News
20 December 2005
EUROPA/POLAND - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 21 October 2005 confirmed Rev. Jan Piotrowski of the diocesan clergy of Tarnów national director ...
20 December 2005
AMERICA/CUBA - The Pontifical Mission Societies distribute 350,000 pictures of the Infant Jesus to foster a more religious celebration of Christmas
Havana (Fides Service) - The Advent wreath with four candles one for each of the four weeks leading up to the great annual feast of the nativity is part of traditional preparation for Christmas in Cuba. Families gather t ...
20 December 2005
EUROPE/RUMANIA - OMI mission in Târgu Jiu grows around the Word of God: monthly meetings of the Bethany School of the Word at St. John of Capestrano parish
Târgu Jiu (Fides Service) - “Living the Gospel in the present moment” was the theme of the 3rd Meeting of the School of the Word held on Sunday 18 December in preparation for Christmas at St John of Capestrano paris ...
20 December 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Children “together for mission”: Holy Childhood mission kit for mission every day with joy and responsibility
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Italian national Holy Childhood Office has produced a Mission Kit to teach children to live mission in daily life. The kit ‘Missionary Kid’, available on request suggests little ways for ch ...
20 December 2005
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “Put Christ back at the centre of Christmas” says Archbishop of Adelaide
Adelaide (Fides Service) - Just as children put the statue of the infant Jesus at the centre of the nativity Scene so adults too should put Christ at the centre of Christmas which has become a feast of consumerism. This ...
20 December 2005
AFRICA/TUNISIA - “Christmas passes almost unnoticed in Tunis in the eyes of the world but not in the eyes of the faith: we are a tiny flock but we live this important Feast Day with deep devotion " says Fr. Eugenio Elías
Tunis (Fides Service) - Christmas celebrations in Tunis are far less visible than in many other parts of the world, says Fr. Eugenio Elías, a member of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, first of all because the perce ...
20 December 2005
ASIA/MYANMAR - In memory of PIME missionary Fr Igino Matarucco a great pioneer of mission in Myanmar
Yangon (Fides Service) - Another of the great pioneers of evangelisation in Myanmar has gone to the House of the Father leaving a precious legacy of authentic Christian witness. Fr Igino Matarucco, a member of the Pontif ...
20 December 2005
ASIA/JAPAN - Two new Salesian priests in Tokyo: a sign of hope for the Catholic community
Tokyo (Fides Service) - Evangelisation continues to bear fruit in the land of the Rising Sun. Recently the local Catholic community in Tokyo had the joy of welcoming two new local priests. The priests, both Salesians of ...
20 December 2005
ASIA/CAMBODIA - Caritas Rice Bank alleviates farmers’ poverty
Phnom Penh (Fides Service) - A “Rice Bank” to help poor farmers reap a better harvest and so improve their living standard: this is the goal of programmes launched by Caritas Cambodia in the province of Kandal.
The ...
20 December 2005
ASIA/HONG KONG - Bishop Joseph Zen praises priests and religious celebrating anniversary of ordination or profession
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Addressing priests and religious marking the anniversary of their ordination or profession Bishop Joseph Zen of Hong Kong congratulated and praised them for letting themselves “be captured b ...
20 December 2005
ASIA/TAIWAN - Catholic high school in Taipei archdiocese organises talks for students on themes connected with respect for life
Taipei (Fides Service) - Respect for the life and dignity of every human person; caring for our own life and that of our neighbour; discovering the authentic meaning of life, were some of the themes presented in a series ...
19 December 2005
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI at the Angelus says "Let us be ‘infected’ by the silence of St Joseph: in this time of preparation for Christmas let us give priority to inner recollection so we may let Jesus come and stay in our life”.
Vatican City (Fides) - Saint Joseph who “in perfect harmony with his wife welcomes the Son of God made man and watches over his human development”, can help us prepare for Christmas and “live this great mystery of ...
19 December 2005
AFRICA/DR CONGO- Congo’s constitutional referendum continues. Operations to verify the vote of representatives of the Catholic Church are coordinated by different religious confessions present in the country
Kinshasa (Fides Service) - Observers of various different religions are monitoring voting in the constitution referendum taking place in Democratic Congo. This monitoring service is organised by Inter-diocesan Hall at th ...
19 December 2005
ASIA/JAPAN - Japan Catholic News published by the Bishops’ Conference to move on-line
Tokyo (Fides Service) - Catholic Church news in Japan is about to land on the world wide web. As from January 2006 Japan Catholic News, the newsletter of the Japanese Catholic Bishops’ Conference will be on-line. The b ...
19 December 2005
ASIA/CHINA - Catholics in a Beijing parish celebrate Baptisms and organise fund raising events in preparation for Christmas
Beijing (Fides Service) - On 18 December Holy Saviour parish or Bei Tang (north parish) celebrated 100 baptisms and gave a warm welcome to the new members of the Church. One of the newly baptised adults said “this yea ...
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