News

• 12 July 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Fr Benzoni re-confirmed Superior general of the Xaverian Missionaries: “we must look at the new which is coming more than the old which is passing. The Church is young because the Spirit keeps her young. This is why I think we need not fear challenges ” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The 15th general chapter of the Xaverian Missionaries (see Fides 13/3/2007), being held at Tavernerio (Como), re-elected Fr Rino Benzoni Superior general and Fr Luigi Menegazzo Vicar general, for s ...
• 12 July 2007
  EUROPE/ENGLAND - Centenary Jamboree: 40,000 Scouts from all over the world will celebrate 100 years of the Scout Movement Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Forty thousand Scouts from all over the world will gather for the 21st World Jamboree in Hylands Park, Chelmsford, England 27 July 8 August to mark the centenary of the foundation of the Scout Mo ...
• 12 July 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A new Home for girls victims of slave trade Benin City (Agenzia Fides)- “A dream come true! A dream shared by many for many years is at last a reality ” says Sr. Eugenia Bonetti, Consolata Missionary and co-ordinator of the Union of Major Superiors' Office Aga ...
• 12 July 2007
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Don Bosco Technical Institute: a seed of hope for school drop-outs Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Don Bosco Technical Institute for Boys in Lahore recently passed government school inspection with flying colours. The government inspectors' report said it is in favour of renewal and comple ...
• 12 July 2007
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Fifty years since the return of the Society, the Jesuit region of Vietnam becomes a Province of the Society of Jesus Saigon (Agenzia Fides) - From 6 to 15 July the Preposito General of the Society of Jesus, Fr. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach is visiting Vietnam carrying with him a decree which will transform the Independent Region of Vietnam i ...
• 12 July 2007
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Interpol warns: Africa is being invaded by drugs Arusha (Agenzia Fides)- “The global situation of drug trafficking in Africa has become worse in recent years especially with an explosion of cocaine trade between south America and Africa” Jean-Michel Louboutin, exec ...
• 12 July 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Missionaries of the Sacred Heart mark 83 years of spiritual care, healthcare, technical training Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart MSC are marking 83 years of service in Democratic Congo. “These have been eighty three years of fruitful service ” according to the local Catholic news a ...
• 12 July 2007
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - New SIGNIS-Bolivia Branch to co-ordinate and coach Catholic communicators to have more social impact La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - On 20 July in La Paz, Bolivia, there will be the official launching of a new SIGNIS-Bolivia Branch, (Association of Catholic Communicators). The initiative was first taken by the Catholic Bishops ...
• 12 July 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Statement from Inter-Faith Council of Leaders (IFCL) in Zamboanga: “ We invoke the teachings of our Holy books, the Qur’an and the Bible, and ask those who hold Fr. Bossi to keep him safe and release him immediately” Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - The members of the Inter-Faith Council of Leaders (IFCL) in Zamboanga, a reality promoted by the movement for dialogue Silsilah, issued the following statement with regard to the abduction of ...
• 12 July 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Summer school holidays "re-charge" spiritual energies with formation in the faith and experience of service to others Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - A group of sixty university students in the diocese of Chang Sha, in the south Chinese province of Hu spent a week taking part in prayers, pilgrimages, Mass and sharing under the guidance of thr ...
• 11 July 2007
  VATICAN - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI authorises final document 5th General Conference of the Council of Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean in Aparecida which he hopes will offer “light and impulse for fruitful pastoral and evangelising work in the years to come," Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Made public today was a Letter from Benedict XVI to bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean, in which he authorises the publication of the final document of the Fifth General Conference ...
• 11 July 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World: Indonesian (2) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Indonesia has more than 700 languages.. Except for the Papuan languages spoken in West Papua and immigrant languages such as Chinese and Arab as the language of the Koran, the languages spo ...
• 11 July 2007
  VATICAN - “Compendium Orationum Quotidianarum ad usum fidelium” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In August Fides will publish a Compendium of daily prayers for the faithful in 34 languages. The Compendium has three sections. The 1st section illustrates the importance and necessity of ...
• 11 July 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - “Christ is not enough!” , Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “ The reality is Christ!” (Col 2, 17). This extraordinary statement by St Paul, set like a precious stone in his magnificent theology, acknowledges the Lord's total supremacy over crea ...
• 11 July 2007
  EUROPE/GERMANY - St. Ottilien Archabbey 'firemen monks' mark foundation centenary St. Ottilien (Agenzia Fides) - The Volunteer Fire Brigade at St. Ottilien Archabbey in Germany will celebrate the centenary of its founding on 14 July. St. Ottilien's is a Benedictine monastery in Emming near Eresing and ...