News

• 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 ...
• 6 September 2006
  AFRICA/GUINEA -UNHCR assisted repatriation of Liberian refugees from the Guinea region of Kissidougou has been completed Conakry (Agenzia Fides)- The last convoy voluntary repatriation programme for Liberian refugees in the Kissidougou region of Guinea organised by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR has reached its desti ...
• 6 September 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - Italian Education Science students get Summer experience in Kenya with Comboni organisation AMANI Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Eight students of Education Science at the Catholic University of Rome, spent a Summer period of experience in a district of the city of Nairobi, where their shared daily life with a group of child ...
• 6 September 2006
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “The emergency continues for earthquake victims and displaced persons Yoyakarta and Bandung, more help urgently need before the rains come”, says National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Indonesia Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - “We continue to provide humanitarian aid to displaced persons affected by natural disasters in the past months. Our Pontifical Mission Societies group of lay volunteers continues to collect mo ...
• 6 September 2006
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Country searching for a solution, elections postponed until October: what is needed is courage and decision in seeking a true and just peace” Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- “The political path of Côte d'Ivoire is mapped out until late October when there will be elections, postponed for the umpteenth time. This postponement opened a debate on what direction to tak ...
• 6 September 2006
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Local Catholic Church strives to be “voice, feet and hands” of Christ in a Muslim majority society Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - “Christians as members of the Body of Christ are called to be His voice, His feet, His hands” says Jesuit Father O.C. Lim, editor of “Catholic Asian News” a monthly publication issu ...
• 6 September 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocese intensifies preparation for World Mission Sunday Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic diocese of Hong Kong is involved in intense preparation for World Mission Sunday 22 October with the theme “Charity Soul of Mission” the title of the Pope’s message for this ...
• 5 September 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Violence in the Bible”, theme of 39th National Bible Week organised by the Italian Bible Association ABI Rome (Agenzia Fides) - From the 11th to the 15th September 2006 the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome will host Italy’s 39th National Bible Week promoted by the Associazione Biblica Italiana (ABI). Where are the ...
• 5 September 2006
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - First Conference on health and food emergency among children and adolescents in the Persian Gulf Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Emirate of Bahrain, will host the first Gulf Children and Adolescents Nutrition Conference. According to the Association for Medical Cooperation in Mediterranean countries (AMCM), the meeting w ...
• 5 September 2006
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - UN Convention on Disability Rights will restore dignity and equality to 650 million people Rome (Agenzia Fides) - 'Nothing about us, without us' is the motto of a United Nations Convention on the Rights of people with a disability. A slogan to promote social inclusion, for the drafting of a convention finally ...
• 5 September 2006
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - More details with regard to the murder of St John of God Brother Augustine Taiwa Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Fides has received more details with regard to the murder of St John of God Hospitaller Brother Augustine Taiwa on 28 August outside Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea (see Fides 2/9/2006). T ...
• 5 September 2006
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Catholic Bishops of Southern Africa call for “more attention for psychological and spiritual treatment of AIDS orphans” Cape Town (Agenzia Fides) - During their recent Plenary Assembly in August the Catholic Bishops of Southern Africa voiced deep concern for the situation of AIDS orphans. “It is not only a questions of funds” the Bish ...