News

• 9 January 2006
  VATICAN - May the feast of the Baptism of the Lord be an opportune occasion for Christians to rediscover with joy the beauty of their Baptism which, if lived with faith, is a reality always relevant: Pope Benedict XVI says at the Angelus prayer Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the Sunday on which the Church celebrates the feast of the Baptism of Jesus, at the end of the liturgical season of Christmas, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI called Christians to cont ...
• 9 January 2006
  VATICAN - Another name added to those of pastoral workers killed on mission in 2005 Vatican City (Fides Service) - The number of pastoral workers killed while on mission in 2005 has risen to 27. Another name must be added to the list of 26 issued by Fides on 30 December, that of a nun killed on December ...
• 9 January 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Legionaries of Christ present in twenty countries with over 600 priests and 2,500 seminarians Rome (Fides Service) - The Institute of the Legionaries of Christ today is present in twenty countries with more than 600 priests and 2500 seminarians. The Legion of Christ has 92 centre of formation and apostolate in t ...
• 9 January 2006
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Military Ordinary of Indonesia resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 2 January 2006 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Military Ordinariate of Indonesia presented by Cardinal Julius Riyadi Darmaa ...
• 9 January 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Bishop of Kaohsiung resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 5 January 2006 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Kaohsiung (Taiwan) presented by Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-shi, S.I., ...
• 9 January 2006
  ASIA/KOREA - New Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul appointed Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 3 January 2006 appointed auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of 2006 of Seoul (Korea) Rev. Basilio Cho Kyu-man, Professor at the Major Seminary of Seo ...
• 9 January 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - “We appreciate the government’s decision to declare a state of emergency for the food shortage in the north east regions of the country” says President of the Bishops’ Conference Kenya Nairobi (Fides Service)- “We appreciate the government’s decision to declare a national state of emergency” said Bishop Cornelius Kipng’eno Arap Korir, Catholic Bishop of Eldoret and President of the Bishops' Ke ...
• 9 January 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - For many Chinese Catholics Christmas was an opportunity to meet non Christians and share with them the true significance of the festivity Rome (Fides Service) - Christmas festivities were lived with solemnity among Chinese believers at home and overseas. Many Catholic communities made Christmas an opportunity to meet non Christians: at intervals between li ...
• 9 January 2006
  AMERICA/CUBA - “Missionary Christmas” to close Missionary Year 2005: holy pictures of Infant Jesus bring tears to many an eye in Cuban families Havana (Fides Service) - “Missionary Christmas celebrated in all 11 Catholic dioceses in Cuba as a conclusion to the Missionary Year was a special blessing for many of our local families” says National Director of th ...
• 9 January 2006
  AFRICA/NIGER - Catholic Church in Niger looks back on 75 years of service and good relations in this mainly Muslim country Niamey (Fides Service) - In this new year 2006 the small Catholic Church in Niger with only two dioceses, is marking 75 years of service in this mainly Muslim country. In fact the people of Niger are 98% Muslim. The ...
• 9 January 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO- Over 120,000 people displaced by fighting in Katanga. Congo’s civil war the world’s bloodiest conflict in 60 years Kinshasa (Fides Service) - Conditions of civilians displaced by fighting between Mai-Mai militia and the national army in the southern province of Katanga are ever more serious. The UN Office for Coordination of Humanit ...
• 9 January 2006
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The United Nations High Commission for refugees UNHCR has started distributing tents, blankets and heaters to 137,000 earthquake victims in Kashmir Islamabad (Fides Service) - Winter in Pakistan was late in coming but now it is has arrived with a bang. For three days last week heavy snow fell on people already suffering after serious earthquake on 8 October. Tempe ...
• 7 January 2006
  INSTRUMENTUM MENSIS DECEMBRIS PRO LECTURA MAGISTERII SUMMI PONTIFICI BENEDICTI XVI, PRO EVANGELIZATIONE IN TERRIS MISSIONUM The month of December 2005 for the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI was an opportune time to explain the true significance of Advent and Christmas. Advent, Pope Benedict XVI underlined several times, is a season of expectat ...
• 5 January 2006
  VATICAN - At midnight on 24 December, in St Peter’s Basilica the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided a solemn mass for the Nativity of Our Lord: “Christ gives himself to us and, in doing so, gives us his peace. He gives it to us so that we can carry the light of peace within and give it to others. He gives it to us so that we can become peacemakers and builders of peace in the world”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - At midnight on 24 December, in St Peter’s Basilica the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided a solemn mass for the Nativity of Our Lord. In his homily the Pope explained the connection betwe ...
• 30 December 2005
  THE NAMES OF THOSE KILLED WHILE ON MISSION IN THE YEAR 2005 Vatican City (Fides Service) - Once again this year Fides has the sad task of issuing the names of pastoral workers who died a violent death in 2005. According to the information collected, 26 Catholics were killed on mi ...