News
4 November 2005
ASIA/MYANMAR - Ecumenical prayers for peace and national reconciliation
Mandalay (Fides Service) - “Let us love one another” was the theme of a recent series of ecumenical meetings in Mandalay promoted jointly by Catholics and Protestants to promote dialogue and send a message of peace ...
3 November 2005
VATICAN - “To become a saint means to become fully what we are, elevated in Jesus Christ to the dignity of adoptive sons and daughters of God” Pope Benedict XVI recalls on November 1 at the midday Angelus prayer
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The solemnity of All Saints “gives us a taste of the joy of belonging to the great family of the friends of God” Pope Benedict XVI said before reciting the Angelus prayer with people ga ...
3 November 2005
AMERICA/PERU - Arequipa diocese intensifies preparations for Ist Diocesan Eucharistic Congress: more than 1,000 Catholics attend Penitential Celebration presided by the Archbishop
Arequipa (Fides Service) - Saturday 29 at La Salle Education Centre in Arequipa, about 1,000 people, members of religious communities, parish groups, lay movements took part in a Penitential Celebration led by the Archbi ...
3 November 2005
VATICAN - The Pope’s teaching at the general Wednesday audience 2 November: “Illuminated by faith we look at the human enigma of death with serenity and hope...more than an end, it is a new birth”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - During his general audience in St Peter’s Square on 2 November, Pope Benedict XVI explained the meaning of psalm 111 (“Blessed is the just man” - Second Vespers Sunday week four; Ps 1 ...
3 November 2005
AFRICA/KENYA - Liturgy of the Hours is the prayer of the whole Family of God, Kenyan Bishops’ Conference prepares special Ordo 2005-2006 for celebrations of Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours
Nairobi (Fides Service)- Catholics in Kenya and English-speaking Africa can now join in the daily prayer of the Church, called the Liturgy of the Hours, following publication of a special edition of the ORDER for 2005-20 ...
3 November 2005
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Mission to the young: an urgent priority for the Church in Korea for the coming years
Seoul (Fides Service) - Mission among the young will be a priority for the Catholic Church in Korea for the coming years. This was announced by Bishop John Choi Young-soo president of the Korean Bishops’ Committee for ...
3 November 2005
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - 'Vatican II today and tomorrow': study seminar organised by Sydney Catholic Institute
Sydney (Fides Service) - A study seminar to mark the 40th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council has been organised by the Sydney Catholic Institute, a study centre for theological formation and elabora ...
3 November 2005
AFRICA/BENIN - Alarm for organised crime, banditry, trafficking of children
Cotonou (Fides Service)- Increasing crime is causing alarm in Benin. According to United Nations representatives, Benin’s fragile economy has led to an increase in acts of street banditry, robberies and armed theft .
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3 November 2005
AFRICA/ERITREA - Fresh military tension between Ethiopia and Eritrea. And in the background Islamic fundamentalism
Rome (Fides Service)- “A possible key to understanding recent military manoeuvres on the Ethiopia / Eritrea border is a regime faced with domestic problems trying to divert tension to an outside enemy” said Federico ...
3 November 2005
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Caritas Australia sends earthquake victims in Kashmir one million dollars aid
Islamabad (Fides Service) - In the race against time to help earthquake victims in Kashmir, material aid and funds are still arriving. Caritas Australia has sent 1 million dollars for people in the affected areas.
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3 November 2005
ASIA/HONG KONG - A Day of Adoration concludes Year of the Eucharist: new begining for Catholic community in Hong Kong
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - To mark the closing of the special Year of the Eucharist Hong Kong diocese organised 24 hours Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. The initiative, 5 and 6 November at the Christ the King Parish ...
3 November 2005
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - ‘Misola’ flour of mixed available cereals serves to overcome malnutrition
Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - Regular and abundant rain this year is a guarantee for a better harvest to relieve the situation of food crisis in Burkina Faso with a population of 12 million and third last on the list of ...
31 October 2005
VATICAN - At the Angelus prayer Pope Benedict XVI says the spirit of the Second Vatican Council must be kept alive “to contribute towards installing in the world the universal brotherhood which is God’s will for humanity” and makes another appeal to help earthquake victims in Kashmir
Vatican City (Fides Service) - In his address on Sunday 30th October before the midday Angelus Pope Benedict XVI warmly invited the crowds in St Peter’s Square to reread the documents issued by the Second Vatican Counc ...
31 October 2005
ASIA/CHINA - Catholic church in the steppe lands of Inner Mongolia rebuilt and re-consecrated for a community of 600 Catholics with almost a century of history
Bao Tou (Fides Service) - On 25 October there was great rejoicing in Catholic community in the village of Niu Yao Zi in Tumoteyouqi, diocese of Bao Tou in Inner Mongolia, mainland China, for the inauguration of a new ch ...
31 October 2005
AMERICA/CANADA - “Love is given to us that our Gift may be Love”: “breath of mission” blows from coast to coast across Canada thanks to Pontifical Mission Societies
Quebec (Fides Service ) - World Mission Sunday 2005, October 23 was widely celebrated in Canada, the national Canada/Quebec office of the Pontifical Mission Societies reported. Parishes in French speaking Canada prepare ...
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