News
10 October 2007
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Oblate Missionary of Mary Immaculate murdered in car-jacking Northern Province of South Africa
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The Oblate novitiate community in South Africa and the Northern Province are mourning the death of the Associate Novice Master, Fr. Allard Msheyene ‘MAKO, shot and killed by roadside carj ...
10 October 2007
AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - 11th plenary assembly of the Catholic bishops of English-speaking West Africa, will discuss interreligious dialogue and solidarity with the people of Sierra Leone
Freetown (Agenzia Fides)- The 11th plenary assembly of the Catholic bishops of 5 English-speaking West African countries opened at Lagooda Conference Centre in the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown, Monday. The plenary b ...
10 October 2007
AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - The country calls for better aircraft maintenance after yet another air tragedy involving an old aeroplane
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “The highest national authorities will have to explain the terrible lack of organisation which makes our country look like a banana republic a jungle without order or lay, where only the stron ...
10 October 2007
ASIA/INDIA - 'Carmel and Asian Mission': Carmelite Mission Congress for Asia and Oceania “ "missions are an integral part of a Carmelite vocation”
Mangalore (Fides Service) - 'Carmel and Asian Mission' was the theme of a Mission Congress for Asia and Oceania organised by the Discalced Carmelite Order at Ryshivana, the Institute of Indian Christian Spirituality at R ...
10 October 2007
ASIA/INDIA - Catholic Council of India meeting on role of women in the Church and society and the challenges facing the Catholic community in the third millennium
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The role and charisma of women in the Church and in society will be the main theme of a meeting of the Catholic Council of India comprising bishops, clergy, religious and lay people to be hel ...
10 October 2007
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Young people in Manila archdiocese in front life to protect creation
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Manila has launched a programme of study and action on the theme “Global Warming and Climate Change”, mainly for young people. In a recent meeting some 500 young people fro ...
10 October 2007
ASIA/CHINA - Archbishop Giovanni Battista Liang Xisheng died last month
Kaifeng (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Giovanni Battista Liang Xisheng, Archbishop of Kaifeng in Henan province, mainland China, died on 23 September at the age of 84. Archbishop died of kidney failure and cardiac complica ...
10 October 2007
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - PMS handbook for the month of October: “May mission increasingly become a reality with the face and the name of many brothers born in our Christian communities”
San José (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies in Costa Rica will celebration Mission Sunday on 21 October with the theme "With Christ: listen, learn and announce", Ms Elieth Robles, PMS national secretary ...
10 October 2007
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “Faced with initiatives of reform, the decision is in our hands”: Bishops launch campaign to encourage responsible participation of the laity
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "“Faced with initiatives of reform, the decision is in our hands” is the title of an information campaign launched by the Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of ...
10 October 2007
AMERICA/PANAMA - Polemic over law to introduce handbooks on sexuality without any religious and moral values in school programmes
Panama (Agenzia Fides) - Heated polemic continues in Panama with regard to a proposed Bill which intends to establish and guarantee human rights in questions of human sexuality and reproductive health, promote informatio ...
10 October 2007
OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - “Pilgrims and Missionaries through the journey of life ”: young Catholics look forward to World Youth Day 2008 in Australia
Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Young Catholics in Solomon Islands continue to prepare for World Youth Day in Sydney Australia in 2008 with prayers, reflection and sharing experience of volunteer work. Recently a special Mass ...
9 October 2007
VATICAN - Benedict XVI receives Chapter of St Peter's Papal Basilica in the Vatican: “May St Peter's Basilica be truly a place of prayer, adoration and praise to the Lord”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I rely heavily on you and on your ministry that St Peter's Basilica may truly be a place of prayer, adoration and praise to the Lord - Pope Benedict XVI said in his address to the Cha ...
9 October 2007
VATICAN - Mgr Spreafico at the inauguration of the academic year: "The spirit of mission drives us to look beyond our narrow horizons to encounter the wide world where men and women, lost, fearful and suffering are in search of answers for situations often dramatic"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - ““The spirit of mission drives us to look beyond our narrow horizons to encounter the wide world where men and women, lost, fearful and suffering are in search of answers for situations ...
9 October 2007
VATICAN - “The Church, as the depositary of the mystery of God Creator and Redeemer, of His word and His Sacraments, has a project of truth for man. She has the task to proclaim Him until the end of time”: Prolusion by Bishop Velasio De Paolis at the inauguration of the academic year at the Pontifical Urban University
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Velasio De Paolis, Secretary of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Segnatura and a docent at the Pontifical Urban University, have the prolusion to open the academic year 2007/20 ...
9 October 2007
VATICAN - Santa Croce Pontifical University inaugurates 24th academic year; Mgr Echevarría: “Let us continue to accompany the Pope with filial love”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday 8 October Santa Croce Pontifical University in Rome inaugurated its 24th academic year with a solemn Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit, presided by the University's grand chancellor Mgr. Jav ...
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