News

• 17 March 2006
  AFRICA/GUINEA - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 10 February 2006 appointed Rev. Bernard Tolno National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societie ...
• 17 March 2006
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - “A humane law to promote the common good”: Central American Bishops concern for new immigration law San José (Fides Service) - Deep concern about the new immigration laws being discussed in the United States has been expressed by the Catholic Bishops of central American countries in a statement signed by Bishop José ...
• 17 March 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Duns Scotus Centre organises initiatives to promote Bible study Taipei (Fides Service) - To encourage the study of the Bible the John Duns Scotus Bible Reading Promotion Centre in Taiwan has started several new initiatives including a daily Mass at lunch time for office worker Cathol ...
• 17 March 2006
  AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - Crisis takes positive turn Abidjan (Fides Service)- “An important development to be encouraged by the international community” say local Church sources with regard to the presence at a government meeting in Abidjan on 15 March of Guillaume So ...
• 17 March 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Saturday 18 March beatification of Carmelite nun Sr Elia di San Clemente, first Blessed for Bari: “my life is Love, believing in Love is a possibility God gives everyone” Bari (Fides Service) - Saturday 18 March at 6.30pm in Bari Cathedral with the approval of Pope Benedict XVI there will be the beatification of Carmelite Sr Elia di San Clemente (1901-1927). The Mass will be presided by t ...
• 17 March 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 4th World Water Forum: a renewable resource most important and indispensable for life Rome (Fides Service) - The 4th World Water Forum has opened in Mexico City and will close on 22 March. An estimated 13,000 people from 120 countries are taking part. A UN Report on the World’s Water Resources said be ...
• 16 March 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - John Paul II beatification and canonisation process: official monthly newsletter Totus Tuus Rome (Fides Service) - The cause for the beatification and canonisation of the Servant of God John Paul II has its own official monthly publication Totus Tuus issued by the Vicariate of Rome. The cause for the beatifica ...
• 16 March 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “We must reawaken interest for Jesus Christ and his Gospel, we must start again from Christ” say participants at 1st Meeting for Church Movements and new Communities in a letter to Pope Benedict XVI Bogota (Fides Service) - Some 122 leaders of 45 Church Movements and new Communities from 23 different countries in Latin America, 32 bishops, the presidency of CELAM (Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences) an ...
• 16 March 2006
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Come and protect the life of the unborn child”: slogan of pro-life pilgrimage scheduled for 2 April in Bogota Bogota (Fides Service) - To assume commitment to protect human life and work tirelessly to guarantee every human person including the unborn child the right to life and a dignified life a pro life pilgrimage has been org ...
• 16 March 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Fides Service) - Culture and Inter-religious Dialogue. Some see the arrival of Muslims in Europe as a ‘sign of the times’; it could be in the framework of a vast migratory movement of non Christians who ...
• 16 March 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Interview with Fr Justo Lacunza-Balda, rector of the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, moderator at “2nd International Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace” in Seville Rome (Fides Service) - The 2nd International Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace will be held in Spain in Seville 19 - 22 March. The Meeting is organised by the Hommes du Parole Foundation which aims to use human spe ...
• 16 March 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Forming pastoral workers in theology, pastoral, anthropology and culture from the point of view of mission” - 24th anniversary of Missiology Course promoted by the Pontifical Mission Societies Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - The South Horn Missology Course organised by the Pontifical Mission Societies in Argentina marks its 24 anniversary this year. It aims is to “Form pastoral workers in theology, pastoral ...
• 16 March 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Profound educational significance of Lenten charity: joint open letter from Caritas and Bishops’ Commission for Social Development Taipei (Fides Service) - The Taiwan Bishops’ Commission for Social Development and Caritas issued a joint open letter for Lent calling Catholics to exercise charity. “During Lent the faithful should be encouraged to ...
• 16 March 2006
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Archdiocese Singapore to open new Divine Mercy parish Singapore (Fides Service) - Catholics in the tiny city-state of Singapore (166,000 in a population of 4.5 million) are celebrating the news that a new parish will be opened and it will be dedicated to Divine Mercy. The t ...
• 16 March 2006
  ASIA/NEPAL - Peace ever more urgent for people ever more impoverished: Catholics help refugee families Kathmandu (Fides Service) - “We need lasting peace. We continue to shelter homeless impoverished families in our churches, pastoral centres and schools. We are concerned for the people in the grip of poverty. We suf ...