News
24 September 2005
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses third group of Mexican Bishops on ad limina visit: “I urge you not to be discouraged but to continue the mission of teaching and announcing the Gospel of Christ … we must not lose our courage or enthusiasm in our pastoral programming”
Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) - “Your pastoral ministry should be addressed to everyone, the faithful who take an active part in the life of the diocesan community and those who have distanced themselves and are sear ...
24 September 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Fidei donum Enclycal 50 years on: a resource for the missionary Church
Rome (Fides Service) - Fidei donum was the last encyclical issued by Pope Pius XII on 21 April 1957. Faced with the situation of extreme need in Africa at that time, the Pope called on Bishops of long established Churche ...
24 September 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - “Spiritual care for the sick must help them realise that even alone and immobile at home they can do something for society”. 1st meeting of the International confederation of Centro Volontari della Sofferenza
Rome (Fides Service) - The International confederation of Centro Volontari della Sofferenza CVS, organism of pontifical rights which operates in about 20 different countries has just ended its first meeting .
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24 September 2005
AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - “Childhood has a right to a world without arms” slogan for National Day for Children’s Rights 29 September organised by national Youth Pastoral Commission
Santo Domingo (Fides Service) - National Day for Children’s Rights in the Dominican Republic 29 September is celebrated to confirm commitments taken in the World Summit for Children, the Convention on Children’s Righ ...
24 September 2005
ASIA/TAIWAN - Theology and service: besides teaching young people Prof. Li also shares his experience after working with the Sisters of Mother Teresa
Taipei (Fides Service) - “I hear the song of happiness” is the theme of a course in theology for young people given by Prof. Li who not only teaches but also shares his experience of faith and service at a Home for t ...
24 September 2005
ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - this year already 400,000 refugees have returned: encouraging sign for the country
Kabul (Fides Service) - Recent elections went off peacefully and the country is also dealing with the difficult question of refugees a problem which has lasted for decades. According to the United Nations High Commission ...
24 September 2005
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Happy House” new pastoral centre for immigrant workers
Incheon (Fides Service) - Happy House pastoral centre for immigrant workers opened a month ago is proving a success. The centre opened on 1 September in the diocese of Incheon is already a point of reference for communi ...
23 September 2005
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - In the Year of the Eucharist the country's Catholic Bishops explain authentic inculturation and liturgical renewal in a joint pastoral statement on the Mass
Maputo (Fides Service) - “We start this pastoral statement on the Celebration of the Eucharist with the words used by the disciples of Emmaus who urged the Lord to remain with them, the same words used by Pope John Pau ...
23 September 2005
EUROPA/ESTONIA - Ordination in Tallinn of new Bishop Apostolic Administrator of Estonia
Tallinn (Fides Service) - Mgr Philippe Jourdan, appointed Apostolic Administrator of Estonia in March this year by Pope John Paul II of venerated memory, was ordained a bishop on 10 September in Tallinn by papal nuncio A ...
23 September 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Prestigious UNESCO award to Catholic priest at the Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies in Rome
Rome (Fides Service) - A Catholic priest Fr. Michel Lagarde, professor of Arab language and culture, is to receive the Sharjah Award for Arab Culture 2005 assigned by UNESCO and funded by the United Arab Emirates. This i ...
23 September 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - The Pontifical Mission Societies Office in Spain launches prayer and solidarity campaign for Sahel region of Africa where many of Spain’s missionaries are serving
Madrid (Fides Service) - Bishop Francisco Pérez national director of the PMS in Spain has launched a campaign in aid of people in the Sahel region of Africa afflicted by a critical food shortage, more than 5 million men ...
23 September 2005
AFRICA - Feverish work in Malawi and Zambia to complete construction of two new Catholic Universities before the end of next year
Lusaka (Fides Service)- Before the end of next year Africa will have two more Catholic Universities one in Zambia and the other Malawi thanks to the respective Catholic Bishops’ Conferences.
“The project is careful ...
23 September 2005
AMERICA/MEXICO - “Any collaboration of the Church in ‘drugtrafficking’ is not only without foundation it is contrary to its vast work of social assistance”: Bishops- statement
Mexico City (Fides Service) - In a statement with regard presumed donations to the Catholic of illegally obtained money the Catholic Bishops of Mexico declared “the Catholic Church is contrary to all immoral conduct... ...
23 September 2005
AMERICA/MEXICO - To close the Year of the Eucharist Guadalajara organises Great Eucharistic Parish Mission 23 to 30 October
Guadalajara (Fides Service) - A year after it hosted the 48th International Eucharistic Congress which officially opened the Year of the Eucharist, Guadalajara archdiocese in Mexico will close this special year given to ...
23 September 2005
ASIA/CHINA - Evangelisation in area of Gui Lin visited by tourists from near and far
Gui Lin (Fides) - “We focus all our efforts on evangelisation”, Rev Tao Shou Ying, parish priest at Gui Li parish in Guang Xi province told Hebei Catholic bulltin Faith “It is right to make our church as beautiful ...
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