News

• 18 October 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - World Mission Sunday: “We want to help all the faithful live the month of mission intensely and make the whole year, a time for mission without frontiers " Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - The national office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Portugal has distributed a Handbook for October Mission Month 2007 prepared with the help of various missionary institutes in view of th ...
• 18 October 2007
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Government reshuffle to convince the southern leadership to resume its place in the coalition cabinet Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- The President of Sudan Omar Hassan al-Bashir has approved a cabinet reshuffle, one of the conditions posed by the former Southern Sudan rebels, if they resume their place in the national transit ...
• 18 October 2007
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “We remain united to negotiate a trade system more favourable for poor countries” say India Brazil and South Africa Pretoria (Agenzia Fides)- Brazil, India and South Africa have called on developing countries to remain united to form a common front in Doha talks on the future of world. The call was launched by heads of state and gover ...
• 18 October 2007
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Sandakan diocese created and first Bishop of ordained Sandakan (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in Malaysia recently celebrated an historic event the foundation of a new diocese of Sandakan and the ordination of the first Bishop of Sandakan, Mgr Julius Dusin Gitom. Sandakan, a c ...
• 18 October 2007
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Special anniversary Mass to mark 80th anniversary of Pyongyang diocese: commitment to revivify the Catholic community in North Korea New York (Agenzia Fides) - During a special anniversary Mass celebrated in New York to mark the 80th anniversary of the Catholic diocese of Pyongyang, capital city of North Korea, prayer intentions included a desire to b ...
• 18 October 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - On Mission Sunday in Bei Tang Cathedral five new priests will be ordained by the new Bishop of Beijing Pechino (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 21 October the diocese of Beijing, which will be celebrating the annual Mission Sunday in communion with the universal Church, will mark the date with a great event, the ordination of ...
• 18 October 2007
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - World Mission Sunday: “We must be missionary cooperators not only on Mission Sunday, we offer our spiritual and material efforts that Jesus Christ may be known by everyone" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The theme of our Mission Sunday poster this year is ‘All the Churches for all the world’, the theme chosen by the Pope to invite Catholics to help promote, form, send and support missionarie ...
• 18 October 2007
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Social Friendship Mission serving neighbours without discrimination marks 54th anniversary Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Social Friendship Mission has just celebrated is 54th anniversary in Paraguay with the motto: ‘Building Life, Serving the Lord'. The organisation was started in the United States by the ...
• 18 October 2007
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Catholics mobilise against “Bill to defend the right to sexual and reproductive health ” which includes abortion Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in Uruguay have mobilised rapidly to prevent the legalisation of abortion in their country. Four days early than expected Parliament announced that on 16 October the plenary assembl ...
• 18 October 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Pontifical Mission Societies in Australia prepare for Mission Sunday: reflection focuses on young people Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - How can young people play a leading role in missionary work; what are their specific qualities and principal modalities; in what sector must they be oriented to harness all their mission potentia ...
• 17 October 2007
  VATICAN - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI announces Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of his general audience this morning the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI announced that there will be a Consistory on 24 November during which he will appoint new cardinals. The Po ...
• 17 October 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA : Created for Heaven! , Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I come from Heaven”! These were the words of the Blessed Virgin Mary, when, appearing in an apparition to the three shepherd children in Fatima, she replied to Lucia who asked where s ...
• 17 October 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “The best news we can announce is that Jesus Christ is risen and he is here in our midst”: World Mission Sunday is an opportunity to encourage people to seek true and authentic happiness in the faith Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "May we live this Mission Sunday on 21 October for which we have prepared all through the month, looking towards Christ who looks at us as He looked at Thomas so we may experience the happiness o ...
• 17 October 2007
  AFRICA/CHAD - State of emergency announced in three regions in north east of Chad following clashes in last new days N’Djamena (Agenzia Fides)- Fresh outbreaks of inter-community violence forced the government of Chad to declare a 12 day state of emergency in three north east regions: BET (Borkou, Ennedi, Tibesti) in the north, Ouadd ...
• 17 October 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “We need concrete immediate help, we are a forgotten people” says Catholic Archbishop of Kampala from areas devastated by floods Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- An appeal for more humanitarian aid for flood victims has been launched by Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga of Kampala, the capital of Uganda, where torrential rains have left thousands homeless ...