News

• 15 January 2007
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA The Pope accepts resignation of Bishop of Lae appointing successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 15 January 2007 accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Lae (Papua New Guinea), presented by Bishop Henry Anthony A. van ...
• 15 January 2007
  ASIA/ BANGLADESH - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Rajshahi Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI appointed on 15 January 2007 Bishop of Rajshahi (Bangladesh) Rev. Gervas Rozario,of the clergy of Rajshahi, until now parish priest of Rohanpur and dioce ...
• 15 January 2007
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Casamance future uncertain following death of Rev. Augustin Diamacoune Senghor Dakar (Agenzia Fides)- The death of Rev. Augustin Diamacoune Senghor, leader of the Casamance Movement of Democratic Forces, and ensuing struggle for succession in leadership ushers in a ‘time of uncertainty’ accordi ...
• 15 January 2007
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Tripoli’s Muslim and Christian communities meet in a spirit of dialogue and respect Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - More than 500 people were invited to a meeting with Colonel Gheddafi, leader of the Libyan Revolution, on December 29 to mark the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice and Christmas, Vicar Apostolic of Trip ...
• 15 January 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - “Politics, the highest form of charity”: Catholics in Mumbai work to increase awareness and commitment in view of municipal elections Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - Educate Catholics to take a more active part in politics as an area of witness to which men and women can bring Christian values is the goal of an awareness building campaign launched by the Sabh ...
• 15 January 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishops issue message for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 18-25 January: passion for proclaiming the Gospel and responsibility in solidarity Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A message issued by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea CBCK in view of the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity encourages Catholics to have a ‘passion for proclaiming the Gospel ...
• 15 January 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Respect for the sacredness of human life and the family must come first: Catholic Bishops host International Conference on Bio-Ethics Manila (Agenzia Fides) - To intensify efforts to promote a culture of life in this new year 2007 the Catholic Bishops of the Philippines hosted an International Conference on Bio-Ethics in Manila with the participation o ...
• 15 January 2007
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops proclaim principles of the Gospel and the Magisterium and denounce decisions and measures contrary to the common good: statement at the end of 87th Conference Assembly Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “Time for dialogue and building together " is the title of a statement issued by the Catholic Bishops of Venezuela at the end of the 87th assembly of the Bishops’ Conference in Caracas last ...
• 13 January 2007
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - First Pan-African Congress on Evangelisation 16-18 January in Dar-es-salaam Dar-es-salaam (Agenzia Fides) - The first Pan-African Congress on Evangelisation followed by the 14th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of Bishops’ Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) will be held in Dar-es-sa ...
• 13 January 2007
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The missionary path of the Church in Africa: French-speaking Africa Mission Congress Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - To help the Church in Africa in her mission to evangelise, a Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa was held in Rome in 1994 from 10 April to the 8 May, on the theme “The Chur ...
• 13 January 2007
  AFRICA - Statistics on the Catholic Church in Africa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the Pan African Congress on Evangelisation we give statistics on the presence of the Catholic Church in Africa taken from the most recent edition of the Church’s Book o ...
• 13 January 2007
  Instrumentum mensis Decembris pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontifici Benedicti XVI pro evangelizatione in terris missionum As every year, one of the most important moments of the month of December is the Holy Father’s annual meeting with the Roman Curia just before Christmas to exchange Christmas Greetings. On this occasion Pope Benedict X ...
• 12 January 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Bishops’ message for Migration Day: "an opportunity to increase awareness of the situation and let it challenge us in the light of the word of God to make a new start with greater commitment " Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “You are 44 million members of one family... "you are members of the family of God " (Eph 2,19)", is the title of a message issued by the Catholic Bishops of Spain on the occasion of Migration ...
• 12 January 2007
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Crushed by world’s highest inflation rate half the population relies on international aid to subsist Harare (Fides Service)- Zimbabwe’s social economic situation is increasingly critical with an inflation rate of 1.281,1 per cent, the highest in the world. The month-on-month cost of living for an urban family of six ...
• 12 January 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Talks for peace in northern Uganda about to resume: justice is major issue Kampala (Fides Service)- Peace negotiations between the Ugandan government and the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels will resume on 15 January after having been suspended in mid December. The talks are held in Juba the cap ...