News

• 26 May 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - New impulse for Catholic school identity and mission to evangelise youth: 17th International Organisation for Catholic Education conclusions Santiago de Compostela (Fides Service) - During the 17th Meeting of OIEC, International Organisation for Catholic Education 21 to 25 May in Santiago de Compostela, in Spain participants listened to reports from the five ...
• 26 May 2007
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Falling cotton prices, crisis for Burkina Faso producers, government intervenes to save main cotton company from bankruptcy Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - There is alarm in Africa for falling prices of cotton the main export for many countries including Burkina Faso. Ouagadougou authorities say, “subsidies granted by countries in the north t ...
• 26 May 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - 27 May: Holy Childhood Day in Peru on the theme “Lord, we are your little disciples, make us your little missionaries!” Lima (Fides Service) - For the Pontifical Mission Societies in Peru Sunday 27 May is the annual nation Holy Childhood Day. This year the slogan is “Lord, we are your little disciples, make us your little missionaries!� ...
• 26 May 2007
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 5th General Conference of the Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean seen by the media Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - "Your difficult task as communicators is show the world the faces, situations and achievements of the local Churches You will let people at home know what is going on here at Aparecida". This ...
• 25 May 2007
  VATICAN - “The Church's mission and our concern as Bishops must be for each and all: I think this should be remembered particularly in this 50th anniversary year of the Encyclical Fidei donum of Pius XII” : Benedict XVI addresses general assembly of the Italian Bishops' Conference CEI Vatican City (Fides Service) - In his address to the participants at the 57th general assembly of the Italian Bishops' Conference at midday on 24 May in the Synod Hall in the Vatican the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI tol ...
• 25 May 2007
  VATICAN - On a pastoral visit Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino takes the Holy Father's solidarity to Cote d'Ivoire and presents the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From the 15 to 20 May, at the request of Pope Benedict XVI and at the invitation of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Cote d'Ivoire, Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical C ...
• 25 May 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY Fr. Gian Battista Zanchi re-elected Superior General of PIME Rome (Fides Service) - On May 24 Fr Gianbattista Zanchi, aged 64 was re-elected Superior General of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) by the 44 members of the PIME general assembly meeting in Ariccia, ...
• 25 May 2007
  VATICAN - The Month of Mary - Marian Shrines in Africa (2): Algeria, an ancient Christian and Marian land Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Basilica of Our Lady of Africa stands on a cliff overlooking the bay of Algiers. The church, the construction of which was begun in 1872, is visited by Muslims as well as Catholics. Wom ...
• 25 May 2007
  VATICAN - Caritas Internationalis 18th general assembly opens on June 3 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Some 385 Caritas delegates from all over the world will be in Rome to attend the 18th general assembly of Caritas Internationalis, in the Vatican from 3-9 June to discuss the present situat ...
• 25 May 2007
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Cardinal Philippe Barbarin leads French Pontifical Mission Societies delegation on pilgrimage to Rome and the Vatican Rome (Fides Service)- “We wished with His Eminence Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, president of the Pontifical Mission Societies in France to thank the people close to the PMS France and our benefactors especially the memb ...
• 25 May 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - National Days for Mission Delegates- “The whole Church, every particular Church and every member of the Church, is entrusted with the task to evangelise peoples to the ends of the earth ” Madrid (Fides Service) - In his intervention on 22 May at the National Days for Mission Delegates event held in Madrid, on the occasion of the annual meeting of Spain's PMS diocesan directors, Archbishop Henryk Hoser, se ...
• 25 May 2007
  ASIA/TURKEY - Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Antioch opens official web site Antioch (Agenzia Fides) - The Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Antioch has opened its own web site http://www.anadolukatolikkilisesi.org/antakya with information on the history, activities and spirit of the small ...
• 25 May 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishops' message for Day for Life, 27 May Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the annual Day for Life on 27 May, the Catholic Bishops of South Korea have issued a message "Respect for Life Today and Always". The message, signed by the head of the Bisho ...
• 25 May 2007
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 5th General Conference of the Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean in Aparecida: “In missionary work the most important thing is to touch peoples hearts, awaken their humanity and ability to think about the transcendent meaning of life ” interview with Bishop Santoro of Petrópolis Aparecida (Fides Service) - The principal traits of the Church's mission and the theme of 5th General Conference of the Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean on discipleship and Mission, were illustrate ...
• 25 May 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - Solidarity Campaign 'Sharing 2007' to increase awareness of family violence and promote initiatives to build unity and peace in families Lima (Fides Service) - "United Family Path to Peace" is the theme of the 18th national solidarity campaign 'Sharing 2007' to be launched on Saturday 26 May in Lima. The aim of the campaign promoted by the Catholic Bishop ...