News

• 5 September 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Restored St Mary’s Basilica Karnataka re-opens: source of peace and harmony among religions Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - A crowd of over 30,000 Catholics gathered for the solemn reopening of Saint Mary’s Basilica near Bangalore, in the south western Indian state of Karnataka. A special mass with the blessing ...
• 5 September 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Daegu University hosts annual meeting of the Association of Catholic Universities of South East Asia Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives, teachers and students of more than 51 Catholic colleges and universities in seven different countries of the Asian-Pacific region gathered at the Catholic University of Daegu, in ...
• 5 September 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “One in Mind, Heart and Spirit” Summer camp for young people of 6 different Asian countries and regions Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - “One in Mind, Heart and Spirit” was the theme of the 11th Joint Asian Camp CHOICE held at the convent of the Missionary Sister of Providence in the archdiocese of Tai Pei from 23 to 27 Augu ...
• 5 September 2006
  AFRICA/MALAWI - “Let’s hope cancellation of debts brings a new beginning because the economic situation is truly stagnant” says a Catholic missionary in Malawi Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides)- “News long awaited, Malawi’s foreign debt to be cancelled at last!” Malawi’s press titled on 2 September announcing the news of a 90% remission of the country’s foreign debt. “The am ...
• 5 September 2006
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - “Voters’ will must be respected” say leaders of the main religious confessions in D. R. Congo who call on the people not to listen to those who try to spread hatred Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Democratic Republic of Congo is still waiting to hear the results of elections held on 30 July. After clashes last week between troops loyal to outgoing president, Joseph Kabila and troops ...
• 5 September 2006
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Violence escalates, civilians among the victims, two Catholics reported missing Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Fighting continues in Sri Lanka between army and Tamil rebel troops causing ever greater suffering to civilians. The conflict has grown in intensity since the beginning of this year, despite eff ...
• 4 September 2006
  EUROPE/SCOTLAND - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 24 July 2006 confirmed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Scotland) Rev. Fr. Patric ...
• 4 September 2006
  VATICAN - “The life of the shepherd of souls must be a balanced combination of contemplation and activity… may the example and teaching of Saint Gregory the Great be followed by the bishops and clergy of the Church and also by those responsible for civil institutions” said Pope Benedict XVI at his Sunday midday Angelus reflection Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday September 3rd before reciting the midday Angelus prayer with people gathered at his Summer Residence, Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the “singular, almost unique figure” of ...
• 4 September 2006
  VATICAN - “To enter into communion with Christ and contemplate his face, to see the face of Our Lord in that of our brothers and sisters and in the vicissitudes of everyday, we must have hands which are innocent and hearts which are pure”: Pope Benedict XVI visits the Shrine of the Holy Face at Manoppello (Chieti) Manoppello (Agenzia Fides) - ““To enter into communion with Christ and contemplate his face, to see the face of Our Lord in that of our brothers and sisters and in the vicissitudes of everyday, we must have hands whi ...
• 4 September 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - A Catholic church and Holiday Centre on China’s most famous Buddhist hill now a field of evangelisation Monte E Mei (Agenzia Fides) - “I introduce myself as the Catholic nun in charge of this Spirituality and Holiday Centre. My task is to render glory to God by organising our hospitality centre” says Sr. Yang Huang Xiu ...
• 4 September 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI’s Message for the 20th anniversary of the 1986 Inter-religious Meeting of Prayer for Peace Assisi: “even when we find ourselves together to pray for peace, it is important that prayer take place according to those distinct paths proper to the various religions” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI sent a Message to Bishop Domenico Sorrentino of Assisi-Nocera-Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy, for the 20th anniversary of the 1986 Inter-religious Meeting of Prayer for Peace, ...
• 4 September 2006
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Apostolic Nuncio visits Catholics in Solomon Islands: a young and active community, rich in vocations Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - A flourishing Catholic community including many young people, deeply devout in the celebration of the Sacraments, rich in vocations despite a situation of material poverty and hardship, welcomed ...
• 4 September 2006
  AMERICA/ NICARAGUA - Italian student Nicaragua Work Camp concludes with special event: 31 local children and adolescents receive the Sacrament of Baptism Rome (Agenzia Fides) - For the past nine years the Italian institute for university cooperation ICU (Istituto per la Cooperazione Universitaria), has organised an annual Nicaragua Work Camp, an initiative of voluntary wo ...
• 4 September 2006
  AMERICA/CANADA - In the world 2.3 million children are HIV+. Presented in Toronto information on ARV therapy for children in poor countries Toronto (Agenzia Fides) - Two initiatives which obtained good results with children affected by HIV/AIDS in poor countries using Anti Retroviral Treatment ARV were presented by Doctors without Frontiers (MSF) at the 16th ...
• 4 September 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - “Putting Ethics back into public life ”: commitment underlined by Catholic Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, new president of Catholic Bishops’ Council of Northeast India Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - The urgent need to put “ethics in public life” in north east India was highlighted by Catholic Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil of the diocese of Guwahati just elected new president of the C ...