News
11 May 2007
AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Bishops once again condemn “any attempt to legalise abortion and manipulation of human embryos for therapeutic ends "
Itaci (Fides Service) - In a statement issued at the end of the 45th plenary assembly of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Brazil, the Bishops voice solidarity with the people, especially the poor and the suffering and ...
11 May 2007
AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Pope will visit over 2,000 former drug addicts at Hope Farm, one of many authentic centres of detoxication and re-evangelisation
Guarantinguetá (Fides Service) - Over 2,000 former drug addicts will welcome Pope Benedict XVI to Hope Farm in the Sao Paulo district of Guarantinguetá on Saturday 12 May. The Hope Farms initiative, supported by the Ca ...
11 May 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Brazil - “Starting afresh from Christ in every area of missionary activity; rediscovering in Jesus the love and salvation given to us by the Father through the Holy Spirit: this is the substance and lifeline of the bishop's mission”
São Paulo (Agenzia Fides) - In the evening of Friday 11 May Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Vespers with 400 Brazilian bishops in the Cathedral of Sao Paulo Catedral da Sé dedicated to Our Lady of the Annunciation. In his ...
11 May 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Brazil - “Let us give thanks to God for the lasting benefits obtained through the powerful evangelising influence that the Holy Spirit impressed upon so many souls through Frei Galvão”
Sao Paulo (Agenzia Fides) - At an open air Mass at the Campo de Marte, in Sao Paulo in the morning of Friday 11 May Pope Benedict XVI canonised the first Brazilian born saint Friar Antonio di Sant'Anna Galvão and he sa ...
10 May 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI Brazil - “Your country is to serve as a cradle for ecclesial proposals which, God willing, will give the Continent new missionary vigour and impulse”
São Paulo (Agenzia Fides) - In the early afternoon of Wednesday 9 May the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, arrived at São Paulo/Guarulhos airport welcomed by the President of Brazil, and political, civil and ecclesial a ...
10 May 2007
VATICAN - International Congress 50th anniversary Fidei Donum Encyclical - Lights and Shadows along a path of fifty years, looking to the future; Fidei Donum in Latin America
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The International Congress to mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of Fidei Donum Encyclical continued in the afternoon of Wednesday 9 May (see Fides 21/4/2007), with a historical-critical ...
10 May 2007
VATICAN - The Month of Mary - «Qué Soy Era Immaculada Councepciou»: the 18 Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes in 1858 (8)
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Wednesday 24 February 1858: penance, 8ª apparition. “Bernadette, we are told by M. Estrade, just after falling into ecstasy went to put her ear to the rock and then like someone receivin ...
10 May 2007
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE - 'Family Day', alias Dies Familiae, Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello -
Vatican City (Fides Service) - In just over forty eight hours there has been convoked in Rome a 'Family Day': expression chosen by Italian lay Catholics backed by the Bishops' Conference and no few non-denominational ass ...
10 May 2007
EUROPE/ITALY - Italian branch celebrates 60th anniversary of Aid to the Church in Need association of Pontifical right
Rome (Fides Service) - The Salesianum College (Via della Pisana 1111, Rome) will host 11 - 13 May a Meeting with which the benefactors and collaborators of the Italian branch of Aid to the Church in Need will celebrate ...
10 May 2007
AFRICA/LIBERIA - Monrovia University opens first Computer Centre
Monrovia (Fides Service)- Development in Africa is not only a question of constructing roads, bridges and aqueducts, but also and above all of education. This emerged during a ceremony to open a new Computer Centre for a ...
10 May 2007
ASIA/INDIA - “Promoting journalism based on authentic values” Fr Adolf Washington new president of the Indian Catholic Press Association
Bangalore (Fides Service) - Journalism which is neither scandalistic nor sensationalistic; which fosters respect for the human person, human dignity and rights, promotes justice and solidarity, fights to eliminate discri ...
10 May 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Two new Auxiliary Bishops for Melbourne, Australia's largest Catholic diocese
Melbourne (Fides Service) - Catholics in Melbourne are celebrating the recent appointment of two new Auxiliary Bishops Bishop Timothy Costelloe SDB and Bishop Peter Elliot, to flank Archbishop Denis Hart in the pastoral ...
10 May 2007
AMERICA/ECUADOR - “At this crucial hour for our country lay Catholics must take an active and responsible part in the organisation of the political community”: Message from Archbishop of Quito in view of next Constituent Assembly
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Quito and his two Auxiliary Bishops issued a message in view of a forthcoming Constituent Assembly which will discuss "issues which are fundamental for the individual, for the fa ...
10 May 2007
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE “The light of Christ uplifts and gives meaning to the suffering caused by recent disasters in our country”: Catholic Bishops of Mozambique assure local Church's commitment to assist victims
Maputo (Agenzia Fides)- “As disciples of Our Lord Jesus Christ and Bishops of his Church we cannot fail to express sincere human and Christian solidarity with our brothers and sisters affected by these tragedies” the ...
10 May 2007
ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Ramos-Horta will be the new President of East Timor, official elections results still to be announced
Dili (Agenzia Fides) - Outgoing Prime Minister, Nobel peace prize winner José Ramos-Horta, will be the new president of the Republic of East Timor. Temporary results of the 8 May election announced with 90% of the votes ...
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