News

• 29 November 2006
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - “Mary of Advent” by Rev. Luciano Alimandi - Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Season of Advent is close, a liturgical season in which Mary emerges as the centre figure. The Blessed Virgin brings to completion the waiting of the peoples and at last the Messiah, th ...
• 29 November 2006
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Large numbers of faithful gather for inauguration of Kibeho Jubilee Year to mark 25 years since the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary Kibeho (Fides Service) - “Our Lady of Kibeho is a beacon of hope, a light for all Africa and the world. This is demonstrated by the fact that 10,000 people braved torrential rain to take part in the ceremony to open th ...
• 28 November 2006
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Dias, on 6 October 2006 confirmed Rev. Fr Bernard Maillard, OFM Cap., national director of the Pontifical ...
• 28 November 2006
  VATICAN - Novena Of Prayer In Preparation For The Feast Of The Immaculate Conception Rome (Fides Service) - 30 NOVEMBER 2006 DAY TWO: 30th November O Divine Son of Mary Immaculate, O Sweet Redeemer! Just as you preserved Mary from mortal sin during her life and gave us the grace to avoid mortal sin an ...
• 28 November 2006
  VATICAN - This year San Pietro Apostolo and San Paolo Apostolo colleges have 321 resident student priests from all over the world in Rome for further studies at Pontifical Universities Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Every year a good number of priests in mission countries are sent to Rome by their bishops for further studies at Pontifical Universities. The Pontifical Colleges San Pietro apostolo and ...
• 28 November 2006
  VATICAN - “STONES, SOUNDS AND COLOURS OF GOD’S HOUSE” Ecclesiastic Archives (2) Bishop Mauro Piacenza Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The historical transmission in ecclesial continuity. The Ecclesiastic History Archive hands down ecclesial life from one generation to the next. It is in the logic of historical continuity ...
• 27 November 2006
  VATICAN - Cardinal Dias appointed by the Pope, a member of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father. Pope Benedict XVI appointed Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, a member of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. ...
• 27 November 2006
  VATICAN - Novena of prayer in preparation for the feast of the Immaculate Conception - day one: 29th November Rome (Fides Service) - Wednesday 29 November is the first Day of the Novena in preparation for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8. Fides Service will give the daily prayer each day and a link to the who ...
• 27 November 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus on the Feast of Christ the King says “He came not to dominate peoples and territories, but to free man from the slavery of sin and reconcile him with God”. The Pope asks people to pray for his visit to Turkey “may this pilgrimage bear fruit as God desires” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the last Sunday of the Liturgical year the Church celebrates the Feast of Christ the King, and on November 26th during his Angelus discourse Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the Gospel of ...
• 27 November 2006
  VATICAN - Urban University to host Academic Act for 500th anniversary of the birth of Saint Francis Xavier: Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone will speak on “the Church’s mission in the time of Francis Xavier and in our day” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Tuesday December 5, Urban University will host an Academic Act to close a year of celebrations to mark the 500th anniversary of the birth of Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1549), Patron of t ...
• 27 November 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - The Pope accepts resignation of Bishop of Berhampur and appoints Successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 27 November 2006, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Berhampur (India), presented by Bishop Joseph Das, in conform ...
• 27 November 2006
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - General elections set for 21 January, while public protest continues Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - Tension in Bangladesh is still high even after the government set a date for general elections 21 January 2007. The statement issued by the Electoral Commission also established 10 December as th ...
• 27 November 2006
  VATICAN - “Evangelization and inculturation constitute an inseparable pair”, Pope Benedict XVI’s message to participants at Culture Summit in Asia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the meeting for Directors of Catholic Cultural Centres in India, the Pontifical Council for Culture en route towards the Far East in the footsteps of St Francis Xavier, went to Bali, ...
• 27 November 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Moral guidelines for the present situation in Spain”: Bishops offer contribution for necessary discernment in complex times Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “Moral guidelines for the present situation in Spain” was the title of a Pastoral Instruction issued by the Catholic Bishops of Spain at the end of a plenary assembly in Madrid, 20-24 Novembe ...
• 27 November 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Indian Christian Directory 2006 New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian Christian Directory 2006, a sort of encyclopaedia, gives all sorts of information on the presence in India of Christians of different denominations. The 1,650 page book is publish ...