News

• 16 July 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI leads recitation of the Angelus prayer from his holiday home in the mountains: “ Every good Christian knows that holidays are an opportunity to rest the body and nourish the spirit with more time for prayer and meditation ” - and he invites young people to take part in World Youth Day in Sydney 2008 Lorenzago di Cadore (Agenzia Fides) - “I thank the Lord for making it possible for me to spend once again this year a few days of rest in the mountains, and I am grateful for the welcomed given to me here in Lorenzago, ...
• 16 July 2007
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “Entrust yourselves to the working of the Holy Spirit" Cardinal Ivan Dias Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples addresses missionaries and seminarians in Angola Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Continuing his Pastoral Visit to Angola (see Fides 9 July 2007) the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Cardinal Ivan Dias, after meeting on 13 July seminarians and miss ...
• 16 July 2007
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - UNHCR starts transfer of 500 Ethiopian refugees to Somalia Roma (Agenzia Fides) - The United Nations High Commission for Refugees, UNHCR has begun operations to transfer a group of 500 refugees who fled conflict central in southern Somalia, according to a UNHCR report sent to Fi ...
• 16 July 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - World Youth Day pilgrim Cross and Icon revives faith in Australia, especially among young people Sydney (Agenzia Fides) -Australian Catholics need to deepen and strengthen their faith, they need new motivation and opportunities to rediscover and intensify their sense of belonging to the universal. One such opportuni ...
• 16 July 2007
  AMERICA/CUBA - “The Church has the compelling duty to continue to awaken the conscience of the men and women of today and to proclaim God's primacy” says Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino at conclusion of CELAM Assembly L'Avana (Agenzia Fides) - In Havana the 31st ordinary assembly of the Council of Latin American Bishops's Conferences CELAM closed with Mass in the cathedral presided by the Archbishop of Havana in Cardinal Jaime Ortega ...
• 16 July 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - She Shan Marian Shrine in a Shanghai welcomes Catholics from many different regions: “May Our Lady Help of Christians protect mission in China, the path to unity" Chinese Catholics rally to Holy Father's call Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - She Shan Marian Shrine in a Shanghai, “ dedicated to the liturgical memorial of Our Lady, Help of Christians, who is venerated with great devotion at the Marian Shrine of Sheshan in Shanghai.� ...
• 16 July 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Hopes and prayers in Mindanao for release of Italian PIME missionary Fr p. Giancarlo Bossi - search continues on the island of Basilan Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In the Philippines prayer and searching continues for Fr. Giancarlo Bossi, PIME abducted in Zamboanga on 10 June by unidentified kidnappers. The local police and the army continue the search in t ...
• 13 July 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World - Indonesia (4) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Evangelisation and Catholic Church - Presence of a Nestorian diocese in the 7th century at Barus (west cost of the North Sumatra province). Christianity arrived with Europeans in 16th and 1 ...
• 13 July 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “The Youth Mission has been a return to the essential, to the newness of the Faith, the newness of God. Our intention was not so much to do new things, but to make new the things that we do and live”: report on Youth Mission in the archdiocese of Madrid, and dioceses of Getafe and Alcalá de Henares Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Youth Mission organised by the archdiocese of Madrid together with its two suffragan dioceses Getafe and Alcalá de Henares, is nearing its conclusion. The Mission will have its culminating m ...
• 13 July 2007
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Central Bank Chief criticizes government for enforcing 50% cuts on prices of prime necessities Harare (Agenzia Fides)- The economic and institutional crisis heightens in Zimbabwe where the governor of the Central Bank, Gideon Gono, has harshly criticized the government for refusing to follow his advice on how to a ...
• 13 July 2007
  AFRICA - African Union opens diplomatic mission in Washington: “I wish to represent the new Africa with a vibrant economy” says Madame Ambassador Amina Salum Ali Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Bonds between Africa and the United States have been tightened with a new African Union Permanent Mission opened in Washington. Called to head the delegation which represents 53 countries, Ma ...
• 13 July 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Christian, Muslim pupils learn each other’s religious values to foster communal harmony Malaybalay (Fides Service) -- Malaybalay City Central Elementary School is the biggest primary school in the capital of Bukidnon. Of its 2,900 students, 120 belong to Muslim families and the rest are Christians. “It is ...
• 13 July 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Inauguration of Mercedes Clinic which will employ at least 110 doctors and nurses Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Clinic of Our Lady of Mercedes was recently inaugurated by Archbishop Ruben Di Monte of Luján Mercedes diocese, who blessed the new health care centre and staff. The Archbishop had a ...
• 13 July 2007
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - New Rector appointed for Bujumbura Major Inter-diocesan Seminary for Philosophy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 9 March 2007, appointed Mgr Gabriel Baregensabe, of the clergy of teh archdiocese of Bujumbura, Rector of ...
• 13 July 2007
  ASIA/IRAN - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peopleson 4 May 2007 appointed Rev. Jack Youssef of the Congregation for Mission (Lazarists), National Director of t ...