News

• 8 January 2007
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - In New Year Message Catholic bishops urge all Bolivians of good will to work tirelessly to promote peace and to defend the human person and inalienable human rights La Paz (Fides Service) - Pope Benedict XVI’s Message for World Day of Peace 2007 was the subject of a New Year Message addressed by the Catholic Bishops of Bolivia to all Bolivians. The Message was signed by the Bisho ...
• 8 January 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics celebrate Christmas with deep devotion and a spirit of mission and charity Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Chinese Catholics everywhere in the world celebrated Christmas with deep devotion in a spirit of mission and charity. According to Fides sources Catholics in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Ta ...
• 6 January 2007
  Special Fides Day of Missionary Childhood: The Exploitation of Child Labour DAY OF MISSIONARY CHILDHOOD THE EXPLOITATION OF CHILD LABOUR INTRODUCTION “The child of Bethlehem is crying out to us…” Since 1843 “children help the children” with the Pontifical Society of Missiona ...
• 4 January 2007
  The Pope’s missionary prayer intention for January 2007: “That the Church in Africa may bear ever more authentic witness to the Good News of Christ and promote reconciliation and peace in every country”. Comment by Fr Vito Del Prete, P.I.M.E. Pontifical Missionary Union General Secretary Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the opening address at the Special Synod of Bishops for Africa held in Rome 1994, Cardinal Arinze declared: “The Hour has Come;” the hour in which Jesus Christ calls Africa; the hour ...
• 4 January 2007
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Epiphany of solidarity with African Churches Paris (Fides Service) - The poor of Africa will benefit from special collections in churches all over France on the Feast of the Epiphany (Sunday 7 January in France). “We have asked Catholics to make a gesture of so ...
• 4 January 2007
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - “Support the Pontifical Mission Society of Holy Childhood on its feast-day the Epiphany” message from PMS national director Lusaka (Fides Service)- “Epiphany Sunday, the feast of the manifestation of the Lord’s Jesus, is at hand. I would ask all the brothers and sisters to continue a pray for the success of the Church’s missionary activ ...
• 4 January 2007
  AFRICA/SUDAN - SMS to help build hospital Turalei, in Africa’s most difficult port-war situation Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In Turalei, southern Sudan, not without difficulty, the Missionaries of Charity, sisters of Mother Teresa of Calcutta run a small medical dispensary with the help of a few volunteer doctors members ...
• 4 January 2007
  VATICAN - CATHOLIC PRAYERS IN THE LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD: ARABIC Rome (Fides Service) - CHRISTIANITY IN THE HOLY LAND Besides being a small Church, the Christians of the Holy Land are of many different confessions. Today we are 13 different Churches: each with its own independent jur ...
• 3 January 2007
  VATICAN -The advent of the Messiah is the most important event in human history. On New Year’s Eve in Saint Peter's Pope Benedict XVI presides celebration of Vespers and Te Deum of thanksgiving Vatican City (Fides Service) - Two are the characteristics of the celebration of Vespers and the Te Deum: the conclusion of the civil year and the liturgical memory of the Mother of God. The first offers the Holy Fathe ...
• 3 January 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA “Mary: Mother, custodian of our hearts”, Rev Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Fides Service) - The civil year opens with greetings and all the rest, overlooking the fact that the Church calls the whole world to look towards an horizon which will one day be eternal. From this horizon ...
• 2 January 2007
  VATICAN - The term “peace” refers to[…] “salvation” brought by Christ […] We recognise Him as the Prince of peace. Pope Benedict XVI presides Mass for the solemnity of Most Holy Mary, Mother of God. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In his homily on January 1st during Mass in St Peter’s Basilica for the solemnity of the Most Holy Mary Mother of God, Pope Benedict XVI underlined the historical dimension of the events ...
• 2 January 2007
  VATICAN - Like the Blessed Virgin Mother the Church, shows Jesus the Saviour to all men and women. The Pope’s Angelus on January 1 2007, solemnity of the Mother of God. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At midday on January 1st before leading the recitation of the midday Angelus prayer, the Pope addressed thousands of visitors in St Peter’s Square. After mentioning the celebration of th ...
• 2 January 2007
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Somalia’s difficult transition to peace after last Islamic Courts Union stronghold falls Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The future remains uncertain for Somalia, since Government and Ethiopian troops took the last stronghold of the Union of Islamic Courts. Government troops moved into Chisimaio (500 km south of ...
• 30 December 2006
  NAMES OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE ON MISSION IN 2006 Vatican City (Fides Service) - Once again as the year comes to a close we give the names of men and women pastoral workers who lost their lives in a violent manner during 2006. According to the information we have this y ...
• 29 December 2006
  A Collection of the Prayers of The Bible With its “world prayer campaign”, Fides Agency is glad to present this PRAYER COLLECTION on the occasion of the Christmas Celebration, of the coming of the Saviour of mankind. The “New Evangelization” means getti ...