News
17 January 2006
ASIA/KOREA - The Pope appoints new auxiliary Bishop of Pusan
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 17 January 2006 appointed Auxiliary of the diocese of Pusan (Korea) Rev. Paul Hwang Cheol-soo, former diocesan chancellor, assigning to him the titula ...
17 January 2006
AFRICA/SUDAN - War and now rebuilding: “The local Church supported by missionaries has never abandoned the people of southern Sudan and will continue to help them overcome their difficulties” says Comboni Provincial Superior
Khartoum (Fides Service) - The peace agreement for southern Sudan reached a year ago did restore hope among these people who suffered greatly in 20 years of civil war, but much remains to be done to rebuild entire region ...
17 January 2006
AFRICA/LIBERIA - “This is a positive moment for all Liberians” says a missionary after installation of the new President
Monrovia (Agenzia Fides)- “This is a positive moment for all Liberians and for the future of the country” said Italian missionary Fr Mauro Armanino, a member of the Society for African Missions, in the Liberian capi ...
17 January 2006
ASIA/THAILAND - The local Church lives the Year of Evangelisation: mission in local situations
Bangkok (Fides Service) - For Catholics in Thailand 2006 is the Year of Evangelisation. The country’s Catholic Bishops hope with this initiative to “increase mission awareness and foster a spirit of evangelisation” ...
17 January 2006
ASIA/HONG KONG - Family Pastoral focus for 2006
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - This year the Catholic diocese of Hong Kong intends to give more attention to family pastoral care in order to meet present day needs and support families threatened on many sides. According t ...
17 January 2006
AMERICA/CHILE - Church commitment to assist children and adolescents: 3rd National Days for Social Pastoral care of Children and Adolescents violated in their Rights
Valparaíso (Fides Service) - The third edition of National Days for Social Pastoral care of Children and Adolescents violated in their Rights, organised by the Chilean Bishops commission for Social Pastoral is being hel ...
16 January 2006
EUROPE/GERMANY - Once again this year Germany’s Holy Childhood Sternsingers win ‘donation seal’ for responsible donation management issued by German Central Institute for Social Issues
Aachen (Fides Service) - For accurate and responsible management of donations received, once again this year the Holy Childhood initiative Sternsingers (Star Singers) campaign has won the ‘donation seal’ given by the ...
16 January 2006
VATICAN - “Christ is the same, yesterday, today and always, but we, the world and history, are never the same and He comes to give us his communion and the fullness of life”: seek Christ and find him says Pope Benedict XVI at Sunday’s midday Angelus prayer
Vatican City (Fides Service) - In his reflection before the midday Angelus prayer on Sunday 15 January Pope Benedict XVI dwelt on two verbs of ‘special significance’ “seeking” and “finding” taken from the Su ...
16 January 2006
AMERICA/MEXICO - A year of important anniversaries for the Missionaries of Guadalupe: 50th anniversary for Minor Missions Seminary, Centenary of the birth of Bishop Escalante, 50 years of mission in Japan and 25 year of mission in Angola
Guadalajara (Fides Service) - With a solemn Mass on 11 January to mark the 50th anniversary of their Minor Seminary for Missions in Guadalajara, the Missionaries of Guadalupe started a year rich in important anniversari ...
16 January 2006
ASIA/TAIWAN - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Kiayi
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 16 January 2006 appointed Bishop of Kiayi (Taiwan) Rev. Fr. John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D., until now headmaster of Kiayi Catholic School and Professor ...
16 January 2006
AFRICA/KENYA - Official Catholic/WCC booklet 'Resources for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity' circulated in English and Kiswahili: “follow ecumenism principles in all activities”
Nairobi (Fides Service) - Christians of different confessions in Kenya have planned various initiatives for the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18-25 January) with the theme this year “When two or three are ...
16 January 2006
AFRICA/SUDAN - Agreement for the repatriation of Sudanese refugees from Kenya. “We welcome such agreements but these returnees need infrastructures. In much of the area the only schools and medical centres are those opened and run by Catholics” say missionaries in Sudan
Khartoum (Fides Service)- “The situation of Sudanese refugees who return to southern Sudan is still very precarious and it is too early to express an opinion with regard to agreements with hosting countries for their r ...
16 January 2006
ASIA/TURKEY - Ecumenism makes progress and hope grows for a visit by Pope Benedict XVI
Istanbul (Fides Service) - “Ecumenism is making progress in Turkey and we hope this will continue and grow”, said Franciscan Friar Ruben Tierrablanca OFM., Superior of the International Francsican Fraternity opened l ...
16 January 2006
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Ignatian Spirituality Centres in Australia share web site
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Ignatian spirituality is spreading on the Newest of the continents thanks to Spirituality Centres, Spiritual Exercises, Days of Reflection and now also via the Internet. A new web site dedicated ...
16 January 2006
ASIA/TAIWAN - Taiwan Regional Bishops’ Conference issues Pastoral Letter 2006: The Eucharist, source and summit of the life and mission of every Catholic parish and association
Taipei (Fides Service) - “The Eucharist, source and summit of the life and mission of every Catholic parish and association is the title of a Pastoral Letter issued by the Taiwan Regional Bishops’ Conference. Accordi ...
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