News

• 1 February 2006
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Holy Childhood Day dedicated to the theme “You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church”, living Missionary Rosary re-launched as source of spiritual impulse Caracas (Fides Service) - “You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church” was the theme of national Holy Childhood Day in Venezuela celebrated on Sunday 29 January. Holy Childhood children from parishes and ...
• 1 February 2006
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarchs and Church leaders in Jerusalem issue statement after the Palestinian election Jerusalem (Fides Service) - Following the Palestinian election, the Patriarchs and leaders of the Churches in Jerusalem issued a common statement. See the message in English http://www.evangelizatio.org/portale/adgente ...
• 1 February 2006
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Diocese opens initial stage of beatification process for Tanzania’s first president Julius Nyerere Dar-es-Salaam (Fides Service) - The diocesan stage of the beatification process for Tanzian’s first president Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere was opened with a solemn Mass presided by Cardinal Polycarp Pengo Archbisho ...
• 31 January 2006
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Catholic Bishops of Guatemala confirm commitment to proclaim with courage the Gospel of Peace and preferential option for poor and excluded people: statement after recent plenary assembly Guatemala (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Guatemala have reconfirmed their commitment to shoulder the serious responsibility given to the Church by Jesus Christ to proclaim with courage and firmness the Gospel ...
• 31 January 2006
  AFRICA - Centenary celebrations for Sisters of St. Augustine who spread Catholic literature and make vestments Rome (Fides Service)- The Sisters of St Augustine who this year are celebrating 100 years since their foundtion this year have been present in Africa since 1960. In Burkina Faso the Sisters have a Catholic Book Shop and ...
• 31 January 2006
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - St Paul’s parish in Azam Basti celebrates Feast of the Apostle’s Conversion Islamabad (Fides Service) - There were great festitivites in the Catholic parish of St Paul in the small town of Azam Basti in Pakistan on 25 January, the feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul which coincides with the co ...
• 31 January 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “Lay Catholics must unite if they are to have an impact on the life of the country” say delegates at National Forum of Lay Catholics Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “To evangelise society the Church must act at the level of culture and at the level of the institutions. The actors in this field are the laity called to be ‘salt of the earth’ and ‘ligh ...
• 31 January 2006
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The country needs harmony and peace says Catholic Archbishop of Colombo on the eve of Independence Day Colombo (Fides Service) - In a message issued on the eve of National Independence Day in Sri Lanka where a situation of uncertainty and tension persists, the Catholic Archbishop of Colombo, Mgr Oswald Gomis, said: “A j ...
• 30 January 2006
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Religious intolerance in Pakistan: causes and remedies”: civil and religious leaders unite in common efforts for harmony and peace Lahore (Fides Service) - Religious intolerance in Pakistan is an evil to monitor and to eradicate according to civil and religious leaders who gathered for a recent seminar held in Lahore organised by the “Commission f ...
• 30 January 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Overseas Chinese communities celebrate Lunar new year, Chinese Catholics with a Christian spirit Beijing (Fides Service) - Lunar New Year this year 29 January in the western calendar, was celebrated in China and in overseas Chinese communities all over the world. Chinese communities in the United States, United King ...
• 30 January 2006
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the midday Angelus prayer recalls “the importance of consecrated life as expression and school of charity” and on World Leprosy Day he encourages “missionaries, healthcare workers and volunteers working on this frontier of service to humanity” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The importance of consecrated life “expression and school of charity” was the principle theme of Pope Benedict XVI’s reflection before the recitation of the midday Angelus prayer on S ...
• 30 January 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - New look and new contents for Holy Childhood Society Italian branch monthly magazine Il Ponte d’Oro Rome (Fides Service) - The January issue of “Il ponte d’oro” (the golden bridge) the monthly magazine issued by the Pontifical Holy Childhood Society has a new look and new contents. Interesting features include � ...
• 30 January 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - School on Wheels Goa village education project sponsored by government and Don Bosco Salesians New Delhi (Fides) - Take education to children in villages where there are no schools and the illiteracy rate is very high: this is the objective of a project launched in the western Indian state of Goa by a community of ...
• 30 January 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - 1st meeting for Church Movements and New Communities in Latin America in preparation for 5th CELAM Conference in May 2007 Bogota (Fides Service) - ‘Disciples and Missionaries Today’ is the theme of the 1st meeting for Church Movements and New Communities in Latin America to be held from 9 to 12 March in Bogota (Colombia) in preparation ...
• 30 January 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic community in Rome celebrates Lunar New Year: commemoration of ancestors and Holy Mass presided by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Rome (Fides Service) - A message of joy and a commitment to witness to the light of Christ all through the new year in small daily gestures, were the main motives of the Lunar New Year celebrations organised by the Chine ...