News

• 19 November 2007
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “There is an urgent need for knowledge sharing and economic cooperation between Africa and the Diaspora,” says President of South Africa Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides)- Sharing resources and experience to help Africa and the African Diaspora to growth together. This was the call launched by President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa at when he addressed the Afri ...
• 19 November 2007
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Preparing Advent and Christmas: Tai Pei archdiocese holds Day of Formation for those responsible for organising catechesis and catechists Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - “Celebrating Advent and Christmas” was the theme chosen for the 2nd Formation Day for catechists and for those responsible organising catechism held 17 November at the Catechism Centre of t ...
• 19 November 2007
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Ecumenical solidarity in Bangladesh assists Sidr cyclone victims Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - In the disaster caused by cyclone Sidr - forecasted as it approached the Bangladesh coast - Christians of different denominations worked together to prepare a machine of solidarity. An ecumenical ...
• 19 November 2007
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “From Aparecida towards 3rd National Mission Congress”: National Mission Meeting discusses Aparecida document and launches Great Continental Mission Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - From 12 to 14 November the offices of the Bishops' Conference of Venezuela hosted the 35th National Mission Meeting. Participants included mission delegates from dioceses and apostolic Vicariate ...
• 19 November 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “We are ready to undertake a new lap of our pastoral journey declaring ourselves in permanent state of mission”: Bishops message at the end of plenary assembly Lago de Guadalupe (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the plenary assembly 12- 16 November the Bishops of Mexico addressed message to the people of God on the main challenges facing the Church and society today. The Bishops ...
• 19 November 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Randwick Racecourse will host World Youth Day evening Vigil and World Youth Day Mass, as twinning between young people across Ocean continues Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The organisers of World Youth Day announced with joy that the government of New South Wales has said Randwick Racecourse is willing to host the World Youth Day evening Vigil and World Youth Day M ...
• 19 November 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - “To fight AIDS young people must be educated to chastity, fidelity and abstinence”: Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago opposes official government campaign Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Fernando Chomalí, auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile openly criticised an anti-AIDS campaign promoted by the health ministry which promotes the use of condoms. The Bishop said this ...
• 17 November 2007
  Instrumentum mensis Octobris pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontifici Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum On October 5th the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI granted an audience to the members of the International Theological Commission on the occasion of the Commission's plenary session. In his address the Pope dwelt on the i ...
• 16 November 2007
  AFRICA/GHANA - There are over 27 million modern slaves: intervention by the secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples at Seminar on New Forms of Slavery promoted by the Catholic Bishops of Africa and Europe Cape Coast (Agenzia Fides)- In our world today 27 million people live in an enslaved condition. This was affirmed by Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants an ...
• 16 November 2007
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - “A history making step towards a world without the death penalty”: S. Egidio statement after a Resolution for a Moratorium for Capital Punishment is passed by the UN general assembly New York (Agenzia Fides) - “This is a decisive contribution to accelerate a process which has seen since the 1990s fifty countries renounce the use of the death penalty and its restriction in many other countries, beca ...
• 16 November 2007
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Local community of Oblate Missionaries of Immaculate Mary assists cyclone victims Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - The local community of Oblate Missionaries of Immaculate Mary in Bangladesh has mobilised to provide assistance to victims of recent devastating cyclones which destroyed homes and crops in July an ...
• 16 November 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - A study grant for a seminarian from Ecuador will continue the work of evangelisation via the media, undertaken by Fr Cirillo Tescaroli Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Fr Cirillo Tescaroli, Italian Comboni missionary and tireless evangeliser through press, radio and television, who dedicated his life to proclaiming the Good News through the media, died on 30 Sep ...
• 16 November 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “The priesthood of Jesus Christ according to Saint Paul”: Mexico hosts 6th International Retreat for Priests Guadalajara (Agenzia Fides) - From 19 to 23 November the Universidad Univa of Guadalajara in Mexico, will host the 6th International Retreat for Priests on the Theme: “ The priesthood of Jesus Christ according to Saint ...
• 16 November 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - The president of the Bishops' Conference promotes solidarity for earthquake victims: special collection at all Masses this Saturday and Sunday Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - Following a serious earthquake in northern Chile on Wednesday 14 November, the president of the Chilean Bishops' Conference, Bishop Alejandro Goic Karmelic of the diocese of Rancagua i ...
• 16 November 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Blog dedicated to Blessed Mother Mary MacKillop draws more young people to WYD Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - After the interactive Mother Mary MacKillop museum opened near Melbourne, to recall her biography and spirituality (see Fides 12/11/2007), a Blog has been opened in her memory www.mmkmelb.blog ...