News
4 September 2006
AMERICA/ NICARAGUA - Italian student Nicaragua Work Camp concludes with special event: 31 local children and adolescents receive the Sacrament of Baptism
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - For the past nine years the Italian institute for university cooperation ICU (Istituto per la Cooperazione Universitaria), has organised an annual Nicaragua Work Camp, an initiative of voluntary wo ...
4 September 2006
AMERICA/CANADA - In the world 2.3 million children are HIV+. Presented in Toronto information on ARV therapy for children in poor countries
Toronto (Agenzia Fides) - Two initiatives which obtained good results with children affected by HIV/AIDS in poor countries using Anti Retroviral Treatment ARV were presented by Doctors without Frontiers (MSF) at the 16th ...
4 September 2006
ASIA/INDIA - “Putting Ethics back into public life ”: commitment underlined by Catholic Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, new president of Catholic Bishops’ Council of Northeast India
Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - The urgent need to put “ethics in public life” in north east India was highlighted by Catholic Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil of the diocese of Guwahati just elected new president of the C ...
2 September 2006
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Catholic Brother murdered
Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic Brother from East New Britain was speared to death on Monday night outside Port Moresby. Br Augustine Taiwa, in his 40s, was attacked near the Xavier Institute at Bomana, where h ...
1 September 2006
VATICAN - “Upendo, Kiini Cha Umisionari” Pope Benedict XVI’s Message for World Mission Sunday 2006 now in Swahili
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI’s Message for World Mission Sunday, to be celebrated this year on Sunday 22 October, has been translated into Swahili. The translation of the Message “Charity, Soul o ...
1 September 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Becoming disciples to be missionaries": 10 September 1st Buenos Aires Regional Pastoral Meeting to revitalise missionary spirit in discipleship of Christ
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday 10 September in the parish church of Santa Maria of Betania in Buenos Aires, there will be the 1st Buenos Aires Regional Pastoral Meeting on the theme "Becoming disciples to be miss ...
1 September 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - Creation, first immense gift of God, expression of his powerful love: Catholics in Italy celebrate first national “Day for Safeguarding Creation”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “From the first pages Scripture speaks of God as Creator, one who made everything out of love … creation is a call to praise God, to bless the Creator, the giver of life … Especially the com ...
1 September 2006
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Towards 3rd American Mission Congress (CAM 3): Quito hosts 1st Missiology Symposium on mission today
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the 3rd American Mission Congress (CAM 3) in August 2008, the diocese of Quito in Ecuador hosted in August this year the 1st Missiology Symposium attended by 90 delegates from 14 Latin ...
1 September 2006
ASIA/HONG KONG - Cardinal Zen and Bishops thank families for hosting young participants at 4th Asian Youth Day in Hong Kong: may young Asians be messengers of hope
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “The local families who hosted the young people and all the participants at 4th Asian Youth Day gave a wonderful testimony of hospitality, availability and faith” said Bishop Leo Cornelio ...
1 September 2006
EUROPE/ITALY -4th national week of mission formation and spirituality concludes: participants vow to be “Bearers of Hope”
Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - Italy’s 4th national week of mission formation and spirituality held in Assisi concluded on 30 August. The event, organised by the National Office for Missionary Cooperation among the Churches, ...
1 September 2006
AFRICA But still it moves! Not only Europe and the USA, also Latin America, Russia and Asia in Africa for business
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Africa for centuries economically tied to Europe and later with North America is spreading its economic connections to other parts of the world. These changes are due to new relations of economic po ...
1 September 2006
AFRICA/SUDAN - Sudanese government rejects deployment of UN peacekeepers in Darfur, but local press more accommodating
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- “At first I had my doubts about UN troops in Darfur because I knew the government and part of the population were contrary. However the deteriorating humanitarian situation convinced me that a ...
31 August 2006
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE don Nicola Bux and don Salvatore Vitiello - “Faith and Reason: doubt which paralyses”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The election of Cardinal Ratzinger to the Pontificate produced many effects, one specifically from the cultural point of view, above all with regard to dialogue between believers and non be ...
31 August 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - Cardinal Secretary of State, Tarcisio Bertone to preside inauguration of new Academic Year at Pontifical Salesian University
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Salesian University is preparing to begin its activity for the academic year 2006-2007. At present the Faculty of Christian and Classical Letters is offering courses in Italian, Lati ...
31 August 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - Promoting literacy, instruction, formation: over 1,000 sets of basic books sent to 13 of the world’s poorest countries of Africa and Asia
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Parishes, Catholic communities, schools, hospitals, prisons, centres for leprosy patients in 9 African countries and 4 Asian countries received sets of books on learning to read and write, instruct ...
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