News

• 27 November 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus on the Feast of Christ the King says “He came not to dominate peoples and territories, but to free man from the slavery of sin and reconcile him with God”. The Pope asks people to pray for his visit to Turkey “may this pilgrimage bear fruit as God desires” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the last Sunday of the Liturgical year the Church celebrates the Feast of Christ the King, and on November 26th during his Angelus discourse Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the Gospel of ...
• 27 November 2006
  VATICAN - Urban University to host Academic Act for 500th anniversary of the birth of Saint Francis Xavier: Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone will speak on “the Church’s mission in the time of Francis Xavier and in our day” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Tuesday December 5, Urban University will host an Academic Act to close a year of celebrations to mark the 500th anniversary of the birth of Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1549), Patron of t ...
• 27 November 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - The Pope accepts resignation of Bishop of Berhampur and appoints Successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 27 November 2006, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Berhampur (India), presented by Bishop Joseph Das, in conform ...
• 27 November 2006
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - General elections set for 21 January, while public protest continues Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - Tension in Bangladesh is still high even after the government set a date for general elections 21 January 2007. The statement issued by the Electoral Commission also established 10 December as th ...
• 27 November 2006
  VATICAN - “Evangelization and inculturation constitute an inseparable pair”, Pope Benedict XVI’s message to participants at Culture Summit in Asia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the meeting for Directors of Catholic Cultural Centres in India, the Pontifical Council for Culture en route towards the Far East in the footsteps of St Francis Xavier, went to Bali, ...
• 27 November 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Moral guidelines for the present situation in Spain”: Bishops offer contribution for necessary discernment in complex times Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “Moral guidelines for the present situation in Spain” was the title of a Pastoral Instruction issued by the Catholic Bishops of Spain at the end of a plenary assembly in Madrid, 20-24 Novembe ...
• 27 November 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Indian Christian Directory 2006 New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian Christian Directory 2006, a sort of encyclopaedia, gives all sorts of information on the presence in India of Christians of different denominations. The 1,650 page book is publish ...
• 27 November 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - “Life is a gift of God, to be defended and protected always and everywhere especially from injustice ”: Bishops call on society to protect life Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Following a sentence from the Constitutional Court with regard to the legalisation and commercialisation of the ‘day after pill’ or ‘emergency oral contraception’ the Catholic Bishops of P ...
• 27 November 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - New appeal by Cardinal George Pell, before debate on stem cell bill Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - If the House of Representatives approves the stem cell bill this week the decision would “waste government money on unproductive research”, said Cardinal George Pell Archbishop of Sydney who ...
• 27 November 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Kenya Vision 2030”: long term development programme to make Kenya an economic power Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “A strategic plan to outline key interventions at the social and economic level and establish the order and responsibilities of the interventions” said Kenya’s Planning Minister Henry Obwoc ...
• 27 November 2006
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - UN peacekeepers intervene against rebel military in the east. Expectancy for Supreme Court verdict defeated presidential candidate’s appeal Goma (Agenzia Fides)- MONUC peacekeepers of the United Nations mission Democratic Congo intervened this morning, 27 November, against military dissidents in Sake, 20 km from Goma, in eastern Kivu region. The UN troops su ...
• 25 November 2006
  VATICAN - SEASON OF ADVENT (3) - Rorate Caeli Desuper Rome (Fides Service) - Rorate Cæli in Gregorian Chant is the Advent hymn par excellence. The refrain is taken from the Book of Isaiah (45,8) : "Let justice descend, O heavens, like dew from above, like gentle rain let t ...
• 25 November 2006
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Pope creates the Ecclesiastical Province of Bujumbura and appoints first Metropolitan Archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 25 November 2006, created the new ecclesiastical province of Bujumbura, with territory taken from the ecclesiastical Province of Gitega (Burundi). The ...
• 25 November 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - The Pope creates new Ecclesiastical Province of Goa and Damão and appoints new Metropolitan archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 25 November 2006, created the Ecclesiastical Province of Goa and Damão (India), hitherto archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See. The new Eccl ...
• 25 November 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Pope accepts resignation of the Bishop of Marsabit and appoints successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 25 November 2006, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Marsabit (Kenya), presented by Bishop Ambrogio Ravasi, I.M.C., ...