News
28 November 2005
AFRICA/MALI - Together for Africa: St John of God Brothers and Italian air force back in Mali to “restore the light” to 2 million blind people
Rome (Fides Service) - On November 25, a team of doctors of AFMAL (l’Associazione con i Fatebenefratelli per i Malati Lontani) and Italian Air Force left for Gao in Mali to help children young people and adults regain ...
26 November 2005
History of the Catholic Church in Vietnam
The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, will visit Vietnam from November 28th to December 6th, upon invitation of the Bishops’ Conference of the Country. During his ...
25 November 2005
VATICAN - “A very special day to be remembered in the years to come … a visible sign of continuity with a tradition so dear to the heart of our college: from Benedict XV to John Paul II”, Prof. Ornaghi welcomes Benedict XVI to the Università Cattolica for the inauguration of the academic year
Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning Pope Benedict XVI went to the Medicine and Surgery Faculty of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome on the occasion of the inau ...
25 November 2005
ASIA/CHINA - Qi Zuang parishioners in Xian Xian diocese lively evangelisers with 300 baptisms in two years
Cang Zhou (Fides Service) -“Our people evangelise with great joy and this attracts many new people to embrace the faith and to want share it with others” said Fr Li Guang Qi, parish priest in Qi Zhuang, in the dioces ...
25 November 2005
OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - “Keep away from addictions” Catholic Archbishop of Honiara urges young Confirmation candidates
Honiara (Fides Service) - Every young person is called to encounter Jesus in prayer and follow him in service of others, Archbishop Adrian Smith of Honiara said in his homily before he conferred the sacrament of Confirma ...
25 November 2005
AFRICA/CAMEROON - New rector appointed for St Thomas Major Inter-diocesan Seminary in archdiocese of Bamenda
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 16 September 2005 appointed rector of St Thomas Major Inter-diocesan Seminary in the archdiocese o ...
25 November 2005
VATICAN - “True progress is that alone which integrally safeguards the dignity of the human being and which enables each people to share its own spiritual and material resources for the benefit of all” the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI addresses 33rd UN Food and Agriculture Organisation Conference
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope Benedict XVI has voiced “sincere appreciation” for the programmes which the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has carried out in the past sixty years “defe ...
25 November 2005
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI inaugurates academic year at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore: “This is the great challenge: to give life to a true Catholic university, one that excels for the quality of its research and teaching and, at the same time, for its faithfulness to the Gospel and to the Church's Magisterium”
Rome (Fides Service) - Pope Benedict XVI was present for the ceremony to inaugurate the new academic year at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome. “I would like the entire ...
25 November 2005
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Catholics in Brazil start traditional national Advent evangelisation campaign: the time has come for the Church in Brazil to move from receiving to giving and to shoulder responsibility for evangelisation in Brazil with its own resources and energies
Brasilia (Fides Service) - “Annuncia Me!” is the slogan of this year’s annual national Advent evangelisation campaign organised by the Church in Brazil. Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo, archbishop of Sao Salvador d ...
25 November 2005
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Catholic Bishops call for respect for the rules of democracy and confirm their commitment to promoting reconciliation
Addis Ababa (Fides Service)- In a message to Catholics and all men and women of good will in the country the Catholic Bishops of Ethiopia call for respect for the rules of democracy and confirm their commitment to promot ...
25 November 2005
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Thousands flee from violence in southern Congo. “We have a humanitarian catastrophe in Dubie” says Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga
Kinshasa (Fides Service) - Catholics in DR Congo continue to report on the alarming situation in the southern region of Katanga where the presence of armed militia is causing a serious humanitarian emergency. It was here ...
25 November 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - “Rare diseases in paediatric dermatology”: two day meeting of Italian experts and patients’ associations
Rome (Fides Service) - The Istituto Dermopatico dell’Immacolata and Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital BGCH have organised a two day meeting 25 and 26 November on “Rare diseases in paediatric dermatology”.
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25 November 2005
AIDS Alarm: efforts to defeat pandemic in Africa may fail
Rome (Fides Service) - To mark World AIDS Day on December 1 AMREF Italy (African Medical and Research Foundation) and ActionAids International in collaboration with the Italian Observatory on Global Action against AIDS w ...
25 November 2005
Monday 28 November Urban University presentation of book by Angelo Scelzo on the life of Mother Teresa Casini, foundress of the Oblate Sisters of the Sacred Heart
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Monday 28 November at 5.30 at Urban University on Rome (via Urbano VIII 16, Gianicolo), there will be the presentation of a book by Angelo Scelzo “Mi farò Santa”, on the life of Mot ...
24 November 2005
VATICAN - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI will attend ceremony to open academic year at Rome’s Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Tomorrow 25 November the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI will attend a ceremony to open the academic year at Rome’s Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Mass in the University chapel wi ...
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