News

• 27 March 2006
  VATICAN - Final statement of the 12th General Assembly and of the International Congress on: «The Human Embryo before Implantation. Scientific Update and Bio-ethical Considerations» Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of its 12th general assembly the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) organised an international congress on the «The Human Embryo before Implantation. Scientific Update and ...
• 27 March 2006
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “Building a Bolivia for everyone”: Bishops hope path to constitutive assembly will be one of “respect, dialogue and sincere searching for agreement overcoming rivalry and conflict" La Paz (Fides Service) - The Bolivian Bishops’ Conference issued a statement “Building a Bolivia for everyone. Towards a Constituent Assembly”, in which they offer believers and all citizens of good will guidelines ...
• 27 March 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - National Meeting for diocesan PMS Directors: “the Church entrusts you with a special mandate which comes from Christ and sets you at the heart of ecclesial life ” Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - Diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies are “called to be the chief agents of missionary animation and cooperation”, a task which “the Church entrusts to you as a spe ...
• 25 March 2006
  AMERICA/CANADA - The Pope accepts resignation of the Bishop of Keewatin-Le Pas diocese and appoints Successor Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 25 March 2006 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Keewatin-Le Pas (Canada), presented by Bishop Pere Alfred Sutton, ...
• 25 March 2006
  ASIA/TAILANDIA - The Pope accepts resignation of the Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani and appoints Successor Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 25 March 2006, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese Ubon Ratchathani (Thailand) presented by Bishop Michael Bunluen Mans ...
• 25 March 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - DVD in Chinese of the Mass for the inauguration of the Pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI made available to Chinese Catholics Taipei (Fides Service) - A DVD of the solemn Mass for the inauguration of the Pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI with the Chinese translation of the Pope’s homily was made available to Chinese Catholics by the Taiwan Bi ...
• 25 March 2006
  OCEANIA/REPUBLIC OF FIJI - Sport promotes friendship and solidarity: ‘old boy’ donates new sports equipment for Catholic schools Suva (Fides Service) - Sport taught in schools is a valuable means of educating to values, discipline, friendship and team work. Thanks to a generous donation from an ‘old boy’ pupils at Catholic schools in Fiji will ...
• 25 March 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Day for the Unborn Child: “may Argentineans have the courage to defend the life of the unborn child from all the different trends so as not to feel remorse for innocent bloodshed”” Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - At a time when “the most fundamental right, the right to exist, is violated with impunity, we pray Argentineans may have the courage to defend the life of the unborn child from all the di ...
• 25 March 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - Number of TB sufferers drops 40% in decade Lima (Fides Service) - Annual World TB Day was held recently. In the last decade the number of TB cases registered in Peru dropped 40% from 50,000 in 1995 to 30,000 in 2005. The number of mortal cases has also decreased ...
• 25 March 2006
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Development and integration of hundreds of thousands of refugees discussed in the Angolan capital on Monday Luanda (Fides Service)- On 27 March in Luanda, the capital of Angola there will be a meeting to discuss the inclusion of the needs of thousands of former Angolan refugees who have repatriated since the civil war ended in ...
• 25 March 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope celebrates Mass with fifteen new cardinals and consigns to them the cardinal’s ring, ‘sign of dignity, pastoral concern and communion with the See of Peter’ Vatican City (Fides Service) - Today 25 March, Feast of the Annunciation, Pope Benedict XVI presided Mass in St Peter’s Square at which the 15 new Cardinals concelebrated. During the Mass the Pope gave each of them the ...
• 25 March 2006
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Population census extended for 2 more days Abidjan (Fides Service) - A population census in Nigeria has been prolonged for another two days. The news was announced by the President Mr Olusegun Obasanjo who explained that the National Population Commission asked f ...
• 25 March 2006
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - The Gospel spreads in Mongolia especially among young people Ulan Bator (Fides Service) - Progressive opening of Mongolia to the values of democracy and the outside world is creating more space for the Church and for evangelisation according to Bishop Venceslao Padilla, Prefect A ...
• 25 March 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Pastoral care for married couples: the family is the future of the Church New Delhi (Fides Service) - “Married couples and young families have the future of the Church in India in their hands”, said Fr. Antonyswamy at a meeting focussed on pastoral care for young Catholic married couples o ...
• 25 March 2006
  AMERICA - Day for the Unborn Child spreads in Latin American countries and beyond Rome (Fides Service) - The annual Day for the Unborn Child, first launched in 1993 in El Salvador as Day for the Right to be Born, is spreading to other countries, particularly in Latin America. In Argentina it was adop ...