News

• 21 February 2006
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “It is not true that other Nigerians hate Catholics … the present violence has little to do with religion. It is more about political exploitation of divisions in Nigerian society for some personal gain” says papal nuncio in Nigeria Lagos (Fides Service)- “It is not true that other Nigerians hate Catholics” Archbishop Renzo Fratini papal nuncio in Nigeria said after some media reported that Catholics were being targeted by Muslim extremists. � ...
• 21 February 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - Celebrations for 50th anniversary of the Apostolic Vicariate of Pucallpa and arrival of first missionaries of the Quebec Society for Foreign Missions Pucallpa (Fides Service) - The Apostolic Vicariate of Pucallpa is celebrating this month the 50th anniversary of its foundation and the arrival of the first missionaries of the Quebec Society for Foreign Missions. Cel ...
• 21 February 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Medical Passport 2006. One million copies distributed to Italian travellers Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Human mobility is characteristic of our times. According to the World Organisation for Tourism there are over 600 million international travellers in the world today. International travel inevitabl ...
• 21 February 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Fr Pascual Chavez, Salesian Rector Major opens Centenary History Museum on a hundred years of Salesian mission in China Hong Kong (Fides Service) - In the spirit of Don Bosco, to commemorate the missionaries and to help young people today know about Salesian missionary work in the past the Salesian Hong Kong Province opened a Centenary Hi ...
• 21 February 2006
  EUROPE/POLAND - Diocesan directors of Pontifical Mission Societies at National Meeting identify goals and challenges, discuss methods and schedule for next five years 2006/2010 Warsaw (Fides Service) - “Missionary cooperation always a fruit of the Pontifical Mission Societies” was the theme of a national meeting for diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Poland held ...
• 21 February 2006
  VATICAN - The Holy Father Benedict XVI sends telegramme of sympathy to church and civil authorities in Nigeria after violent clashes Vatican City (Fides Service) - On behalf of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano sent a telegramme to the ecclesiastical and civil authorities of Nigeria, following recent violent c ...
• 21 February 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope receives Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau on ad limina visit: “Walking with his people the Bishop must encourage, guide and co-ordinate evangelising work so the faith may grow and spread” Vatican City (Fides) - On Monday 20 February Pope Benedict XVI met with a group of African Catholic Bishops on ad limina visit and he said “Through you, the Bishops of the Church which is in Senegal, in Mauritania, in ...
• 21 February 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Final message from a meeting of Recollect Augustinian Missionaries in Mission Year 2006: "let us continue in the most difficult frontier and prophetic ministries and maintain a demanding spirit of mission instead of a certain easy-going attitude” Yopal (Fides Service) - From 25 January to 2 February Recollect Augustinian Missionaries from all over the world met at Yopal-Casanare, Colombia, for their second meeting in the framework of Mission Year 2006 convoked b ...
• 21 February 2006
  VATICAN - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe in Juba, Sudan: “The Lord once again, invites all of you, priests, religious men and women, and the lay faithful to unite yourselves closely with him, and he sends you to every town and village in Sudan to announce his Kingdom of love, reconciliation, justice and peace” Juba (Fides Service) - After his pastoral visit to Khartoum, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples is now in the archdiocese of Juba. “Juba is a city with a long hist ...
• 21 February 2006
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Solidarity from Ozieri diocese in Italy builds a new church and school in one of Luanda’s poorest outer districts Luanda (Fides Service)- “We have come to share the joy of our Angolan brothers and sisters for their new church” said Bishop Sebastiano Sanguinetti of Ozieri diocese in Sardinia Italy in Luanda on Sunday 19 February ...
• 21 February 2006
  AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - “Thank goodness UN sanctions on a few Ivorian political leaders have not met with protests which means we can continue our work to assist refugees and displaced persons” says JRS director in Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan (Fides Service)- " Thank goodness UN sanctions on some of our political leaders have not met with protests which means we can continue our work to assist refugees and displaced persons who were cut off during pro ...
• 20 February 2006
  VATICAN - “Only God’s love can renew the human heart, and only if it is healed in its heart can paralysed humanity stand up and walk. The love of God is the true force which renews the world”: words of Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI at Angelus Vatican City (Fides Service) - In his Sunday Angelus on 19 February reflection Pope Benedict XVI focused on Jesus’ work of healing lepers and paralytics. He pointed out that Jesus “shows that he wishes to heal the sp ...
• 20 February 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI grants special audience to permanent deacons of Rome diocese: “Be servants of the Truth and heralds of the joy which God wishes to give to every man and woman” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the reinstating of permanent deaconate in the diocese of Rome, Pope Benedict XVI granted a special audience to the diocese’s permanent deacons o ...
• 20 February 2006
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Building Europe after God’s own heart and meeting the most urgent needs of humanity today: conclusions of general assembly of Union of European Conferences of Religious Major Superiors Fatima ( Fides Service) - “Men and women Religious, with trust in the life of the Spirit and in the Church can be present where new paths are being traced for Europe. This is an urgent call to build Europe after God’ ...
• 20 February 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - www.vicariatojaenperu.org from the Peruvian forests: Jaen Apostolic Vicariate launches its own web page Jaen (Fides Service) - To make more information available to more people with regard to the Church and church activities in and around Jaen in Peru, the Apostolic Vicariate of Jaen has launched its own web sitewww.vicari ...