News

• 31 January 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Post-tsunami aid in the village of Muttom: all damaged buildings repaired, two 2000 litre wells built and two 48,000 litre water-tanks installed, basic food kits and sets of fishing equipment distributed to 1,400 families Rome(Agenzia Fides) - One of many fishing communities affected by the gigantic tsunami which struck southern Asia on 26 December 2004, was the village of Muttom on the Tamil Nadu coast of India, where 100 people, mainly ...
• 31 January 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “Families have an important mission to help restore longed for justice, integral development and peace in Oaxaca” says local Catholic archbishop Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - “Oxaca needs families united with values lived concretely in their convictions to lead society in a new beginning. We must not lose this opportunity to transform Oaxaca” the Archbishop of Oax ...
• 31 January 2007
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Catholics hopeful after Premier Dung’s visit to Pope Benedict XVI Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Vietnamese Catholics are very happy that for the first time in the history of their country, the prime minister paid an official visit to the Pope in Rome. The meeting between Premier Nguyen Tan D ...
• 31 January 2007
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Plenary assembly of bishops 5-9 February: “The Church’s Missionary Activity” to foster greater commitment for mission ad gentes Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church’s Missionary Activity” will be the theme of the next plenary assembly of the Colombian Bishops 5 - 9 February in Bogota in order to “reflect on the Church’s missionary dimen ...
• 30 January 2007
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “We are deeply grateful for the Holy Father’s message of solidarity and hope”: appreciation for Pope Benedict XVI message to victims of flood disaster Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- “We are deeply grateful for the Holy Father’s message of solidarity and hope” say local Church sources in Angola after Pope Benedict XVI sent a telegramme to express solidarity and encourage ...
• 30 January 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses the Tribunal of the Roman Rota: “The indissolubility of marriage does not derive from the definitive commitment of the two parties involved; rather it is intrinsic to the nature of the 'potent bond established by the Creator.'" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This morning in the Vatican, Benedict XVI received the dean, judges, promoters of justice, defenders of the bond, officials and lawyers of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, for the occasion o ...
• 30 January 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - 20.000 took part in Pro Life march through the streets of Lisbon supported by 160 different Pro-Life associations all over the world Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - Portugal reaffirms its determination to defend human life. On Sunday 28 January in Lisbon some 20,000 people braved icy rain to take part in a peaceful and happy demonstration to defend the life ...
• 30 January 2007
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 9 December 2006 confirmed Rev. Julio M. Castello Mejia National Director of the Pontifical Mission Soci ...
• 30 January 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - ‘Australian Catholics’ Magazine ever more popular, sharing stories of newly found hope and lived faith Richmond (Agenzia Fides) - It is sought and read with interest and enthusiasm in communities, parishes, schools, serving also for youth pastoral and formation for students: “Australian Catholics- Faith and living for c ...
• 30 January 2007
  ASIA/THAILAND - Inauguration of John Paul II Centre for Catholic Social Doctrine Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Study, translate and diffuse Catholic Social Doctrine is the mission of a new John Paul II Study Centre inaugurated 29 January at Assumption Catholic University in Bang na about 40 km from the ...
• 30 January 2007
  AMERICA - “5th General Conference of CELAM will be a vigorous call to be disciples and missionaries of Jesus Christ and with surprising fecundity will lead to a great missionary reawakening in America” says CELAM president Cardinal Errázuriz Ossa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Aparecida will focus attention on the baptised person who has received the mission to evangelise the present and the future of Latin America; who is responsible for the promotion of man ...
• 30 January 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Local Church invited to four-party government summit to guarantee free and transparent elections, Manila (Agenzia Fides) - To draft a plan of action to ensure general elections (scheduled for May 14) are free of violence and fraud and guarantee regular transparent vote the Philippines government has called a special ...
• 29 January 2007
  VATICAN - “Authentic Christian faith never mortifies human freedom and reason” Pope Benedict XVI’s Angelus reflection; appeal for peace in Lebanon and Gaza Strip Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The ever pertinent word of Saint Thomas Aquinas, an appeal for peace in Lebanon and Gaza Strip, World Leprosy Day and the month of peace celebrated by Catholic Action were the themes on wh ...
• 29 January 2007
  February: The Pope’s missionary prayer intention “That the fight against disease and epidemics in the third world may be supported in a spirit of solidarity by ever more generous collaboration from the governments of all nations”. Comment by Mgr. Lorenzo Piva, Officer at the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Vatican City (Fides Service) - The missionary intention for the month of February concerns the fight against disease and epidemics in the Third World. It touches therefore on one of the scourges of our day, which section ...
• 29 January 2007
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Southern Africa Catholic Bishops’ Conference January Plenary Session Pretoria (Agenzia Fides)- On 24 January with a special Mass St Peter’s Seminary in Pretoria the Southern Africa Catholic Bishops’ Conference started its January Plenary Session. On Thursday 25 January, the last da ...