News

• 14 February 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Fen Yang diocese starts new year with ordination of 2 priests and 3 deacons Fen Yang (Fides Service) - Catholics in Fen Yang diocese, Shan Xi province, China celebrated two important events at the beginning of the new year: the ordinations of 2 priests and 3 deacons. The 3 new deacons studied at ...
• 14 February 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Archdiocese of Sydney opens new Office for Marriage and Family Sydney (Fides Service) - The Archdiocese of Sydney recently opened a new Marriage and Family Office. The mandate of the office, an initiative promoted by the Archbishop of Sydney Cardinal Gorge Pell, is to promote the tr ...
• 14 February 2006
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Holy Childhood Day: Catholic children share faith and solidarity Lahore (Fides Service) - “Children messengers of peace, hope and love” was the theme chosen for this year’s Holy Childhood Day celebrated by the Church in Pakistan early this month. The celebration was the fruit of ...
• 14 February 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Home and out of danger a little boy from Benin not yet two years old treated in Rome for heart condition and malaria, other infections and neurological problems thanks to St John of God Hospital Brothers Association for Distant Patients Rome (Fides Service) - Thanks to St John of God Hospital Brothers Association for Distant Patients and the Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital, Kamaldine little boy from Benin not yet two years old suffering from a heart ...
• 14 February 2006
  AMERICA - Compendium of the Social Teaching of the Church presented in Central America Havana (Fides Service) - The new Compendium of the Social Teaching of the Catholic Church will be presented in the coming days in Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico with an illustration of the fundamental lines of ...
• 14 February 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Realty and fiction: Opus Dei press conference to present Harambee programme 2006, to denounce deformed image of the Catholic Church as presented in the film “The Da Vinci Code” soon to be released Rome (Fides Service) - Today in Rome a press conference was held to present the 2006 edition of Harambee an Opus Dei initiative in aid of Africa first launched on the occasion of the canonisation of Saint Josemaría Escr ...
• 14 February 2006
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - “Forgiveness is the path to peace” say French speaking Bishops of west Africa in a statement at the end of their 16th plenary assembly Abidjan (Fides Service) - The French speaking Bishops of West Africa members of CERAO have underlined that forgiveness is the path to peace. In a statement issued at the end of their 16 plenary assembly 31 January - 5 F ...
• 14 February 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic commitment for education at the service of the poor and marginalised peoples says Archbishop Menanmparampil Bangalore (Fides Service) - The poor and marginalised peoples will benefit from a new thrust in the field of Catholic education in India. This was decided by the Catholic Bishops of India during a recent assembly Bangalo ...
• 14 February 2006
  AFRICA/MALAWI - “Women are the first to suffer violence unleashed by famine” says missionary Lilongwe (Fides Service)- “The main concern at the moment is that the rain has suddenly stopped and crops are in danger of scorching before harvest time” says a missionary in Malawi a country suffering from famine in ...
• 13 February 2006
  VATICAN - “Christ is the true ‘doctor’ for humanity”: he was sent by the heavenly Father into the world to heal mankind suffering in body and spirit from sin and its consequences" Pope Benedict XVI at the Angelus prayer mentions World Day of the Sick and Vatican Radio’s 75th anniversary Vatican City (Fides Service) - Before reciting the midday Angelus prayer from his study-window on Sunday 12th February with thousands gathered in St Peter’s Square the Pope mentioned the World Day of the Sick which the ...
• 13 February 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI meets the sick in St Peter’s on World Day for the Sick: “May it please the Lord to see that people in need never feel alone or abandoned, on the contrary, may they be assisted and helped to live sickness with human dignity” Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope Benedict XVI meets with sick people in St Peter’s Basilica on the occasion of the World Day for the Sick. At the end of a special Mass celebrated by Cardinal Camillo Ruini the Pope w ...
• 13 February 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Group of 70 lay people in Nan Chong diocese receive missionary mandate at the end of special Scripture Course Nan Chong (Fides Service) - At the end of a Course in Sacred Scripture in the parish of Peng An diocese of Nan Chong, in the south west Si Chun province of China, 70 lay people active in pastoral work in the local Church ...
• 13 February 2006
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - “Solomon Islands is in Our Hands”: Caritas funds booklet in view of coming elections Honiara (Fides Service) - “The Catholic Church has commenced distribution of an election awareness booklet entitled, ‘Solomon Aelan Hemi Han Blong Iumi’. “The Pijin booklet has been produced to inform people abo ...
• 13 February 2006
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic Bishops’ Justice and Peace Commission firmly condemns yet another attack on a Christian church and community Lahore (Fides Service) - The Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Pakistan has issued a statement firmly condemning an attack on a Christian village in the district of Sialkot on 3 Februa ...
• 13 February 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - In the present situation Mexico needs lay people to opt for the truth and the common good: Bishops call on Catholics not to give in the delusion or apathy Mexico City (Fides) - “Your task is to contribute with the values of the Gospel to the rebuilding of Mexican society and politics. This is the time for sharing and commitment, the time for faith, hope, presence and act ...