News

• 8 May 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI ordains 15 new priests: “the priest is totally inserted in Christ so that starting from him and acting in view of Him and in communion with him he may carry out the service of the one Shepherd Jesus, in whom God made man, wishes to be our Shepherd” Vatican City (Fides Service) - In St Peter’s Basilica on Sunday 7 May, the 4th Sunday of Easter and annual Day of Prayer for Vocations Pope Benedict XVI presided Mass and ordained 13 deacons of the diocese of Rome and ...
• 6 May 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Vatican City (Fides) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 26 April 2006 confirmed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Peru for a second five ye ...
• 6 May 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI presides special Mass for the 5th Centenary of the Foundation of the Pontifical Swiss Guard: “To be a Swiss Guard means to be loyal without reserve to Christ and the Church and ready to give one’s life for this” Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning, May 6th 2006, in St Peter’s Basilica Pope Benedict XVI presided a special concelebration of Mass to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Pontifical Swis ...
• 6 May 2006
  VATICAN - PMS General Assembly: “Being credible witnesses to the Risen Christ, with respect for others, seeking dialogue but above all loving as we are loved by Christ” Rome (Fides Service) - Concluding the first two days 4 and 5 May of the Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies during which national PMS directors from all over the world reflected on missionary acti ...
• 5 May 2006
  VATICAN - “Buddhists and Christians at the service of humanity”: the Message of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious dialogue for the Day of Vesakh 2006 Vatican City (Fides Agency) - The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue sent a message to the Buddhists for the Day of Vesakh, the most important Buddhist celebration. This year the countries of Theravada tradit ...
• 5 May 2006
  VATICAN - PMS General Assembly: the National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies reflect on the proclamation of the Gospel in a multicultural society Rome (Fides Agency) - The proclamation of the Gospel in a multicultural society was the theme faced by the 114 National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), representing as many countries in the world, on ...
• 5 May 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Three thousand families of Latin-American immigrants will take part in the fifth Meeting of American Peoples next Sunday, at the Shrine of Torreciudad Huesca (Fides Agency) - About three thousand Latin-American families coming from the various Spanish regions, will gather next Sunday, 7 May, for a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Torreciudad (Huesca), to take part in the fi ...
• 5 May 2006
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - There are now 250 million children exploited all over the world: the International Labour Organisation publishes “The end of child labour: within reach”, its new report on child labour Rome (Fides Agency) - For the first time child-labourers in the world are diminishing, and the phenomenon in its worst forms may be eliminated in the next ten years: it is what the ILO says in its latest report on child ...
• 5 May 2006
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The main group of rebels in the Darfur signs the peace agreement presented by the international mediators Khartoum (Fides Agency)- After a series of sudden surprises, a partial agreement was reached at Abuja (Nigeria) to bring back peace to the Darfur, the tormented region of western Sudan, the setting of a tragic civil conf ...
• 5 May 2006
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Draught alert for the “granary of Guinea Bissau" Bissau (Fides Agency) - “A tragic crisis”: were the words the government of Guinea Bissau used to describe the food crisis in the south of the country. The local authorities launched a powerful appeal to the internat ...
• 5 May 2006
  ASIA/NEPAL - “The unrest is over and people again hope for peace in the country. Even the Catholic community is optimistic about the future”, says the Apostolic Pro-Prefect for Nepal Kathmandu (Fides Agency) - “The situation is quiet and hopeful. The new government is ready and it is trying to involve the Maoist rebels in the peace and in running some areas of the country. It would be a way of brin ...
• 5 May 2006
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Appeal of the UN Food Program for the assistance of 3.5 million people who may starve to death Kabul - (Fides Agency) - Hunger alert in Afghanistan, where more than 3.5 million Afghanis depend on the food distributions of the UN World Food Program (WFP), in order to survive. But due to the lack of funds, the Unite ...
• 5 May 2006
  ASIA/ EAST TIMOR - The Bishops call the people to keep calm and demand the riots to end. The split in the Timorese society is still not healed: it is necessary to work for reconciliation. Dili (Fides Agency) - The Church condemns all forms of violence. The Government should intervene to recover the situation, stopping the people responsible for the riots. The people should go back home, without letting th ...
• 5 May 2006
  AMERICA/CANADA - "To be witnesses of the sacred and inalienable value of each human life means to contribute to humanising the Canadian society”: National March for Life on May 11th Ottawa (Fides Agency) - “The greatest treasure of Canada: its people” was the title of the message published by the Catholic Organisation for Life and Family for the National March for Life, to be held in Canada for ...
• 5 May 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The diocesan delegates of the Missionary Groups in search of common criteria to evangelise the most distant and disadvantaged areas of the country and form lay ad gentes missionaries Buenos Aires (Fides Agency) - Summoned by the National Council of Missions, the Delegates of 21 Argentinean dioceses gathered recently in the national headquarters of the Pontifical Mission Societies to take part in the ...