News

• 5 April 2006
  AFRICA/GHANA - New National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 3 March 2006 appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Ghana for a five ye ...
• 5 April 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Assessing preparations for CAM 3, COMLA 5 and study of new PMS statutes focus of Meeting for PMS National Directors of America Mexico City (Fides Service) - From 21 to 24 March the 2nd meeting for National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in America was held in Mexico City. The participants were 31 delegates from the PMS national ...
• 5 April 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - Pontifical Mission Societies organise “Easter with Young People”: an alternative way of living Holy Week and growing in personal mission responsibility awareness Lima (Fides) - As part of on-going efforts to spread a spirit of mission among young people the Pontifical Mission Societies in Peru through its missionary youth movement ‘Jóvenes sin Fronteras’, has organised the 2 ...
• 5 April 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - On the basis of Deus Caritas est Encyclical Catholic community leaders in Hong Kong discuss Church/society relation Hong Kong (Fides Service) - The secretary of the Justice and Peace Commission said a Seminar on the encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI ‘Deus Caritas est’ was promoted to discuss relations between the Church and society ...
• 5 April 2006
  VATICAN - Thursday afternoon first meeting of Benedict XVI with young people of his diocese of Rome in preparation for 21st World Youth Day on Palm Sunday Vatican City (Fides Service) - Continuing the tradition started by John Paul II on Thursday 6 April in St Peter’s Square Pope Benedict XVI will meet young people of his diocese of Rome as part of preparations for the 2 ...
• 5 April 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “The steel thread of religion may appear fragile but it is still a strong bond of solidarity and unity”: impressions of Fr Justo Lacunza-Balda at 2nd international meeting of Rabbis and Imams held in Seville Seville (Fides Service) - The 2nd International Meeting of Imams and Rabbis for Peace was held from 19 to 22 March in Seville (see Fides 16/3/2006). The meeting, organised by the Hommes du Parole Foundation, had as its m ...
• 5 April 2006
  AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - “Rebuilding trust among Ivorians to restore peace in the country”: a priority in the present situation for the Archbishop of Gagnoa Rome (Fides Service)- “Prospects for evangelisation in Côte d'Ivoire are good as we can see from many signs of vitality in the local Church” says Archbishop Jean-Pierre Kutwa of Gagnoa, Côte d'Ivoire presently in R ...
• 5 April 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - A group of Beijing priests celebrates tenth anniversary of ordination and ministry mainly in evangelisation in rural communities Beijing (Fides Service) - “Ten years of priesthood have been long journey amidst many difficulties, temptations and challenges. But they have also been ten years of giving thanks to the Lord for choosing me and helping ...
• 5 April 2006
  AMERICA/CHILE - “Religious life was born in the Church as a prophetic reminder that our home is not the earth, we are on a pilgrimage towards a new earth and new heavens": Final message of national meeting of conference of major superiors Santiago (Fides Service) - A final message issued at the end of the 37th National Meeting of the Conference of Major Superiors of Chile CONFERRE said the present situation represents a challenge for the religious life. A ...
• 4 April 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - Ayacucho archdiocese launches “Great Mission” in view of Jubilee year 2009 to mark 400 years of foundation Ayacucho (Fides Service) - To prepare to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the foundation of Ayacucho ecclesastical circumscription (20 July 1609) with a Jubilee year in 2009 the archdiocese of Ayacucho has called a “ ...
• 4 April 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - In Holy Week two thousand young people will take part in missions of evangelisation and human promotion Yucatan (Fides Service) - About 2,000 young people members of 130 groups of apostolate are preparing for a mission of evangelisation and human promotion in villages in the Mexican state of Yucatan, known as “Diocesan H ...
• 4 April 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Pastoral Office in Geng Xin Catholic Hospital prepares minds and hearts of catechumens to receive the Sacraments of Christian initiation Taipei (Fides Service) - “Prepare minds and hearts to live Lent well and receive the sacraments of Christian initiation at Easter the pastoral office of Geng Xin Catholic Hospital in Taiwan organised a retreat for cat ...
• 4 April 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Tamil Nadu state honours John Paul II with a statue Chennai (Agenzia Fides) -Chennai city in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has chosen to honour the memory of Pope John Paul II on the first anniversary of his death erecting a bronze statue of the Pontiff in the c ...
• 4 April 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI’s homily during Mass on the first anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II: “We hear resounding in our soul his repeated calls to advance without fear along the path of fidelity to the Gospel as heralds and witnesses of Christ in the third millennium” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “This evening our thoughts look back with emotion to the moment of the death of our beloved Pope but at the same time our heart is somehow impelled to look forward. We hear resounding in ...
• 4 April 2006
  VATICAN - “Faced with political or ethnic tensions, bishops, priests and consecrated persons must be for all examples of brotherhood and charity to help build a united and reconciled society”: Pope Benedict XVI tells Bishops of Côte d'Ivoire Vatican City (Fides Service) - The responsibility of Catholics to help build a nation and a world at peace and reconciled was one of the principal matters treated by Pope Benedict XVI in his address to Bishops from Côte ...