News

• 12 February 2007
  AFRICA/GUINEA - General strike resumes after appointment of Premier rejected by Opposition and unions Conakry (Agenzia Fides)- Guinea is again in a state of general strike. Unions and Opposition members announced the strike today 12 February after clashes between police and demonstrators protesting against the appointmen ...
• 12 February 2007
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Thousands of Catholic children, announcers of peace and love, celebrate Holy Childhood Day Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Recent celebrations for Holy Childhood Day in Pakistan, organised by the national office of the Pontifical Mission Societies were a great success. Thousands of children took part with lively fait ...
• 12 February 2007
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Catholic Friends of the Sick Association, marks ten years of loving care for the sick Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Friends of the Sick Association combined the World Day of the Sick with celebrations for its 10 years of service on 2 and 3 February in the diocese of Chia Yi. According to the bull ...
• 12 February 2007
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Military Junta and Karen people reach agreement Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Military Junta says it has reached an agreement with Karen rebels fighting for over fifty years for more autonomy, justice and respect for human rights. Yangon said the agreement was signed i ...
• 10 February 2007
  Instrumentum mensis Januarii pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontifici Benedicti XVI pro evangelizatione in terris missionum One major appointment for the Holy Father in the month of January was the annual Audience granted to the members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See for an exchange of New Year good wishes. In his address ...
• 9 February 2007
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Pontifical Mission Societies in Zambia opens new website for formation and mission animation Lusaka (Agenzia Fides)- The Pontifical Mission Societies Office in Zambia has launched its new website. www.pmszambia.org . The site has interesting information classified in the following topics: Home Mission Appeal; Ma ...
• 9 February 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope receives Bishops, Friends of the Focolari Movement and the Community S. Egidio: “The original brotherhood which exists between you and the Movements of which you are friends, leads you to carry ‘one another’s burdens (Gal 6,2), as the Apostle says, above all with regard to evangelisation, love for the poor and the cause for peace” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 February Pope Benedict XVI received participants in the annual meeting of bishops, Friends of the "Focolare" movement, who are considering the theme: "Christ crucified and abandoned, ...
• 9 February 2007
  VATICAN - Peace, violence and religions at the centre of a visit to Malta by Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Vatican City (Fides Service) - The need for more solidarity in a world increasingly intolerant and violent will be the theme of a visit 16 to 18 February which the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peac ...
• 9 February 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World: traditional prayers at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, celebrated every year on February 11 the date of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Bernadette in 1858, in spiritual com ...
• 9 February 2007
  AFRICA - Severe flooding in southern Africa: critical situation in Mozambique Rome (Fides Service)- Torrential rains continue to lash Southern Africa. Besides Angola (see Fides 8 February 2007) serious floods are reported in Mozambique and Madagascar. In Mozambique at least thirty people are sai ...
• 9 February 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - ‘Catholic Outlook’ Parramatta’s diocesan tabloid newspaper celebrates 100th edition with new graphics and more contents Parramatta (Fides Service) - Catholic Outlook the official publication of the Diocese of Parramatta is a point of reference for the local Catholic community. The tabloid recently celebrated its 100th edition with an ove ...
• 9 February 2007
  AMERICA/PANAMA - “We refuse to be simply spectators while minority groups impose on society legal patterns foreign to our culture and heritage": Pro Life Manifesto at the end of a Pro-Life March in Chitré Chitré (Agenzia Fides) - Families and educators of Panama’s Azuero region diocese of Chitré, concerned by a loss of values in society especially the greatest of all values, human life a gift of God, organised a Pro-L ...
• 9 February 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Special Seminar: Catechists in Beijing share with catechists from Tian Jin and establish “evangelisation twinning” Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “Fill with Water and Draw Wine” was the theme of a three day Seminar for local Catechists organised by the parish at Beijing’s Catholic Cathedral Bei Tang from the 29th to the 31st Janua ...
• 9 February 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cheju diocese to host first Korean Youth Day in August: Youth Day Cross arrives on 18 February Seoul (Fides Service) - A sort of all Korean World Youth Day, the dream of thousands of young Catholics in the peninsula of Korea is coming true. The Catholic Bishops’ Commission for Youth Pastoral is organising the F ...
• 9 February 2007
  AFRICA - Is Africa the new battle field in the war on terrorism? Rome (Fides Service)- Could Africa be the new battle field in the war waged by the United States and its allies against terrorism inspired by the figure of Bin Laden? This is the question which emerges when reading event ...