News

• 17 April 2007
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Pope appoints new Archbishop of Ende Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on 14 April 2007 appointed Mgr Vincentius Sensi Potokota Archbishop of Ende (Indonesia) until now he was Bishop of Maumere (Indonesia). (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 17 ...
• 17 April 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - A ticket for the Olympic Games 2008 part of birthday wishes and prayers for Pope Benedict XVI from Chinese Catholics Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “Holy Father we will book you a ticket for the 2008 Olympic Games so we can prepare to welcome you among us”. The special birthday greeting came from Chinese Catholics on the occasion of Pop ...
• 17 April 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Regina Cæli: “Peace is a gift which Christ gives his friends, to be a blessing for every human person and all peoples. Not peace according to the mentality of the ‘world’, but a new reality, a fruit of God’s loving mercy” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of a concelebration of the Eucharist in St Peter’s Square on Sunday 15 April to mark his 80th birthday, Pope Benedict XVI led the recitation of the Regina Cæli midday Easter ...
• 17 April 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - The Bishops of Portugal, in plenary assembly, reaffirm opposition to the new Bill on abortion: "the Church continues to be faithful to her mission to announce the Gospel of the fullness of life and denounce any attack on life" Fatima (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Portugal have reaffirmed their opposition to abortion denouncing a new Bill to de-penalise abortion in that country. This was said by Bishop Jorge Ortiga, president of the ...
• 17 April 2007
  EUROPE/POLAND - A Symposium on the Fidei donum Encyclical, principal challenges and implementation in Poland with over 300 fidei donum priests and 55 lay missionaries working in 35 different countries Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - "Pius XII's Fidei donum Encyclical - Its principal challenges implementation in Poland" is the theme of a special Symposium being hosted today 17 April by the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University ...
• 17 April 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI presides special Concelebration of the Eucharist on the occasion of his 80th birthday: “The shadow of Peter through the community of the Catholic Church has lain over my life since the beginning, and I have realised that it is a good shadow, a shadow which redeems because ultimately it comes from Christ himself” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday April 15 the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI presided a special Mass in St Peter’s Square to celebrate his 80th birthday which was the next day the 16th . With the Pope there were ...
• 17 April 2007
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - “Christians must be active in politics to promote the Gospel values of honesty, sincerity and justice”: Bishops’ message in view of May elections Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides)- In a Message in view of elections on 6 May the Catholic Bishops of Burkina Faso warn the people to be careful: “do not let yourselves be misled by demagogic promises of electoral campaigns. ...
• 17 April 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - New ways for evangelisation: Catholics in Karnataka prepare for Mission Congress later in the year Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - What are the most effective ways and means to evangelise today? How can the needs and expectations of Karnataka be best met? What are the best ways and means for adequate Christian witness? Th ...
• 17 April 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “As a missionary Church we are called to recognise the challenges to new evangelisation in America presented by modernity, in a complex process of globalisation": Bishops start Plenary Assembly Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On 16 April the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Mexico began a five day plenary assembly (see Fides 12/4/2007). In the opening address, the Conference President Bishop Carlos Aguiar Retes ...
• 17 April 2007
  ASIA/IRAQ - International Conference on grave humanitarian situation of displaced Iraqis Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - A meeting to discuss the dramatic humanitarian situation of displaced Iraqis opens today in Geneva organised by the UN High Commission for Refugees UNHCR. The opening address by High Commission ...
• 14 April 2007
  Instrumentum mensis Martii pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontifici Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum The month of March included among other events, two important interventions on the part of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI: the publication of the post synodal apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis on the Euchari ...
• 13 April 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Young people invited to express their Christian faith with artistic creativity during Youth Festival at World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Talented young people from anywhere in the world have been invited to put their art at the service of the 2008 World Youth Day in Sydney. WYD organisers have asked young artists, musicians, singe ...
• 13 April 2007
  VATICAN - The four “Acts” basic Christian prayers The Act of Charity (3) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “You shall love your neighbour as yourself”. One day a doctor of the Law questioned Jesus to put him to the test: “Master which is the greatest of the commandments?” (Matthew 22, 36 ...
• 13 April 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Fire seriously damages Asia’s largest Benedictine monastery at Waegwan Waegwan (Agenzia Fides) - On Holy Thursday 5 April a fire broke out during the night in the largest Benedictine Monastery in Asia situated Waegwan in South Korea. The building was seriously damaged. The disaster was repo ...
• 13 April 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Objection to abortion “is not merely a position of faith, or sentiment or compassion, it is a human and anthropological question”: Bishops of Province of Hidalgo issue message to promote respect for the value of life Hidalgo (Agenzia Fides) - In the present context of the debate in Mexico with regard to penal code reforms to de-penalise abortion up to 14 weeks, the Catholic Bishops of the province of Hidalgo issued an Easter Message ...