News

• 8 September 2006
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Popular national singer caught in political crisis Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides)- The political crisis in Malawi has hit even one of the country’s most popular singers Lucius Banda, now an Oppostion MP. “It was meant to be a joke he could have taken an English language te ...
• 8 September 2006
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Alarm for high mortality rate in one of the richest countries of Africa Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- Angola has the highest infant mortality rate in Portuguese speaking countries in Africa. According to the annual report of the United Nations Population Fund the infant death rate in Angola is 133 ...
• 7 September 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “The art of celebrating the mystery of Christ”: Spanish Association of Professors of Liturgy concludes annual Meeting with homage to Francis Xavier Pamplona (Agenzia Fides) - The Spanish Association of Professors of Liturgy (AEPL) held its 31st annual meeting in Pamplona, 30 August to 1 September on the theme “Ars celebrandi. The art of celebrating the mystery of ...
• 7 September 2006
  AFRICA/SUDAN - United Nations fears diseases could spread with flood waters Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - Following floods caused by overflowing of rivers whose source is in Ethiopia, the UN World Health Organisation has warned disease could spread also in Sudan. A report from the Office for Coordin ...
• 7 September 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope’s catechesis at the general audience: “The goal to which our life must tend: to meet Jesus, as Philip met him, striving to see in Him, God, our heavenly Father” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday 6 September at the general audience held in St Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict XVI continued his catechesis on the Apostles reflecting this time on the figure of Saint Philip. ...
• 7 September 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE don Nicola Bux amd don Salvatore Vitiello - “Authentic peace” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - These times of ‘war and peace’, as Tolstoj wrote, call to mind Father Aleksandr Men’on Orthodox priest who lived his whole life sustained by the certainty that the greatness of human ...
• 7 September 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Schools for all children, especially poor children: legacy of Mother Mary Mac Killop, first Australian to be beatified, now on the way to canonisation Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Building a system of free education for poor children was the life mission of Mother Mary Mac Killop, first Australian to be beatified and now on the way to canonisation. The spiritual legacy of ...
• 7 September 2006
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - “Building history at the Heart of the world”: 30th National Laity Meeting to strengthen bonds, identity and mission Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - More than 350 lay Catholics will come together on 17 September for the 30th National Laity Meeting organised by the Uruguay Bishops’ commission for the laity. Representatives of the countr ...
• 7 September 2006
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE -Expectation with regard to new executive body after toxic waste ship scandal caused previous one to resign Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- “Everyone is waiting to see whose in the next government, the list is due to be made public this afternoon” Fides learned from a Catholic source in Abidjan, economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire ...
• 6 September 2006
  ASIA/KOREA - New Rector appointed for Kwangju Inter-Diocesan Seminary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 1 September 2006, appointed Rector of Kwangju Inter-Diocesan Seminary (Korea) Rev. Joseph Jung Sung-hyun, ...
• 6 September 2006
  ASIA/KOREA - New Rector appointed for Daegu Inter-Diocesan Seminary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 20 June 2006, appointed Rector of Daegu Inter-Diocesan Seminary (Korea) Rev. Luc Son Sang O, of the dioc ...
• 6 September 2006
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA “Mother of Priests” by don Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - To contemplate the Blessed Virgin Mary as Mother of Priests means first of all to dwell on the Fruit of her womb: Jesus, the eternal High Priest. Contemplating the Incarnation we discover t ...
• 6 September 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Conflict is not an unavoidable fate, war is not natural. Peace cannot be renounced even when pursuing it seems difficult or hopeless”: inter-religious prayers in Assisi close with an Appeal for Peace Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - A pressing call for peace was issued at the end of a special Meeting in Assisi 4 and 5 September of men and women of different religions and nationalities organised by the S. Egidio Community to ...
• 6 September 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the history of salvation: Capuchin Tertiaries promote International Marian Congress Medellin (Agenzia Fides) - The Congregation of Capuchin Tertiaries of the province of San José, which includes Colombia, Brazil and Ecuador, has organised an international Marian Congress to be held 13 to 15 September ...
• 6 September 2006
  ASIA/INDIA Mother Teresa is commemorated in Gujarat on the 9th anniversary of her death as a source of unity and harmony among different communities Ahmedabad (Agenzia Fides) - Numerous people of various faiths gathered yesterday 5 September in central Ahmedabad, capital of the western Indian state of Gujrat to commemorate Mother Teresa of Calcutta on the 9th annive ...