News

• 12 October 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI’s teaching at the Wednesday Audience: Simon the Cananaean and Juda Thaddaeus “help us rediscover again and again the beauty of the Christian faith and never tire of living it and bearing strong and serene witness to it” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The apostles Simon the Cananaean and Juda Thaddaeus were the subject of the Pope’s reflection during the weekly audience in St Peter’s Square on Wednesday 11 October where thousands of ...
• 12 October 2006
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - “The dignity of the human person object of God’s love and the centre of our pastoral activity” says President of the Catholic Bishops Conference Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “The main challenge for the Church in Zambia is evangelisation because the Christian message brings a profound change to life” Fides was told by Bishop George Telesphore Mpundu, Coadjutor of Lus ...
• 12 October 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - World Congress of Catholic TV: “Cooperation is essential and urgent to build the Church of our day " says Fr. Lombardi; “Catholics from all over the world have come to this Congress to discuss how to make Television a channel of evangelisation” says Cardinal Rouco Varela Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The second day of the World Congress of Catholic Television in Madrid, 10 - 13 October being attended by representatives from about 50 different countries, started with an intervention by Prof. F ...
• 12 October 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE rev. Nicola Bux and rev. Salvatore Vitiello - The “fundamental coordinates” for mission in Italy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In Germany Pope Benedict XVI spoke of his experience of meetings with Bishops from all over the world: “The bishops tell me with gratitude about the generosity of German Catholics […] N ...
• 12 October 2006
  AMERICA/CUBA - World Mission Sunday in Cuba “prayer of thanksgiving for the many missionaries who have come from other countries to share the life of our Church and our country” Quemado de Guines (Agenzia Fides) - “Let us offer God a prayer of gratitude for the many priests and men and women religious who have come here from other countries with great generosity to share the life of our Church ...
• 12 October 2006
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Church in Bolivia concerned about new Education Bill : “a totalitarian vision of education the opposite to a democratic vision” Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Tito Solari of Cochabamba, in a message “The Shepherd’s Voice”, expressed concern for a new Education Bill presented to Parliament (see Fides 17/7/2006; 21/7/2006). "we are c ...
• 12 October 2006
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “You evangelise”: meetings and catechesis in preparation for Mission Sunday. Children can be “little missionaries” Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - “You are a Christian, a missionary, you evangelise. You are called to bear witness to the Gospel all through life” is the theme of meetings organised at the Lahore Catholic Catechetics Centre ...
• 12 October 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Drugs are not trendy they only lead to destruction.Youth campaign against drug abuse and diffusion of “ice” Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Taking drugs is not trendy or exciting, it does not make life better. It leads only to destruction and desperation: this is the slogan of a Campaign launched by Catholic youth in Australia to dis ...
• 11 October 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “We must be co-workers of the truth so as to offer the Good News of Our Lord in the multiple formats of audiovisual media, while also witnessing to the beauty of creation.": Papal Message to Congress of Catholic Television Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict sent a message on the occasion of the Congress on Catholic Television being held in Madrid, 10-12 October in which he affirmed "it is necessary without fear of technology, to promo ...
• 11 October 2006
  VATICAN - Catholic Social Doctrine in the formation to the Religious Life: international study seminar 12 and 13 October Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The true meaning of consecration to the religious life does not distance men and women from the world, indeed it strengthens their desire and commitment to serve society for and with the lo ...
• 11 October 2006
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World (2) AZERI: to mark the 6th anniversary of the Catholic Mission of Baku, Azerbaijan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Azerbaijan is situated in the Caucuses region of Asia. It has an area of 86,000sq km and a population of about 7,600,000. Formerly a Soviet Territory, Azerbaijan became independent in 1990 ...
• 11 October 2006
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Rev. Luciano Alimandi -“Life cannot be understood without the Rosary” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the month traditionally dedicated to the prayer of the Holy Rosary, we are invited to turn with greater confidence to pray for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In this the Ch ...
• 11 October 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Bishops of Australia : “No to new Bills which create a new contempt for life by: Creating embryos purely for the purpose of destruction” Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Cloning is an act of contempt for life and can neither be authorised nor regulated by law. This is the position of the Catholic Bishops of Australia expressed in a press statement titled “Human ...
• 11 October 2006
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - New articles of Health Code constitute an attack on Life: Bishops of Ecuador rally Catholics and all men and women of good will and good sense to express dissent Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Ecuador strongly criticise Congress for approving the addition of new articles to the Health Code giving government measures priority over the rights of parents to educate ...
• 11 October 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - One hundred thousand Dalit (formerly “untouchables”) expected to join Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Sikh and Hindu leaders in “World Religious Freedom Rally” 14 October to promote Religious Freedom in India New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The subject of religious freedom is keenly felt in India. Although the principle is guaranteed by the Constitution, several Indian states have approved anti-conversion legislations often inter ...