News
24 February 2006
AFRICA/LIBERIA - “I would die for Liberia” says Philippine missionary sister in love with the country and the people
Monrovia (Fides Service) - “I would die for Liberia and its people, they have a wonderful way of greeting strangers. A handshake and a click of the fingers mean you are welcome! A series of hellos with a smile made the ...
24 February 2006
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - National directors of Pontifical Mission Societies in Central America countries: presentation of project for Central American ad gentes Mission Centre and call for every country to have its own National Mission Council
San Salvador (Fides Service) - From 13 to 16 February national directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies and pastoral delegates from six central American countries Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador ...
23 February 2006
German publisher Herder presents new theological commentary on the Documents of the Second Vatican Council: historical elaboration and reception
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On 7 December 2005 the German publishing house Herder released the fifth and final volume of its Herder’s Theological Commentary on Vatican II “Herders Theologischer Kommentar zum Zweit ...
23 February 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - First issue of new quarterly publication “L’Animatore Missionario” focuses on Day for the Commemoration of Martyred Missionaries promoted by Youth Movement of the Italian Pontifical Mission Societies
Rome (Fides Service) - The Pontifical Mission Societies in Italy have published the first issue of a new quarterly publication the Missionary Animator “L’Animatore missionario” for people who produce at the local, ...
23 February 2006
EUROPE/FRANCE - Process opened for beatification of Louis Joseph Marie Querbes founder of the Clerics of Saint Viator present in 16 different countries
Lyons (Fides Service) - Today 23 February the diocese of Lyons in France opens the first session to investigate the life, heroic virtues and saintliness of Fr Louis Joseph Marie Querbes who founded in the earthly 19th ce ...
23 February 2006
EUROPE/GERMANY - “The future starts here: marriage and the family”. German Bishops' three year programme to promote marriage and the family
Berlin (Fides Service) - Prospects and commitments with regard to a new family policy were the focus of a recent Forum on the theme “The future starts here: prospects for marriage and the family” held in Berlin part ...
23 February 2006
AMERICA/PERU - 2nd national meeting for lay missionaries: strengthen lay missionary network , launch global formative process, prepare 1st meeting forlay missionaries ad gentes
Lima (Fides Service) - Peru’s National Mission Centre CENAMIS has called a 2nd national meeting for lay missionaries. The meeting in Lima 27-28 February at the head offices of the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference will g ...
23 February 2006
AMERICA/PERU - “Young people! arise, listen, nourished with the Eucharist set out to walk with Jesus”: 4,000 young people attend 1st Congress for family catechesis animators
Lima (Fides Service) - Some 4,000 young people from all over Peru are attending the 1st Congress for family catechesis animators 23 to 26 February at the Salesian School in Brena, Lima capital of Peru. The slogan of the ...
23 February 2006
VATICAN - Cardinal Sepe in Wau: “Let us thank God together for founding his Church on the rock of Peter. As the opening prayer suggests let us pray intensely that amid the upheavals of the world, she may not be shaken but advance with courage and trust.”
Rumbek (Fides) - Before departing for the diocese of Wau on Wednesday 22 February Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe celebrated mass in the Catholic cathedral in Rumbek. In the feast of the Chair of Peter the prefect of the Missio ...
23 February 2006
ASIA/TAIWAN - During celebrations for the feast of Charity Parish Archbishop Cheng underlines the pastoral fruits gathered thanks to work of Comboni missionaries
Tai Pei (Fides Service) - After five years of presence of the Comboni missionaries Charity parish in the archdiocese of Tai Pei has a Sunday School, a choir, a catechism group and a Bible group and various charity groups ...
23 February 2006
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Two stories among many: 200,000 homeless people after government’s Murambatsvina ‘Restore Order’ operation
Harare (Fides Service)- The operation Restore Order started in Harare and other cities on 19 May 2005 by the Zimbabwe government under the pretext of ridding the cities of black market trade and illegal building forced a ...
23 February 2006
AFRICA/UGANDA - Polling stations open for presidential and parliamentary elections. What problems face the next President?
Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- The polling stations opened today for presidential and parliamentary elections (see Fides 22 February 2006). “After the tension of the past few days, today all is calm” said local Church sour ...
23 February 2006
WORDS OF DOCTRINE - Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Religious freedom. Today we start a new weekly feature «Words of Doctrine» and our first topic is a timely theme the focus of debate in the present day international situation.
Religious ...
22 February 2006
VATICAN - Cardinal Sepe tells seminarians in Juba, Sudan: “The clerical state is not one of privilege, but one of humble and disinterested self-giving to others in the example of Jesus at the Last Supper”
Juba (Fides Service) - On 21 February the fourth day of his pastoral visit to Sudan Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples visited the minor seminary of St. Lawrence in Ju ...
22 February 2006
AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Anyone who commits a crime must be brought to justice. No one who commits a crime in the name of religion can expect to go unpunished. This goes for everyone Christians as well as Muslims”
Abuja (Fides Service)- A curfew has been imposed in Onitsha, capital city of the Nigerian state of Anambra where yesterday, 21 February, there were serious riots. “The situation is now quiet, the police are patrolling ...
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