News
25 March 2006
ASIA/TAIWAN - DVD in Chinese of the Mass for the inauguration of the Pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI made available to Chinese Catholics
Taipei (Fides Service) - A DVD of the solemn Mass for the inauguration of the Pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI with the Chinese translation of the Pope’s homily was made available to Chinese Catholics by the Taiwan Bi ...
25 March 2006
OCEANIA/REPUBLIC OF FIJI - Sport promotes friendship and solidarity: ‘old boy’ donates new sports equipment for Catholic schools
Suva (Fides Service) - Sport taught in schools is a valuable means of educating to values, discipline, friendship and team work. Thanks to a generous donation from an ‘old boy’ pupils at Catholic schools in Fiji will ...
25 March 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Day for the Unborn Child: “may Argentineans have the courage to defend the life of the unborn child from all the different trends so as not to feel remorse for innocent bloodshed””
Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - At a time when “the most fundamental right, the right to exist, is violated with impunity, we pray Argentineans may have the courage to defend the life of the unborn child from all the di ...
25 March 2006
AMERICA/PERU - Number of TB sufferers drops 40% in decade
Lima (Fides Service) - Annual World TB Day was held recently. In the last decade the number of TB cases registered in Peru dropped 40% from 50,000 in 1995 to 30,000 in 2005.
The number of mortal cases has also decreased ...
25 March 2006
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Development and integration of hundreds of thousands of refugees discussed in the Angolan capital on Monday
Luanda (Fides Service)- On 27 March in Luanda, the capital of Angola there will be a meeting to discuss the inclusion of the needs of thousands of former Angolan refugees who have repatriated since the civil war ended in ...
25 March 2006
VATICAN - The Pope celebrates Mass with fifteen new cardinals and consigns to them the cardinal’s ring, ‘sign of dignity, pastoral concern and communion with the See of Peter’
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Today 25 March, Feast of the Annunciation, Pope Benedict XVI presided Mass in St Peter’s Square at which the 15 new Cardinals concelebrated. During the Mass the Pope gave each of them the ...
25 March 2006
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Population census extended for 2 more days
Abidjan (Fides Service) - A population census in Nigeria has been prolonged for another two days. The news was announced by the President Mr Olusegun Obasanjo who explained that the National Population Commission asked f ...
25 March 2006
ASIA/MONGOLIA - The Gospel spreads in Mongolia especially among young people
Ulan Bator (Fides Service) - Progressive opening of Mongolia to the values of democracy and the outside world is creating more space for the Church and for evangelisation according to Bishop Venceslao Padilla, Prefect A ...
25 March 2006
ASIA/INDIA - Pastoral care for married couples: the family is the future of the Church
New Delhi (Fides Service) - “Married couples and young families have the future of the Church in India in their hands”, said Fr. Antonyswamy at a meeting focussed on pastoral care for young Catholic married couples o ...
25 March 2006
AMERICA - Day for the Unborn Child spreads in Latin American countries and beyond
Rome (Fides Service) - The annual Day for the Unborn Child, first launched in 1993 in El Salvador as Day for the Right to be Born, is spreading to other countries, particularly in Latin America.
In Argentina it was adop ...
24 March 2006
ASIA/SRI LANKA - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 27 January 2006, appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Sri Lanka for ...
24 March 2006
AMERICA/CUBA - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on March 9 2006 confirmed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Cuba for a five y ...
24 March 2006
ASIA/INDIA - The Pope creates new diocese of Jashpur and appoints first Bishop of Jashpur and new Bishop of Raighar
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 23 March 2006, created the diocese of Jashpur (India) with territory taken from the diocese of Raigarh making it suffragan of the Metropolitan archdio ...
24 March 2006
AFRICA/EGYPT - Successful Comboni school in ‘refuse collectors’ district of Cairo attracts other similar initiatives
Cairo (Fides Service)- A school opened by Comboni Fr. Luciano Verdoscia for children in the Mansheya ‘refuse collectors’ district of Cairo is giving rise to other similar projects. The district of the ‘refuse colle ...
24 March 2006
ASIA/TAIWAN - Voice of the Catholic Church Association Taiwan holds first meeting of the year
Taipei (Fides Service) - During Mass at Holy Family parish church in Taipei on the occasion of its first meeting this year the members of the Voice of the Catholic Church Association Taiwan prayed the Lord would bless th ...
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