News
7 June 2006
VATICAN - “The great eternal values of peace, mercy, justice in view of the development of the whole person, in keeping with the scale of values proposed by Jesus Christ”. Theatre discovered as a path for evangelisation. A major cultural event on Friday in Rome to return to the debate on the role of the arts in announcing the Gospel. The Church must resume her presence in an area where for centuries she was the engine of creativity and human and spiritual growth. Contribution by Bishop Mauro Piacenza
Vatican (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday 9 June at 9pm at the Teatro Argentina in Rome, there will be the very first performance of “The Light of the World” an opera in two acts written by Bishop Mauro Piacenza, president ...
7 June 2006
EUROPE/GEORGIA - Camillian Caucuses Community celebrates ordination of first Georgian Camillian priest
Tbilisi (Agenzia Fides) - The Camillian Caucuses Community, which comprises Georgia and Armenia, is celebrating in view of the ordination on 10 June of the first Georgian Camillian priest. Other young Georgians are prepa ...
7 June 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - Opus Dei ordains 34 new priests who left professions to be priests “one hundred percent”.
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On 27 May at the basilica of St Eugenio in Rome Opus Dei celebrated the ordination of 34 new priests.
At the beginning of the Mass Bishop Javier Echevarría, Prelate of Opus Dei, told the 34 deaco ...
7 June 2006
AMERICA/PERU - On Feast of Corpus Christi Callao diocese starts Marian Jubilee Year to mark 4th centenary of the shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Carmel
Callao (Fides Service) - The diocese of Callao in Peru is preparing to celebrate the 4th centenary of the Shrine of Our Lady of Carmel of the Legua. For the occasion the Bishop of Callao, Bishop Miguel Irizar, has called ...
7 June 2006
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops give members of parliament copies of the Bible and the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Bible and the Social Doctrine of the Church as resources in the struggle to eliminate poverty in Bolivia. The Catholic Bishops of Bolivia have taken an unprecedented initiative deciding to se ...
7 June 2006
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - MONUC supplies medical and social assistance in Bunkonde
Kananga (Agenzia Fides) - The Senegalese contingent of the unit of integrated police of the United Nations mission in Congo/Kinshasa, MONUC, supplied emergency care for people in Bunkonde a small locality of 10,000 inhab ...
7 June 2006
OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISANDS - Communication to “build bridges”: seminar for pastoral workers
Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - “You are building that bridge - between a village culture and a cash culture”, said Dr. John Roughan as he addressed the participants at the Media Education Seminar for parish animators, at ...
7 June 2006
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - 1st National Meeting of Hispanic Youth Pastoral to insert young Hispanics in the life and mission of the local Church
Indianapolis (Agenzia Fides) - More than 2,000 young people, bishops, diocesan and parish youth pastoral and leaders of youth movements will attend 1st National Meeting of Hispanic Youth Pastoral 8-11 June at Notre Dame ...
7 June 2006
ASIA/INDIA - A hundred years after the arrival of the Gospel, Raigarh celebrates for a new bishop and a new diocese in Jashpur
Raigarh (Agenzia Fides) - A hundred years since the arrival of the Christian message in the area of Raigarh (Chhattisgarh State) the local Catholic community is celebrating the arrival of a new Bishop Mgr. Paul Toppo, ag ...
7 June 2006
ASIA/JAPAN - Japanese Catholics pray for Beatification of 188 martyrs
Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - The Beatification of Peter Kassui Kibe and 187 other 17th century martyrs will be an important event for the Catholics of Japan. Fr Fuyuki Hirabaschi, secretary of the Japanese Bishops’ Conferen ...
7 June 2006
ASIA/HONG KONG - Irish missionary Marist Brother dies at 94 having spent 70 years on mission in the Far East
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Students and Marist brother teachers gathered for Mass on 2 June at St Francis parish in Hong Kong in memory of Irish born Fr. Kenny, who died at the age of 94 having spent 70 years on missi ...
6 June 2006
EUROPE/SPAIN - 5th World Day for Families programme includes novelties, International Family Fair and Family Rosary performed by children
Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - The programme has been released for the 5th World Meeting of Families to be held 1 to 9 July in Valencia, Spain on the theme "Handing on the faith in the family". The event will have four main ...
6 June 2006
ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Christians all over the world will observe June 25 special day of prayer for North Korea
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday June 25 Christians of different confessions in various parts of the world will observe a special day of prayer for North Korea with prayer vigils and special services and prayers.
The ...
6 June 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The social exclusion of so many of our brothers calls us not to be resigned to this situation we must revise our attitudes”: message from president of the Bishops’ Commission for Caritas Argentina in view of annual collection 11 June
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “On Sunday 11 June with the Annual Collection we will call for a gesture of concrete solidarity which at the same time will increase awareness of the need to work to assure that no one is ...
6 June 2006
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI opens Rome’s Annual Diocesan Church Meeting: “The more we nourish ourselves with Christ, the more we are in love with Him, the more we feel impelled to bring others to Him: in fact we cannot keep for ourselves the joy of the faith, we feel the need to share it.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The discovery of the beauty and joy of the faith is a journey which every new generation must travel for itself because the faith touches all that is ours, our most intimate thoughts, ou ...
Total articles: 43341 - Page 2395 of 2395