News

• 5 June 2006
  VATICAN - “The Holy Spirit illuminates the human spirit and revealing Christ crucified and Risen shows how we can become more like Him” : Pope Benedict XVI on Pentecost Sunday Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Pentecost Sunday 4 June Pope Benedict XVI presided Mass in St Peter’s Square. “At Pentecost the Holy Spirit came down upon the Apostles and this was the beginning of the Church’s u ...
• 5 June 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI on the Eve of Pentecost: “The Holy Spirit desires unity, totality. Therefore His presence shows itself especially in missionary impulse. A person who finds something true, beautiful and good in life runs to share it with everyone, everywhere” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In St Peter’s Square in the early evening of Saturday June 3 the eve of Pentecost, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI presided the celebration of the 1st Vespers of Pentecost with an estim ...
• 5 June 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Youth and Family” meeting Regnum Christi Movement; 54 Legionaries of Christ deacons ordained Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Youth and Family” was the title of a Meeting held at the Pontifical College Regina Apostolorum, in Rome, organised by the Legionaries of Christ and the Regnum Christi Movement. The slogan "Li ...
• 5 June 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - 19 Sisters of diocesan Congregation of the Missionaries of Mary Mediatrix of Souls in Purgatory of Cang Zhou tale perpetual vows on the feast of the Visitation Cang Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - “You are taking your vows on the feast of the Visitation which means you must take Our Lady as your model for life and mission, imitating her goodness, humility and obedience. At the Crucifi ...
• 5 June 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Energy resources are for everyone: Message from Bishops' Justice and Peace Commission for World Environment Day Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Energy is a resource which belongs to everyone and it must be used sparingly because it is not eternal. Sources of sustainable energy which respect nature and man must be found. This was affirmed ...
• 5 June 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishop of Morón announces Diocese’s 50th anniversary Jubilee Year calling for “profound renewal in each of our communities in view of new ardour and enthusiasm for the task of evangelisation commanded by the Lord” Morón (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Luis Guillermo Eichhorn of the diocese of Morón in Argentina has called a Jubilee Year to mark the 50th anniversary of the diocese created by Pope Pius XII on 11 February 1957. The first ...
• 5 June 2006
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced conversion to Islam: Christians and other religious minorities protest Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - In Pakistan a wave of forced conversion to Islam is causing concern and protest among Christians and other religious minorities. Recently a forum of religious leaders issued a statement “Force ...
• 5 June 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - New Christian magazine on the web features theology, church ministries, culture... Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Oikonomia is the name of a new Christian magazine on line produced in Australia by the Sydney College of Divinity. The title of the magazine “God’s Plan for the Fullness of Time” is taken ...
• 3 June 2006
  VATICAN - The Saints of Charity mentioned in Deus caritas est Encyclical: St Ignatius of Loyola Vatican City (Fides Service) - "the Society should show itself no less useful in reconciling the estranged, in holily assisting and serving those who are found in prisons or hospitals, and indeed in performing other work ...
• 3 June 2006
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Pope appoints new Auxiliary Bishop of Bougainville Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on June 1 2006, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the diocese of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) Rev. Bernard Unabali, Vicar General of the same diocese, assi ...
• 3 June 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Explaining the reason for mission”: theme of 25th Missionary Animation Meeting for diocesan priests Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Spanish Institute for Foreign Missions IEME has organised the 25th Missionary Animation Meeting for diocesan priests to be held 6 - 8 June in Madrid, as part of celebrations for the 5th cent ...
• 3 June 2006
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Caritas Australia in the field to assist the homeless: 1 million dollars worth humanitarian aid Dili (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Australia has begun humanitarian operations in Dili capital of East Timor Est a place of “terror and anarchy, sacking, shooting, killing and people in flight”, said Salesian deeply conc ...
• 3 June 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Pope Benedict XVI’s first Encyclical Deus Caritas Est now in Korean Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - To offer all Koreans the opportunity to read the message of God’s love explained at length and in depth in Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical ‘God is Love’, the Korean Catholic Bishops� ...
• 3 June 2006
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The experience of Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate in Pakistan Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The mission of fifteen Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate in Pakistan OMI Pakistan proceeds with joy and enthusiasm according to the Congregation’s bulletin OMIworld. The mission in Pakista ...
• 3 June 2006
  AFRICA - British Aid agency launches campaign to abolish health taxes Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The life of 285 thousand children in Africa could be saved every year if taxes on healthcare were lifted according to a British aid agency “Save the Children”. Without these taxes, which lea ...