News
7 October 2005
AMERICA/MEXICO - “The Church in Mexico is encouraged by Pope Benedict XVI not only to work to alleviate suffering but also to eliminate the causes”: Bishops tell people on return from ad limina visit to Rome
Mexico City (Fides Service) - On October 6 the Bishops of Mexico issued a brief statement to inform the people of their recent ad limina visit to Pope Benedict XVI in Rome. The Bishops of this very populous Catholic coun ...
6 October 2005
EUROPA/ALBANIA - First Albanese Orionino priest since the fall of Communism
Elbasan (Fides Service) - Bishop Hil Kabashi apostolic administrator of southern Albania ordained Fr Dorian Maestri the first Albanian member of the Congregation founded by St Luigi Orione (Piccola Opera della Divina Pro ...
6 October 2005
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The human person is worth more than any human achievements and cannot be manipulated or replaced with any other good”: Bishops of Cordova region denounce present day mentality which fails to recognise the value of human life
Cordova (Fides Service) - “Life is worth living. Human life is sacred” is the title of a Pastoral letter issued by Bishops of the Corodova region of Argentina, on 29 September 2005, addressed to all men and women wi ...
6 October 2005
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - National Eucharistic Meeting with 2,500 children on 22 October to close national itinerary of Days of Adoration promoted by local Holy Childhood Society all over the country for the Year of the Eucharist
Caracas (Fides Service) - In this Year of the Eucharist and to commemorate the day when Venezuela was solemnly consecrated to the Blessed Sacrament on 2 July 1899, in January this year the Pontifical Mission Societies in ...
6 October 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Missionaries “witnesses of hope”: Pontifical Mission Societies material for World Mission Sunday 2005 and mission formation itinerary for 2005/2006
Rome (Fides Service) - Hope is the underlying theme of material distributed by the Pontifical Mission Societies in Italy for the missionary month of October which culminates with Mission Sunday on 23 October and for the ...
6 October 2005
VATICAN - “Mental and Physical Health all through Life”: 10 October Mental Health Day
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Health is an inestimable heritage and health for all is fundamental to guarantee peace and justice among peoples”, the President of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Pastoral, Car ...
6 October 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - In profound communion with the universal Church national president of Spain’s Night Adoration Groups assures prayers for fruitful Synod of Bishops in Rome
Madrid (Fides Service) - Pedro García Mendoza, President of the National Council of Night Adoration Groups has assured the Bishops of the world gathered for their Synod in the Vatican the prayers of 25,000 active and h ...
6 October 2005
ASIA/INDONESIA - More co-operation, security, solidarity among peoples and cultures to combat terrorism in south east Asia
Sydney (Fides Service) - More political co-operation and equal and just laws, more solidarity among peoples and cultures, more intense inter-religious relations are the weapons needed to fight terrorism in south east Asi ...
6 October 2005
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Witnesses to the faith in public life, fervent in prayer, tireless evangelisers: lay Catholics in the Philippines play a major role in the Church
Manila (Fides Service) -The Church in the Philippines can rely on an involved active laity bold witnesses of the faith, present in public life and promoters of the fundamental values of the family. This emerged from Lait ...
6 October 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Making the Eucharist central in the life of young people: national Jesus Youth International Charismatic Convention
Bangalore (Fides Service) - Adoration, liturgical prayer, catechesis, discussion groups, theatre and musical spectacles are included in the programme for national Jesus Youth International Charismatic Convention in Banga ...
5 October 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Christians and Muslims work together to build a better soceity: due giorni di riflessione a New Delhi
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - An “exemplary seminar of reciprocal understanding and cooperation among believers of different religions to inspire all men and women of goodwill to overcome cultural barriers and build a be ...
5 October 2005
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The elderly are “Guardians of the collective memory, conservers of inter-generational relationships and transmitters of authentic values”: Archbishop Migliore Permanent Holy See Observer addresses Second UN World meeting on Ageing
New York (Fides Service) - On October 4 in New York addressing the Second UN World Assembly on Ageing Archbishop Celestino Migliore Apostolic Nuncio Permanent Observer of the Holy See reiterated the Holy See’s descrip ...
5 October 2005
AMERICA/URUGUAY - “One bread, one body, one family”: at the close of the Year of the Eucharist Montevideo celebrates “Family Week”
Montevideo (Fides Service) - In the context of the Year of the Eucharist, the archdiocese of Montevideo has chosen for its annual Family Week in the first week of October the motto “One Bread, one Body one Family”, ...
5 October 2005
EUROPE/PORTUGAL - First meeting of Angolan and Guinean diocesan commissions for education
Lisbon (Fides Service)- Reflect on the role of education in the development of Angola and Guinea Bissau and identify what is lacking in the field of Catholic education in these countries. This is the goal of the 1st meet ...
5 October 2005
AFRICA/UGANDA - Year of the Eucharist: Mass Books now available in Karimojong
Moroto (Fides Service) - In this Year of the Eucharist Karimojong speaking Catholics in Uganda have received the best of gifts, liturgical books in their own language. The work started in 2002 and was undertaken by Fr Re ...
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