News
23 April 2007
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops commence plenary assembly on the theme “The Missionary Dimension of the Church” in preparation for the 3rd American Mission Congress and Mission Year 2008
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Today 23 April the Catholic Bishops of Ecuador opened a five day Plenary Assembly on the theme “The Missionary Dimension of the Church”. This evening the Bishops will unite in prayer. On Tuesd ...
23 April 2007
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US Bishops express solidarity with Bishops and people of Zimbabwe in serious crisis, and appeal to international community
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of the United States have expressed closeness and solidarity to the people of Zimbabwe experiencing a situation of suffering. Bishop Thomas G. Wenski of the diocese of Or ...
23 April 2007
AMERICA/MEXICO - “Lay faithful, consecrated persons, priests and bishops must unite in bonds of charity and action for new evangelisation”: Bishops in Plenary Assembly issue message
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) -“Our pastoral duty is evangelisation, because we realise the urgency of God's Kingdom and the call to be apostles with our life-style. Our hope grows with the celebration of the 5th genera ...
23 April 2007
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Solidarity for the particular Church in Tierradentro after eruption of volcano Nevado de Huila
Tierradentro (Agenzia Fides) - Following an eruption of the volcano Nevado de Huila, in the territory which includes the Vicariate Apostolic of Tierradentro in Colombia, Bishop Edgar H. Tirado, Vicar Apostolic of the are ...
23 April 2007
AMERICA/CUBA - Bishop Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez of Pinar del Río denies closing of 'Vitral' magazine
Pinar del Rìo (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Pinar del Río, Bishop Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez, has denied that anything was said about ‘closing’ the local Centre of Civic and Religious Formation, denying the news ...
23 April 2007
AFRICA/KENYA - Kianda foundation aims for education and social and spiritual promotion of women in Kenya
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - More than 500 women in Kenya have started a small business, renting mules, running a hairdresser's shop, a clothes making workshop, material shops thanks to TOT project launched by the Kianda Found ...
21 April 2007
ASIA/INDIA - The Pope accepts resignation of Bishop of Tura and approves succession
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 21 April accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Tura (India), presented Bishop George Mamalassery in conformity with the ...
21 April 2007
VATICAN - 50th anniversary of Pope Pius XII's Fidei Donum Encyclical: International Congress reflects on development and identity of Fidei Donum mission in the context of mission today
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Fifty years ago to the day, on 21 April 1957, Pope Pius XII issued his Fidei Donum encyclical to bring to the attention of diocesan bishops and priests the missionary needs of Africa: the v ...
21 April 2007
VATICAN - 50th anniversary of Fidei donum Encylical International Congress Programme
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - An international congress on Fidei Donum with the title “All the Churches for all the World” will be opened on May 9 by Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelis ...
21 April 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI 's pastoral to Vigevano and Pavia concludes with an act of homage to the earthly remains of Saint Augustine of Hippo A contribution by Rev Nicola Bux: Saint Augustine calls us to live the Church's Catholicity
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI will make a pastoral visit on 21 and 22 April to the northern Italian cities of Vigevano and Pavia. The salient moments of the visit on Saturday afternoon ...
21 April 2007
VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World: Türkçe (Turkish)
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The evangelisation of Asia Minor is described in detail the Acts of the Apostles and in some of the letters of Saint Paul.
The collection of prayers includes lovely local prayers for spec ...
21 April 2007
ASIA/CHINA - Death of Bishop Fu Tie Shan (Michele) Official Bishop of Beijing
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Fu Tie Shan (Michele), Official Bishop of Beijing died on 20 April at 8pm at Bei Jing Hospital, after a long illness. The news was given by Xin Hua news agency. Masses for the repose of h ...
21 April 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - Cardinal Dias Pope's special envoy to closing celebrations for evangelisation centenary in northern Ghana
Accra (Agenzia Fides)- Monday 23 April will mark the closing of celebrations started on 25 Mary 2006 for the centenary of the evangelisation of northern Ghana. On 23 April 1906 a group of White Fathers (Missionaries of A ...
21 April 2007
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Prime Minister's recent meeting in Rome with the Pope sparks hope for rapid reopening of dialogue and negotiations
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The April 20th meeting in the Vatican between Pope Benedict XVI and Sri Lanka's prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has sparked new hope in the Island's civil society for a rapid reopening of dial ...
21 April 2007
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In view of elections in May Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales addresses Pastoral Letter to the Catholics of Manila archdiocese
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - “The elections are a process in which we choose leaders committed to working with the people to achieve the common good” wrote Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales Archbishop of Manila in a Pastoral Le ...
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