News

• 19 December 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - It is more than ever necessary to rediscover the authentic sense of Christmas to calm the pain of the wounds and rebuild social tissue: Christmas Message from Archbishop of Oaxaca Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - “Is it worth celebrating Christmas in the present situation?" Archbishop José Luis Chávez Botello of Antequera-Oaxaca (Mexico), and his auxiliary Bishop Oscar Campos Contreras, ask in a Chris ...
• 19 December 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Christmas in Homes run by Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate: shelter, a hot meal, human warmth, affection and accompaniment in studies and professional formation for street youth Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of less fortunate youngsters in South Korea benefit all year round from programmes run by the local community of the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate. However in view of the Feast o ...
• 19 December 2006
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Growing concern for spread of synthetic drugs in Cape Town area Cape Town (Agenzia Fides) - There is growing concern in South Africa for the spread of synthetic drugs even more popular than Crack, the dangerous by-product of cocaine. The phenomenon is also because criminal gangs of C ...
• 19 December 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - The country’s only Catholic Radio receives UNESCO award Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “This is a great honour for us and a positive recognition of our station’s commitment to break the silence on HIV/AIDS,” Radio Waumini director Fr Martin Wanyoike told CISA Catholic Informa ...
• 19 December 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - In the footsteps of Peter and Paul, young members of Opera Don Orione join 14th “New Year’s Eve with a Difference” dedicated to Pope Benedict XVI Rome (Fides Service) - More than 500 young people aged 17 to 30 from Italy and other countries of Europe will take part in the 14th “New Year’s Eve with a Difference” event 29 December to 1 January 2007 promoted ...
• 19 December 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Forming pastoral workers for mission and sustaining evangelisation activity of the Church in Latin America: 2007 course at Cono Sud Missiology Centre, 25 years at the service of mission Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Juan Pablo II Cono Sud Missology Centre in Buenos Aires will offer its next course in Missiology 29 January to 17 February 2007. This centre for missionary animation and formation, ope ...
• 19 December 2006
  VATICAN - “The people of the Great Lakes region have suffered too much, too long”: Message from Pope Benedict XVI signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone, to 2nd session of the international conference on the Great Lakes Region Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, through Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B., sent a Message to Mwai Kibaki, president of the Republic of Kenya and current president of the International Co ...
• 18 December 2006
  VATICAN - Saint Joseph: “Privileged witness to the birth of the Son of God into the world” (I) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Joseph was a “privileged witness to the birth of the Son of God into the world on Christmas night in Bethlehem” Pope John Paul II writes in his apostolic exhortation “Redemptori ...
• 18 December 2006
  VATICAN - Walking towards Christmas: Christ announced by the Scriptures - Announcement and Fulfilment (8) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Messiah Saviour of the Nations. The Israelites leave Egypt and camp in the step-land of Moab. The King of Moab questions one of his prophets a pagan, a «false prophet», as he is calle ...
• 18 December 2006
  VATICAN - “Museums can help foster a culture of peace if, retaining their nature as temples of historic memory, they are also places of dialogue and friendship”: Pope Benedict XVI addresses International Conference to mark 500th anniversary of the Vatican Museums Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church has always supported and promoted art in the world considering its language a privileged means for human and spiritual progress … The expansion in time of the Vatican Museum ...
• 18 December 2006
  AFRICA - Africa adopts crisis warning system Addis Ababa (Fides Service) - The African Union has adopted a 24 hour continental crisis monitoring system which will supply advice and suggestions to the AU presidency with regard to potential crisis and threats to peac ...
• 18 December 2006
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Towards presidential mandate extension. Human Rights organisations denounce police force abuse Harare (Agenzia Fides)-“The government of Zimbabwe has adopted a control system of the colonial era” said Catholic Archbishop Pius Alick Ncube of Bulawayo commenting the presentation of a report on abuse committed b ...
• 18 December 2006
  EUROPE/SLOVENIA - New National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 27 October 2006, appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Slovenia for a five ...
• 16 December 2006
  VATICAN - Walking towards Christmas: CHRIST ANNOUNCED BY THE SCRIPTURES- Announcement and fulfilment (7) Rome (Fides Service) - BETHLEHEM TOWN OF DAVID David is anointed King by Samuel, in Bethlehem where his family lived and where he tended the flocks, (1 Samuel 16,). « But you Bethlehem, Ephrata… from you will be bor ...
• 16 December 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI receives new Patriarch of Alexandria of Copt Catholics: “In today’s world your mission is of great importance for your faithful and for all men and women, to whom the love of Christ urges us to announce the Good News”” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “In today’s world your mission is of great importance for your faithful and for all men and women, to whom the love of Christ urges us to announce the Good News”: Pope Benedict XVI sa ...