News

• 6 July 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 5th World Meeting this time last year anniversary celebrations in Valencia: initiatives in response to Pope Benedict XVI Message to Families on that occasion Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - Today and tomorrow, 6 and 7 July, the Archdiocese of Valencia is commemorating the Pope's visit for the 5th World Meeting of Families last year. This evening at 10pm parishes, family movements ...
• 6 July 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - “We and the Bible”: Sunday 7 October 7 4th Festival to rediscover Sacred Scripture Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A festival to rediscover Sacred Scripture will be held on Sunday 7 October (the Sunday nearest to the feast day of St Jerome, marked on 30 September, who translated the Bible into Latin). This will ...
• 6 July 2007
  AFRICA/CONGO - “Congo: Consolidating Peace”. NGO report suggests ways of improving the country's situation Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “Much remains to be done to consolidate peace in Democratic Congo” according to a report issued by the NGO International Crisis Group which specialises in investigation and analysis of crisi ...
• 6 July 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - New “region” for Loreto Sisters involved in promotion and formation of women who suffer from social and cultural discrimination Darjeeling (Agenzia Fides) -Loreto Sisters in the diocese of Darjeeling are rejoicing for a new 'region' of their apostolate with a Loreto House in the Darjeeling district in west Bengal, Sikkim and Nepal. The announceme ...
• 6 July 2007
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Conference promoted by Caritas Jerusalem to mark International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Old City Counseling Center (OCCC), a project of Caritas Jerusalem combating drug abuse in the Holy Land, celebrated the occasion of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Dru ...
• 6 July 2007
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - New communities in Colombia and Brazil opened by the Daughters of the Sacred Heart institution born of mission among lepers in Agua de Dios Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Institute of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart, a fruit of Salesian mission among lepers in the Colombian district of Agua de Dios was a response to a need for a vocation for a group of young ...
• 6 July 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - Peru marks National Day of Missionary Sick 2007 Sunday July 8 with the theme Through the Cross to the Light Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday 8 July Peru celebrates National Day of Missionary Sick People 2007 with the theme Through the Cross to the Light organised by the Pontifical Mission Societies Peru with the Union of Sick and ...
• 6 July 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Rector appointed for St Paul's Inter-diocesan Propaedeutic seminary at Viiayavadana Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples appointed on 11 May 2007 Rev. Fr. Vatti Rayapa Reddy, of the Society of St John Bosco the Salesian Fathers, ...
• 5 July 2007
  VATICAN - Saint Basil “was a man who truly lived contemplating Christ, a man of love for others. Filled with the hope and joy of the faith, Basil shows us how to be true Christians”: the Pope's teaching at the general audience Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This week too Pope Benedict XVI's Wednesday audience on 4 July was in two parts, first in St Peter's and then in the Audience Hall. In St Peter's, addressing visitors from various parts of ...
• 5 July 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI encourages young people to prepare for World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia in 2008: “World Youth Day is much more than an event. It is a time of deep spiritual renewal, the fruits of which benefit the whole of society." Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of today's general audience, the Pope addressed young people who are currently preparing for the next World Youth Day (WYD), due to be held in July 2008 in Sydney, Australia. ...
• 5 July 2007
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Towards the Motu proprio Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The recent announcement of the imminent publication of a Motu proprio on the celebration of the Eucharist according to the rite of what is known as the Saint Pius V Missal approved in the l ...
• 5 July 2007
  AFRICA/BENIN - At last Natitingou diocese has its own convent of women religious: “ the nuns are a resource for our diocese ” Natitingou (Agenzia Fides)-“Joy in heaven, let the earth exult! At last the diocese of Natitingou has its own convent” the local Bishop, Bishop Pascal N’Koué, informed Fides. The Convent of Our Lady of Listening ...
• 5 July 2007
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - “We know who was responsible for the attack” says the Premier who has called for an international investigation on events in Bouaké Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- “We know who was responsible for the attack. The police are on their tracks but I will say no more at this point”. Ivorian prime minister Guillaume Soro who had a narrow escape on June 29 whe ...
• 5 July 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - PIME Superior General calls all communities to a day of prayer July 10 for release of Italian missionary Fr Bossi taken hostage a month ago Roma (Agenzia Fides)- “I know that from the beginning you have all prayed to the Lord but I would ask every PIME community, in missions or houses, to unite in a special day of prayer for Fr Bossi on July 10: may the Lo ...
• 5 July 2007
  ASIA/KOREA - The Church in Korea relies on Basic Ecclesial Communities for authentic evangelisation Daejeon (Agenzia Fides) - Two meetings on Basic Ecclesial Communities were organised by the Catholic National Conference for Basic Ecclesial Communities BECs 22 and 27 June at S. J. Hasang Formation Centre in the diocese ...