News

• 23 January 2006
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - “Peace is still possible and dialogue is the path” says Claretian missionary in Sri Lanka where a return to civil war is feared Colombo (Fides Service) - “War robs families, all families, Sinhalese and Tamil, of wellbeing, prosperity, hope: it is senseless and must be stopped”, says Sri Lanka born Fr. Cyriac Niìjayarkulam a member of the Cla ...
• 23 January 2006
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Triple jubilee for archdiocese of Koupela: foundation, anniversary ordination first bishop and twinning with archdiocese of Lyons Koupela (Fides Service) - The archdiocese of Koupela in Burkina Faso celebrated 21 and 22 January a triple 50th jubilee: foundation, anniversary of the ordination of the first bishop and twinning with the French archdioc ...
• 23 January 2006
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Freeing captives of modern slavery: Trinitarians assist Khartoum street children and free child soldiers Khartoum (Fides Service)- The Trinitarians in Sudan who work to free child soldiers, and retrieve children from the streets of Khartoum, are planning to open Home in the capital in collaboration with the Order of Merceda ...
• 23 January 2006
  AMERICA/CANADA - First preparations for 49th International Eucharistic Congress July 2008 in Quebec coinciding with city’s 400th anniversary Quebec (Fides Service) - Preparations have started for the 49th International Eucharistic Congress which will take place in Quebec (Canada) in two year’s time, 15 - 22 June 2008. The archdiocese of Quebec is opening an ...
• 23 January 2006
  AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - “We are grateful for the Holy Father’s call to pray for peace in Côte d'Ivoire” says a missionary Abidjan (Fides Service)- “The Holy Father’s call comes at the right moment because the situation here is explosive” says a Catholic missionary in Côte d'Ivoire referring to a call for peace and national harmony ma ...
• 21 January 2006
  ASIA/ VIÊT NAM - Auxiliary of Hà Nôi archdiocese resigns Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 21 January 2006 accepted the renunciation of the office of Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Hà Nôi (Viêt Nam) presented by Bishop Paul Lê D ...
• 21 January 2006
  VATICAN - “There is need for well-trained and courageous priests who, without ambition or fear but convinced of gospel truth, make the announcement of Christ their first concern and, in His name, are ready to reach out to human suffering”: Pope Benedict receives the community of Almo Collegio Capranica Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope Benedict XVI today received the rector and students of the diocesan seminary of Rome, the Almo Collegio Capranica on the eve of the feast day of their patroness St Agnes. The Almo Coll ...
• 21 January 2006
  AFRICA/RWANDA - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Kabgayi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 21 January 2006 appointed Bishop of Kabgayi (Rwanda) Rev. Mgr. Smaragde Mbonyintege, Rector of Nyakibanda Major Seminary. The new Bishop was born on ...
• 21 January 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - To learn to imitate his missionary zeal and exemplary virtues Taiwan Catholics make pilgrimage to Island of Shang Chuan the place where Spanish missionary St Francis Xavier died Taipei (Fides Service) - To thank God for the exemplary life of the Spanish Jesuit missionary St Francis Xavier and to learn to imitate his missionary zeal and virtues a group of Catholics from Taipei made a pilgrimage t ...
• 21 January 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Catholic Bishops express appreciation for certain points of the new draft electoral Bill Kinshasa (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo have welcomed the adoption of proportional representation in the draft electoral law. “The Bishops’ Conference of Congo CENCO hav ...
• 21 January 2006
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Famine in southern Africa makes tragedy of Congolese and Angolan refugees even worse Lusaka (Fides Service)- According to IRIN, the United Nations Integrated Regional Information Networks a humanitarian news agency covering sub-Saharan Africa, eight countries in central Asia and Iraq, unless more emergen ...
• 21 January 2006
  OCEANIA/WESTERN SAMOA - The Church’s first Polynesian Bishop Cardinal Pius Taofinu’u returns to the House of the Father Apia (Fides Service) - “He was a man of inculturation, a charismatic leader who led the local Churches of Oceania to maturity” said Fr. Jan Hulshof, Prepositer General of the Society of Mary (Marist Fathers), recall ...
• 21 January 2006
  EUROPE - United and co-ordinated to fight Aids: Meeting for Catholic organisations which care for 25% of the world’s AIDS patients Geneva (Fides Service) - Share resources and know-how, improve cooperation in the fight against AIDS: these are the objectives of a meeting in Geneva 23-26 January of representatives of Catholic organisations involved in ...
• 20 January 2006
  Intentions entrusted by the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI to the Apostleship of Prayer for the year 2007 JANUARY General: That in our time, unfortunately marked by many episodes of violence, the Church’s bishops and priests may continue to indicate the way of peace and understanding among peoples. Mission: That the ...
• 20 January 2006
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Ratnapura Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 20 January 2006, appointed Bishop of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, Rev. Ivan Tilak Jayasundera of the diocesan clergy of Kandy, until now professor of liturgy ...