News

• 4 December 2006
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Presidential elections: outgoing president Ravalomanana in the lead, official results for Christmas Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - “The voting took place without incidents, but there were difficulties with regard to mistakes in lists of voters and voting papers” Fides learned from local sources in Antananarivo, c ...
• 4 December 2006
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Typhoon Durian, east Philippines, at least 1000 lives lost Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas and other Catholic aid organisations are in front line to assist the victims of typhoon Durian which recently hit east Philippines in the area of the Mayon volcano. The International Red ...
• 2 December 2006
  VATICAN - NOVENA IN PREPARATION FOR THE FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Rome (Fides Service) - 5 DECEMBER 2006 DAY SEVEN: 5th DECEMBER O Divine Son of Mary Immaculate, O Sweet Redeemer! Just as you gave Mary, the purest of Virgins, among other virtues, purity and holy chastity grant us ...
• 2 December 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Turkey - Holy Mass in the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit: “The Church’s mission consists not in defending power, or obtaining riches, but rather in giving Christ, sharing the very Life of Christ, mankind’s most precious treasure which God gives us in His Son.” Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - In the morning of Friday 1 December Pope Benedict XVI went to the Holy Spirit Cathedral Istanbul to preside the celebration of Mass in Latin. Among those present, representatives of the Catholi ...
• 2 December 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - The Pope accepts the resignation of the Bishop of Chikmagalur and appoints successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 2 December, accepted the pastoral government of the diocese of Chikmagalur (India), presented by Bishop John Baptist Sequeira, in conformity with the C ...
• 2 December 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - On Sunday 3 December in Ollur beatification of Sr Eufrasia Eluvethingal “the Mother who prays” Ollur (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday 3 December there will be the beatification of Sr Eufrasia Eluvethingal, (nee Rosa Eluvethingal), of the Sisters of the Mother of Mount Carmel. Born in the Indian diocese of Trichur in 1877, ...
• 2 December 2006
  VATICAN - “Today it is more than ever necessary to reiterate the sacred nature of the Lord's day and the need to participate in Sunday Mass!” - Pope Benedict XVI’s message to Prefect of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of a Study Day on the theme: "Sunday Mass for the Sanctification of the Christian People", promoted by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacrame ...
• 2 December 2006
  VATICAN - This evening the Pope will preside the First Vespers of the First Sunday of Advent. On Thursday 14 he will meet university students in preparation for Christmas Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 2 December 2006, in St Peter’s Basilica Pope Benedict XVI will preside the First Vespers of the First Sunday of Advent. On Thursday 14 December the Pope will address universi ...
• 2 December 2006
  VATICAN - Holy See Statement with regard to the irregular ordination of a bishop in Xuzhou, Peoples Republic of China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See issued the following statement in Italian with regard to the ordination as bishop of Giovanni Wang Renlei, on Thursday, 30 November in Xuzhou Jiangsu province, China. 1) The ...
• 1 December 2006
  VATICAN - NOVENA OF PRAYER IN PREPARATION FOR THE FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Rome (Fides Service) - DAY FIVE: 3rd DECEMBER O Divine Son of Mary Immaculate, O Sweet Redeemer! Just as from the moment of her conception you bestowed on Mary more graces than all the angels and saints in heaven, we ...
• 1 December 2006
  AFRICA/SAO TOME E PRINCIPE - The Pope accepts resignation of Bishop of Sao Tome and Principe and appoints successor Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 1 December 2006, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Sao Tome and Principe, presented by Bishop Abílio Rodas de S ...
• 1 December 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Turkey - Divine Liturgy on the Feast of Saint Andrew: “Our efforts to build closer ties between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Churches are a part of this missionary task” Istanbul (Fides Service) - On the feast day of Saint Andrew the Apostle, patron saint of the Church of Constantinople, Thursday 30 November, Pope Benedict XVI was invited by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I to atte ...
• 1 December 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Turkey - Common Declaration: “We give thanks to the Author of all that is good, who allows us once again, in prayer and in dialogue, to express the joy we feel as brothers and to renew our commitment to move towards full communion” Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom celebrated in the Patriarchal Church of St George at the Phanar on 30 November, Pope Benedict XVI and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew ...
• 1 December 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Turkey - Visit to Hagia Sophia Museum, the Blue Mosque and the Catholic Armenian Apostolic Cathedral Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - In the afternoon of 30 November, Pope Benedict XVI visited the Hagia Sophia Museum in Istanbul, former Byzantine basilica dedicated to Divine Wisdom, later made into a mosque and today a museum ...
• 30 November 2006
  ASIA/THAILAND - The Pope accepts the resignation of Bishop of Nakhon Ratchasima and appoints Successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 30 November 2006, accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Nakhon Ratchasima (Thailand) presented by Bishop Joachim Phaya ...