News
20 September 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “World Youth Day has an ecumenical spirit and importance”, says Anglican Archbishop Peter Jansen of Sydney
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney Archbishop Peter Jensen sees the World Youth Day 2008 event as "a great event to promote ecumenism and a wonderful opportunity lead young our people to Christ". ...
19 September 2007
VATICAN- AVE MARIA “Conversion cannot wait”, Rev. Luciano Alimandi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A frequent temptation for those walking along the way of the Lord is to give in to sin, to their sinful tendencies and convince themselves that instead of being fought these tendencies shou ...
19 September 2007
EUROPE/GERMANY - Germany's Holy Childhood Christmas Carol 'Sternsingers' help more than 1.6 million children all over the world: theme of 50th collection “Sternsingers For a United World”
Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - Germany's 500.000 Holy Childhood Christmas Carol 'Sternsingers' “Sternsinger” can be rightly proud of their efforts to help less fortunate children: in last year's campaign, the 49th, the sum ...
19 September 2007
EUROPE/ITALY - Sr Maria Antonieta Bruscato re-elected Superior general of the Daughters of St Paul present in 52 countries all over the world to evangelise through the media
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The 9th general chapter of the Daughters of St Paul DSP, which began on 29 August in Ariccia (Roma) at the Casa Divin Maestro, has re-elected Sr Maria Antonieta Bruscato Superior general for a seco ...
19 September 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - At the end of 2nd plenary assembly Catholic Bishops assure contribution to heal the nation's moral crisis, the root of all evil
Lagos (Agenzia Fides)- In a statement issued at the end of their second plenary assembly the Catholic Bishops of Nigeria affirm “We have had the elections, but the wounds inflicted on the Nigerian people and on our nas ...
19 September 2007
AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - “What prevailed was a desire for change, to forget the past” Catholic missionary comments election of Sierra Leone's new President
Freetown (Agenzia Fides)- “Following the tension of the final battle, the people of Sierra Leone expressed its joy and satisfaction for the results, which confirm a general desire for change compared with the past, to ...
19 September 2007
ASIA/INDIA - ERRATA CORRIGE - Chhattisgarh State governor postpones coming into force of strict anti-conversion law
Raipur (Agenzia Fides) - [with regard to the article ASIA/INDIA Fides 14/9/2007 please read as follows]
Raipur (Agenzia Fides) - The governor of Chhattisgarh State in central east India Mr E.S.L. Narasimhan, has postp ...
19 September 2007
ASIA/JAPAN - Warm welcome for Neo Catechumen family in Kagoshima diocese to evangelise families
Kagoshima (Agenzia Fides) - Kagoshima diocese recently welcomed a young missionary family from Spain. Members of the Neo Catechumen Way Alfredo and Emilia Martinez, the parents aged 30, and six children aged 10 months to ...
19 September 2007
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Harmony and Dialogue among Christians and Muslims: Silsilah Movement sends Ramadan Message to Muslims in the Philippines
Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - For all believers the holy month of Ramadan is “a time to follow the style of God who is in dialogue with all and cares for all”. This was part of a message addressed to Muslims in the Phi ...
19 September 2007
ASIA/INDONESIA - Franciscan witness in a Muslim society: 67 conventual friars renew their religious vows in northern Sumatra
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscan presence in the large Indonesian island of Sumatra is lively, dynamic and flourishing even in a mainly Muslim society where life is difficult for Christians often regarded with di ...
19 September 2007
AMERICA/CUBA - Spanish Fide Donum priest ordained Bishop of Cienfuegos, the Island's first non Cuban bishop: “I wish to listen to everyone… to discern together what the Lord is asking us to do. He and he alone must take the initiative”
Cienfuegos (Agenzia Fides) - In this year 2007 the 50th anniversary of the Encyclical Fide Donum by Pope Pius XII, on Saturday 15 September the feast of the Mother of Sorrrows, a Spanish fide donum priest Fr Domingo Orop ...
19 September 2007
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Presentation of CAM 3Working Paper: “ May the Third American Mission Congress encourage a process of reflection and missionary analysis all over the continent as a response to this epoch of change”
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - During the 2nd International Missiology Symposuim held in August in Quito, the working paper for CAM 3 was presented to delegations of 17 American countries taking part in the symposium. The work ...
18 September 2007
EUROPE/PORTUGAL - “The future of Mission Ad Gentes - prospects for the 21st century” theme of Mission Days 2007, Fatima will host National Mission Congress 2008
Fatima (Agenzia Fides) - " The future of Mission Ad Gentes - prospects for the 21st century " was the theme for reflection during the annual Mission Days 2007 held 14 - 16 September, promoted jointly by the National Offi ...
18 September 2007
AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - “We ask the United Nations Organisation to help us stop the armed groups which threaten regional peace”: say governments of Great Lakes region
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- A call to the United Nations Organisation to intensify collaboration with the Congolese authorities to gain control of certain “negative forces” operating in the east of the Democratic Repub ...
18 September 2007
AFRICA/SENEGAL - Prime Minister launches economic development programme: priorities include energy and agriculture
Dakar (Agenzia Fides)- Energy and agriculture are the economic priorities earmarked by Senegal's premier Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré in an address to Parliament in Dakar.
Calling for a “national pact of stability and ec ...
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