News

• 10 November 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Come, feed my sheep!”: vocation testimony at prayer meeting leads parents to make family “first school for vocations” Tai Nan (Agenzia Fides) - “Come, feed my sheep!” was the theme of a Meeting of Prayer for Vocations held recently in Dong Men parish, diocese of Tai Nan, presided by Bishop Bosco Lin. According to Christian Life Week ...
• 10 November 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Final days for SMS to support Comunità Giovanni XXIII Association Roma (Agenzia Fides)- Until 7 January there is still time to join an important initiative of solidarity with the Comunità Giovanni XXIII run by Rev Oreste Benzi. An SMS sent to number 4858323 gives one Euro in aid of th ...
• 9 November 2006
  VATICAN - “How much need modern humanity has to rediscover the source of its hope in the Sacrament of the Eucharist!” Pope Benedict XVI receives participants in the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This morning, 9 November the Pope Benedict XVI received participants in the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses. In his address to the del ...
• 9 November 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI continues his teaching on Saint Paul the Apostle: “Christ Jesus is the summit of salvation history and therefore the true distinguishing point in dialogue with other religions” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At his general audience on Wednesday 8 November, Pope Benedict XVI continued his presentation of the traits of St Paul whose whole life, the Pope recalled, was literally revolutionised by ...
• 9 November 2006
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World: Italian (2) - The Christian Roots of the Peoples of Europe Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Christian religion developed rapidly in Rome and all over the world since the 1st century, owing to its being original and suitable for all mankind; but this was also due to the testimo ...
• 9 November 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - Acceptance of the Magisterium Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Acts of the Apostles describe the extraordinary beauty of the early Christian communities, Chapter 2 verse 42: “These remained faithful to the teaching of the apostles, to the brother ...
• 8 November 2006
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - New National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 30 August 2006, appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in New Zealand, for a f ...
• 8 November 2006
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World: ITALIAN - The Christian Roots of the Peoples of Europe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Jesus Christ was crucified and died on a cross on Friday 7 April in the year 30 and on the third day, Sunday 9 April, He rose again. Fifty days later the descent of His Holy Spirit began th ...
• 8 November 2006
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - Rev. Luciano Alimandi - “Mary chooses the better part” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - I invite you to contemplate a while with me with the eyes of the heart the famous episode in Luke’s Gospel, of Jesus in the house of his friend Lazarus, where he converses with the sister ...
• 8 November 2006
  VATICAN - “Pontifical Mission Societies enter a new stage ... it is time to dedicate ourselves with greater effort to the consolidation of the PMS at the level of local Churches and the level of the respective countries”: PMS President Archbishop Hoser opens Special November Meeting Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The special November Meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies opened this morning in Rome with a welcoming address by Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisat ...
• 8 November 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Curbing global warming is a question of justice because the most affected people are the poor” Christian leaders say in a statement to 12th UN Conference on Climate Change in Nairobi Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - ““We pray that the world’s environment ministers meeting from November 6-17 in Nairobi, Kenya - a country currently in the grip of climate change - will find the courage to act with the ur ...
• 8 November 2006
  AFRICA/MALI - New info and communications technology catalyst for development in Africa: international meeting in Mali Bamako (Agenzia Fides)- Bamako, in Mali, is hosting an international meeting Novatech 2006, an industry forum bringing together all actors in ICT and e-commerce as part of a truly innovative ongoing process. Through thei ...
• 8 November 2006
  ASIA/NEPAL - Agreement between government and rebels “but there is still no stability or reconciliation. We must build a culture of peace”, Pro-Prefect Apostolic tells Fides News Service Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - A peace agreement was signed on 7 November by Nepal’s interim government and Maoist rebel groups which control impervious parts of the country. According to the agreement signed under the a ...
• 8 November 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “With Jesus Christ”: diocese of Masan celebrates 40th anniversary with a campaign of evangelisation Masan (Agenzia Fides) - With a new capillary campaign “With Jesus Christ” to announce the Gospel with door to door mission, Masan diocese is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Festivities opened with a special Mass pr ...
• 8 November 2006
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - On the feast of the Patroness of Uruguay the President of the Bishops’ Conference urges the people to pray for the country, the governors and those responsible for managing public affairs Florida (Agenzia Fides) - "The hour has come for Uruguayans to recognise one another as brothers and sisters. Our people need to look at one another in a different light" said Bishop Pablo Galimberti, president of the Ur ...