News
27 November 2007
AFRICA/GUINEA - Bishop of N’Zérékoré resigns
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 27 November 2007, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of N’Zérékoré (Guinea), presented by Bishop Philippe Kouroum ...
27 November 2007
VATICAN - Sunday 2 December Pope Benedict XVI will make a pastoral visit to the San Giovanni Battista Hospital run by the Order of Malta
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, December 2, Benedict XVI is due to visit the Roman hospital of St. John the Baptist, which belongs to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and specializes in the treatment and rehabilit ...
27 November 2007
VATICAN - The missionary nature of the Church in post-council Magisterium (part one) Fr. Adriano Garuti and Lara De Angelis
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the post-council period we saw, in the name of religious pluralism, a sort of levelling: Christ was presented as one of many mediators of salvation and the Church as one of many ways to ...
27 November 2007
VATICAN - TODAY ON THE INTERNET - Forum of Catholic NGOs starts on November 30 in Rome - In India about 500 delegates will attend CCI Catholic Council of India Meeting
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A summit of Catholic NGOs proposed by the Holy See's Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone ,will start on 30 November in Rome. The Delegations, representing Caritas internationalis, ...
27 November 2007
EUROPE/ITALY - “Migration and ethical issues” - Meeting at the Pontifical Urban University 28 November
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Immigration is spoken of every day, usually to underline its problems. In this complex situation it is important to go to the heart of the matter and address the ethical issues involved, that of th ...
27 November 2007
EUROPE/SPAIN - Bishops approve Pastoral Letter for 40th anniversary of Populorum Progressio and 20th of Sollicitudo Rei sociali and document on Migration Pastoral Care, and establish annual Day for Life on 25 March
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "That they may have life in abundance" is the title of a Pastoral Letter issued by the Bishops of Spain at the end of a plenary assembly held 19-22 November on the occasion of the 40th anniversar ...
27 November 2007
EUROPE/POLAND - On the feast of Christ the King, the archdiocese of Czestochowa sends another of its priests on mission to Papua New Guinea
Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 25 November, the feast of Christ the King, the archdiocese of Czestochowa, held a mission sending ceremony for one of its priests Fr Michał Pabiańczyk, who is about to de ...
27 November 2007
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic Bishops call for end of emergency and release of detainees
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Almost a month since President Musharraf declared a state of emergency on 3 November the Catholic Bishops have called the government to restore respect for citizens' constitutional rights and fre ...
27 November 2007
ASIA - ASEAN countries Association of South East Asia Nations sign charter of principles
Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - The economic and political Association of South East Asia Nations ASEAN made progress, approving the first Charter of Principles to inspire future ASEAN activity . The ASEAN nations, Brunei, C ...
27 November 2007
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - In view of the December 2nd referendum on proposed constitutional reform the Bishops say “this reform is unnecessary, morally unacceptable and will bring no benefit to the country ”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the referendum on Sunday December 2, on proposed constitutional reforms presented by the president of Venezuela and the National Assembly, the country's Bishops have once again issued ...
27 November 2007
AMERICA/PERU - Pontifical Mission Societies “Youth Without Frontiers” organise 2nd Solidarity Campaign in aid of people in earthquake disaster areas in the south
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - To face the disastrous situation in South Chico following the earthquake last August, through its Youth Without Frontiers movement the Pontifical Mission Societies in Peru have organised a 2nd Soli ...
27 November 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Bishops of Australia pray the new government “may be guided by wisdom, justice and moral integrity ”
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops Conference of Australia congratulated the new government led by the Labour leader Kevin Rudd, winner in elections on 24 November.
Gathered in Sydney for a plenary assembly ...
26 November 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses new Cardinal: “Be apostles of God who is Love and Witnesses of evangelical hope: this is what the Christian people expects of you ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Saturday 24 November, in St Peter's Basilica, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI held a public Consistory for the creation of 23 new Cardinals, in the form of a Celebration of the Word. In ...
26 November 2007
VATICAN - The Pope consigns to the Cardinals the ring impressed with the Cross: “this will remind you always of the King you serve and of the Throne upon which he was lifted up and was faithful to the end, in order to conquer sin and death”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “This year the solemnity of Christ, King of the universe, crowning feast of the liturgical year, is enriched by the inclusion in the College of Cardinals of 23 new members who, according ...
26 November 2007
VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus calls for prayers for the Holy Land, “to implore the Spirit of God to grant peace to that region so dear to us”, and he entrusts the new members of the College of Cardinals to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the Eucharistic Celebration with the new Cardinals in St Peter's Basilica on Sunday 25 November, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI went outside to the steps of the Basilica to ...
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