News
9 March 2007
EUROPE/GERMANY - 25th Anniversary: More than 22,000 young people from 72 different countries have benefited from the activity of the International Youth Centre for Spirituality promoted by the diocese of Stuttgart and the Scalabrini missionaries
Stuttgart (Fides Service) - A special Mass on Sunday 4 March presided by the auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart Bishop Thomas Maria Renz was the culminating event of celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of th ...
9 March 2007
ASIA/INDONESIA - In Padang the local Catholic community in front line to assist mainly Muslim Sumatra earthquake victims. The Bishop: “Charity knows no boundary”
Padang (Fides Fides) - “We are doing everything we can. We have mobilised all our resources to assist the earthquake victims, especially and most importantly prayer” said Bishop Martinus Situmorang of Padang also pre ...
8 March 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI starts new cycle of catechesis on the apostolic Fathers: Pope Saint Clement’s Letter to the Corinthians expounds the Church’s identity and mission
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This week too the Pope’s weekly audience on March 7 was held first in St Peter’s and then in the Paul VI Hall. In St Peter’s the Pope addressing Italian Bishops from Piedmont accompan ...
8 March 2007
VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT: THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS
13th Station: JESUS IS TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS AND GIVEN TO HIS MOTHER
Rome (Fides News Service) - 13th Station: JESUS IS TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS AND GIVEN TO HIS MOTHER
V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi.
R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum.
From the Gospel ac ...
8 March 2007
VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE: The urgency of “theology of persecution”
Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Roman Liturgy affirms that the sacrifice offered by the Son of God is the “source from which all martyrdom springs” (cfr. Roman Missal: prayer over the offerings Mass of Saints Cosm ...
8 March 2007
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Brazilian Symposium of Marian Pastoral 9 - 11 March and CELAM 5: gathered with Mary to invoke the Holy Spirit, discern God’s plans and set out for mission with faith and courage
Belém do Pará (Fides Service) - From 9-11 March one of Brazil’s two main Marian Shrines the Basilica of Our Lady of Nazareth in Belém do Pará will host a Symposium of Marian Pastoral. The Symposium, which will bri ...
8 March 2007
ASIA/THAILAND - 8 March: Jesuit Refugee Service says displaced women need protection and assistance
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Many women refugees from various countries, from neighbouring Myanmar and Laos, but also from as far away as Sudan seek shelter in Thailand. Some are alone but many come with children seeking a ...
8 March 2007
EUROPE/ITALY - Saturday 10 March university students of Europe and Asia will pray with Pope Benedict XVI
Rome (Fides Service) - Last minute preparations for traditional annual meeting between university students of Europe and Asia and the Pope on the occasion of the 5th European University Studay Day on the theme “Intelle ...
8 March 2007
EUROPE/SPAIN - “Women and Abortion” international conference to educate, inform and mobilise civil society to address the drama of abortion
Caceres (Fides Service) - “Women and Abortion” is the theme of an international Conference March 8 - 10 in Caceres, organised jointly by the Family Forum and the University of Estremadura. Expert speakers include Ben ...
8 March 2007
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “A good law, but the people must be properly informed about it”: Catholic archdiocese of Bukavu intends to publicise new law on sexual abuse
Bukavu (Fides Service) - The Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic archdiocese of Bukavu in Democratic Congo has undertaken to promote information with regard to a new law on sexual abuse.
The initiative announ ...
8 March 2007
ASIA/CHINA - Catholic women play an important part in the life of the Church, especially for evangelisation
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - At the first Mass early this morning March 8 International Women’s Day, at Beijing’s Holy Saviour Catholic parish church the priest expressed best wishes to all women and said: “I wish to ...
8 March 2007
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bible groups for prayer and study involve young and old
Lahore (Fides Service) - Thanks to the activity of the Catholic Bible Commission of Pakistan a thriving movement of Bible Apostolate to encouraged study, interpersonal sharing and prayer on the basis of the Word of God i ...
8 March 2007
ASIA/INDIA - Salesian web site helps find missing children
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Salesians of Don Bosco have launched a web site to trace missing children in India. According to SAR NEWS the Don Bosco National Forum for Youth at Risk in association with UNICEF maintain ...
7 March 2007
VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT- THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS
12th Station: JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS
Rome (Fides News Service) - 12th Station: JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS
V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi.
R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum.
From the Gospel according to John 19:19-20
Pilate ...
7 March 2007
ASIA/THAILAND - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Nakhon Sawan
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 7 March 2007, appointed Rev. Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovitvanit Bishop of Nakhon Sawan in Thailand, until now the Bishop elect was parish priest at t ...
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