoral visit to Kabul Islamabad (Fides Service) - “I have been delighted by what I saw and heard. The future for the Church in Afghanistan is promising” said Archbishop Alessandro D’ Errico, papal nuncio in Pakistan, at the end of a pas ...
• 18 October 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The Year of the Eucharist in parishes in Arua diocese, northern Uganda Arua (Fides Service)- “The Year of the Eucharist has been lived intensely here in Arua” said Italian Comboni missionary Father Tonino Pasoline, director of Radio Pacis in the diocese of Arua, northern Uganda. “In f ...
• 18 October 2005
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Catholic schools in Ouahigouya diocese: a reality for the entire community Ouadougou (Fides Service)- Catholics schools in the diocese of Ouahigouya in Burkina Faso are an important reality offering education to over 1,000 pupils. Diocesan education officer Rev. Wenceslas Zoungrana said the dio ...
• 18 October 2005
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Conference on Comboni Missionaries activity for dialogue with the Muslim world in Africa Cairo (Fides Service) - A Conference on Comboni Missionaries’ activity to promote dialogue with Muslims in Africa opened yesterday, 17 October in Cairo capital of Egypt. The objective of the meeting which will conclude ...
• 17 October 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI at Angelus reflection recalls Pope John Paul II, “contemplative and missionary”: “In him we admired the power of the faith and prayer and total trust in Most Holy Mary who accompanied and protected him always” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On 16 October 1978, 27 years ago the Archbishop of Krakow Cardinal Karol Wojtyła was elected successor of Saint Peter. The recurrence was highlighted by Benedict XVI during his reflec ...
• 17 October 2005
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Catholic school pupils of different faiths not separated by school prayers Dakar (Fides Service)- In Africa and elsewhere in the world, many of the pupils at Catholic schools are non Christians whose families appreciate the schools’ quality of education and the respect for the religious feeli ...
• 17 October 2005
  VATICAN - ‘The Eucharist is our Celebration’ Pope Benedict XVI First Communion Children Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the early evening of Saturday October 15, over 100,000 children who made their First Holy Communion this year, mainly from Italy but also from other countries, accompanied by their paren ...
• 17 October 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The only way to change the world is "the silent revolution of love and holiness which comes only from the Eucharist, celebrated, contemplated and adored": Bishop of Cordoba issues pastoral letter for the closing of the Year of the Eucharist and the 17th centenary of the martyrs of Cordoba Cordoba (Fides Service) - “We cannot live without the Eucharist” was the title of a Pastoral Letter issued by Bishop Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina of Cordoba in Spain, for the closing of the Year of the Eucharist and t ...
• 17 October 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - “In Nairobi prisons the miracle of the Eucharist reawakens the faith”. Consolata parish celebrates Week of the Eucharist of prayer and adoration Nairobi (Fides Service)- “In the prisons of Nairobi the miracle of the Eucharist reawakens the faith” said Italian Consolata missionary Fr Eugenio Ferrari, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Ken ...
• 17 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “Re-imaging God and Mission within Australian cultures” ecumenical conference: Catholics prepare for World Mission Sunday Melbourne (Fides Service) - As World Mission Sunday 23 October approaches, all manner of missionary events are taking place in Australia organised by the Pontifical Mission Societies and individual missionary institutes ...
• 17 October 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - After the Year of the Eucharist the Church in Brazil prepares for 15th National Eucharistic Congress in May 2006 with the theme “He is with us” Florianópolis (Fides Service) - After the special Year of the Eucharist the Church in Brazil is preparing for the 15th national Eucharistic Congress 18-21 May 2006 in Florianópolis with the theme “He is with us” an ...
• 17 October 2005
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Eucharist source of hope in years of civil strife, source of strength for the poorest of the poor Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The Eucharist has always been a point of reference for the people of East Timor, 800,000 people 95% Catholics. East Timor voted for and obtained independence from Indonesia in 2002. Daily Mass ...
• 17 October 2005
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The Year of the Eucharist and the Bible underlines that Christians are nourished by both the Word and the Eucharist Tsiroanomandidy (Fides Service) - “Last year in October we opened the Year of the Eucharist with a three day National Meeting on the theme “Adoration of the Eucharist in each of the six areas of Antananarivo diocese ...