News

• 3 June 2006
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - 700,000 children vaccinated against Measles Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - Out of a population of 1.4 million about 700,000 children aged 6 month to 14 years have been vaccinated against measles. After malaria, this illness is one of the main killers of children in Guin ...
• 3 June 2006
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Pope appoints Bishop of Mariannhill Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 3 June appointed Bishop of Mariannhill (South Africa) Bishop Pius Mlungisi Dlungwane until now titular bishop of Altino and auxiliary of Mariannhill. ...
• 3 June 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - “The medical profession is no longer dedicated to protecting life while a culture of death is spreading the idea that killing human lives is a solution to certain problems”: warns Catholic Archbishop of Bangalore Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Life faces new threats today. Crimes like abortion and euthanasia are protected by law and defended as new rights,” denounced Archbishop Bernard Moras president of the Indian Bishops’ Commis ...
• 3 June 2006
  AMERICA - World Environment Day: Christians on three continents call for help for most affected peoples Rome (Agenzia Fides) - June 5 is World Environment Day and Christians on 3 continents are calling for the earth to be protected. Climate change is a serious threat to the life and means of subsistence of the most vulner ...
• 2 June 2006
  VATICAN -Pope Benedict XVI’s Message for World Mission Sunday 2006: "Charity, the soul of mission" Vatican City (Fides Service) - We give below the full text in English of Pope Benedict XVI’s message for the 80th World Mission Sunday 2006 which the Church all over the world will celebrate on Sunday 22 October with t ...
• 2 June 2006
  VATICAN - Interview with His Eminence Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe: “My heart will always beat for mission” Vatican City (Fides) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe at the end of his five year mandate as head of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples was appointed Archbishop of Naples by the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI. H ...
• 2 June 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic community welcomes two new deacons who share their vocation experience on the eve of ordination Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “Once we answer the Lord’s call with perseverance we will reach our goal, because the Lord has prepared a banquet for those who love Him” said seminarian Ye Bao Lin one of two deacons t ...
• 1 June 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope tells visitors at the General Audience about his visit to Poland: “May men and women once again recognise that God is the Father of all and He calls all of us to build together a world of justice, truth and peace!” - Appeal for reconciliation in East Timor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the general audience on Wednesday 31 May, Pope Benedict XVI retraced the principal laps of his recent apostolic visit to Poland. First of all he thanked the Polish Bishops, the President ...
• 1 June 2006
  VATICAN - “Carry the light of Christ to every social and cultural environment in which you live…illuminate the darkness of a world bewildered by the contradictory messages of ideologies!”: Pope Benedict XVI Message to World Congress of New Church Movements and Communities Vatican City (Fides Service) - “As we look forward to the meeting on Saturday June 3 in St Peter’s Square with the members of more than 100 new Church movements and communities, I am happy to offer you, the represent ...
• 1 June 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Nicola Bux and Salvatore Vitiello - “Church, a Community of Love” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Church, a Community of love”. The second part of the encyclical «Deus Caritas Est» bears the title: « Caritas - The practice of Love by the Church as a “Community of Love”». ...
• 31 May 2006
  VATICAN - 2nd International Conference and a series of Prayer Vigils in preparation for Pope Benedict's Pentecost meeting with new Church movements and Communities Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At a press conference to present a meeting which Pope Benedict XVI will have with new Church movements and communities in St. Peter's Square on Saturday June 3, the eve of Pentecost, Archbi ...
• 31 May 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Anthony Li Du’an dies at the age of 81 active to the very end in pastoral work and formation of priests and religious Xi’an (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Anthony Li Du’an of the archdiocese of Xi’an, province of Shaanxi, died on 25 May, Ascension Thursday, at the age of 80. Born on 13 June 1927 and ordained a priest on 11 April 195 ...
• 31 May 2006
  AMERICA/CHILE - Valdivia lives Diocesan Year of Mission 2006 with enthusiasm, mission in work places offers a path of Christian initiation Valdivia (Agenzia Fides) - The Chilean diocese of Valdivia is living a special year, Diocesan Year of Mission 2006 Fides was informed by Ms Karin Retting secretary of the diocesan pastoral office. The mission has the slo ...
• 31 May 2006
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Young people brave cold and discomfort for a Weekend Mission to bear witness to God’s Word and Love for all men and women San José (Agenzia Fides) - Last weekend 70 young members of Youth Pastoral from various towns in the diocese of San José, visited 150 families in the area of Cañada Grande. The young people lived an authentic mission ...
• 31 May 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Families prepare to take part in World Meeting of Families in Spain Canberra (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic families from a number of Australian dioceses are preparing to take part in the 5th World Meeting for Families to be held in Spain in the city of Valencia in July. There is fervid acti ...