News

• 21 June 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Archbishop of Oaxaca calls for reforms to meet needs and aspirations of all Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Oaxaca has appealed for national reforms to involve the authorities and the people in general in order to overcome the present "social emergency". Archbishop José Luis Chávez ...
• 21 June 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Full Participation of People with disability in the life of the Australian Catholic Church: new Australian Catholic Disability Council Canberra (Agenzia Fides) - The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) has given a new focus to the many gifts and blessings that people with disability and their families can bring to the life of the Church. The A ...
• 21 June 2007
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - To meet the problem of 'inaccessible' medicines the local Church suggests government should increase number of 'peoples pharmacies' Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The local Church in Santo Domingo has suggested that as a rapid solution to the problem of costly medicines inaccessible to the poorest citizens the government could open more 'peoples pha ...
• 20 June 2007
  VATICAN - Message from the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI to Cardinal Ivan Dias for Silver Jubilee of his ordination as a Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI sent a personal message to His Eminence Cardinal Ivan Dias prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on the occasion of the 25th anni ...
• 20 June 2007
  VATICAN - “I place these 25 years of Episcopal ministry in the Immaculate Heart of Mary, because Mary has sealed the whole of my Episcopate, and with her I say again to the Lord: I am your servant” - Cardinal Dias celebrates Mass for the Silver Jubilee of his Episcopate Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias the prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples presided a solemn concelebration of the Eucharist in the chapel of the Pontifical Urban College on June ...
• 20 June 2007
  VATICAN - Celebrations at the Papal Basilica of St Paul's outside the Walls for the feast of Saints Peter and Paul: Benedict XVI will call as “Pauline Year” to mark the 2000th anniversary of the birth of the Apostle of the Gentiles Rome (Agenzia Fides) - As every year on the 26, 27, 28 and 29 June the Papal Basilica of St Paul's outside the Walls will hold three days of celebrations in honour of Saints Peter and Paul, the founders of the Church in ...
• 20 June 2007
  VATICAN - “Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road”: mobility a characteristic of present day societies all over the world is a new horizon for evangelisation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The necessity to write a document on “Pastoral Care of the Road ” emerged during the 1st European Meeting for National Directors of Pastoral Care of the Road held in February 2003 at t ...
• 20 June 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA “Letting oneself be captured by Christ”, Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - «'You see this woman? I came into your house, and you poured no water over my feet, but she has poured out her tears over my feet and wiped them away with her hair. You gave me no kiss, bu ...
• 20 June 2007
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Minster of Education Mohmmad Hanif Atmar underlined the importance of the contribution and work of the Jesuits to develop education in the country Herat (Agenzia Fides) - The Afghan minister for education, Mohmmad Hanif Atmar, underlined the importance of the contribution of the Jesuit Refugee Service to promote literacy and education in the country. The minister w ...
• 20 June 2007
  AMERICA/CUBA - 3rd Holy Childhood Congress celebrates 15 years of activity in Cuba: "With Jesus and Mary missionaries all day long" Camaguey (Agenzia Fides) - "With Jesus and Mary, missionaries all day long" is the theme of the 3rd Holy Childhood Congress to be held in 13 - 25 July in Camaguey, Fr. Raúl Rodríguez Dago, national director of the Pont ...
• 19 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Assisi: “It is time for young people like Francis to take Jesus seriously and build a personal relationship with Him. It is time to look at the history of the third millennium which has just started as a history more than ever in need of the leaven of the Gospel ” Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - The Pope's last appointment in Assisi on Sunday 17 June was a meeting with young people in front of the basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli. “This is a special moment of my pilgrimage- the Pop ...
• 19 June 2007
  VATICAN - Cardinal Ivan Dias the prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples marks the 25th anniversary of his ordination as Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias the prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and Grand chancellor of the Pontifical Urban University is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his ordin ...
• 19 June 2007
  VATICAN - "The Human Family: Community of Peace" is the theme of the 41st World Day for Peace on 1 January 2008 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Human Family: Community of Peace" is the theme chosen by Pope Benedict XVI for the annual Day for Peace on 1 January next year. The choice stems from the conviction that the perceptio ...
• 19 June 2007
  EUROPE/CYPRUS - “Pope Benedict XVI is a great theologian and he is familiar with Catholic and Orthodox theology” said Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Nuova Giustiniana and all Cyprus at the end of his visit to Rome Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “Pope Benedict XVI is a great theologian and he is familiar with Catholic and Orthodox theology” said His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Nuova Giustiniana and All Cyprus said at a pres ...
• 19 June 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - A new association “In the Family” upholds respect for the family as the natural place for the birth of new life, education of children, protection of all members of society Braga (Agenzia Fides) - A new association "In the Family" started in Portugal, was officially presented recently during a Life and Family Convention. The association intends to defend and promote the values of life and t ...