News
29 November 2005
VATICAN - The Pope sends a message to young people in Holland for the 1st National Catholic Youth Day: “I encourage you to turn every day to the Lord who desires nothing but your true happiness”
Vatican City (Fides Service) -Pope Benedict XVI sent a message to young Dutch participants in the first National Day of Catholic Youth, celebrated in Nieuwegein, Netherlands, on November 27 in which he said “With this ...
29 November 2005
VATICAN - On a pastoral visit to the Church in Vietnam Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe ordains 57 new priests in Hanoi Cathedral and has meetings with Bishops of ecclesiastical province Hanoi and priests and religious of Hung Hoa diocese
Hanoi (Fides Service) - This morning 29 November in Hanoi Cathedral Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples presided a solemn mass for the ordination of 57 new priests. Af ...
29 November 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - International Conference ‘Africa for Life. Africa without death penalty’ organised by S. Egidio Community is a success says Italian president
Rome (Fides Service) - The Liberian minister of justice Kabineh Ja’neh has asked the European Union and S. Egidio Community to help “the new Liberia to undertake constitutional reforms to introduce natural respect fo ...
29 November 2005
EUROPE/RUSSIA - First Catholic/Muslim Theological Conference marks 40th anniversary of Vatican II declaration “Nostra aetate” on relations with non Christian religions
Moscow (Fides Service) - Speaking at a conference ‘Islam and Christianity: on the path of dialogue’ held in Moscow, 24 November, to mark the 40th anniversary of the Vatican II Declaration Nostra aetate on Relations ...
29 November 2005
ASIA/VIETNAM - The Pope appoints auxiliary Bishop of Bùi Chu
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 29 November 2005 appointed auxiliary Bishop of the diocese of Bùi Chu in Viêt Nam, Rev. Pierre Nguyen Van De, S.D.B., Professor at Hà Noi major semi ...
29 November 2005
AMERICA/MEXICO - Theology Symposium in preparation for 13th National Mission Congress in Mexico focuses on Doctrinal principles of Redemptoris Missio encyclical
Merida -Yucatán (Fides Service) - In preparation for the 13th National Mission Congress in Mexico, 30 November - 3 December, a Theology Symposium on the Encyclical Redemptoris missino was opened yesterday 28 November b ...
29 November 2005
AMERICA/CHILE - Rediscovering marriage as good news, believing in love, self giving and faithfulness : Chilean Bishops issue pastoral letter on “Matrimony and Family, good news for humanity ”
Santiago de Chile (Fides Service) - At the end of its 90th plenary assembly in Punta de Tralca 21 to 25 November, the Chilean Bishops’ Conference issued a Pastoral Letter “Matrimony and Family - Good News for Humani ...
29 November 2005
ASIA/CINA - Catholic Sisters from Liao Ning visit clinic in Hebei run by other Catholic Sisters and share pastoral experience
Beijing (Fides Service) - A group of Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus from the north eastern Chinese province of Liao Ning paid a visit to the Missionaries of Mary Mediatri ...
29 November 2005
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Tension among government and Tamil community following presidential elections
Colombo (Fides Service) - After presidential elections there is uncertainty in Sri Lanka with regards to the future. The new president Mahinda Rajapakse, has said he intends to revise the cease fire agreement signed in F ...
29 November 2005
ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Visit to North Korea by German Catholic aid workers rare occasion for Mass in Pyongyang attended by 80 local Catholics
Pyongyang (Fides Service) - Mass is a rare event in Pyongyang which only happens when Catholic priests or other church personnel come here from South Korea or other countries. Recently a visit to north Korea by German Ca ...
28 November 2005
The Pope’s mission prayer intention December 2005: “For people all over the world searching for God and the truth: may they encounter the Lord Jesus”
Comment by Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, Archbishop of Lima, Peru
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Now this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.” (Jn 17,3). Jesus Christ said this to God the Father while he was givin ...
28 November 2005
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Farafangana
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope Benedict XVI on 26 November 2005 appointed Bishop of
Farafangana Madagascar Rev. Fr. Benjamin Marc Ramaroson C:M., provincial Superior of the Lazzarist Fathers in Madagascar. The new ...
28 November 2005
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - St John’s parish church in Kwentou marks 25th anniversary
Bobo-Dioulasso (Fides Service)- St John parish in Kwentou in the archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso has celebrated its 25th anniversary.
The parish was opened in 1967 when Fr. Emmanuel de Montjoye came to an a ...
28 November 2005
AFRICA/KENYA - A Catholic university one of the first in Africa
Nairobi (Fides Service)- On October 10 Internet Lab, an international organisation specialised in scientific and technological and higher education research, classified the University of South Africa 7th as one of Africa ...
28 November 2005
AFRICA/EGYPT - Elections in Egypt: Islamic candidates advance
Cairo (Fides Service)- “I think these elections are an attempt to send the world a positive signal, a demonstration that Egypt’s democracy is making progress” said a local source in Cairo, capital of Egypt where ye ...
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