News

• 25 June 2007
  AFRICA/NIGER - The Pope creates Ecclesiastical Province of Niamey and appoints first Metropolitan Archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 25 June 2007 elevated the diocese of Niamey (Niger) to the rank of Metropolitan See, with the diocese of Maradi as its only suffragan. The Holy Father ...
• 25 June 2007
  AMERICA/CANADA - The Pope appoints new Bishop Coadjutor of Mackenzie-Fort Smith Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 23 June 2007 appointed Rev. Murray Chatlain of the clergy of Saskatoon, parish priest at St. Patrick’s Church (Saskatoon), Coadjutor Bishop of the di ...
• 23 June 2007
  Pope Benedict XVI missionary prayer intention for July: “That all Christians, aware of their missionary dutt, may provide effective help for those involved in the evangelisation of peoples”. Comment by Fr Vito Del Prete, PIME, Secretary general of the Pontifical Missionary Union Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Church is the community of the men and women convoked by the Trinity. She is the Holy People of God, called to witness to and to proclaim the salvation brought by Christ. She exists fo ...
• 23 June 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses the Bishops of Togo: “Formation offered to Christians must equip them with the means to deepen their faith, so that they are in a condition to deal with the difficult situations which arise and transmit the contents of the faith through the witness of the life”. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday June 22 Pope Benedict XVI received in audience the Bishops of Togo on their ad limina visit. In his address the Holy Father expressed his gratitude “for your perseverance and c ...
• 23 June 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic prayers in the languages of the world: German (2) The Christian Roots of the Peoples of Europe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - History of Evangelisation. 678: Wilfrid in Friesland; 690: Willibrord of Northumbria lands in Friesland to evangelise the local people; 695: Willibrord is appointed Bishop of Utrecht in ...
• 23 June 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Cardinal Bertone will preside Mass for the 4th edition of the “Festa del Papa” organised by the Orionini Fathers and the Movimento dell'Amore Familiare on the theme: "The Pope Guide of the Family" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday 28 June at midday at the church of Traspontina, Via della Conciliazione in Rome, the Pope's Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone will preside a solemn Mass on the occasion of ...
• 23 June 2007
  EUROPE/CROATIA - “The Family: a place of vocation” - European Vocations Service Annual Meeting Zadar (Croatia) - From 28 June to 1 July in Zadar (Croatia), there will be the Annual Meeting of the European Vocations Service (EVS), which brings together the national Vocations' Offices of the 34 Bishops' Conferences ...
• 23 June 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Lord's Resistance Army rebels assume responsibilities for crimes committed in over 20 years of civil war in northern Uganda Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- The rebels of the Lord Resistance Army LRA have agreed to assume responsibility for the crimes committed against civilians in northern Uganda during more than 20 years of civil war. According to ...
• 23 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Shang Hai celebrates ordination of 10 deacons on the Feast of St Luigi Gonzaga Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides) - “This is a new beginning for us and the start of a path of service. The ordination of deacons on the feast of St. Luigi Gonzaga, patron of young people, is important and significant. We invo ...
• 23 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Hong Ya parish at Si Chuan celebrates Fathers Day with devotion to the Sacred Heart Le Shan (Fides Service) - Catholics at Hong Ya parish in the diocese of Le Shan (formerly Jia Ding) in Si Chuan Province celebrated Fathers' Day on June 17 with devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. According to the loc ...
• 23 June 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - One of the oldest and most prestigious Christian Colleges in Delhi assigns 10% of available places to Dalit Christians Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A prestigious Christian institution in the national capital has announced reservation of seats for Christians discriminated on the basis of caste, according to SAR News. St. Stephen’s College p ...
• 22 June 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World , German (I) - The Christian Roots of the Peoples of Europe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Geography. Germany has a population of 82,532 million and an area of 357,030,32 km² , density 231 inhabitants per km² (source: “Statistiche Ämter des Bundes und der Länder”, 25/2/20 ...
• 22 June 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Prospects for mission among Italian emigrants: Symposium in Nice Roma (Agenzia Fides) - The National Office for the Pastoral Care of Italians abroad of the Fondazione Migrantes, in collaboration with National Coordinators of Italian Missionaries in emigration, promoted a Symposium on ...
• 22 June 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “When what is at stake is a fundamental right like freedom of conscience and teaching - everyone, Catholics in particular, must unite in its defence": Bishops' second statement on new education law Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - A second statement on Spain's new education law was issued by the country's Catholic Bishops at the end of a Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Bishops Conference held in Madrid 19 to 21 Ju ...
• 22 June 2007
  EUROPE/AZERBAIJAN - After the opening of the only Catholic Church in the country a Catholic web site has been opened to provide information and news Baku (Agenzia Fides) - Salesians from della Slovenia, serving at the "Missio sui iurus" in Azerbaijan, have just opened a web site which offers information on the Catholic Church. The initiative, coordinated with the he ...