News
13 July 2007
AMERICA/CUBA - “Aparecida was a time of grace for our calling as disciples of Jesus Christ ” says out-going CELAM president; new presidency addresses letter to Pope Benedict XVI
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - In a brief message to Pope Benedict XVI the members of the new presidency of the Council of Latin American Bishops' Conferences CELAM, elected during the Council's 31st Ordinary assembly nearing ...
13 July 2007
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Catholic Bishops of Rio Negro, concerned about proposed bill to guarantee “worthy death”, re-launch series of proposal to assist the seriously or terminally ill and their families
Río Negro (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of the Río Negro region, diocese of Alto Valle de Río Negro, San Carlos de Bariloche, Viedma, issued a pastoral statement on the subject of human dignity since the regi ...
12 July 2007
VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE - Motu proprio Summorum Pontificum cura is an invitation to return to the Catholic form of the liturgy, Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father in his Book Jesus of Nazareth underlines the “understanding” which in Luke's Gospel - unlike the other Gospels - Jesus demonstrates towards the Jews: (p 216-217). Is th ...
12 July 2007
VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World: Indonesian (3)
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Indonesia, the most populated Muslim country in the world has a population of 209.260.000. The people are 87% Muslims. Christianity 12.5%: Protestant 9.3% (246 denominations, 16.000.000 ref ...
12 July 2007
EUROPE/ITALY - Fr Benzoni re-confirmed Superior general of the Xaverian Missionaries: “we must look at the new which is coming more than the old which is passing. The Church is young because the Spirit keeps her young. This is why I think we need not fear challenges ”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The 15th general chapter of the Xaverian Missionaries (see Fides 13/3/2007), being held at Tavernerio (Como), re-elected Fr Rino Benzoni Superior general and Fr Luigi Menegazzo Vicar general, for s ...
12 July 2007
EUROPE/ENGLAND - Centenary Jamboree: 40,000 Scouts from all over the world will celebrate 100 years of the Scout Movement
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Forty thousand Scouts from all over the world will gather for the 21st World Jamboree in Hylands Park, Chelmsford, England 27 July 8 August to mark the centenary of the foundation of the Scout Mo ...
12 July 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - A new Home for girls victims of slave trade
Benin City (Agenzia Fides)- “A dream come true! A dream shared by many for many years is at last a reality ” says Sr. Eugenia Bonetti, Consolata Missionary and co-ordinator of the Union of Major Superiors' Office Aga ...
12 July 2007
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Don Bosco Technical Institute: a seed of hope for school drop-outs
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Don Bosco Technical Institute for Boys in Lahore recently passed government school inspection with flying colours. The government inspectors' report said it is in favour of renewal and comple ...
12 July 2007
ASIA/VIETNAM - Fifty years since the return of the Society, the Jesuit region of Vietnam becomes a Province of the Society of Jesus
Saigon (Agenzia Fides) - From 6 to 15 July the Preposito General of the Society of Jesus, Fr. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach is visiting Vietnam carrying with him a decree which will transform the Independent Region of Vietnam i ...
12 July 2007
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Interpol warns: Africa is being invaded by drugs
Arusha (Agenzia Fides)- “The global situation of drug trafficking in Africa has become worse in recent years especially with an explosion of cocaine trade between south America and Africa” Jean-Michel Louboutin, exec ...
12 July 2007
AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Missionaries of the Sacred Heart mark 83 years of spiritual care, healthcare, technical training
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart MSC are marking 83 years of service in Democratic Congo. “These have been eighty three years of fruitful service ” according to the local Catholic news a ...
12 July 2007
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - New SIGNIS-Bolivia Branch to co-ordinate and coach Catholic communicators to have more social impact
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - On 20 July in La Paz, Bolivia, there will be the official launching of a new SIGNIS-Bolivia Branch, (Association of Catholic Communicators). The initiative was first taken by the Catholic Bishops ...
12 July 2007
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Statement from Inter-Faith Council of Leaders (IFCL) in Zamboanga: “ We invoke the teachings of our Holy books, the Qur’an and the Bible, and ask those who hold Fr. Bossi to keep him safe and release him immediately”
Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - The members of the Inter-Faith Council of Leaders (IFCL) in Zamboanga, a reality promoted by the movement for dialogue Silsilah, issued the following statement with regard to the abduction of ...
12 July 2007
ASIA/CHINA - Summer school holidays "re-charge" spiritual energies with formation in the faith and experience of service to others
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - A group of sixty university students in the diocese of Chang Sha, in the south Chinese province of Hu spent a week taking part in prayers, pilgrimages, Mass and sharing under the guidance of thr ...
11 July 2007
VATICAN - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI authorises final document 5th General Conference of the Council of Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean in Aparecida which he hopes will offer “light and impulse for fruitful pastoral and evangelising work in the years to come,"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Made public today was a Letter from Benedict XVI to bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean, in which he authorises the publication of the final document of the Fifth General Conference ...
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