News

• 4 June 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI proclaims four new saints: “Let us thank God for the wonders he has worked in the Saints who are a reflection of his glory. Let us be drawn by their example to make our whole life, like theirs, a canticle of praise and glory to the Most Holy Trinity ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the feast of the Most Holy Trinity, Sunday June 3, Pope Benedict XVI presided the celebration of Mass in St Peter's Square during which he canonised three priests and a woman religious: ...
• 4 June 2007
  VATICAN - On Sunday 3 June before leading the recitation of the Angelus prayer, Pope Benedict XVI greeted visitors who had come for the canonisations and he called for “renewed efforts to eliminate the new forms of slavery which afflict humanity” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Sunday June 3rd after Mass in St Peter's Square during which he had canonised four new saints, Pope Benedict XVI greeted those who had come from different countries to be present for the ...
• 4 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses Bishops of the Central African Republic: "I sincerely hope that Africa will no longer be forgotten in this world of profound changes and that authentic hope may be born for the peoples of that continent” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “You are called to carry out your mission at the service of the people entrusted to you by the Lord in a difficult contest…peace and national harmony are among the most urgent challenge ...
• 4 June 2007
  AFRICA/GABON - “ The call to holiness: this is the message which Pope John Paul II tirelessly announced to the whole Church” said the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples in his homily on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the late Pontiff's visit to Gabon Libreville (Fides Service)- Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples has concluded his pastoral visit to Gabon, (see Fides 31 May 2007) where on June 2 in the capital Libreville h ...
• 4 June 2007
  ASIA/IRAQ - A Catholic priest and three deacons assassinated in Iraq Mosul (Fides Service) - Four Chaldean Catholics, a priest and three deacons were brutally assassinated yesterday 3 June in Mosul in front of Holy Spirit Church as they left after Mass. The three men were Fr. Ragheed Aziz ...
• 4 June 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “We urge you all to prepare to undertake the Great Continental Mission, to go out to those most distant from the Church and to take up the challenge to re-evangelise the baptised more deeply ”: Message from Mexican delegation at Aparecida Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - A call to "renew the fire of the Holy Spirit to experience a personal encounter with the living Jesus Christ and, as disciples follow Him with constancy and dynamism" was launched by the Mex ...
• 4 June 2007
  VATICAN - ASIA/INDONESIA - The Pope accepts resignation of Bishop of Atambua and appoints Successor Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 2 June 2007 accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Atambua (Indonesia) presented by Bishop Anton Pain Ratu, S.V.D., in c ...
• 4 June 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Pope creates diocese of Shendam and appoints first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 2 June 2007 created the diocese of Shendam (Nigeria), with territory taken from the archdiocese of Jos, making it suffragan of the same archdiocese. T ...
• 4 June 2007
  OCEANIA/FIJI ISLANDS - World Youth Day Cross and Icon of Our Lady Oceania tour: Tonga and Fiji Islands Suva (Agenzia Fides) - World Youth Day Cross accompanied by the Icon of Our Lady Mother of Wisdom continue to tour Oceania. After bringing encouragement and joy to Catholics in Solomon Islands, a country which was hard ...
• 2 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI's Message for World Mission Sunday 2007: "All the Churches for all the World" Vatican City (Fides Service) - We give below the text of the Message of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI for the 81st World Mission Sunday celebrated on the penultimate Sunday in the month of October, this year Sunday ...
• 1 June 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI closes the month of May: “We pray for all Christians that with St Paul they may say: ‘the love of Christ urges us on', and with Mary's help may they spread the dynamism of charity throughout the world ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the Vatican Gardens in the evening of 31 May, the Feast of the Visitation, the traditional procession with the recitation of the Rosary made its way from the little ancient church of St ...
• 1 June 2007
  VATICAN - June, the Month of the Sacred Heart: Saint Margherita Maria Alacoque Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Marguerite Marie Alacoque or Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (22 July 1647-17 October 1690) was a French Catholic nun and mystic, who originated the Catholic devotion of the Sacred Hear ...
• 1 June 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Madrid with its Missionaries”: 22 missionaries will receive mission cross and mission mandate from the hands of Cardinal Rouco Varela Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Trinity Sunday, 3 June, in Spain is the day of 'Madrid with its Missionaries' . This year's theme "Diocesan Church…leave your land" intends to express the nature of the Church and her mystery a ...
• 1 June 2007
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Catholic Bishop receives award for commitment in the field of health care and the struggle to eradicate illegal sale of medicines Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- A Catholic Bishop in Congo has received an important award in teh field of healthcare. Bishop Fidèle Nsielele of the diocese of Kisantu, was awarded the “Galien d'honneur” by Congolese phar ...
• 1 June 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic Bishops Message for Environment Day 2007 Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Safeguard and respect Creation a gift of God: in this spirit the Korean Bishops' Commission of Justice and Peace issued a message for national Environment Day 2007 June 5. The Message invites al ...